HOOVER SAYS LARGE 'GOVERNMENT-OWNED' BUILDING NEEDED FOR COMMERCE DEPT.
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 21, 1925, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover* emphasized the need for "a Government-owned building large enough to include all the expanded activities of the (Commerce) department."
Mr. Hoover said that Census Bureau employees and those of other divisions in his department "are frequently excused from work...during warm weather."
Women employees, working in 'pasteboard' buildings, have fainted from the heat.
Secretary Hoover remains hopeful that the Commerce Department** will be included in the proposed $150,000,000 government building program.***
JFK+50 NOTE
Herbert Hoover served as both Warren Harding's & Calvin Coolidge's Commerce Secretary. In that position, he was influential in the development of air travel and radio.
*Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was born in West Branch, Iowa & graduated Stanford University 1895. HCH served as US Food Administrator 1917-1918 & Sec of Commerce 1921-1928. He was the 31st POTUS, 1929-1933.
**US Commerce Department is responsible for gathering data for business & government, establishing industrial standards & safeguarding national economic security.
***The Herbert Clark Hoover Building is now headquarters of the Commerce Dept. Located at 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, its cornerstone was laid in 1929 & it was completed in 1932. At that time it was the largest federal building in the U.S.
SOURCE
"Hoover Employes Faint From Heat In Offices, He Says," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 21, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
