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On the recordAugust 4, 1914
The Secretary of the Treasury will make arrangements for handling the funds, determining, after such consultation as may be necessary, how much shall be shipped abroad and how the sums which will be required to be expended by the other Departments shall be drawn against and accounted for.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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