May 13, 1931
Their work has been done, not for financial reward, but in that willing and faithful performance of duty which is the tradition of the Army, in peace and in war.
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.
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May 12, 1931
I most cordially congratulate you upon the triple celebration of this day in your life when your sixty-fifth birthday coincides with the fortieth anniversary of your ministry and the tenth of your bishopric and I send you best wishes for…
May 12, 1931
At the present time, sites have been acquired, contracts let either in whole or in part and construction in progress for 150 projects, total limits of cost for land and building $120,213,900.00.
May 12, 1931
Some 196 projects have been specifically authorized by Congress and the sites are in the process of selection.
May 12, 1931
Sites for 115 projects have been determined and have recently been acquired or are in course of negotiation or condemnation, total limits of cost for land and building $50,622,941.00.
May 12, 1931
Plans have been completed for 56 projects, total limits of cost for land and building $20,097,000.
May 12, 1931
Sites have been acquired for 190 building projects and plans for same are partially completed, total limits of cost for land and building $192,173,723.22.
May 12, 1931
During the past 2 years, 51 projects have been completed, total limits of cost for land and building $2.3,516,876.00.
May 11, 1931
I TAKE PLEASURE in extending to Your Majesty and the Rumanian people felicitations on this auspicious anniversary of Rumanian independence.
May 10, 1931
And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930, that, subject to valid rights, the public lands in the excluded area shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert land laws where applicable…
May 10, 1931
It is hereby ordered that the following described lands, which have largely passed from Government ownership, be, and the same are hereby, excluded from the Deerlodge National Forest, in the State of Montana
May 9, 1931
He was so fine an American, so staunch in every righteous course that his loss is a loss to all our people.
May 9, 1931
Courageous, independent, wise, staunch in every course that led to betterment of the city and the nation.
May 8, 1931
THE LOVE and respect of parents and children are the root of a very large part of all the happiness in the world.
May 7, 1931
We haven't had time to get the detail of it, but we will, sometime next week, be able to give you a list of all the buildings which have been authorized and what their status is on the road to construction.
May 7, 1931
The other item I have today is that Mr. Calvin Chesnut of Baltimore has been selected for the District Court to succeed Judge [Morris A.] Soper.
May 7, 1931
I have two or three inquiries from the press and some from associations as to the progress of the building program of the Treasury.
May 7, 1931
We will, however, in order that every community may know exactly where it stands, give you a list of all the buildings and exactly where we have got to as to securing the sites, plans, contracts, and everything.
May 5, 1931
From a historic as well as from a modern point of view the exhibits will have great educational value.
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