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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.
There is a sentimentalism in some people which makes popular heroes out of criminals which needs replacement by a sentimentalism that makes a popular hero of the policeman for the courage and devotion he shows in protection of our citizens.
In the United States a major responsibility rests upon the shoulders of our Chiefs of Police.
If the police had the vigilant, universal backing of public opinion in their communities, if they had the implacable support of the prosecuting authorities and the courts, if our criminal laws in their endeavor to protect the innocent did…
I look forward confidently to the day when the moral forces of every community will rally to your support in the fight against crime everywhere.
The Chiefs of Police occupy a position of high command in that service.
The importance of high standards of product and professional practice in pharmacy may well be more generally recognized, and Pharmacy Week is a commendable educational effort to that end.
I EXTEND to you and your fellow countrymen my sincere felicitations on this anniversary of the Republic of China.
Our difficulty is a diffusion of resources and the primary need is to mobilize them in such a way as to restore, in a number of localities, the confidence of the banker in his ability to continue normal business and to dispel any…
Our problem in this respect is one of such adjustment during the period of depression as will at the same time aid our own and world recovery.
The real estate people have been suggesting a central mortgage rediscount bank as a permanent institution but that committee is not in agreement and have not completed their arguments.
It is a movement of national assurance and of unity of action in an American way to assist business, employment, and agriculture.
There is no justification for any such situation in view of the strength of our banking system and the strong position of our Federal Reserve System.
The prolongation of the depression by the succession of events in Europe, affecting as they have both commodity and security prices, has produced in some localities in the United States an apprehension wholly unjustified in view of the…
The purpose of my conference with Members of Congress tonight is to advance a national unity in the setting up of constructive forces in place of destructive forces now working in the depression.
I feel that it is not proper in advance of this conference to make any announcement.
I have consulted and am continuing to consult with every group that can be helpful.
The only real way to brake this cycle is to restore confidence in the people at large.
If present tendencies are allowed to continue unchecked, there is no telling where the movement will stop.
I have, therefore, asked you to come here to make the definite suggestion to you that you proceed to the creation of such an organization, and make available to it such resources as will insure its adequate functioning.
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