Herbert Hoover

I am much gratified at the action taken in New York by which a joint committee has been appointed representing financial and industrial leaders of that city for the purpose, amongst other things, of securing that the expansion of credit…

I am today a strong exponent of the desirability of committees which are created for some specific purpose or some specific duty where there is some definite and positive goal that can be set and methods by which it can be arrived at.

I am much gratified at the action taken in New York by which a joint committee has been appointed representing the financial and industrial leaders of that city, for the purpose, amongst other things, of securing that the expansion of…

It would seem desirable that the Governors of the different Federal Reserve banks should proceed in a similar manner, and as soon as the chairman of such committees are known, I shall be glad to invite them to Washington in order that the…

Several of them have written to me and stated that if they are still alive that they would not serve on such a body because they do not believe it has any constructive purpose and they do not believe there is anything to be accomplished by…

I will invite them to Washington in order that the whole problem may be put on a national basis.

I have therefore requested the Secretary of the Interior to convey this message of greetings to the Conference and to express my earnest hope that its deliberations may bear fruit in the well-being and advancement of the colored race in…

Not only French pioneering enterprise, but also French culture, have profoundly influenced American history and American thought.

I will be obliged, however, if you will express my cordial greetings to the Congress and my wishes for a fruitful meeting.

Item 26 is amended by deleting the words 'Form No. 39.'

It is a source of pride to all Americans that the vast system of instantaneous communications by means of the electrical telegraph originated in the mind of an American, Samuel F. B. Morse, whose culture was an honor to his country and…

I have given a great deal of consideration to the subject.

The Shipping Board, in its present form at least, should be abolished.

There can be no adequate check or coordinated direction of expenditure or commitments.

It is, in fact, the very keystone of recovery, and it must be done.

Every reduction that can be made without serious injury to these services and injustice to our people should be effected.

The American people are no less courageous and no less wise than the people of other nations.

I am confident that the undertaking of the representatives of both political parties to balance the budget remains and will be fulfilled.

Without it the several measures for restoration of public confidence and reconstruction which we have already undertaken will be incomplete and the depression prolonged indefinitely.

It is the very keystone of recovery.

The resultant revival of shipbuilding industry has provided employment not only at seaboard shipyards but throughout the country where are produced and manufactured a large part of the materials and equipment entering into the finished…

The addition of this vessel and the three sister ships which will follow her into the carrying trade between the United States and Central and South America is an augury of closer communication and intercourse with our neighbors to the…

The determination of the American people to possess a first-class merchant marine has resulted in the establishment of a network of regular and dependable ocean service to all the principal ports of the world where our flag is again a…

It has notably grown in trades where no American flag services previously were provided.

During the past 2 years, as compared with the prewar decade, the proportion of our foreign trade carried by ships under the American flag has substantially increased.