Herbert Hoover

I am well aware of the difficulties of a program of close cooperation.

Our form of government can succeed only by cooperation--not only by cooperation within the administrative arm of the Government and cooperation with Congress, but also by cooperation with the press, cooperation with business, and the…

It is progress of and service of a nation in the upbuilding of the institutions of freedom; its contribution to the growth of liberty, the development of humane relations, the advancement of the individual man--which measures the soul and…

The ideal solution, of course, would be to excite the press without exciting the country.

Fishing is the only labor or recreation open to a President in which both the press and the public are prepared to concede privacy.

I owe to them a larger obligation for the courtesy of these dinners for over 17 years.

Ours is a government by opinion and the press is the most important part of that process.

It appears to expect me to perform two separate duties, which occasionally in some degree seem to conflict.

It is the right and duty of Congress to investigate and formulate legislation.

Ten days ago I made rather a full statement on the purpose of the Preparatory Commission on Disarmament, on which [p.67] Ambassador [Hugh] Gibson represents us.

There is no question on that.

Someone also has asked what I propose to do on the headwaters of the Rapidan this summer.

You are all aware that I have held that this transfer ought to be made.

I replied to the committee that I would at once study the draft and would confer with them about it, probably tomorrow.

Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.

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 American Antiquities,' approved June 8, 1906…

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.

The increasingly complex structure of the society requires more and more of the technical skill and of the cultural background that the colleges undertake to provide.

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.

It is hereby ordered that the boundaries of the Crook National Forest be modified by excluding therefrom the following described lands in the State of Arizona

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4608 dated March 10, 1927, withdrawing among other lands the public lands in T. 45 N., R. 89 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming, pending a resurvey, be and the same is hereby revoked as to the above…

Mrs. Ida Strong may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Department of Agriculture without regard to the civil service rules.

It is hereby ordered pursuant to public resolution No. 29, of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 434), as amended January 21, and December 28, 1922 (42 Stat. 358, 1067), that the above described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, subject…

Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise, except strictly in accordance…

There may be an exception or two but in the main it applies to all the appointments.