Herbert Hoover Signed 8x12.25 1930 Request To Congress Document BAS #AB14564
This Autographed 8x12.25 Request To Congress Dated June 9, 1930 Document has been Personally Signed by Herbert Hoover. This item is 100% Authentic to include a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) / hologram by Beckett Authentication Services. The authenticity can be verified on Beckett Authentication Services website.
In a statement addressed to Congress, signed "Herbert Hoover", the president orders that "legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of not exceeding $44,446.05 for the payment of interest on funds represented by drafts drawn on the Secretary of State by the American Embassy in Petrograd and the American Embassy in Constantinople and transfers which the Embassy at Constantinople undertook to make by cable communications to the Secretary of State between December 23, 1915 and April 21, 1917…" The document is stamped at the top margin in red ink, "The message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on For. Aff. And ordered to be printed." The document has uneven toning from the previous matting. Light foxing throughout. Creasing at the top margin, along with staining from a removed paper clip. Mounting material residue on reverse.
When the United States did enter WWI, Herbert Hoover was appointed head of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and tasked with leading the Food Administration. Known as the "food czar", Hoover helped feed the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe throughout the conflict. After the war, Hoover became Secretary of Commerce, holding the position from 1921 to 1928, before becoming President. Unfortunately, his presidency was overshadowed by the stock market collapse of 1929 and the following Great Depression. By the time this message was sent to Congress, the nation was on the brink of a historic economic collapse.
In a statement addressed to Congress, signed "Herbert Hoover", the president orders that "legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of not exceeding $44,446.05 for the payment of interest on funds represented by drafts drawn on the Secretary of State by the American Embassy in Petrograd and the American Embassy in Constantinople and transfers which the Embassy at Constantinople undertook to make by cable communications to the Secretary of State between December 23, 1915 and April 21, 1917…" The document is stamped at the top margin in red ink, "The message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on For. Aff. And ordered to be printed." The document has uneven toning from the previous matting. Light foxing throughout. Creasing at the top margin, along with staining from a removed paper clip. Mounting material residue on reverse.
When the United States did enter WWI, Herbert Hoover was appointed head of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and tasked with leading the Food Administration. Known as the "food czar", Hoover helped feed the inhabitants of Central and Eastern Europe throughout the conflict. After the war, Hoover became Secretary of Commerce, holding the position from 1921 to 1928, before becoming President. Unfortunately, his presidency was overshadowed by the stock market collapse of 1929 and the following Great Depression. By the time this message was sent to Congress, the nation was on the brink of a historic economic collapse.
Herbert Hoover Signed 8x12.25 1930 Request To Congress Document BAS #AB14564
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