Dec 29, 1931
Mrs. Hallie D. Stotler may be appointed to the position of clerk in the Bureau of Prohibition, Department of Justice, without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.
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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Dec 29, 1931
Mrs. Yetta B. Floyd may be appointed to the position of clerk-typist in the Bureau of Prohibition, Department of Justice, without regard to the civil-service rules.
Dec 28, 1931
The proposal was that the Shipping Board should return to its function as an advisory and regulatory body and remove all of its administrative functions to the Department of Commerce.
Dec 28, 1931
The most constructive direction for economy in Federal expenditure beyond a rigid reduction of appropriations and the resolute opposition to new appropriations lies in the consolidation of Government bureaus and general reorganization of…
Dec 28, 1931
The Veterans' Administration was a new type of organization in the Government.
Dec 28, 1931
Such action would result in the elimination of many expensive agencies and overlap resulting in very great economies.
Dec 28, 1931
I have appointed Mr. Norman Davis, who was formerly the Under Secretary of State, as a member of the delegation to the Disarmament Conference.
Dec 28, 1931
The subject is an old one and now that economy absolutely must be the first order in government it is an appropriate time for Congress to take up the question and bring it to conclusion.
Dec 28, 1931
In my message to Congress I suggested that the Engineers continue to administer Rivers and Harbors as in the past.
Dec 24, 1931
It symbolizes and vivifies our greatest Christian festival with its eternal message of unselfishness, joy and peace.
Dec 24, 1931
Your annual Christmas service held at the foot of a living tree antedating the birth of Christ, is a dramatic and inspiring event of national interest.
Dec 23, 1931
It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest status which have hitherto not had such status nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status.
Dec 22, 1931
No part of the debt owing to us has been cancelled or reduced; the postponed amounts are repayable over a period of about 10 years with interest at 4 percent.
Dec 22, 1931
In saving the collapse of Germany by the year's postponement the American people have done something greater than the dollars and cents gained from the maintenance of our agricultural markets, the prevention of panic and unlimited losses.
Dec 22, 1931
I have signed the act authorizing the foreign debt postponement for one year.
Dec 21, 1931
While I see little objection to the day following Christmas in order that Federal employees may have the opportunity of joining their families out of town, I do not feel that we should extend the holiday at New Year's.
Dec 21, 1931
While I see little objection to the day following Christmas in order that Federal employees may have an opportunity to join their families out of town, I do not feel that we should extend the holidays at New Year's.
Dec 21, 1931
I have received requests from Federal employees in the District that they should be given two periods of holidays so as to cover the Saturday following Christmas Day, and from New Year's Day until January 4.
Dec 21, 1931
Leaders of both Houses have assured me that Congress will devote itself to the economic emergency program which I have proposed for the amelioration of agricultural, unemployment, and credit situations.
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