Herbert Hoover

There has been no loss of livestock in that territory?

I should like it therefore if the Commission would undertake to review the facts upon the basis of the forthcoming crops and make another report.

No criticism of the work of the Commission, either direct or indirect, is implied but this investigation was of necessity based upon conditions maintaining before the emergency created by the drought and in some cases upon data over a…

CHILDREN ARE our most precious possession.

I am returning without approval, the reports of the Commission on tomatoes, prepared or preserved in any manner, and on cherries, sulphured or in brine.

You have $65 million altogether.

The Committee for Unemployment Relief under the Chairmanship of Mr. Horatio G. Lloyd has accomplished a great humanitarian task.

Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), entitled 'An act to authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases,' as amended by act of…

It is hereby ordered that the land hereinafter listed be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for public use

But otherwise I haven't anything at all today.

If you can think up some device by which we can stir public interest you might let me know.

I haven't anything of any great importance today.

Messrs. [Ray Lyman] Wilbur, [William D.] Mitchell, and [Arthur M.] Hyde are not going to resign from the Cabinet.

And in case that hardy perennial about Mr. [Andrew W.] Mellon turns up, you can be satisfied that that won't happen either.

The Wilbur one seems to be happening every Friday now.

He so contributed to a cleanness and high purpose and sportsmanship in athletics that his passing is a national loss.

I KNOW that every American grieves with you.

Now, Therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the said act of Congress approved February 14, 1931, do hereby proclaim and establish the Canyon De Chelly National…

I extend heartfelt sympathy to Your Excellency and the people of Nicaragua.

I have directed the Red Cross to take the matter in hand at once, and the Army and Navy will cooperate with them.

I have canvassed the financial situation in the Government exhaustively with our different departments, and I can state that there will be no increases in taxes if the next Congress imposes no increases on the budget or the expenditure…

The flash has just come in that Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, has been destroyed by an earthquake and is now burning up.

There will be no increases in taxes if the next Congress imposes no increases upon the budget or other expenditure proposals which the administration will present.

But for Congress to do this the people must cooperate to effectively discourage and postpone consideration of the demands of sectional and group interests.

Further than that I have no news.