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Hoover's reasons for his surprising reorganization of the RFC included: the broken health and resignations of Eugene Meyer, Paul Bestor, and Charles Gates Dawes ; the failure of banks to perform their duties to their clientele or to aid American industry ; the country's general lack of confidence in the current board ; and Hoover's inability to find any other man who had the ability and was both nationally respected and available.
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In the 1950s, evidence of Hoover's unwillingness to focus FBI resources on the Mafia became grist for the media and his many detractors.
Hoover's managers at the Republican National Convention, which met in Chicago between June 14 and June 16, ran a tight ship, not allowing expressions of concern for the direction of the nation.
When campaigning for president during 1928, one of Herbert Hoover's promises to help beleaguered farmers had been to increase tariffs of agricultural products.
At Beech Grove, for instance, a cemetery holds the remains of Confederate soldiers who died during the defense of Hoover's Gap.
Akerson was one of three secretaries to the President, and some speculated that Hoover's closeness to his other secretary, Lawrence Richey, a former detective and Secret Service agent, made it difficult for Akerson to obtain the kind of information he needed to effectively do his job.
When this second memorandum surfaced during the 1988 presidential campaign, Bush spokespersons ( including Stephen Hart ) said Hoover's memo referred to another George Bush who worked for the CIA.
Hoover's plan for a reduced military had been rebuffed – albeit gently.
Several reports on the terrible situation in the refugee camps, including one by the Colored Advisory Commission by Robert Russa Moton, were kept out of the media at Hoover's request, with the pledge of further reforms for blacks after the presidential election.
On May 7, 1930, Herbert Hoover's nomination of John J. Parker for the Supreme Court was rejected by a vote of 39 – 41.
In 1931, he was appointed to Herbert Hoover's President's Committee for Unemployment Relief, chaired by Walter S. Gifford, then-President of AT & T.
After the election, Roosevelt refused Hoover's requests for a meeting to come up with a joint program to stop the downward spiral and calm investors, claiming it would tie his hands, and as this " guaranteed that Roosevelt took the oath of office amid such an atmosphere of crisis that Hoover had become the most hated man in America.
Encouraged by his mother, Hatfield's first experience with politics came at the age of 10, when he campaigned in his neighborhood for President Herbert Hoover's 1932 re-election campaign.
In 1918 – 1919 he was in Paris as legal adviser for the American Relief Administration, Hoover's agency which distributed food to war-torn Europe.
The American System was important in the election politics for and against Grover Cleveland, the first Democrat elected after the Civil War, who, by reducing tariffs protecting American industries in 1893, began rolling back federal involvement in economic affairs, a process that continued until Herbert Hoover's " too little, too late " attempts to deal with the worsening Great Depression.
With an agent and an innocent bystander dead, and four more severely wounded, including two more innocent bystanders, and the complete escape of the Dillinger gang, the F. B. I came under severe criticism, with calls for J. Edgar Hoover's resignation and a widely circulated petition demanding Purvis ' suspension.
The Bonus Army incident proved disastrous for Hoover's chances at re-election ; he lost the 1932 election in a landslide to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
" William Sullivan, chief of intelligence operations for the FBI in the 1950s, has also described Hoover's continued zeal in pursuing action against the CPUSA as " insincere ", as he was fully aware of the Party's moribund condition.
He served as both J. Edgar Hoover's administrative assistant and as a special agent for the Bureau, and during his crime-fighting career, served in the New York City, Detroit and Chicago field offices.
On a radio broadcast on March 1, 1932, the day of Cardozo's confirmation, Clarence C. Dill, Democratic Senator for Washington, called Hoover's appointment of Cardozo " the finest act of his career as President ".
William DeWitt Mitchell ( September 9, 1874 – August 24, 1955 ) was appointed to the position of U. S. Solicitor General by Calvin Coolidge on June 4, 1925, which he held until he was appointed to the position of U. S. Attorney General for the entirety of Herbert Hoover's Presidency.
Irwin served on the executive committee of Herbert Hoover's Commission for Relief in Belgium in 1914 – 1915 and was chief of the foreign department of George Creel's Committee on Public Information in 1918.
