Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. A member of the Republican Party, Hoover was born in Iowa but later moved to California. Before his presidency, he served as the Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928, where he focused on promoting economic growth and efficiency. Hoover was also known for his humanitarian efforts during World War I, leading relief efforts in Europe and earning a reputation as a skilled administrator.
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It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in the act of June 21, 1906 (34 Stat. 325-326), that the trust period on allotments made to Indians on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S. Dak., which trust period expires during the calendar year…
Success is not gained by leaning upon government to solve all the problems before us.
Under Federal control the varied conditions of life in our country are forced into standard molds, with all their limitations upon life, either of the individual or the community.
The whole of our governmental machinery was devised for the purpose that through ordered liberty we give incentive and equality of opportunity to every individual to rise to that highest achievement of which he is capable.
No stronger statement has ever been made than that of Lincoln upon obedience to law as the very foundation of our Republic.
I am convinced that where Federal action is essential then in most cases it should limit its responsibilities to supplement the States and local communities, and that it should not assume the major role or the entire responsibility, in…
Lincoln led in founding the Republican Party and he gloried in his party.
Our concept of Federal, State, and local responsibilities is possible of no unchangeable definitions and it must shift with the moving forces in the Nation.





