04/24/1931
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"Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by section two of the act of Congress entitled, 'An Act for the Preservation of Americ..."
"I replied to the committee that I would at once study the draft and would confer with them about it, probably tomorrow."
"The need for college graduates in State and National politics is simply the need for trained minds and formed characters that exists in all departments of modern life."
"As politics is but one aspect of the social order, its need of men of special educational equipment is as obvious as this need is now in business or the professions."