Word: hooverized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...carrying a tightly rolled silk umbrella, and gave him a tremendous handshake which carried with it the welcome of the whole U.S. The browned voyager was none other than Henry Lewis Stimson, returning from the post of Governor-General of the Philippines to become number one man in President Hoover's Cabinet...
...Californian by birth, a Frenchman by education, a cosmopolite by diplomatic service, Mr. Gibson was last week the guest of President Hoover at the White House. For six months after the war he was on duty with Mr. Hoover in European relief work...
Statesman Stimson gave a second talk on the peace and contentment of the Philip pines. Some rude soul asked him about their independence. Ever diplomatic, Statesman Stimson replied: "Mr. Hoover's election was received with great enthusiasm...
...Manhattan, he paused briefly at his house and private office to arrange personal affairs and discuss the Philippine situation for a third time before pushing on to Washington where President Hoover waited to welcome him as a White Houseguest. The State Department was on its toes to greet its new Secretary. Nobody was more excited than "Eddie" Savoy, 74, the messenger who has sat outside the door of more Secretaries of State than he cares to remember. He was appointed to his post in 1873 by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, a son of whose butler and maid...
Under the head of "problems" President Hoover had a neat stack of subjects awaiting the consideration of Statesman Stimson. Among them were: 1) Diplomatic appointments; 2) Policies on Mexico, China, Russia, disarmament, prohibition (the I'm Alone [see p. 12] etc.); 3) A new Governor-General of the Philippines...