Mar 13, 1931
This will be the first vacation of the President since assuming office, with the exception of a 7-day fishing trip to Florida something more than a year ago.
Herbert Hoover
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Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1929, to March 4, 1933. A member of the Republican Party, Hoover was born in Iowa but later moved to California. Before his presidency, he served as the Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928, where he focused on promoting economic growth and efficiency. Hoover was also known for his humanitarian efforts during World War I, leading relief efforts in Europe and earning a reputation as a skilled administrator.
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Mar 13, 1931
On the return voyage the President will stop off at the Virgin Islands, the jurisdiction of which has been recently transferred by the President's order from the Navy to the Department of the Interior.
Mar 13, 1931
The journey will give the President an opportunity to confer with Governor [Theodore] Roosevelt at Porto Rico.
Mar 13, 1931
TO SECURE a short rest and to settle certain administrative problems regarding American possessions in [the] Caribbean, President Hoover will go to Porto Rico and probably to the Virgin Islands next week on the reconditioned battleship…
Mar 12, 1931
IN COOPERATION with Secretary Doak, I have appointed Mr. John R. Alpine of New York as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor in charge of the United States Employment Service activities to include the application at once of the…
Mar 12, 1931
But such action would have little effect, however, unless the east Texas pool shall be prorated on the same basis as other new pools.
Mar 12, 1931
On the 29th of January the Oil Conservation Board recommended to Congress that authority be given to the Federal Trade Commission to effect proration of imports, it being the Board's hope that a proration of production in the foreign pools…
Mar 12, 1931
On March 5, therefore, the Board, with my approval, requested that importers should each voluntarily prorate their production from foreign pools and their imports into the United States, in order to give mid-continent and California fields…
Mar 12, 1931
The Board considers that in the present situation a substantial reduction in imports can be brought about without distributing the price of oil to the consumer, the Atlantic Seaboard can be supplied from domestic storage.
Mar 12, 1931
The consumption of the United States is approximately 900 million barrels per annum, the imports thus representing something over 11 percent and the exports about 16 percent of the total.
Mar 12, 1931
The State authorities of Oklahoma have brought about similar restraint upon an enormous new pool discovered at Oklahoma City.
Mar 12, 1931
No right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise, except strictly in accordance herewith.
Mar 12, 1931
Coincident with these efforts, the State commissions working with other producers of California, Oklahoma, and Texas, brought about proration agreements amongst themselves.
Mar 12, 1931
It it believed that if these two results could be brought about, the industry will soon readjust itself.
Mar 12, 1931
In order to prevent enormous waste of gas and oil and to prevent the ruin of the independent oil producers, the Federal Oil Conservation Board brought about over a year ago, under the leadership of Secretary Wilbur, an almost entire…
Mar 12, 1931
No action was taken by Congress upon this recommendation nor upon other plans proposed by the independent oil producers.
Mar 12, 1931
The question of prorating of imports has been under agitation as also having a bearing upon the problem.
Mar 12, 1931
We import approximately 105 million barrels of petroleum and its products per annum and export about 156 million barrels, the imports coming largely from certain South American and Mexican oil pools.
Mar 10, 1931
I am interested to learn of the III Olympic Winter Games to be held at Lake Placid in 1932.
Mar 10, 1931
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34-36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the tract of land in Alaska lying within the following described…
Mar 10, 1931
The friendly rivalry of the athletes of the nations not only develops sportsmanship but also contributes to the advance of international good-will and fellowship.
Mar 9, 1931
He has given much of his life to public service and has never refused a demand of the public interest.
Mar 9, 1931
His abilities, his character, his devotion to the highest of purposes made him a great citizen.
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