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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 · 1929–19323,180 total · peak 1931 (1235)
1929: 764 quotes1930: 740 quotes1931: 1,235 quotes1932: 441 quotes
Aug 17, 1931

Presidential Proclamation No. 758 of May 27, 1907, reserving a strip of land along the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, is hereby modified.

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Aug 17, 1931

Authorizing him to approve an application filed by the Western Gas Co. pursuant to the provisions of section 28 of the act of Congress approved February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), for right of way for a pipe line for transporting natural gas.

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Aug 12, 1931

I congratulate the Daily News on securing your services and wish for you personally every success in your new undertaking.

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Aug 12, 1931

Your thirty years of experience as an active journalist give promise that you will maintain and enhance the high traditions of the Daily News.

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Aug 12, 1931

I AM PLEASED indeed to learn that you have become the publisher of the Chicago Daily News.

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Aug 11, 1931

The Executive order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license for Project No. 966, on the following-described lands.

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Aug 11, 1931

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85 of June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the above-described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened, under the terms and conditions…

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Aug 11, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 5234, dated December 4, 1929, withdrawing the public lands in T. 3 S., R. 21 E., New Mexico principal meridian, Now Mexico, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.

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Aug 10, 1931

I EXTEND my hearty congratulations to Your Excellency and your fellow countrymen on this anniversary of the German Republic.

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Aug 9, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4997, dated November 19, 1928, which withdrew, in addition to other land, the public land in T. 14 S., R. 17 E., New Mexico principal meridian, New Mexico, pending a resurvey, be, and the same…

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Aug 9, 1931

And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85 of June 12, 1930 (46 Stat. 580), and subject to valid rights, that the above-described lands, where of the proper character, if otherwise subject to disposition, shall be opened…

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Aug 9, 1931

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4745, dated October 21, 1927, withdrawing the public lands in T. 10 S., R. 20 E., Salt Lake meridian, Utah, pending a resurvey of said township, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.

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Aug 9, 1931

Business stability will be built not only on the foundations of the individual efficiency of industrial units, large and small, but upon their united efforts in analyzing their common problems and their cooperation in a sound program.

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Aug 9, 1931

To cherish the memories of the valiant, to stimulate patriotism in the minds of youth and to inculcate respect for the flag, are aims which strike a responsive chord in the heart of all good citizens.

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Aug 9, 1931

I shall appreciate it if you will express to the participants in your conference my interest in their problems and my earnest hopes that your meeting will be a successful one.

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Aug 9, 1931

When it is realized that the smaller industries employ more than half of the nation's industrial labor the significance of your conference is clear.

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Aug 7, 1931

You approach the problems of youth with sympathy and with confidence assured of the ultimate contributions with which they will refresh the common life of the world.

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Aug 7, 1931

IT IS A PLEASURE to extend in behalf of the United States most cordial greetings to the delegates from 50 nations attending the World's Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association, meeting in Cleveland tonight.

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Aug 7, 1931

In drawing attention to the nationwide and worldwide problems and service of the Y.M.C.A., however, we should not lose sight of the primary object of the organization which is to serve individual men.

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Aug 7, 1931

Your organization is a great militant body enlisted in the fundamental advancement of human progress.

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Aug 7, 1931

Yours is an organization devoted to safeguarding the moral and spiritual heritage of youth and to guiding it in the paths of right and joy of service.

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Aug 7, 1931

No thoughtful person can overlook the profound truth that the ideas and ideals of Christ which you uphold not only have dominated the course of civilization since His time but are the foundations of our economic and social life today.

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Aug 7, 1931

The accomplishments of your associations over these many years have quickened the hopes of mankind.

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Aug 7, 1931

I would have enjoyed welcoming you in person but the demands of public service make it impossible for me to do so.

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