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Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for the War Department.

February 20, 1930

Sir:

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works, $12,000,000.

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

Respectfully,

HERBERT HOOVER

The White House,

February 20, 1930.

[ The Speaker of the House of Representatives ]

Note: The letter and accompanying papers are printed as House Document 303 (71st Cong., 2d sess.).

Herbert Hoover, Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting a Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for the War Department. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211429

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