Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are many interesting facets to the shipment of goods to Communist countries, observed Under Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. in closed session testimony to the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. "Not the least of the most interesting is the fact, for instance, that the Chinese Nationalists are shipping to the Communist Chinese quite a number of millions of dollars worth of goods every-and I emphasize every-year...
Last week, after Hoover's uncharacteristically strong statement was made public, he was summoned before the committee again, had to admit that the Under Secretary of State had not known what he was talking about. Hoover's State Department knows of no direct trade between Formosa and Red China; Hoover's State Department knows only that some $250,000 worth of Nationalist Chinese exports to British Hong Kong (Chinese medicines, camphor, citronella, etc.) were transshipped during 1955 to the Communists. When U.S. Senators and Chinese Nationalist diplomats expressed consternation, Herbert Hoover politely withdrew. His statement, he said...
...potted palms. Denying that he was ever so unkind to his landlord, Soule nonetheless allowed that his top table priorities are based on his patrons' seniority. Among his best-seated customers: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Composer Cole Porter, Grandma Marlene Dietrich, Bernard Baruch, J. Edgar Hoover. Where did Landlord Cohn rank in this spectacular array? Said humble Tenant Soule: "He is always welcome. I smiled and joked with him. Why should an important Hollywood person think a little restaurateur wouldn't talk...
...Thereafter, he demanded that all questions be submitted in writing well in advance, and answered only those he chose. The same technique was used by Calvin Coolidge, who was allergic to direct quotations and usually insisted on having even his indirect quotations attributed to "a White House spokesman." Herbert Hoover also required written questions, and almost abandoned conferences altogether toward the end of his term. Franklin Roosevelt was the first President to master the press conference, and was its alltime king of repartee as well. Harry Truman tried to use the same methods, though his off-the-cuff answers often...
When he first took office, it looked as if Ike might return to the Hoover pattern. As a candidate, he met the press with plain misgivings, and his election sparked widespread speculation that he might go back to written questions and answers. It took him almost a year to overcome his distaste for the sharp questioning at the conference. Since then, his enjoyment of press conferences-like his skill in handling them-has grown steadily...