Address to the Gridiron Club
12/11/1931
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That the validity of a passport . . . shall be limited to a period of two years.
I propose that the arms of the world should be reduced by nearly one-third.
No such suggestion has ever been made by any American official.
The Secretary of State may grant and issue passports, and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign...