Road building by the Federal Government and the States and municipalities is a major factor in unemployment relief.
Herbert Hoover
The Public Record
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.
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, Executive Order No. 5327 of April 15, 1930, temporarily withdrawing certain lands in Utah and other States on account of their possible oil-shale value, is hereby modified to the extent…
I trust that your convention may be fruitful in sound plans and policies of such an important factor, both of relief and recovery.
The sixty-eight million policy holders of the country with policies aggregating one hundred nine billion dollars, represent a major stratum in the very bed-rock of our economic life.
American officials stationed or temporarily residing in foreign countries, and officials of insular possessions of the United States.
I am informed that more than half, or fifty-four per cent of the people of the United States, own life insurance.
Officials of the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department charged with the prevention of smuggling, on urgent matters involving attempts to smuggle merchandise and prohibited articles into the United States.
Your Association has performed a very useful function in coordinating engineering, manufacturing, equipment and industrial aspects of the program.
You have performed a real public service and I wish to express my personal appreciation.
Consular officers should countenance and protect American citizens before the authorities of the country in all cases in which, they may be injured or oppressed; but at the same time they should impress upon such citizens their obligation…
Insurance not only protects the home and family and their social and spiritual values, but helps to meet current and future needs of expanding industry, commerce and education.





