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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.

Dec 15, 1931

It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national forest status which have hitherto not had such status, nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status.

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Dec 15, 1931

The transfer effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Cabinet National Forest are more clearly shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof.

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Dec 15, 1931

It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now parts of the Lolo National Forest as defined by proclamation of April 30, 1912 (37 Stat. 1739- 1740), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Cabinet National Forest:

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Dec 11, 1931

I know that I represent all of the guests in expressing our gratitude to the Gridiron Club for their hospitality and entertainment.

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Dec 11, 1931

The day that we begin coalition government you may know that our democracy has broken down.

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Dec 11, 1931

A revered President, long since dead, once told me that there was no solution to this relation of the White House to the press; that there never would be a President who could satisfy the press until he was 20 years dead.

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Dec 10, 1931

In the recommendations that I have laid before Congress and in the organizations created in the last few months there is a very definite rounded program for turning the tide of deflation and starting the country on the road to recovery.

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Dec 10, 1931

The safeguarding and support of banks through the National Credit Association, which has already given great confidence to bankers and extended their ability to make loans to commerce and industry.

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