Statement on the Interim Appointment of Nicholas Roosevelt as Vice General of the Philippines.
THE PRESIDENT said:
"I have tendered Mr. Nicholas Roosevelt an interim appointment as Vice Governor of the Philippines. Mr. Roosevelt has been so staunch in his support of the interests of the Philippine people and so sympathetic with them, so enthusiastic over their progress than I am sure that the misunderstanding which has arisen in the Philippines as to his attitude will be quickly cleared up."
Note: Filipino leaders objected to various passages in Mr. Roosevelt's book entitled "The Philippines: A Treasure and a Problem." Following the announcement of his appointment, demonstrations were staged and copies of his book were hurled into Manila Bay.
Herbert Hoover, Statement on the Interim Appointment of Nicholas Roosevelt as Vice General of the Philippines. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211132