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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.
It is hereby ordered that the following described tract of land in the State of Washington adjoining the Columbia National Forest, namely, SE ¼ NE ¼ sec. 24, T. 4 N., R. 4 E., Willamette Meridian, containing 40 acres, be and it is hereby…
I have none. The house is making the usual preparation of green and things that belong to the season.
You will want to go away for Christmas, and I will be too lazy, so I wish to take this occasion to wish you a merry Christmas, and will have a chance to wish you a happy new year later on.
Well, I have a complete blank on this occasion, and I don't think that we will bother to have a conference on Tuesday.
It is believed that it will produce a body of systematic fact about social problems, hitherto inaccessible, that will be of fundamental and permanent value to all students and workers in the field of social science.
The survey will be a strictly scientific research, carried out by trained technicians, and will require about 2 or 3 years to complete.
Please express to the members of the Tanners' Council gathered in Washington my cordial greetings and my deep appreciation of their patriotic cooperation in the nationwide task of assuring stability to the economic structure of the country…
We will have some appointments of interest during the afternoon, I hope.
It is hereby ordered that the public lands in secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, T. 10 S., R. 86 W., 6th P.M., Colorado, be and the same are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry and all forms of appropriation…
THE PRESIDENT considers that the misjudged youths calling themselves Communists who have been arrested for demonstrating in front of the Executive offices should be released and sent to their parents.
Never in our history has the press played so large a part or incurred so great a responsibility in our foreign relations as at present.
Presidents have long since learned that one of the undisclosed articles in the Bill of Rights is that criticism and digging of political graves are reserved exclusively to members of the legislative arm.
He does not believe that any such discourtesy seriously endangers the Republic and that a night in jail is only doing them a favor of cheap martyrdom.
The greatest catastrophe that could come to our country is that administration policies or legislation or voluntary movements shall be encouraged or enacted upon the basis of emotion, not upon facts and reason.
That voice when raised in human cause is the most potent force in the world today.
I have even searched through the intimate history of my predecessors since George Washington, endeavoring earnestly to discover remedies, antidotes, sedatives, irritants, stimulants, and experience.
My conception of government leads me to the firm conviction that we have arrived at a time in our history, because of the increasing complexity of our civilization and the delicacy of its adjustments, when we must make doubly certain that…
It is my belief that this is a vital means of government by the people and for the people, now that the people have ceased to live the simple life.
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