Herbert Hoover

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…

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

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.

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…

If we could have all the energy that is now devoted to creating new committees and conferences devoted to that purpose, that would get us out of this depression in short order.

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 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.

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

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

It is the very keystone of recovery.

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

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.

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

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

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

With the aid provided by mail contracts and construction loans, authorized by this act, orders have been placed for 45 new vessels of 500,000 gross tons and for the reconditioning of 19 vessels of 160,000 gross tons.

At no time since the glorious American clipper ship era has the Nation displayed such a keen interest in its ship activities.

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.

I am glad to extend congratulations to the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, as builders, and to The Grace Line (Panama Mail Service), as owners, upon the launching of the SS Santa Rosa.

The efforts put forth in the rehabilitation of the American merchant marine have proved beneficial to the country at large.