The President's News Conference
04/30/1931
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I am deeply grateful for the highest honor that the party can confer.
Passports may be amended in the United States by the Department of State or any of the passport agents of the Department...
Section 598 of the Consular Regulations of 1896 is hereby canceled.
Our Army, including the National Guard and all other reserves, has already been reduced much below the European standard...