The Public Record
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.
PLEASE EXTEND my cordial greetings to the Kiwanis International Convention and my hope that the Kiwanis movement everywhere may continue to advance those high ideals of public helpfulness and service which means so much to the progress of…
The Department of Commerce informs me that the totals expended or contracted for in new public works and betterments by National, State and local governments, in these last 6 months have not been less than $1,700 million and that this…
Mrs. Hoover and I wish to convey to you our deepest sympathy and our trust that you may be given strength in this, the greatest trial which can come to you.
I was greatly shocked this morning to learn of the death of your husband who has been my friend over twenty-five years.
The public school system is America's distinctive and magnificent ally of the home in this most precious trust.
I am shocked and grieved at the death of my friend, your father, Representative Stephen G. Porter, and I offer you my deepest sympathy in your bereavement.
I congratulate you most cordially upon your remarkably interesting and human news reports of the Byrd Antarctic expedition.
He will be long and gratefully remembered for his important services to the Nation, and I gladly bear witness to them of personal knowledge.
Our task is to give every child the opportunity to grow up with a healthy body, a trained mind, a disciplined character, a cheerful faith in himself and a devotion to our form of government.
I note that the appropriation requested by the Law Enforcement Commission for its work outside of prohibition has failed in the Senate.
There is no doubt that the more vigorous enforcement of the Federal laws laterally have had something to do with this increase in prisoners.
St. Michael, Alaska, is hereby abolished as a port of entry in Customs Collection District No. 31 (Alaska), with headquarters at Juneau, Alaska, effective July 1, 1930.
I have no doubt that there are private citizens sufficiently anxious for the Nation to know the whole truth as to what constructive remedies may be suggested by so eminent a body of men and women as this Commission, that I shall be able to…
I do not think that we can abandon that program, and therefore I can't allow the work of the Commission to cease.
Nothing to my mind indicates more clearly the fact that crime is growing in general than the situation which we have in the prisons, both Federal and State, at the present moment.
The trust period on the allotments of the following named members of the Red Lake Chippewa Tribe of Indians of Minnesota, on the ceded part of the Red Lake Reservation, be, and is hereby, extended for a period of 10 years from the date of…
I AM GLAD to join with the citizens of your native town in paying tribute to your high courage, devotion and skill as exhibited in your service with Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expedition.
The action of the Governor of the Panama Canal, in transferring the operation of the Hotel Tivoli from the Panama Canal to the Panama Railroad Co. under the terms and conditions as expressed in his memorandum dated July 1, 1929, is hereby…
I would like very much if the American Child Health Association could send down a staff of competent people, prepared to examine the whole situation in Porto Rico from a health, a nutritional, and a social point of view so far as it…
It is a sad thing for our Government to set standards of subterfuge to our people.
This bill selects a particular group of 75,000 to 100,000 men, makes provision for them in the most wasteful and discriminatory way conceivable and entirely neglects the equal rights to help of over 200,000 more veterans who are likewise…
The Paymaster of the Panama Canal will remain responsible for the proper disbursement of such cash and shall render an accounting therefor under his bond as Paymaster.
The Paymaster of the Panama Canal, under the direction of the Auditor of the Panama Canal, is authorized to advance small sums of cash to bonded employees of the Panama Canal on the Isthmus of Panama, for the purpose of making petty cash…
Politicians like Herbert Hoover
