Herbert Hoover

Mrs. Cecil Alexander may be appointed to an appropriate position in the Post Office Department or the field service thereof without regard to the requirements of the civil-service rules.

Such forces as we need to put on the east coast we can handle from Panama and Guantanamo in a third of the time--probably a tenth of the time--that we could handle them from the west coast.

It does not look as if 100 men who are involved in it could do so much but 100 men running loose in inaccessible country can make a lot of uncertainty and create a lot of harm and embarrassment to all citizens.

There is some confusion in the minds of the public over the fact of our withdrawal of marines from the west coast.

I have no statement for quotation today.

My dear Governor Larson: I am deeply gratified that the State of New Jersey is undertaking at this time to crystalize and make applicable to New Jersey the recommendations of the recent White House Conference on Child Health and Protection…

I will be obliged if you will make known to the meeting on Thursday my warm appreciation of this great cooperative effort in behalf of childhood.

This order shall continue in full force and effect unless and until revoked by the President, or by act of Congress.

No group of people in history ever started from a more complete economic and cultural destitution.

It is of the greatest importance that the people of the United States become better acquainted with the history, the traditions, the culture, and the ideals of the other Republics of America.

Pan American Day will become an outward symbol of the constantly strengthening unity of purpose and unity of ideals of the Republics of this hemisphere.

Tuskegee has thus made a notable contribution not only to the day-to-day training of the members of its race for their part in the life of the Nation, but its leaders have made a higher contribution to the adjustment of interracial…

I cordially congratulate you, gentlemen of the Governing Board, on your happy initiative in establishing Pan American Day and, at the same time, I send a message of fraternal greeting, in the name of the people of the United States, to all…

There can be no solution either in the communities or government that is not based upon sympathetic understanding and absolute justice.

The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to the wisdom and constructive vision of Booker T. Washington, the founder of Tuskegee.

I CONSIDER IT a great privilege to take even a small part in this celebration of the 50th anniversary of Tuskegee Institute.

The common purpose to eliminate war and the determination to achieve peace and security represent a major contribution of the Americas to modern civilization.

These public and private schools, particularly under the leadership of Tuskegee and other universities and colleges, have been the most effective agents in solving the problems created by the admission to citizenship of 4 million ex-slaves…

A peculiarly heavy responsibility rests upon the nations of the Western Hemisphere; a responsibility which, at the same time, is a high privilege.

We have still many problems to solve in this matter and no section of our country is without its responsibility or without room for progress and improvement.

The greatest single factor in the progress of the Negro race has been the schools, private and public.

This spirit of mutual helpfulness is the cornerstone of true Pan Americanism.

The progress of the race within this period has surpassed the most sanguine hopes of the most ardent advocates.

The American Republics are today rapidly approaching the time when every major difference existing between them will be settled by the orderly processes of conciliation and arbitration.

It is hereby directed that Capt Washington C. McCoy, master of the U.S.M.V.Kilkenny, Bureau of Navigation, be placed in the classified service.