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Herbert Hoover

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by Glen Jeansonne


  Better Homes in America, 162

  Bewick, Moreing, 52, 59, 61, 66, 73, 74, 77–79, 80–84, 88

  Bewick, Thomas B., 75

  Bissing, Moritz von, 99

  Black, Hugo L., 240–41, 262

  Bolshevik regime, 141–44, 147–49

  Bolshevik Revolution, 86, 117, 118, 127

  Bonus Expeditionary Force, 268–69, 383

  Boone, Joel E., 165

  Bootlegging, 4

  Borah, William E., 191, 193, 214, 224, 226, 243, 279, 308

  Boxer Rebellion, 2, 63, 66, 68–72, 75

  Boys Clubs of America (BCA), 6, 355–56, 391, 392

  Branner, John Casper, 26, 30–33, 39, 41, 42, 44, 47, 49–51, 89

  Briand, Aristide, 99

  Bricker, John W., 347, 387

  Britain, Battle of, 322

  Britton, Nan, 167

  Broken Hill mine, Australia, 80, 81

  Brookhart, Smith, 214

  Brown, Mollie, 14, 18

  Brown, Robert, 25

  Brown, Walter Folger, 210, 302

  Brown, Walter Lyman, 143

  Brussels World’s Fair, 390–91

  Bryan, William Jennings, 38, 311

  Bulkley, Robert J., 262

  Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 160, 162, 177–78

  Bureau of Indian Affairs, 212

  Burma Corporation, 81

  Burmese mines, 80–82

  Butler, William, 193

  Byrd, Richard E., 172

  Camp, Walter, 36

  Cannibalism, 145–46

  Capone, Al, 4, 213, 270, 271

  Capper, Arthur, 346

  Capper-Volstead Act of 1922, 156

  Cardozo, Benjamin, 226–27

  CARE, 3, 96

  Carnegie, Andrew, 37

  Castle, William R. Jr., 210

  Castro, Fidel, 396

  Cavell, Edith, 102

  Challenge to Liberty, The (Hoover), 295–96

  Chamberlain, Neville, 318

  Chang Yen Mao, 60, 65–69, 72–75, 79

  Chiang Kai-shek, 359–61

  Chinese mines, 60–62, 64–75

  Churchill, Winston, 99–100, 323, 329–30, 341, 348, 351

  Clemenceau, Georges, 123, 124, 128

  Clements, Kendrick, 154

  Cleveland, Grover, 25, 226

  Cold War era, 150, 325, 346, 388

  Collins, Sam, 33, 34

  Columbia University, 56

  Comité Nationale, 97

  Commission for Polish Relief, 328

  Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB), 96–108, 111, 112, 126, 144, 147, 196, 229, 307, 315, 328, 329, 391

  Commission on Government Reorganization, 5, 369–70, 385, 386

  Committee on Civic Emergency Measures, 158

  Communism, 3, 126, 134, 142, 318–19, 323–24, 339, 340, 346, 354, 365–67, 370–72, 375–76, 387–89, 392, 393

  Community Chests, 229, 231–32

  Congressional elections

  1930, 229, 240–41, 251

  1934, 302, 304–6

  1938, 310, 312–14

  1942, 340

  1946, 371

  1950, 375

  1954, 386

  Coolgardie, Australia, 57

  Coolidge, Calvin, 3, 139, 166–69, 175, 176, 178, 181, 184, 186–89, 192–94, 196–98, 203, 205, 208, 211, 226, 270, 275, 278–79, 400

  Coolidge, Calvin Jr., 169

  Coolidge, Grace, 168, 169

  Cooper, Kent, 347

  Corcoran, Tommy, 348

  Costigan, Edward P., 262

  Cox, James M., 140, 240, 241

  Crissinger, D. R., 180

  Croly, Herbert, 138

  Croxton, Fred, 231

  Curtis, Charles, 188, 194, 204, 208, 226, 279

  Daugherty, Harry, 159, 165–67

  Davis, Chester, 364

  Davis, James T., 209

  Davis, John W., 241

  Davis, Norman, 328, 329

  Dawes, Charles G., 163, 188, 197, 204, 256

  Dawes Committee, 163

  Dawes Plan of 1924, 163

  DeMille, Cecil B., 191

  Dewey, Thomas E., 303, 330, 333, 346–47, 359, 372, 377, 382

  Dilling, Mildred, 349

  Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 382, 398

  Disarmament, 153–54, 163, 199, 244–45, 247, 248, 323, 324, 354

  Dow Jones Industrial Average, 218, 228

  Draper, William H., 366

  Drought, 239–40, 242

  Dulles, John Foster, 384, 386, 389

  Dust Bowl, 156, 240

  Earlham College, Indiana, 26

  Eastern European Railway Administration, 130

  Economic recession of 1921–22, 157

  Edison, Thomas, 171, 191, 206

  Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, 191, 199, 212–13, 271

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 3, 5, 268, 375, 379–85, 388–90, 395, 397

  Elk Hills, California, 166

  Emergency Conference to Save the Jewish People in Europe, 341–42

  Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, 264

  Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 2

  Encina Hall, Stanford University, 29–30, 33–35, 40

  European Children’s Fund, 3

  European Coal Administration, 130

  Fall, Albert, 165, 167

  Famine Emergency Committee, 364

  Farley, James A., 395–96

  Farm Bloc, 156, 215

  Farm Board, 221, 266

  Farm legislation, 156–57, 240, 254, 256, 257, 265–66

  Fausold, Martin, 168, 195

  Federal Farm Board, 214, 240

  Federal Home Loan Bank bill, 257

  Federal Power Commission, 211, 236

  Federal Radio Commission, 170

  Federal Reserve Bank, 180

  Federal Reserve Board, 158, 179

  Federal Reserve System, 222, 256, 257

  Federal Specifications Board, 161

  Finland, 127–28, 328–29, 332

  Fishing, 23–24, 164, 176–77, 385

  Food Administration, 110–17, 120, 123, 126, 144, 229, 307

  Ford, Henry, 1, 171, 176, 190, 221, 238, 272

  Ford Motor Company, 221

  Foreign loans, 163–64

  Fourteen Points, 119, 344

  Fox, George, 11

  Francqui, Émile, 74, 75

  Franklin, Benjamin, 2, 87

  Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, 92

  Freedom Betrayed (Hoover), 346

  French Legion of Honor, 121

  Friends Pacific Academy, 20, 22

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 362

  Garfield, Harry, 111

  Garfield, James R., 231

  Garner, John Nance, 242, 251, 252, 256, 260–64, 265, 278, 287

  General Services Administration, 369

  Genghis Khan, 319

  George Fox University, 20

  George VI, King of England, 318

  Gettysburg Address, 373

  Gibson, Hugh, 138, 344–45, 384

  Gifford, Walter S., 230–31

  Gillett, Frederick H., 190

  Glass, Carter, 256, 259

  Glass-Steagall Act, 253–55, 259, 265

  Goff, Guy, 192

  Goldwater, Barry, 301, 394, 397–98

  Good, James W., 210

  Good Neighbor Policy, 4, 206, 324

  Goodrich, James P., 144

  Goodyear, Anson C., 129

  Gore, Thomas, 110

  Göring, Hermann, 317–18

  Gorky, Maxim, 142, 150

 
Grain Corporation, 116, 123, 125

  Grand Coulee Dam, 174

  Grandi, Dino, 247

  Grant, U. S., 25

  Grass Valley goldfields, 50

  Gray, Jennie, 23

  Great Depression, 1, 3–5, 98, 163, 164, 181, 200, 210, 217, 219–20, 223, 228–37, 240–43, 246, 247, 252–66, 270, 272, 275, 277, 280, 281, 284, 285, 287, 295–97, 301, 304–6, 312, 313, 331, 377, 382–83

  Great Depression, The, 1929–1941 (Hoover), 346

  Green, William, 221

  Grey, Sir Edward, 92, 99–100, 102

  Guggenheim family, 152

  Halleck, Charles, 334, 377

  Hammel, Oliver, 19

  Hanna, Mark, 252

  Hard, William, 190

  Harding, Florence, 165–66

  Harding, Warren G., 139–41, 152–54, 157–60, 162, 164–67, 169, 175, 179, 198, 203, 208, 211, 275, 400

  Harrison, Benjamin, 25, 35–36

  Haskell, William N., 144–48

  Hatfield, Henry D., 280

  Hearst, William Randolph, 308

  Henry, Charles, 45, 62, 79, 197

  Henry, Mrs. Charles, 45, 62, 79

  Herter, Christian, 368

  Heuss, Theodor, 388

  Hicks, Herbert, 39

  High Sierras, 39, 41, 49, 51

  Highway construction, 235, 243

  Hinsdale, Lester, 33, 39, 64

  Hirohito, Emperor, 359

  Hiroshima, 361

  Hitler, Adolf, 316–17, 318, 321, 322, 325, 326, 346

  Holocaust, 340, 342

  Homberg, Maurice, 106

  Homeownership, 162

  Hoover, Allan, 18–20, 77–78, 81, 82, 84, 193, 203, 208, 293, 294, 305, 346, 350, 397

