Dec 19, 1931
It is my privilege to convey to you at this holiday season the nation's tribute of remembrance and gratitude for your service in defense of our country.
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.
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Dec 17, 1931
Mrs. Florence F. Burton may be appointed to the position of secretary to the Director of Prohibition, Department of Justice, without compliance with the requirements of the civil-service rules.
Dec 17, 1931
I, of course, regard the enactment of the authority to create this corporation as a most urgent matter.
Dec 17, 1931
Beyond this, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which I have proposed to the Congress, aside from its purposes to aid agricultural credit associations and the export of agricultural commodities and other stiffening of the credit…
Dec 17, 1931
It will be remembered that the carriers have now organized the Railway Credit Corporation on the plan provided between them and the Interstate Commerce Commission for assisting railways with deficient earnings from the special income…
Dec 17, 1931
As shown by the Interstate Commerce Commission, excluding those roads already in receivership, the number of railways earning less than fixed charges is only about 16 percent or 17 percent of the whole.
Dec 17, 1931
The Railway Credit Corporation has been approved by the Railway Executives and the Commission, and is now in course of confirmation by the Boards of the different railway companies.
Dec 17, 1931
I DEEPLY REGRET to learn of the death of your husband, Herbert Knox Smith, whose career was one of such distinguished public service.
Dec 17, 1931
In consequence of the fall in prices of railway bonds, I have a number of telegrams from different parts of the country and inquiries from the press as to the status of the various agencies which are proposed to assist those railways which…
Dec 16, 1931
IT GIVES ME much pleasure on this Your Majesty's birthday to extend to you and the people of Yugoslavia cordial felicitations on behalf of my fellow countrymen and in my own name and to wish for Your Majesty a long and prosperous reign
Dec 16, 1931
Hearings were held and after long consideration of the subject, the commission rendered to me a unanimous report which I now transmit for the consideration of the Congress.
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