Nomination of Harry L. Hopkins to be Secretary of Commerce: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Harry L. Hopkins to be Secretary of Commerce. January 11, 12 and 13, L939U.S. Government Printing Office, 1939 - 144 páginas |
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