Herbert Hoover actually said...

The business depression is the dominant subject before the country and the world today.

Depressions are not new experiences, though none has hitherto been so widespread.

Great as have been our difficulties no man can contrast them with our experiences in previous great depressions or with the condition of oth...

I AM SADDENED to learn of the death of your husband Dr. Franklin Henry Giddings and extend my deep sympathy to you.