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US mining engineer and Republican politician
Secretary of Commerce 1921-1928
31st president of US 1929-1933
after 1929 stock market crash, attempted unsuccessfully and belatedly to deal with Great Depression, providing some assistance to businesses, including establishment of Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1932, but declining to provide direct federal relief to the unemployed
signed Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act 1930
ordered dispersal of Bonus Army encampment in Washington DC 1932
signed Norris-La Guardia Act 1932
Republican presidential candidate 1932
vocal opponent of Franklin Roosevelt's policies, especially New Deal programs and diplomatic recognition of Soviet Union
coordinator of Food Supply for World Famine 1946-1947
chairman of Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1st Hoover Commission) 1947-1949
chairman of Commission on Government Operations (2nd Hoover Commission) 1953-1955
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- "No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him."
- "Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself."
- "When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned."
- "Children are our most valuable natural resource."
- "It is a curious fact that when we get sick we want an uncommon doctor... When we get into a war, we dreadfully want an uncommon admiral and an uncommon general. Only when we get into politics are we content with the common man."
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Georgius Agricola De Re Metallica by Herbert Clark Hoover (Paperback - Jan 18, 2003) Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy and... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Two Peacemakers in Paris: The Hoover-Wilson Post-Armistice Lettres, 1918-1920 by Herbert Clark Hoover (Hardcover - Apr 8, 1979) |
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