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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 20, 1930

The Department of Labor reports this morning that for the first time since the stock exchange crash the tide of employment is changed in the right direction--shows a very distinct increase in employment all over the country during the past…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 20, 1930

I assure Your Excellency that the reception which he received here may be taken as indicating the feeling of friendship which the Government and people of this country bear toward their sister Republic of Mexico.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 16, 1930

I am sorry to say that I haven't got a single particle of news of any sort or kind at the present time.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 16, 1930

I send you my cordial congratulations upon your birthday and I do pray that you may long continue in health and happiness to be the wise counselor and valued friend of the youth of the land.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 14, 1930

I wish you every success in the efforts you and your associates are putting forth along these lines.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 14, 1930

I am much interested in the work of the Pan American Society in its promotion of friendly relations and mutual understanding between the United States and its sister republics of Latin America.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 13, 1930

The proposed legislation has my approval and I recommend its immediate enactment.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 13, 1930

There is nothing in the program which has been proposed here that has any intention of taking over the responsibilities of the States in any shape or form.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

When we look back over history we see the periods of either moral, social, economic, or political stagnation while the truth was en route and some variety of demagoguery occupied the scene.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

But if these blots were other than exceptions, this nation would not have swept to a mightier and mightier destiny every year since the Independence.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

Our great American experiment has demonstrated that the people will of their own initiative take care of progress if the government can remove abuse and help put the signs on the road, stimulation to all of which is part of the job of…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

Possibly if I had either the time or the inclination to worry over the evils which lurk around the White House it might decrease my faith in human goodness, but, fortunately, the insistent need for determination of definite action in…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

It is from too much emphasis on 'government of the people' that we get the fundamental confusion that government, since it can correct much abuse, can also create righteousness.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 11, 1930

In the meantime, a vast clamor of half-truths and untruths and injured facts will always fill the air and intoxicate people's emotions.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 1930

Our publicity news does not seem to break in so well with these conferences, so you will have to wait for another time.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 1930

Pursuant to the provisions of the act of February 10, 1927, entitled 'An act authorizing the designation of an ex officio commissioner for Alaska for each of the executive departments of the United States, and for other purposes,' and for…

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Jan 9, 1930

The White House has no interest in the question, which is one of parliamentary procedure, and desires only expedition of legislation and will adapt itself entirely to the wishes of the House leaders in any methods they adopt for early…

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