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HOOVER, HERBERT. Graphite drawing, unsigned, an abstract doodle, on a
scrap of heavy paper. On the verso is a note signed byWhite House Chief Usher Irving H.
Hoover, in pencil: “Scratch, made by President Hoover while talking on the phone, from
my desk, in the Ushers room at The White House, to Senator Allan of Kansas at the
Capitol,April 11th, 1930, at 1:30 P.M.” 5
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4
x6
1
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4
inches. (TFC)
[Washington, 11 April 1930]
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Irving H. Hoover was a long-timeWhite House employee whose seniority extended back to the
1890s; he was not a close relative of President Hoover.
Provenance: Irving Hoover estate;Alexander Autographs, October 21, 2000.
HOPEFUL FOR HOME LOAN
DISCOUNT BANK SYSTEM
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HOOVER,
HERBERT. Typed
Letter Signed, as President, to Mark L.
Requa, explaining some consequences of the
proposed Home Loan Discount Bank system
and expressing hope that the related legisla-
tion would pass successfully through
Congress. 1 page, 4to, White House sta-
tionery, with integral blank; two punch holes
in upper margin, horizontal fold. (TFC)
Washington, 23 May 1932
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Referring to . . . the question of loans by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, it was never
intended to cover such items as suggested except
insofar as it enables the banks to do their duty by
their people. The Home Loan Discount Bank,
however, is directly proposed for the purpose which
you mention . . . . I am in hopes that we may yet
get it through this session.”
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