Herbert Hoover: “The Bankruptcy Act has proved to be defective and to allow a great many loopholes for exploitation of both the bankrupt…”

There is another phase of the bill as passed which is disheartening.

So much of the order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, as affects the lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked

I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been able to make for yourself in the Diplomatic Service.

My dear Mrs. Bird: I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of your brother, the universally beloved Father Francis P. Duffy.