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.
Dec 16, 1929
We will have some appointments of interest during the afternoon, I hope.
Dec 16, 1929
Please express to the members of the Tanners' Council gathered in Washington my cordial greetings and my deep appreciation of their patriotic cooperation in the nationwide task of assuring stability to the economic structure of the country…
Dec 15, 1929
It is hereby ordered that the public lands in secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, T. 10 S., R. 86 W., 6th P.M., Colorado, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry and all forms of appropriation…
Dec 13, 1929
He does not believe that any such discourtesy seriously endangers the Republic and that a night in jail is only doing them a favor of cheap martyrdom.
Dec 13, 1929
I have even searched through the intimate history of my predecessors since George Washington, endeavoring earnestly to discover remedies, antidotes, sedatives, irritants, stimulants, and experience.
Dec 13, 1929
Never in our history has the press played so large a part or incurred so great a responsibility in our foreign relations as at present.
Dec 13, 1929
THE PRESIDENT considers that the misjudged youths calling themselves Communists who have been arrested for demonstrating in front of the Executive offices should be released and sent to their parents.
Dec 13, 1929
The most dangerous animal in the United States is the man with an emotion and a desire to pass a new law.
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