PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/28/1925 - HFSID 88743

HERBERT HOOVER.
Herbert Hoover sends a typed letter of thanks for the suggestion.
Typed Letter Signed: "Herbert Hoover" as Secretary of Commerce, 1p, 8x10¼. Washington, D.C., 1925 January 28. On official letterhead to Mr. O. E. Dyson, Secretary Treasure, U. S. Live Stock Sanitary Assn., Kansas City, Missouri. In full: "I am greatly obliged for your letter of January 14th and for the suggestions contained therein. If we ever have a National Cooperative Marketing Board, as I have recommended, your proposition is one to which that board should give attention. Yours faithfully." Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) served as the 31st U.S. President from 1929-1933. Hoover, a capable administrator, had headed the Food Administration to provide relief to Europe and Russia during and after WWI and served as Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (1921-1928). Blamed by many voters for the Great Depression, he was defeated in his bid for re-election by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The second President to attain the age of 90 years (John Adams was the first), Hoover lived a record 31 years after leaving the presidency. During his "retirement", Hoover was appointed to commissions to oversee government agencies by Presidents Harry S Truman (1947) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953). He also wrote a number of books and articles. Fold creases through signature. Silked on verso light show through at edges. Fragile.