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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Sep 23, 1929

I wanted to make it clear to you that that is not a breach of what I conceive to be the relationship between the Executive and Congress in legislation of this type, but it is simply the amplification of a principle, and one which I…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Sep 21, 1929

it is the intention not only to secure the fullest enforcement in the District possible under the organization of enforcement agencies as provided by law, but to make it a model in the country.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 1929

So much of the order of February 27, 1914, creating Power Site reserve No. 421, as affects lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked:

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 28, 1929

Our Government is deeply concerned not only in this broader sense but in the narrower sense of the protection of the lives of American citizens.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 28, 1929

Its success has been due to the eminent scientific and engineering abilities of the German people, translated by your own skill and courage.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 28, 1929

Mr. Hearst, who I understand has importantly aided the trip financially, is also to be congratulated upon its outcome.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 28, 1929

Mrs. Jeanette C. Vaughan may be appointed to a clerical position in the Treasury Department without compliance with the requirements of the civil service rules.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 26, 1929

It seems to me that the vital questions here are to reorient the direction of the Reclamation Service primarily to the storage of water and to simplify its administration.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 26, 1929

This is fundamentally a proposal to not only simplify the Federal relations with the States but to secure a positive conservation program under the management of the States and for the benefit of the public schools in those States of the…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 20, 1929

Whereas, by Executive Order No. 4679, dated June 29, 1927, certain lands at Pupukea, District of Koolualoa, Island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, were withdrawn and set aside for military purposes; and

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 20, 1929

Now, Therefore, it is hereby ordered that the said Executive Order No. 4679, dated June 29, 1927, be and the same is hereby amended with respect to the description of the Pupukea Military Reservation, so as to read as follows:

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Aug 19, 1929

We will use Blackwell's Island and Alcatraz to accommodate some of the men at present in Leavenworth and perhaps use some of the Army post prisons for short-term men.

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