Herbert Hoover: “Well, I have one question today, and I am not quite in a position to make an adequate reply to it, so this is a famine…”

I had the pleasure of his acquaintance and I shared the admiration he inspired in all who knew him by his joyous humanity and his unlimited interest in and devotion to the happiness and well-being of others.

This reduction should be carried out not only by broad general cuts in armaments but by increasing the comparative power of defense through decreases in the power of the attack.

It was unfortunate also that the provision for agricultural relief through the Reconstruction Corporation was omitted.

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations…