This Charter also emphasizes the importance of training for parents, 'to fit them to deal wisely with the problems of parenthood.'
Herbert Hoover
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.
The importance of the family as the unit for spiritual and social progress, and the spiritual values of family life, cannot be overestimated.
I have not come to get anything. I just want you to know that if you wish the help of a friend, telephone me what you want. I am there to serve and to help.
Anything which strengthens the family and gives a deeper significance to family life is salutary, not only for the family but for the nation.
Fear and apprehension, whether their origins are domestic or foreign, are very real, tangible, economic forces.
Labor has cooperated in prevention of conflict in giving greater effort and consequently in reducing unit costs.
For the first time in history the Federal Government has taken an extensive and positive part in mitigating the effects of depression and expediting recovery.
Great as have been our difficulties no man can contrast them with our experiences in previous great depressions or with the condition of other important industrial countries without a glow of pride in our American system and a confidence…
All one can say in response to greetings of so warm and cordial a character is wholly inadequate.
As we look beyond the horizons of our own troubles and consider the events in other lands, we know that the main causes of the extreme violence and the long continuance of this depression came not from within but from outside the United…





