Herbert Hoover actually said...

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.

Context

Statement on the Emergency Adjusted Compensation Act, 1931.

02/26/1931

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