Herbert Hoover

I believe that the Congress at Rio de Janeiro will be of great benefit in furthering this purpose and that it will contribute largely also to the most important purpose of further cementing the friendly and helpful relations that exist…

Modern highways and motor vehicles provide a basic and elastic system of communication which is most readily adjustable to the economic needs of areas hitherto poorly supplied by transportation.

Mutual exchange of examples and experience in this direction cannot fail to be of value to countries and I am sure that the work of this conference will contribute to solidarity of purpose of our countries.

The first step is the creation of a commission to supervise an exhaustive investigation of the engineering facts and to determine the policies which should be pursued in the long view development of the State, as to irrigation, flood…

I have recently engaged in some collaboration with the Governor of California in respect to two questions involving the Federal Government and State government of California.

In order that we may have an exhaustive investigation with a view to final determination which I hope will be acceptable to all parties, I have consulted the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy as well as Mr. Meek, the…

The second question that I have discussed with the Governor is the disputed question of a bridge across San Francisco Bay.

The first relates to the determination of policies for the long view development of California water resources, and the second to the erection of a bridge across San Francisco Bay.

I BEG of Your Excellency to accept my heartiest congratulations on this anniversary of the founding of the German Republic.

It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in Section 5 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stats. 388), that the trust period on the allotments of Indians on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, which expires during the…

Specialists in foreign relations, political, economic and financial, whose proposed compensation is $3,200 or more, and whose training and experience along the lines of their proposed duties meet the standard minimum qualifications set up…

Such positions of a professional, scientific, technical, or supervisory nature under the Naval Establishment in the Philippine Islands, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Navy and the Civil Service Commission.

Officers to aid in important drafting work is hereby revoked.

This order is jointly recommended by the Navy Department and the Civil Service Commission.

As Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, I think I may speak on behalf of the millions of boys in the United States who have received benefits from scouting, and I send my hearty congratulations to the assembly.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of Congress approved August 1, 1914, making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, Souris, North Dakota, is hereby…

The assembling of fifty thousand young men and boys from seventy different races and nationalities, in good fellowship without competition, and the self discipline which makes this possible are in themselves without precedent, and…

I hope you will express on my behalf the appreciation the whole of America has for this magnificent contribution to the development of our youth.

Of course, the increased number of prisoners is due to the general increase in crime, the largest item in our Federal prisoners being the violators of the Narcotics Act.

Atlanta is 120 percent over capacity in inmates at the present time, and Leavenworth 87 percent, all of which is the cause of infinite demoralization and the direct cause of outbreaks and trouble.

Our plans necessitate an expenditure of about $5 million, and will comprise some additions and revisions of the old prisons, and probably a new prison somewhere in the Northeastern States.

I have had an opportunity for lengthy discussions with the Attorney General, and I have the recommendations of Mr. [Sanford] Bates, who is the new Director of Prisons, and I have accepted their view that further Federal accommodations for…

It is proposed also to ask authority of Congress to increase the number of probation officers, as Mr. Bates is convinced he can find a larger number of prisoners who merit probation.

I know the very high character of the men in the staff and in the Army, and I know they are going to take advantage of this opportunity to make a complete review of their setup, and they welcome the chance to do it.

Executive Order No. 1713, dated February 24, 1913, which reserved certain unsurveyed islands in Ts. 36 and 37 N., R. 2 W., W.M., Washington, for public purposes, is hereby revoked and set aside in so far as it applies to the following…