Political Quotes

Herbert Hoover

The Public Record

Jun 4, 1932

Both of these committees to function in much the same way as the Interstate Commerce Commission now acts in passing upon loans to railroads.

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Jun 4, 1932

The review of the work of the Corporation showed that in the 14 weeks of its life loans of about $500 million were authorized to something like 4,000 banks, agricultural credit corporations, life insurance companies, and other financial…

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Jun 4, 1932

It is estimated that altogether over 10 million individual depositors and borrowers have been benefited by the margins provided by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to these banks.

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Jun 4, 1932

The enactment of the legislation which has been recommended creating the system of home loan discount banks.

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Jun 2, 1932

That a patrol be maintained in the territorial waters of the United States and the high seas, including Bering Sea, extending westerly from the territorial waters of the United States and Canada

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Jun 2, 1932

That the masters of such vessels, and the agents, assistant agents, inspectors, and wardens of the Bureau of Fisheries are hereby designated as officials to exercise all powers of search and seizure

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May 31, 1932

Mrs. Gladys L. Knight may be appointed to an existing vacancy in the rating of junior typist, Grade CAF-1, at $1,260 per annum, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., without regard to the civil-service act or rules.

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May 29, 1932

The tribute which you and the Belgian people are paying on Decoration Day to the memory of those American soldiers and sailors who gave their lives for the cause of justice and whose bodies rest in Belgium, echoes and resounds in every…

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May 29, 1932

I and my fellow countrymen in dedicating this day to our own dead will be keenly mindful of your own country's great sacrifice and will bend our heads in silent prayer for Belgium's heroic dead.

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May 27, 1932

Mrs. Nesta Stephens Long may be appointed a clerk in the Customs Service in the district of Arizona for a period of one year without regard to her standing on the civil-service junior stenographic register.

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