I AM GLAD to learn that you and Mrs. Markham are celebrating your seventy-eighth birthday together today, and I hope that through many more years you may enjoy the happiness which you have so freely given to others.
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.
Under the authority of sections 177 and 179 of the Revised Statutes, the Assistant Secretary of War appointed under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1926, is hereby authorized and directed, pending further orders, to perform the duties…
Not only they bore great burdens of daily toil and the rearing of families, but they were intent that their children should have a chance, that the doors of opportunity should be open to them.
Her rating, however, has not been reached for certification for permanent appointment from the District of Columbia.
Miss Coons has rendered satisfactory and efficient service as a clerk under temporary appointment and has qualified in the civil service examination for junior typist.
Concerted effort will be made to place contracts for the building contemplated for this year as rapidly as possible.
Submission at this time of these additional projects for specific authorization and appropriation will afford employment for many thousands of men engaged in the building trades and allied industries.
My other piece of news is the appointment of Mr. Frederick Huff Payne of Massachusetts as Assistant Secretary of War.
This order is issued with the restriction that it shall not confer upon Mrs. Roy any status for subsequent employment in the classified service.
There are few men of the West of my generation who did not know the pioneer woman in his own mother, and who does not rejoice to know that her part in building that great civilization is to have such beautiful recognition.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Treasury Department for the fiscal year 1931, for public building projects authorized by the Act of May 25, 1926…
But it is my duty to introduce a product of the pioneer woman of Oklahoma who has risen high in the councils of the Nation--and high in the esteem of the whole country--the Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley.





