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White House Statement on Emergency Relief and Construction Legislation.

July 05, 1932

AT A CONFERENCE with leaders of the Senate and House the President stated his objections to the form of the relief bill as it now stands. There was general discussion of these objections and a general disposition to meet them and to reach a compromise agreement acceptable to all. In an effort to arrive at a definite conclusion it was agreed that a subcommittee should meet with the President tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

Note: The White House issued the statement following an evening meeting between the President and the congressional leadership. They met to discuss Presidential objections to the compromise measure (H.R. 12445), contained in the conference committee report which was filed earlier in the day.

Herbert Hoover, White House Statement on Emergency Relief and Construction Legislation. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207147

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