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...first time since March 4, 1933, ex-President Herbert Hoover this week entered the White House.* Harry Truman, facing the gigantic problem of Europe's hunger and poverty, had "cordially invited" him down from New York for a talk. The interview, scheduled to last 30 minutes, went on for almost an hour. Smiling, grey-haired Herbert Hoover, 70, looking a little heavier than usual, let a waiting crowd of reporters, newsreel men and photographers guess at what had been discussed. Said the only living ex-President: "The President of the United States has the right to make...
...Test. It is quite possible that even with better management and personnel UNRRA could not have achieved an impressive record before the end of hostilities in Europe. Herbert Hoover's famed United States Food Administration in World War I did not really get down to business until after the Armistice. Then Mr. Hoover was able to hire 1,500 employes out of the Army and Navy. (The U.S. military is now prepared to release some men for UNRRA work...
Relief Administrator Hoover had one great advantage: he was the absolute boss, responsible to no one except the President; there were no international complications. But he also moved with vigor and energy...
Last week UNRRA's Director General Lehman-no Herbert Hoover in his performance up to now-revamped his staff, announced that he would now spend as much time in Europe as in Washington. It was high time; the whole world was watching...
...Charley Ross won journalism's Pulitzer Prize for his thoughtful inquiry into the depression era and the remedies applied by the Hoover Administration...