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On the recordJanuary 24, 1932
I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress an estimate of appropriation for the Treasury Department for $125,000,000, for the fiscal year 1932 and to remain available until expended, for subscriptions to capital stock, Federal land banks.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting an Estimate of Appropriations for Federal Land Banks

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