Aug 13, 1930
While the extent of the damage cannot yet be determined, it is certain that there are at least 250 counties most acutely affected where some degree of relief must be provided.
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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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Aug 13, 1930
We have canvassed the information secured by State and national surveys as to drought conditions.
Aug 13, 1930
It was the view of the Conference that the burden of effective organization to meet the situation over the winter in the acutely affected counties rests primarily upon the counties and the States themselves, supplemented by such…
Aug 11, 1930
It involves no participation by the Federal Government other than the granting of certain rights-of-way.
Aug 11, 1930
The fifth of the commissions that have been appointed to determine the fact and to advise upon or negotiate special problems has now completed its report and secured a very admirable result.
Aug 11, 1930
I have a number of questions about my trip to the West, and in view of the drought situation and the feeling that I can perhaps be of greater service here, I do not propose to go west--at least during the next month or two.
Aug 11, 1930
After several years of delay in settlement of a site for a much needed bridge across San Francisco Bay, due to disagreements between the naval authorities, the Army engineers, the municipal and State authorities, the Commission…
Aug 7, 1930
Secretary Hyde has instructed the county agents to make a further, more searching, and definite report upon the later progress of the drought and the nature of the relief that will be necessary in the different counties.
Aug 7, 1930
New MexicoIt is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4100, of November 7, 1924, withdrawing, among other lands, the public lands in T. 13 S., R. 21 E., New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is…
Aug 7, 1930
That you may look forward to a period of uninterrupted peace for more than five years will be very gratifying not only to those directly engaged in the mining and selling of anthracite coal, but, as well, to the public at large, the…
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