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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

A definite plan of farm relief was adopted by the Republican Convention at Kansas City.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

I can deplore that divisions in the ranks of the farmers themselves only encourage those who oppose all farm relief, and can at best only bring delay and danger of entire failure.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

The port limits of Boston, Massachusetts, the headquarters port of Customs Collection District No. 4 (Massachusetts) are hereby extended to include Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham, and the waters adjacent thereto, effective thirty days…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

I regret to see that some of our farm organizations are again divided on measures of relief.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

It was supported by all elements of the party in the campaign, and I think we have a clear mandate from the electorate.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 18, 1929

No great step in public action can ever succeed without some compromise of view and some sacrifice of opinion.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 16, 1929

The fact that the manufacture of these poppies gives employment to disabled ex-service men, in the hospitals and elsewhere, adds to the worthiness of the cause.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 16, 1929

The annual 'Buddy Poppy' campaign, under the auspices of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is a fitting symbol of the sacrifice of those who died in the service of our Country, and should remind us of the obligations and…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

Professor Einstein ranks high among the foremost scientists of all time, who have enriched mankind by their invaluable contributions to thought and human progress.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

It is very fitting that distinguished educators and other public spirited Americans are paying this tribute to Professor Einstein.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

The formula upon which the commission must now act often requires that years be consumed in reaching conclusions where it should require only months.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

No governmental agency should engage in the buying and selling and price fixing of products, for such courses can lead only to bureaucracy and domination.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

Mr. MacCracken probably will retire in a couple of months, and there has been no consideration of his successor yet.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

In determining changes in our tariff we must not fail to take into account the broad interests of the country as a whole, and such interests include our trade relations with other countries.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

Mr. Rhoads has accepted the appointment as chief of the Indian Bureau, which I think is rather a notable case of public service from a man who makes a very large sacrifice to leave one of the most important posts a man can have in his…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 15, 1929

There are two or three that I don't think we will have settled, but all the major appointments.

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