THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Jan. 16, 1933

Back from Florida in rare good spirits, President Hoover began 1933 by consenting to see the Press for the first time since Sept. 13. Said he to the newshawks assembled in his White House office: "Happy New Year, and I believe you will have one. I have no doubt you will find plenty of news in the next twelve months and that, after all, is the main object in your lives." ΒΆ"The proposals to stop the reorganization of government functions which I have made is a backward step," exclaimed President Hoover when he discovered...

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