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On the recordFebruary 26, 1931
Although I have been greatly opposed to the passage of the bonus legislation in its provisions for loans from the Treasury to people not in need, now that it is a law we propose to facilitate the working of it in every way possible.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on the Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931.

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