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Elder Statesman Herbert Hoover, the only living ex-President of the United States, mulled over the cause & effect of World War II in the American magazine last week: "We never would have been attacked by the Japanese if we had not given them provocation. ... If we had kept out of the immediate conflict, we could have put our sword down on the table, with our economic resources intact, and made a decent peace when the time for peacemaking came. I never believed Britain was in danger of defeat. When Germany attacked Russia, it made a British victory possible...
Commented South Carolina's Democratic Senator Olin D. Johnston: "Mr. Hoover's hindsight appears to be as bad as his foresight...
...Herbert Hoover, lately turned 73, encountered the press as he passed through Chicago, cleared up something that had been on at least one reporter's mind. "No man at my age," said the only living ex-President, "should take the nomination...
...collect: a Winston Churchill cigar butt, one hair from Jack Benny's toupee, another from John L. Lewis' eyebrow, a salt cellar from Senator Pepper, a shilling from Sir Harry Lauder, a copy of the Missouri Waltz, autographed by President Truman and Senator Taft, one of Herbert Hoover's collars). If they bring in everything to NBC's Truth or Consequences next week, the Andersons will collect a washing machine, a man's wardrobe, a diamond ring, a vacuum cleaner, a radio-phonograph, two wrist watches, a refrigerator, a gas range, a 72-piece silver...
...next day it was Boulder Dam (nobody called it Hoover Dam) and that night it was the high spots in Las Vegas. Jake Goeltz nicked the dollar slot machines for two jackpots. He walked out of there with $308. Then in Hollywood there was a tour out to see the movie stars' homes, and a big free-drink party by the Los Angeles Teamsters' Joint Council, and a nightclub jaunt to Earl Carroll's place, and the Biltmore Bowl. Some of the boys had to borrow coats and ties from the waiters before they...