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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.

Quotes by year · 192919323,183 total · peak 1931 (1235)
1929: 765 quotes1930: 742 quotes1931: 1,235 quotes1932: 441 quotes
Sep 30, 1929

I am in hopes that Congress may in the meantime appoint the joint committee which I recommended on June 6th.

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Sep 30, 1929

I told you before, I think, on several occasions that the general lines of reorganization of the administrative side are to centralize the administrative authority in one place, so that the Department of Justice covers all questions of…

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Sep 30, 1929

I am issuing an Executive order [No. 5200] today to transfer the Division of Cooperative Marketing from the Department to the Farm Board, as a matter of facilitating the Board's work.

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Sep 30, 1929

It is expected that we will be able to make definite recommendations to Congress on its assembly in December.

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Sep 30, 1929

It is expected that we shall be able to make definite recommendations to Congress at the beginning of the December session.

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Sep 30, 1929

As stated before, the general lines of reorganization on the administrative side are to centralize the administrative agencies and thus responsibility for investigation and enforcement into the Department of Justice.

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Sep 30, 1929

The transfer above mentioned shall be effective from and including October 1st, 1929.

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Sep 30, 1929

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the tracts of land, in Alaska, lying within the following described…

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Sep 30, 1929

I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, under the authority conferred upon me by paragraph (e) of Section 13 of Agricultural Marketing Act approved June 15, 1929, entitled 'An Act To establish a Federal Farm Board to…

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Sep 30, 1929

The Division of Cooperative Marketing above referred to is created and authorized by 'An Act To create a division of cooperative marketing in the Department of Agriculture; to provide for the acquisition and dissemination of information…

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Sep 29, 1929

This Executive Order supersedes Executive Orders No. 4846-A, March 30, 1928 No. 4902, June 4, 1928 No. 5067, March 2, 1929 No. 5151-A, July 8, 1929

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Sep 29, 1929

In the allocation of these frequencies the following principles have been followed and shall be followed in the consideration of future applications for use of frequencies by Government departments:

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