Herbert Hoover

The extent of crime is and must be a subject of increasing concern to the Government and to every well-disposed citizen.

There is room for further improvement.

Under authority and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that, subject to valid existing claims, the…

I wish to express my deep sense of the wonderful blessing this work has been to those whose darkness has been lightened through this printed eye opening upon the outer world and supplied to them through your generosity and warm human…

I suggest that the Supreme Court of the United States be authorized to prescribe uniform rules of practice and procedure in criminal cases for all proceedings after verdicts in the district courts, and for the circuit courts of appeal…

Relief should be granted in those districts where private litigants are suffering from delay, where civil and criminal dockets are seriously congested, and additional judges are needed.

Legislation should be enacted to permit an accused person to waive the requirement of indictment by grand jury.

The gradual credit contraction during the past 8 months arising indirectly from causes originating in foreign countries and continued domestic deflation, but more directly from hoarding, has been unquestionably the major factor in…

Mrs. Wanda Coolidge Carver may be appointed as under clerk, grade CAF-1, $1,260 per annum, navy yard, Washington, D. C., in lieu of an existing vacancy in the rating of typewriter, grade CAF-1, without regard to the civil-service act or…

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4426, dated April 19, 1926, which withdrew the public lands in T. 1 S., R. 2 E., Salt Lake meridian, Utah, pending a resurvey, be, and the same is hereby, revoked.

This measure I am signing today, together with the additional capital provided for the Federal land banks and the creation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, will so strengthen our whole credit structure and open the channels of…

Army Day gives the nation an opportunity to express grateful appreciation to those who exposed their lives to the dangers of the battlefield and those who fell in defense of our national ideals.

I am confident that the further nonpartisan measures of reconstruction to assist the earlier payment of depositors in closed banks, to apply rigid economy in Government expenditures, to balance the budget, to reform railway regulation…

It liberalizes existing provisions with regard to eligibility of collateral and thereby enables the Federal Reserve banks to furnish accommodations to many banks on sound assets heretofore unavailable for rediscount purposes.

The fine spirit of patriotic nonpartisanship shown in carrying out the emergency program is, I know, appreciated by the whole country.

First. In a sense this bill is a national defense measure.

I trust that our banks with the assurances and facilities now provided will reach out to aid business and industry in such fashion as to increase employment and aid agriculture.

In signing this bill which comprises an essential part of the reconstruction program, I desire to express my appreciation to the leaders and Members of both Senate and House of both parties, who have cooperated in its enactment.

The bill should accomplish two major purposes.

The Bankruptcy Act has proved to be defective and to allow a great many loopholes for exploitation of both the bankrupt and the creditors-a great deal of injustice on both sides.

Two years ago I directed a searching investigation by the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce into the whole condition in bankruptcy administration.

Otherwise than that I have no news today.

These reforms ought to result, if enacted, in the saving of a good many million of dollars of creditors and bankrupts and in a great deal of direct economies in the administration of justice.

It is hereby ordered that the following-described area in Burleigh and Kidder Counties, N. Dak., be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and…

The very first obligation upon the National resources is the undiminished financial support of the public schools