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 mother, Hulda Randall ( Minthorn ) Hoover ( 1849 – 84 ), was born in Norwich, Ontario, Canada, of English and Irish descent.

Fellow Quaker Lawrie Tatum was appointed as Hoover's guardian.

It was dubbed " Hooverizing " by government publicists, in spite of Hoover's continual orders that publicity should not mention him by name.

Hoover's chief objective was to address the growing casualty toll of traffic accidents, but the scope grew and soon embraced motor vehicle standards, rules of the road, and urban traffic control.

The NCC was an example of Hoover's belief in volunteerism as a mechanism in aiding the economy.

The uncle of Hoover's mother was a Swiss honorary consul general to the United States.

Hoover's was not filed until 1938, when he was 43.

America's First Red Scare was beginning, and one of Hoover's first assignments was to carry out the Palmer Raids.

In 1979, there was a large increase in conflict in the House Select Committee on Assassinations ( HSCA ) under Senator Richard Schweiker, which had re-opened the investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy, reported that Hoover's FBI " failed to investigate adequately the possibility of a conspiracy to assassinate the President ".

The HSCA further reported that Hoover's FBI " was deficient in its sharing of information with other agencies and departments ".

Hoover's biographer Richard Hack does not believe that the director was gay.

Hack notes that Hoover was romantically linked to actress Dorothy Lamour in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and that after Hoover's death, Lamour did not deny rumors that she had had an affair with Hoover in the years between her two marriages.

The singer Ethel Merman, who was a friend of Hoover's since 1938, said in a 1978 interview: " Some of my best friends are homosexual.

" 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.

Hoover's express purpose was to collect the records of contemporary history as it was happening.

Examples of so-called kniferisms include a British television newsreader once referring to the police at a crime scene removing a ' hypodeemic nerdle '; a television announcer once saying that " All the world was thrilled by the marriage of the Duck and Doochess of Windsor " and that word regarding an impending presidential veto had come from " a high White Horse souse " ( instead of " a high White House source "); and during a live broadcast in 1931, radio presenter Harry von Zell accidentally mispronouncing US President Herbert Hoover's name, " Hoobert Heever.

" To attract votes from farmers concerned about Hoover's pro-business orientation, it was instead offered to Senator Curtis, who accepted.

The theme of the campaign was an all-out attack on Hoover's economic failures, with the incumbent hard pressed to defend himself.

When his job at the post office was eliminated by Hoover's policies of the Great Depression, he was forced to go on relief in 1931.

The countercultural movement was also under covert assault by J. Edgar Hoover's infamous " Counter Intelligence Program " ( COINTELPRO ), but in some countries it was other youth groups that were a threat.

Hoover's, Inc., a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, is a business research company that has provided information on companies and industries since 1990.

Hoover's attempts at regulating radio were not supported by all Congressmen, and he received much opposition from the Senate and from radio station owners.

Because Hoover's actions came to be seen as an abuse of power, FBI directors are now limited to one 10-year term, subject to extension by the United States Senate.

Because of the controversial nature of Hoover's legacy, there have been periodic proposals to rename it by legislation proposed by both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate.

In his 2004 study of the Lavender Scare, the historian David K. Johnson attacked the speculations about Hoover's homosexuality as relying on " the kind of tactics Hoover and the security program he oversaw perfected – guilt by association, rumor, and unverified gossip ”.

* Congress voted to honor Hoover's memory by publishing a memorial book.

* J. Edgar Hoover's Watching You – slideshow by Life magazine

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.

During Herbert Hoover's presidency, two additional secretaries to the president were added by Congress, one of whom Hoover designated as his Press Secretary.

* President Hoover's Camp Rapidan: Use by Boy Scouts

Originally Hoover's Food Center, it was then owned and operated by Concrete resident Hargus Hoover and his sons.

* Viacom information by Hoover's

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.

He was at first an ardent supporter of President Herbert Hoover but he became discouraged by Hoover's intransigence and failures in dealing with the Great Depression.

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.

* Hoover's, Inc., a business information company based in Austin TX, now owned by Dun & Bradstreet

Hoover's is headquartered in Austin, Texas and also has employees in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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.