It recommends that further and more effective efforts be made to enforce the laws.
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.
It should stimulate the clarification of public mind and the advancement of public thought.
My own duty and that of all executive officials is clear--to enforce the law with all the means at our disposal without equivocation or reservation.
The American way of meeting such a relief problem has been through voluntary effort and for many years this effort has been centered in the American Red Cross.
Knowing your public spirit I am most desirous that you should be a member of this committee.
I am appointing a nation-wide committee to sponsor the American Red Cross effort to raise ten millions of dollars for the relief of the sufferers in the drought-stricken areas.
It is essential that we should maintain the sound American tradition and spirit of voluntary aid in such emergency.
I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report from the Secretary of State to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of $110,000 for the expenses of the sixteenth session of the…





