Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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More policemen than citizens witnessed the Louisville parade. The hall where the President spoke was only half-filled with curious spectators who did not grasp the significance of his speech on inland waterway development (see p. 13).
¶ The President cabled President Carlos Ibañez of Chile: "I am most gratified to learn of your fortunate escape from the attempt on your life" (see p. 32).
¶ To the White House looked stock traders for some word of hope as the market slumped. The President's word: "The fundamental business of the country ... is on a sound and prosperous basis. ... A temporary drop in grain prices in sympathy with stock exchange prices usually happens. ..."
¶ Deeply grieved was President Hoover last week to hear physicians despair of saving the life of Senator Theodore Elijah Burton of Ohio, the President's good friend and campaign supporter, ill for weeks following an attack of influenza (TIME, Oct. 14). Back from Ohio, President Hoover again visited...
¶ Last week President Hoover appointed: Lawyer Walter Ewing Hope of Manhattan,