Excerpts from the Press Conference
04/12/1937
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I call upon the Governor of Puerto Rico to provide suitable and sufficient places of registration and to provide suitable and necessary regi...
I hereby further exempt the said James L. Hughes from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending November 30, 1941.
The first registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 for Puerto Rico shall take place in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, th...
How marvelous has been the advancement of your race, 'Up from Slavery,' to quote the title of a book which won universal admiration when the...