PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/23/1931 - HFSID 299790
Price: $1,600.00
HERBERT HOOVER
The President of the United States designates Ogden L. Mills to be a
member of the Central Committee of the American Red Cross to represent the
Treasury Department.
Typed Letter signed: "Herbert Hoover", 1 page, 7x9.
Washington D.C., 1931 November 23. On The White House letterhead, written
to Honorable Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.
In full: "My dear Mr. Mills: In accordance with the provisions of
Section 5 of the Act of Congress of January 5, 1905, reincorporating the
American National Red Cross, I hereby designate you to be a member of the
Central Committee of the American Red Cross, to represent the Treasury
Department, for a term expiring December 6, 1932. Yours faithfully,"
Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) served as the 31st U.S. President
from 1929-1933. Blamed by many voters for the Great Depression, he had been
defeated in his bid for re-election by Franklin D. Roosevelt. 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).
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", he was appointed to commissions to oversee government
agencies by Presidents Harry S Truman (1947) and Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1953). OGDEN L. MILLS (1884-1937) was President Herbert Hoover's
Secretary of the Treasury (1932-1933) as well as U. S. Representative
from New York's 17th Congressional District (1921-1927) and a New York state
senator (1914-1917). Two filing holes at top edge. Normal mailing fold. Lightly
creased. Lightly soiled. Slightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.
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