Subject to valid rights, the above-described land shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution
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.
PLEASE ACCEPT my sincere congratulations on this occasion of the anniversary of the Independence of our great sister Republic of Argentina.
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.
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.
It was emphasized that the economies are no wise at the expense of dismissals from the service or through reductions in salaries.
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.
President Hoover insisting that there be no economies that would enhance the present unemployment situation.
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…
Further examination of possible economies was outlined at the conference with the results to be considered later.
In effecting the savings there will be no decrease in personnel excepting only as develops through natural changes incident to death and resignations.
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.





