May 24, 1931
It is also hereby ordered that lot 7 of said sec. 8 be reserved and placed under the control of the Secretary of Commerce for lighthouse purposes.
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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May 23, 1931
President Hoover insisting that there be no economies that would enhance the present unemployment situation.
May 23, 1931
It was emphasized that the economies are no wise at the expense of dismissals from the service or through reductions in salaries.
May 23, 1931
In effecting the savings there will be no decrease in personnel excepting only as develops through natural changes incident to death and resignations.
May 23, 1931
The Post Office officials advise the President that the indefensible practice of payment to political organizations for Post Office appointments in some Southern States has been absolutely stamped out.
May 23, 1931
I am deeply interested to learn of the dedication at St. Paul's Church, Hoboken, on Sunday May 24th, of a World War Shrine commemorating Hoboken as the Port of Embarkation and Debarkation and the place where so many of our soldier dead lay…
May 23, 1931
Further examination of possible economies was outlined at the conference with the results to be considered later.
May 23, 1931
It is indeed fitting that such a Shrine should be adorned with memorials of their supreme sacrifice, and that our countrymen should resort there for remembrance.
May 22, 1931
We cannot add to their glory, but we and our descendants will be the better for remembering them.
May 22, 1931
They are symbols, fitting and lasting symbols, of the ideals for which the men of Cornell, of all our universities and colleges, of our whole country, fought and died.
May 22, 1931
I am happy today to take part in the dedication of a permanent memorial to those men of Cornell University who lost their lives in the World War.
May 22, 1931
We do not condemn our own action or belittle the high motives and ideals which based our efforts when we acknowledge that the war was a catastrophe.
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