Word: hooverisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Under the clamorous claims of the U.S. drys, consolidated, President Hoover last week grew fretful. Through the press, anonymously he sent forth word that no spectacular or drastic steps would be taken in his law enforcement campaign. He proposed to proceed sanely, to instill in people a respect for all law by education and moral suasion. He sought to avoid specialization on the prohibition law. Wet observers credited him with a shrewd and nimble sidestep. Most embarrassed was Major Edwin B. Hesse of the Washington, D. C., police force, who, with impressive fanfare, had just...
...smiling prophet of woe, Indiana's Senator Watson, now Republican leader, went to the White House to tell President Hoover that the special session of Congress would probably extend through the summer and into the autumn. President Hoover heard this prediction without...
...President Coolidge used to rise and bid his callers good-night before the clock had ceased chiming 10 p. m. Last week President Hoover, host to four New York Republican leaders, kept them smoking and talking in the study until 11.10 p. m., when they went away in sweet harmony...
...Speechmaking, to President Hoover, is not a pleasure. Last week he refused invitations, customarily accepted by the President, to address annual meetings of the American Red Cross (of which the President is president) and of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. Hoover holds that excessive time and energy are spent in preparing material for such speeches. Two or three addresses a year, he hopes, will suffice to keep the country informed of his stewardship...
President Hoover last week ordered out of commission the U.S.S. Mayflower to save $300,000 annual maintenance and to send nine officers and 148 men back to regular naval duty. Scotch built in 1896, she was purchased by the U.S. from the estate of Ogden Goelet for $480,000 for Spanish War service. President Roosevelt first used her as an official yacht, as did all his successors. President Hoover is no yachtsman...