The Depression Papers of Herbert Hoover

1929

• Message to Congress, April 16 (agriculture, tariff)
  Hoover outlines the causes and aims of tariff reform and farm assistance. He emphasizes his desire for a flexible tariff system.
• Press conference statement, April 19 (agriculture)
  Hoover criticizes political divisions among farmers regarding the proposed farm assistance bill.
• Letter, April 20 (agriculture)
  Hoover outlines his objections to a plan to proposal to raise domestic agricultural prices by making government loans to export merchants.
• Remarks to the Farm Board, July 15 (agriculture)
  Hoover outlines the responsibilities of the new Federal Farm Board.
• Press statement, September 24 (tariff)
  Hoover reiterates his reasons for wanting a flexible tariff schedule.
• Stock market crash, October 24-29
• Origins of the stability program, undated (stability program)
  Hoover describes the divisions within his government about how to respond to the depression. He describes the views of Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon and contrasts them with his own.
• Press statement, November 15 (stability program)
  Hoover announces his recent conferences with business leaders regarding the stock market crash, and declares his confidence in the economic system.
• Press conference statement, November 19 (stability program)
  Hoover describes his meeting with railway presidents and announces their pledges to go ahead with current construction projects.
• Press statement, November 21 (stability program)
  Hoover announces a consensus among business leaders in various industries to continue current construction projects and to expand construction as needed to prevent unemployment.
• Press statement, November 21 (stability program)
  Hoover announces pledges by industrial leaders and labor leaders to maintain current wage schedules.
• Telegram to state governors, November 23 (public works)
  Hoover urges state governors to increase public construction so as to reduce unemployment.
• State of the Union, December 3
• Address at the Chamber of Commerce, December 5 (stability program)
  Hoover summarizes the stability program and charges the Chamber of Commerce with implementing its provisions throughout industry.

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