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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1930
Page
7
President Hoover warns Congress against increasing governmental expenditure, noting the economy faces a global downturn driven by overproduction, speculative finance, and international unrest. He cites persistent low mood, but argues the United States remains strong, self-sustaining, and capable of leading a recovery without rapid spending expansion.
President Hoover's message to Congress outlines a major federal program of construction and relief aims to curb unemployment. He stresses voluntary cooperation, extended public works, and a need to accelerate employment within six months while warning against tax hikes that hurt private hiring.
President Hoover told Congress that substantial progress has been made in national peace and security and that the economic life remains unimpaired. He cited advances in education and science and noted renewed public morale, though he acknowledged yesterday's business downturn and stated that 80 to 85 percent of normal activities are being held.
President Hoover outlines economic recovery prospects, budget aims, and debt reduction while detailing military, legislative, immigration, antitrust, and public works policy. He reviews foreign relations including the London naval pact, Haiti, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, and arbitration treaties, urging continued restraint and modernization.
A Fort Gibson building is converted into a nursery for Alaskan orphans and younger homeless children. Commissioner Cooper told Secretary Wilbur that industrial school attendance will be restricted to older students while a matron and nurses care for the younger siblings, in his annual report.
Secretary Wilbur states the Indian Bureau faces a confusing job with piecemeal reservation laws creating a patchwork. He urges a generation long solution with gradual breakup of the old system and shift to modern methods for managing Indian lands and property.
President Hoover was asked to provide a special fund to combat underground fires burning for years in wetter states and on public coal lands. Secretary Wilbur warned some fires may extinguish themselves but many will burn indefinitely, threatening vast coal supplies in Colorado Montana North Dakota South Dakota Utah and Wyoming.
The 1930 fiscal year saw 22,685,940 letters pass through the Dead Letter Office with 770,445 containing money. After failed delivery attempts, 0 percent of $105,006 in currency and 98 percent of $5,286,124 in checks and drafts were returned to senders, Postmaster General Brown reported.
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