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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.

Jan 2, 1930

The broad problem is to better train the Indian youth to take care of themselves and their property.

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Jan 1, 1930

I THANK Your Excellency in my own name and on behalf of my fellow countrymen for your courteous new year greetings which are most heartily reciprocated.

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Dec 30, 1929

The Governor of the Panama Canal is hereby empowered to grant pardons, paroles, and reprieves for offenses against the laws, orders, and regulations of the Canal Zone, and to commute sentences and remit fines and forfeitures.

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Dec 30, 1929

It is hereby ordered that the SW. ¼ sec. 1, S. sec. 2, all of sec. 11, W. ½ sec. 12, NW. ¼ sec. 13, and N. ½ sec. 14, T. 49 N., R. 9 W., New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale…

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Dec 30, 1929

We have tried to experiment now for about 8 months, a rather fundamental line of at least a departure from previous months, and I think it has worked out satisfactorily.

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Dec 30, 1929

I want to take this occasion to wish you all a happy new year, and to express my appreciation for the fine cooperation that I have had during this 8 months from all of you.

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Dec 30, 1929

I want to express that feeling to you and to wish you the happiest new year.

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Dec 26, 1929

I believe the enforcement of the law must be built up step by step in the spirit of the men who have the problem in their hands; that it must be built up in the spirit of the people.

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Dec 26, 1929

The Federal Government obviously can have just one object in view, and that is to secure an adequate enforcement of the law, whatever it is.

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