Hoover's business began to flourish, and, a year after Hoover acquired the patent from Spangler, he established a research and development department for his new business.
Many composers are beginning to write more for the bass flute, including Katherine Hoover's Two for Two, Bill Douglas's Karuna, Mike Mower's Obstinato and Scareso, Gary Schocker's A Small Sonata for a Large Flute, Sonny Burnett's Stone Suite, Catherine McMichael's Baikal Journey and Ennio Morricone's Secrets of the Sahara.
Hoover's and surprising
Some surprising content, e. g., in the discussion of President Edgar Hoover's Secretary of State, Henry Stimson.
Hoover's and included
Playing on a stereotype of his famous TV role, he wore the trademark fedora and black suit when he made an appearance as guest host of a 1977 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live that included a spoof of Highway Patrol, featuring Dan Aykroyd, a longtime fan of the original show, and one in which he portrayed FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, in a humorous send-up of Hoover's suspect sexuality.
Factors weighing against them included their apparent presence in Kansas City at the time, eyewitness identifications ( which have been contested ), Richetti's fingerprint said to have been recovered from a beer bottle at Miller's hideout, an underworld account naming Floyd and Richetti as the gunmen, and Hoover's firm advocacy of their guilt.
Notable early instances of use included the Battle of Hoover's Gap ( where Col. John T. Wilder's " Lightning Brigade " effectively demonstrated the firepower of repeaters ), and the Gettysburg Campaign, where two regiments of the Michigan Brigade ( under Brig.
Hoover's and Meyer
Meyer strongly supported government relief to combat the Great Depression, taking on an additional post as chief of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Hoover's unsuccessful attempt to aid companies by providing loans to businesses.
Hoover's and Charles
The delegates did consider nominating Vice President Charles Dawes to be Hoover's running mate.
Hoover's reputation, experience, and popularity coalesced to give him the nomination on the first ballot, with Senator Charles Curtis named as his running mate.
Hoover's and Dawes
As the Great Depression continued to ravage the United States, Dawes accepted President Herbert Hoover's appeal to leave diplomatic office and head the newly created Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Hoover's and ;
" Hoover's report led to a realization in Washington that a new policy was needed ; " almost any action would be an improvement " on current policy.
As the year 1932 began, the Republican Party believed Hoover's protectionism and aggressive fiscal policies would solve the depression ; in any case, President Herbert Hoover controlled the party.
The Economics of Location, 1954 ) ; and Edgar M. Hoover's two books -- Location Theory and the Shoe and Leather Industry ( 1938 ) and The Location of Economic Activity ( 1948 ).
When Hoover died, Tolson inherited his estate of $ 551, 000 and moved into his house ; he accepted the U. S. flag draped on Hoover's coffin.
France, on the other hand, had a relatively small stake in Germany's private debt but a huge interest in German reparations ; and payment to France would be compromised under Hoover's moratorium.
In the US, Hoover's competition includes: Royal, Dirt Devil, and Vax ( all of which are owned by Hoover's Hong Kong owner Techtronic Industries ); Kirby ; Eureka ; Dyson ; Electrolux ; Oreck ; Panasonic ; Bissell ; and Kenmore ( the house brand of American store chain Sears, which is manufactured predominantly by Panasonic ).
Hoover's and failure
The consensus among historians is that Hoover's defeat in the 1932 election was caused primarily by failure to end the downward economic spiral.
Hoover's and their
Hoover's helpers frequently risked their lives to rescue documentary and rare printed material, especially from countries under Nazi or Communist rule.
Hoover's extreme sense of the Communist threat and the politically conservative standards of evidence applied by his bureau resulted in thousands of government workers losing their jobs.
Hoover's has a list of officers with the term " reputation " in their titles.
Hoover's helpers frequently risked their lives to rescue documentary and rare printed material, especially from countries under Nazi or Communist rule.
The strong economy gave Hoover's Republican Party victory in the election, picking up 32 House seats, almost all from the opposition Democratic Party, and increasing their majority.
Janice comes to believe Hoover's story, and testifies as much, but Bill does not, and has their lawyer request Ivy be hypnotized to show she is not a reincarnation of Audrey Rose.
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