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On the recordApril 30, 1930
I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1931, in the sum of $250,000, to continue during the fiscal year 1931 the inquiry into the problem of the enforcement of the prohibition laws of the United States, together with the enforcement of other laws.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for Enforcement of Prohibition and...

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