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Herbert Hoover: I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report from the Secretary of State to the end that…

On the recordJanuary 20, 1931
I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report from the Secretary of State to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize the appropriation of $35,000, for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs to be held at Geneva, Switzerland, on May 27, 1931.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Recommending an Appropriation for Participation in the Conference on the Limitation of the...

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