Word: hooverness
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...does the Republican Party go on taking the blame for "Hoover's" depression when it was a worldwide affair? ... I am a registered Democrat but I'm going to vote Republican, because of the liberals (Commies) taking charge of the Democratic Party. This Republican depression idea is the key to the reasoning of everyone I know who wants to vote for Ike but is afraid...
...that the Russians demanded the recall of our Ambassador to Russia Mr. George F. Kennan. Republican President Herbert Hoover refused to recognize the Russian Communist government; it was only when we got F.D.R. that the Communists were recognized ... In coddling Communists, our entire Government has been tainted with their infiltration. I would vote for any presidential candidate who would throw these evil men out of the country. I think Eisenhower will do it; I know Stevenson will pussyfoot about...
...Republican Convention last summer, ex-President Herbert Hoover, 77, and well aware of "the inexorable course of nature," made what he believed to be his last major address and bade an emotional farewell to politics. Last week, at Dwight Eisenhower's personal request, he stepped back into public life to speak out against "misrepresentations" about the G.O.P. with which "the American people have been deluged" in the last 20 years. Speaking over a national radio & television hookup, Elder Statesman Hoover aimed his speech at the "40 million voters who have come of age since there was a Republican administration...
Because "new voters have known little of the Republican Party's background of principles, of its forward-looking, constructive accomplishments," Hoover gave some details about the party's past. His speech differed from most political speeches in being crammed with facts, with a minimum of interpretation or opinion. Samples...
...turned back." Stevenson promised: "If I find in Washington any disloyal Government servant, I will throw him out ruthlessly." He also promised to "review" the present loyalty system to see if it can be strengthened. But he was satisfied that the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was doing everything there was to be done about finding Communist agents. Joe McCarthy, said Stevenson, had not brought about the conviction of a single Communist agent. He added: "Catching real Communist agents, like killing poisonous snakes or tigers, is not a job for amateurs or children, especially noisy ones...