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...Washington, Herbert Hoover said bluntly that since Russia is the chief obstacle to making peace, one way to have peace is to make it without Russia. Specifically, he proposed that 1) the U.S. sign a peace treaty with Japan at once, 2) a peace treaty with Germany if the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers breaks down in London next November. Russia should be given that last chance, he said. If she would not come along, the U.S. should go ahead without...
Unscheduled Stop. In South Bend, Ind., sharp-eyed Bus Driver Virgil Hoover spotted his daughter straying farther from home than rules permitted, pulled to the curb and let his passengers wait while he got out and gave the five-year-old a sound paddling...
...There are only two occasions," observed Herbert Hoover, "when the American people respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing so some Presidents have gone fishing." In a radio round-table discussion of The Compleat Angler, Fisherman Hoover reminisced about Fisherman Calvin Coolidge: "He was a good deal of a fundamentalist in economics, government, and fishing, so he naturally preferred angleworms. But . . . he took to artificial flies. However, his backcast was so much a common danger that even the secret service men kept at a distance until they were summoned to climb trees to retrieve his flies...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation has a standard routine for appropriations committees. First, he swears members to secrecy. Then he tells them what his FBI is doing to keep such things as crime and the menace of U.S. Communism in check. The Congressmen are flattered at being taken into Hoover's confidence, impressed by the magnitude of his job and the efficiency of the FBI. For fiscal 1948, Hoover wanted $35 million. He got every nickel of it. Thanks largely to Hoover, the entire Justice budget was trimmed a mere $3 million, down to $108 million...
Invitation to Learning. (Sun. 12 noon, CBS). Ex-President Herbert Hoover, an infrequent radio performer, discusses Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler...