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* Smith, Richard Norton. An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover, (1987) full-length scholarly biography. * Burner, David. ''Herbert Hoover: A Public Life.'' (1979).

...g Relief Act]] in just seven hours. Much of the law had been drafted by [[Herbert Hoover|Hoover]] administration officials and provided for reopening sound banks un

...24-33). The [[Efficiency Movement]] attracted many conservatives such as [[Herbert Hoover]] with its pro-business, pro-engineer approach to solving social and econom

In 1923, a committee appointed by Herbert Hoover (then Commerce Secretary) published a 300-page report on the subject of re

...further scaled down with the 1929 [[Young Plan]]. In 1931, US President [[Herbert Hoover]] suggested a war debt moratorium as a [[Great Depression]] relief measure.

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..." 4 citing ''Spectator'' 15 Nov. 1890 p 676. </ref> The term was used by [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932, and in the late 1930s by Republicans who used it to criticize De

*Smith, Richard Norton. ''An Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover'' (1994)

..." 4 citing ''Spectator'' 15 Nov. 1890 p 676. </ref> The term was used by [[Herbert Hoover]] in 1932, and in the late 1930s by Republicans who used it to criticize De

...g foreign trade and reforming the consular and diplomatic services. When [[Herbert Hoover]], himself well versed in world affairs, became Secretary of Commerce in 19

...wn prices and profits and made for inefficiency. Under the leadership of [[Herbert Hoover]], the government in the 1920s promoted business cooperation, fostered the

...]] of 1927 against Japan's use of force in Manchuria. By 1931, President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s Secretary of State [[Henry L. Stimson]] had established the continuity

...[http://www.geocities.com/mb_williams/hooverpapers/1931/paper19310921.html Herbert Hoover: ''Address to the American Legion'' September 1931]</ref>, and among Frankl In his election campaign, Herbert Hoover had only promised to increase tariffs on agricultural products, but indust

...s the principal obstructions to a lasting peace. In 1918 he served with [[Herbert Hoover]]'s [[Food Administration]], and published ''The Higher Learning in America

...mination, which was hotly contested since it seemed clear that incumbent [[Herbert Hoover]] would be defeated at the 1932 election. Al Smith was supported by some ci Government spending increased from 8.0% of gross national product (GNP) [[Herbert Hoover#Economy|under Hoover]] in 1932 to 10.2% of the GNP in 1936; the national de

...on of business interests. [[Warren G. Harding]], [[Calvin Coolidge]] and [[Herbert Hoover]] were resoundingly elected in the elections of 1920, 1924 and 1928 as the ...36]] Kansas governor [[Alf Landon]] and his young followers defeated the [[Herbert Hoover]] faction. Landon generally supported most New Deal programs, but carried

...urism, business or to visit relatives. Their repatriation was handled by [[Herbert Hoover]], an American private citizen based in London. The U.S. government, under ...y as the Germans executed civilians, and English nurse [[Edith Cavell]]; [[Herbert Hoover]] led a private relief effort that won wide support. Compounding the Belgiu

...llowing the National Security Act of 1947, was chaired by former President Herbert Hoover, with a Task Force on National Security Organization under Ferdinand Eberst

...federal debt by about a third from 1920 to 1930. Secretary of Commerce [[Herbert Hoover]] worked to introduce efficiency, by having business create voluntary assoc ...supply, which would amount to a one-third reduction by 1933. President [[Herbert Hoover]] passed a tax increase to boost sagging federal revenues, and signed the p

...as a playful gesture to men like tire mogul Harvey Firestone and President Herbert Hoover. During the Great Depression, Rockefeller switched to giving nickels inste