Word: hoover
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...inability to make use of the experience and thought of an intelligent opposition the government of Mr. Roosevelt does not stand alone. That failure accounts for many of the major blunders of American history, from the suppression of Nicholas Biddle's National Bank to the panic strategy of Herbert Hoover. Where there is no coherent opposition there can be no sincere, continuous criticism of principle; democracy has been characterized by the lack of coherent opposition, for the reason that no man can or should have the humility and patience to convince a bureau, or a department, strong in the sanction...
...stopped off at Savannah, where he helped celebrate the bicentennial of his "other State" with a speech in which for the first time he took public notice of the crescendo of criticism of his monetary policies. As befitted the occasion, President Roosevelt studded his address with historical references. Herbert Hoover once publicly compared himself to Washington at Valley Forge. Franklin Roosevelt also linked himself with the Father of his Country when he declared...
...Harking to the pleas of Missouri's Governor Park, onetime Governor Caulfield and Senator Bennett Champ Clark, President Roosevelt pardoned Conrad Henry Mann, president of the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Republican leader and good friend of Herbert Hoover. Mr. Mann had been convicted of operating a lottery for the Fraternal Order of Eagles in 1930. Another prominent Republican, Senator James John ("Puddler Jim") Davis, was acquitted of a similar charge in connection with a Moose lottery last month. Fat, white-haired Mr. Mann served in Manhattan's Federal House of Detention four hours of his five-month...
...first Mrs. Wilson and Margaret, who had a pretty voice, took great pride in helping plan the musicales. Mrs. Harding, whose favorite piece was "The End of a Perfect Day," was less interested. Mrs. Coolidge, who plays the piano a bit herself, liked Rachmaninoff and Violinist Albert Spalding. Mrs. Hoover's favorite musician was Harpist Mildred Dilling, whose most famed pupil is Harpo Marx...
...salutes for: Postmaster General Farley, President Roosevelt, the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, ex-President Hoover...