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Candidate Hoover last week acknowledged Secretary Mellon's cautious endorsement of Hooverism, by letting it be known -some said he told President Coolidge in person-that if President Coolidge would run again, he, the Administration's busy Beaver Man would of course withdraw his own candidacy and continue at his duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGNS: The Beaver Man | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

Hooverites thrilled last week, to hear the voice of the busy Beaver Man, himself, coming to them over the radio. It was not that he said very much?just a few well-chosen words spoken in Washington in connection with a national oratorical contest for school children which was won by one James R. Moore, 17, of Somerset...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Thrill, Shock | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

Candidate Hoover, the Administration's busy but not supremely happy Beaver Man, waded into a trout-stream in Pennsylvania and for three days indulged pensively in the Sport of Presidents. He used the subtle, sporting fly, however, instead of the homely, almost infallible worm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Res Publicae | 5/28/1928 | See Source »

...Nothing like the amount that is generally reported by a curious public," retorted the Beaver Man, and declined to be specific...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Questions & Answers | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...Victory without opposition is a hollow thing. But an excess of popular support where little support was necessary is not hollow. That is why Hooverites rejoiced last week when the Republican Party's busy Beaver man, unopposed in the California primary, obtained his home State's 29 delegates by virtue of some 600,000 votes. Though many a Republican cast his vote in the Democratic primary for strategic purposes, Candidate Hoover's total was larger than the combined totals of competing Republicans in California's last two presidential primaries. That Candidate Hoover is the Favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGNS: The Beaver Man | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

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