Herbert Hoover actually said...

The details of this proposed provision pertaining to an existing appropriation, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the gadget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

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Letter to the President of the Senate Transmitting Proposed Changes in the Appropriations for Narcotics and Prohibition Law...

06/17/1930

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