Herbert Hoover

France is to be congratulated on the enterprise and vision which have assembled in Paris so much of interest from such distant parts of the world.

It affords me special pleasure on the occasion of the opening of the International Colonial and Overseas Exposition to extend to Your Excellency my cordial greetings and to assure you of the best wishes of the United States for the success…

No. We will discuss the whole of the work of the Department--to a large extent public works.

We are taking advantage of that occasion and the opportunity to discuss various matters in connection with the War Department over the weekend.

I have appointed Mr. Wayland W. Magee of Bennington, Nebraska as the farmer member of the Federal Reserve Board.

This is a day of appointments.

His long and successful career, his many public services and his great benefactions marked him as one of our most eminent citizens.

The resolutions that you have taken in our circumstances, prove that a great mind knows how to make personal sacrifices to secure an important general good.

It must be builded upon good will.

We stand today with near 5½ million men actively under arms and 20 million more in reserves.

The very calling of this conference is in itself not only proof of need but it is an emphatic evidence of progress in the world demand for relief.

Mrs. Hoover and I join in extending to you our deep sympathy.

It is needless for me to emphasize the high degree of economic interdependence of the world--we require no more emphatic demonstration than the present worldwide depression.

The triumphant manner in which Your Excellency had maintained the mastery of the American seas, and the glory of the French flag, lead both nations to look to you as the arbiter of the war.

International confidence cannot be builded upon fear.

I AM GLAD to learn that the American Legion is taking the initiative in wiping out the animosities of the War by so gallant an action in good will as the Dinner you are giving this evening for the men who served in the German armed forces…

The whole history of the world is filled with chapter after chapter of the failure to secure peace through either competitive arms or through intimidation.

It gives me much pleasure to extend to Your Excellency on this auspicious occasion the sincere good wishes of my Government in which I personally join most heartily.

It is within the power of the businessmen of the world to insist that this problem shall be met with sincerity, with courage, and with constructive action.

Mrs. Elsie K. Demshock may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Navy Department without reference to the provisions of the civil-service rules.

I GREATLY regret to learn of the death of your father.

Beyond his fame as a great military leader, his memory will forever be cherished by the whole country for his chivalrous consideration in victory and for his nobility of spirit in desiring the immediate healing of the spiritual wounds of…

I am glad to learn of the exercises to be held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of New York City honoring the memory of General Ulysses S. Grant on Sunday next.

I will be obliged if you will express my cordial greetings to those present at the Sixteenth Anniversary Dinner of the American Jewish Congress and my appreciation of the many valuable contributions made to our National life by our…

It is intended by this Executive order through changes of the boundary between the Pend Oreille and Kootenai National Forests to transfer certain lands from the Pend Oreille to the Kootenai National Forest and certain other lands from the…