863.51/847: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Austria ( Washburn )

20. Your 54, September 20, 10 a.m. and despatch 1532, September 20. In opinion of law officers of this Government, the Secretary of the Treasury has no power to act further under the Joint Resolution approved April 6, 1922, and a new enabling act of Congress would be necessary to enable him to take the suggested action.

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