  Hoover, Benjah, 15, 16

  Hoover, Davis, 18

  Hoover, Ellen, 16

  Hoover, George, 16

  Hoover, Herbert

  administrative style of, 32

  adopted by John Minthorn, 19–21

  African Americans and, 183–85, 192, 212

  American dream and, 2

  American Relief Administration (ARA) headed by, 125, 128

  ancestry of, 8

  atomic bomb and, 353, 359

  Australian mines and, 2, 52–61, 64, 66, 76–77, 80, 81

  aviation and, 172

  awards and degrees, 121, 315, 392

  Belgian relief and, 94–101, 104–9, 112, 121, 123, 391

  birth of, 7

  birthday of, 1, 373–74, 385

  Bonus Expeditionary Force and, 268–69, 383

  books by, 24, 74, 88, 134, 295–96, 343–46, 349, 353

  Boxer Rebellion and, 69–72

  Branner and, 31–33, 39, 41, 42

  brother, relationship with, 55–56, 83

  burial of, 399

  Burmese mines and, 80–82

  cabinet of, 209–10

  character and personality of, 10–11, 13–14, 17–18, 22, 27, 33–34, 41, 44, 61, 83–84, 169, 272, 289–91, 384, 400–2

  childhood and teenage years of, 9–27

  children of, 77–78

  Chinese mines and, 2, 60–62, 64–75

  Churchill and, 99–100

  college sports and, 35–37

  as commerce secretary, 2, 141, 147, 151, 153–64, 168, 170–76, 186, 187, 189, 192, 198, 213, 260, 265, 318, 400

  Communism and, 3, 142, 323–24, 387, 389, 392

  congressional election of 1938 and, 313–14

  congressional election of 1950 and, 375

  congressional election of 1954 and, 386

  Coolidge and, 168–69, 189, 192–93

  death of, 351, 398

  death of father of, 15

  death of mother of, 17

  death of wife of, 348–51

  disarmament and, 153, 163, 199, 244–45, 247, 248, 323, 324

  domestic policies as president, 4, 210–17, 220–22

  drought and, 239–40, 242

  education of, 2, 10, 14, 19, 23, 25–48

  educational standards and, 391

  Eisenhower and, 381–85, 388–90

  English courses and, 29, 41, 46–47

  eyesight of, 32

  farmers and, 156–57, 196–97, 199–201, 208, 213–14, 254, 256, 257, 265–66, 394

  finances of, 2, 18, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 38, 51, 52, 57–61, 73–75, 79, 81, 82, 85, 90, 91, 133, 152, 160, 209, 293, 294

  fishing and, 23–24, 164, 176, 197, 206, 294, 385

  flukes in life of, 42, 46

  as Food Administration head, 110–17, 120, 201

  foreign affairs and, 6, 162–63, 205–6, 208, 244–49, 322–24, 365–70, 375–77, 387–88, 392–93, 396

  French relief and, 103, 106, 107

  friendships of, 40, 41–42, 48

  Goldwater and, 397–98

  Göring, meeting with, 317–18

  government reorganization and, 5, 369–70, 373, 385–86

  Great Depression and, 1, 3–5, 98, 163, 181, 210, 217, 223, 228–37, 240, 242, 243, 247, 252–66, 272, 275, 277, 280, 281, 284, 285, 297, 301, 304, 306, 313, 331, 382–83

  as Great Engineer, 77

  Harding and, 140, 141, 153–54, 157, 160, 162, 164–65

  health of, 7, 9, 32, 41, 60, 81, 390

  Hitler, meeting with, 316–17, 318

  humanitarian work of, 3, 5, 38, 81, 87, 94–101, 103–9, 112, 121, 123–33, 141–49, 260, 360–68, 391, 400

