I am greatly pleased with the final success of the Naval Arms Conference in London and I have today telegraphed the delegation expressing my approval of the result achieved and my admiration for their patience and determination in an…
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.
The most vital feature of its great accomplishments for peace is the final abolition of competition in naval arms between the greatest naval powers and the burial of the fears and suspicions which have been the constant product of rival…
I am very greatly pleased with the final success of the Naval Arms Conference in London
The most vital feature of its great accomplishments for peace is the final abolition of competition in naval arms between the greatest naval powers
I wish to congratulate the delegations of the other governments for their constructive and courageous action.
There are no political undertakings of any kind in the present treaty, except an agreement for the regulation of the conduct of submarines against merchant ships in time of war.
When I undertook this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and during and after the Geneva Conference
When I initiated this negotiation it was after a critical examination of the experience before and after the Geneva Conference and a determination that the causes of that failure could be met with adequate preparation and preliminary…
The whole agreement is a great step in world peace, and for the first time is an assurance of American parity in naval strength.
The savings are not alone to the United States but to Great Britain and Japan as well.
Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, upon the transfer of the consulate at Loanda, Angola, to Leopoldville.





