Word: hooverized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...read in TIME March 11, page 10, first column, fourth paragraph, that Mr. Coolidge without rising from his seat, reached up and gave President Hoover a congratulatory squeeze. This was immediately after the oath of office...
...White House last week went men great in the law. They took to President Hoover their knowledge, experience and advice for his law enforcement investigation. A trained engineer about to sink a new shaft in quest of buried facts, the President plotted his operation cautiously. Six or nine worthy men had first to be found, men without passion or prejudice on prohibition. Their descent must be well charted-where to break ground, how far down to go, what machinery to use to bring up the ugly ore of crime...
...Herbert Hoover has a rare gift for kindling new fires of moral endeavor within young men, for sending them forth on missions of nobility. An influence at New Haven where he is in close contact not only with the student body but also with returning-and "reuning"-alumni, Dean Hutchins may find himself a Hoover missionary spreading the gospel of abstinence among college men. The Yale Law School has been conducting a survey of court administration. Dean Hutchins, with Prof. Charles E. Clark, told the President of this work. If asked, he could have given President Hoover an illuminating account...
Next, to the White House, to spend the night, came Charles Evans Hughes, just back from a bask in Bermuda. From his rangeful knowledge of courts, prosecutions, procedure, he drew much solemn counsel, many a suggestion to help President Hoover on the mechanics of his inquiry...
Perhaps in these times "Respect for law" which is our modern substitute for "love of the King's subjects toward their prince" is a feeble safeguard for the social well being. The subsequent history of Federal enforcement ought to provide President Hoover's Commission with an opportunity for a valuable study in criminology