  idealism of, 34, 47, 87, 120

  inauguration of, 208, 213

  interregnum and, 286–88, 306

  Jewish population in Europe and, 341–42

  jobs out of college and, 49–52

  journey to Australia and, 52–54

  Kennedy and, 396–97

  labor issues and, 135, 199, 212, 254, 363, 371–72

  as laboratory assistant, 31, 32

  as lame duck president, 286–88

  Landon and, 310–11, 330, 339

  languages and, 38

  Latin America, trips to, 205–6, 363–64

  League of Nations and, 135–36, 140

  legal system and, 213

  Lodge and, 104, 125, 135–36

  in London, 75–76, 78

  Lou, relationship with, 42–45, 44, 55, 61–62, 83, 84, 89

  memory of, 38

  meteoric rise of, 58–59

  as mining engineer, 2, 52–62, 64–77, 80–83, 276

  Mississippi Flood and, 3, 181–84, 192, 328

  Native Americans and, 212

  natural resources and, 176–77

  nervous breakdown of, 79

  New Deal and, 295, 296, 298, 300, 302–5, 308, 309, 312–13, 322, 330, 332, 372

  newspapers and, 133–34

  nicknames of, 7, 57

  Nixon and, 382, 394, 397

  as office boy, 22–25, 51

  orphaned, 2, 17–18

  parents of, 8–9

  Pearl Harbor and, 337–39

  philanthropy of, 64, 150–51

  physical appearance of, 40–41, 52

  post–World War I European trip of, 315–18

  post–World War II overseas trips of, 361–62, 365–66

  presidency of, 3–4, 163, 208–89, 400

  presidential election of 1920 and, 137–40, 307

  presidential election of 1928 and, 5, 187–204, 273, 292, 308

  presidential election of 1932 and, 5, 251, 263, 265, 270–85, 289, 292, 297, 300, 301, 306, 308–10, 313, 331, 333, 348, 358

  presidential election of 1936 and, 302, 304, 305, 307–11, 332, 333

  presidential election of 1940 and, 310, 327, 330–36, 338

  presidential
election of 1944 and, 347–48

  presidential election of 1948 and, 372–73, 375

  presidential election of 1952 and, 379–83

  presidential election of 1956 and, 388–89

  presidential election of 1960 and, 394–96

  presidential election of 1964 and, 397–98

  Prohibition and, 4, 191, 199–202, 208, 212–13, 255, 271, 281

  radio and, 2, 170–71, 273, 279, 283, 284

  reading by, 23, 68, 76

  religion and, 11–13, 21, 45, 62, 198, 201, 300

  Republican party reorganization and, 310–11

  reputation of, 1, 3–4, 83, 207, 232, 260, 276, 278, 285–86, 301, 308, 316, 358, 361, 364, 366, 372–74, 380–81, 388

  Roosevelt, Franklin and, 202–3, 273, 276, 287–89, 297–300, 306–7, 314, 327–29, 336–37, 339, 346, 352, 357, 358, 360

  Russian mines and, 85–87

  Russian relief and, 141, 145, 147–49

  sister, relationship with, 55–56, 64

  sleep and, 31

  speech writing by, 197, 209, 279, 283, 390

  speeches by, 5, 6, 134, 198, 271–72, 274, 275–77, 279, 281–84, 298, 306, 308, 313, 314, 320, 330, 333–35, 339, 340, 347, 348, 354, 356, 362, 364, 372–78, 380, 382, 388–91, 393, 394

  sports and, 14, 35–37

  stamina of, 31, 46, 79–80

  on Stanford board of trustees, 90

  at Stanford University, 28–48

  State of the Union addresses of, 236, 252–53

  student politics and, 33–35, 39–40, 45–46

  summer employment of, 32–33, 38–39, 41, 45, 46, 49, 51

  Supreme Court appointments of, 223–27

  Taft and, 371, 372, 379, 381, 389

  tariff issue and, 201, 215–16, 281, 290

  tax policy and, 155, 211, 233–34, 254, 261

  traffic issues and, 172–73

  Truman and, 357–67, 369–71, 373, 377–78, 384

  tutors of, 28

  United Nations Charter and, 353–54

  Versailles Treaty and, 123, 124, 135–37, 139, 141, 323, 324, 344, 345, 352, 354

  veterans issues and, 238, 242, 254, 267–69, 335, 383

  Wallace and, 155–57

  war debt moratorium and, 245–47

  water projects and, 173–76, 235–36, 240, 243, 266

  wedding of, 62

  Willkie and, 334–36

  Wilson and, 104–5, 107–10, 117–19, 136, 137

  women’s suffrage and, 199

  work ethic of, 29

  writings of, 5, 6, 24, 50, 74, 87–90, 134, 295–96, 298, 300, 323, 327, 339, 340, 343–46, 349, 351, 353, 378, 390, 400

  Hoover, Herbert Jr., 77–79, 81, 82, 84, 120, 170, 203, 208, 292, 293, 305, 346, 350, 389

  Hoover, Huldah Minthorn, 8–10, 13, 14–18

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 167

  Hoover, Jesse, 7–10, 14–17, 25, 41, 400

 

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