Likewise the earned tribute you will pay to Mr. Harvey D. Gibson illustrates the power of local community effort, when inspired by a sense of personal and civic responsibility, to meet all demands for humane helpfulness in times of stress.
Herbert Hoover
The Public Record
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.
I AM GRATIFIED to learn of so fine an instance of cooperation on the part of the community and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as the opening of the banks of your city and the restoration of their fundamental service to the whole…
He was one of the most generous and most constructive philanthropists of history.
I have no doubt that benefits will show at once in business, in employment, in agriculture, and in the prosperity of the people of the town generally.
He revolutionized the art of photography, bringing the Kodak within the means of millions of people.
By his own efforts he became one of the great industrial leaders of the world.
The nature of your organization of itself demonstrates that American business survives all ebbs and flows of economic tides, and moves forward by virtue of the indomitable courage and energy and individual initiative of Americans.
He gave strength to every movement for the public welfare of his generation.
Such a course would imply no increase in the contemplated expenditures.
I therefore recommend that the Congress give consideration to immediate appropriation of the funds for the maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works in order that we may avoid the unemployment and dislocation which…
It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4900, dated June 2, 1928, which withdrew the public lands in T. 8 S., R. 95 W., sixth principal meridian, Colorado, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.





