![]() ![]() He lived to be 90 and died in 1954, as America explored the solar system and Hoover modestly opposed the Vietnam War. He published 31 books and donated all royalties to charity, as he did every penny he received from government jobs. Hoover has much to be proud of and nothing to be ashamed of. ![]() ![]() The depression was worldwide it did not begin in America, and only a worldwide event could end it. By revving up demand for American agricultural and industrial products, World War II also jump-started civilian applications of wartime research that made the 1950s an extremely prosperous decade. In reality, unemployment was higher during the first eight years of the New Deal than during the four years of the Hoover administration. Hoover launched a massive infrastructure program and erected public works throughout the nation. Because his administration coincided with the beginning of the Great Depression, he has been stigmatized by historians who simplistically credit presidents with everything good that occurs during their term and blame them for every negative event. He is credited with saving more humans from starvation than any human being in recorded history.Īfter the war, Hoover, a superb administrator, served as Secretary of Commerce under GOP presidents Harding and Coolidge and in 1928 he was elected president. ![]() Of the latter, he said, “I detest communism, but I detest starving children more.” After World War II, Hoover helped President Truman assess and feed needy nations worldwide. During and after World War I, he fed much of Europe and the Soviet Union. ![]()
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