Eras: 1929–1941

1929–1941

Statement on the Dispersal of the Bonus Army

Source: Herbert Hoover, “The President’s News Conference,” July 29, 1932. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=23189&st=&st1. THE PRESIDENT said: A challenge to the

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1929–1941

The Norris-La Guardia Act

Source: 29 U.S. Code Title 29, Chapter 6, §101-110, Online from Legal Information Institute, Cornell University Law School. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/29/chapter-6. No court of the United States, as defined in this chapter,

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1929–1941

Veto of the Muscle Shoals Resolution

Source: Herbert Hoover, “Veto of the Muscle Shoals Resolution,” March 3, 1931. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/vsbd. I return herewith, without my

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1929–1941

Statement on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill

Source: Herbert Hoover, “Statement on the Tariff Bill,” June 16, 1930. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/bu8t. I SHALL approve the tariff bill.

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