Mar 7, 1932
I believe that the Committee on Economy through these avenues and the reorganization can find a large area for economy and will be able to find the amount necessary to balance the budget
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 7, 1932
I wish to congratulate you most heartily upon your ninety-first birthday, and to wish you every blessing.
Mar 7, 1932
This includes 255 different institutions, the great majority of them being country banks
Mar 7, 1932
The loans so far undertaken to banks, trust companies, building and loan and other financial institutions, as provided in the act, amounts in round numbers to $61,800,000
Mar 7, 1932
The administrative officials of the Government are cooperating with the special Economy Committee in the House in a general drive to bring about very drastic economies in Federal expenditure
Mar 5, 1932
To join in this effort and to respond to this appeal becomes a measure of your faith in our country; it will be the touchstone of your loyalty and of your sense of individual responsibility for the welfare of the whole community; it is…
Mar 5, 1932
The Citizens Reconstruction Organization, which has been formed at my request under the leadership of Colonel Knox, is seeking the support of every voluntary organization and every individual in the country to bring out of hoarding these…
Mar 5, 1932
I believe that the individual American has not realized the harm he has done when he hoards even a single dollar away from circulation.
Mar 5, 1932
It was the spirit of America that made this the richest and most powerful nation on Earth.
Mar 5, 1932
One hoarded dollar deprives some wage earner of at least some part of his pay.
Mar 5, 1932
The Government alone cannot produce prosperity, but it can liberate the inherent resources and strength of the American people.
Mar 5, 1932
I congratulate you most cordially upon your long and useful career in the service of the Jewish people, and wish for you every blessing in the years to come.
Mar 5, 1932
The tide has turned and some of these idle dollars are finding their way back into the channels of trade.
Mar 5, 1932
The safest risk in the world is a share in the future of the American people.
Mar 5, 1932
The time has now arrived for a new offensive rally in the spirit that has made America great.
Mar 2, 1932
Restoration of our usual economic prosperity is the business of every citizen.
Mar 1, 1932
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), the act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 962-963; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 521), and the act of June 28, 1930 (46 Stat. 827-828), and…
Feb 28, 1932
Postage stamps purchased with official funds should be used only on correspondence and packages sent and received by the officer on the official business of his office.
Feb 28, 1932
Effective administration of the law in a Republic requires not only adequate and proper machinery, honest and capable officials, but above all a citizenry imbued with a spirit of respect for law.
Feb 28, 1932
The bankruptcy act should be amended to provide remedial processes in voluntary proceedings under which debtors, unable to pay their debts in due course, may have the protection of the court without being adjudged bankrupt.
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