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| | Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Though he was not averse to taking action which he considered was in the public good, such as regulating radio broadcasting and aviation, he preferred a voluntary, non-government approach. | | | Thousands of World War I veterans and their families demonstrated and camped out in Washington, D.C., during June 1932, calling for immediate payment of a bonus that had been promised by the Adjusted Service Certificate Law for payment in 1924. | | | The President expanded civil service protection, cancelled private oil leases on government lands and led the way for the prosecution of gangster Al Capone. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
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| | HERBERT CLARK HOOVER: A Biographical Sketch |
| | Herbert traveled to China by way of the United States. | | | Al Smith campaigned for the repeal of Prohibition, the constitutional amendment that prohibited the use of alcoholic beverages. | | | The taxes would be imposed to protect industry and agriculture in the United States from lower-priced overseas products where living standards and wages were lower, and also to raise revenue for the government. |
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http://hoover.archives.gov/education/hooverbio.html
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | It will be the same as long as the United States has a President and as long as the people of the United States insist upon treating their President as one of themselves rather than as Europe treats its monarchs. | | | Early in January, 1930, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, under pressure from Hoover, announced, "I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism. | | | President Hoover never repudiated or made any statement regarding either Wilbur's or Mitchell's action. |
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| | Welcome to The American Presidency |
| | Although the bill was not what he wanted, Hoover signed it on June 17, 1930, justifying his act on the ground that the flexible provision, permitting him to change rates within a compass of 50% on the advice of the tariff commission, would enable him to remedy injustices in the law. | | | He received that nomination overwhelmingly on the first ballot at the party's national convention in Kansas City, Mo., in June 1928. | | | Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964), 31st president of the United States. |
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http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0205570-00
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| | Hoover, Herbert Clark on Encyclopedia.com |
| | As the Great Depression deepened, veterans demanded immediate payment of bonus certificates (issued to them in 1924 for redemption in 1945). | | | HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK [Hoover, Herbert Clark] 1874-1964, 31st President of the United States (1929-33), b. | | | After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Hoover returned (1919) to the United States, although he continued to direct the American Relief Administration, which was to feed millions in the 1921-23 famine in the USSR. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/H/Hoover-H1.asp
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| | American President |
| | His platform rejected farm subsidies, supported prohibition, pledged lower taxes, and promised more of the same prosperity Americans had enjoyed during the Coolidge years. | | | Hoover easily won the 1928 Republican nomination for President. | | | Owing to his record and an effective public relations effort by his supporters, Hoover was the most prominent Republican in the United States when President Calvin Coolidge announced, in August 1927, that he would not seek another term. |
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http://www.americanpresident.org/history/herberthoover
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | Companies in the United States began to make full use of what became known as mass production. | | | Andrew Mellon was Hoover's secretary of the treasury. | | | The first obligation of my office is to uphold and defend the Constitution and the authority of the law. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhoover.htm
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| | Charter Schools Strategists: Hoover Institution |
| | The so-called Gingrich Revolution is just the latest effort by the House of Windsor's agents and useful fools to repackage the same Conservative Revolution that has brought death and destruction to civilization throughout much of the past century.” 13. | | | Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of the museum, was president [of the congress] and Harry Laughlin was in charge of exhibits, and Lothrop Stoddard handled publicity. | | | Hoover would have been doing the country a permanent service, and he might have done somewhat better in the electoral college. |
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| | American Experience The Presidents Herbert Hoover PBS |
| | In fact, he entered the presidency with an array of programs and reforms designed to address the most pressing issues of the day. | | | Hoover was the last president whose term ended on March 3. | | | But he and Secretary of State Henry Stimson issued the Hoover-Stimson doctrine, refusing to recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/31_hoover
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| | President Herbert Hoover: Health & Medical History |
| | When Jim Webb [the chief of NASA] got up to talk, I noticed Hoover whispering in Williams's ear. | | | Through his mother, Hoover was an eighth cousin once removed of Richard Nixon [4a]. | | | Hoover's only recreation during his presidency was a morning session with a medicine ball, six days a week, regardless of season or weather. |
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http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g31.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Herbert Hoover |
| | Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), 31st president of the United States (1929-1933). | | | Hoover became chief engineer in the Chinese government's imperial bureau of mines. | | | In fact Hoover was the first president to use the federal government to fight the effects of a depression, even though he was not successful, which helped prepare the country for the government intervention of the New Deal policies of President Franklin Roosevelt when he succeeded Hoover in 1933. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570424/Herbert_Hoover.html
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | Hoover was the first president to have an asteroid named for him. | | | Hoover was the first president to donate his salary to charity. | | | Hoover had never held an elected office prior to becoming president. |
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | In 1928, Hoover was nominated for President, as he was the logical choice. | | | He did support government regulation of the commercial aviation and radio-broadcasting. | | | By 1920, Hoover was considered to be a presidential candidate, although he did not pursue the presidency with great force. |
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| | Oregon Blue Book: Notables- Herbert Hoover |
| | He continued as secretary of commerce in the Coolidge Administration and when Coolidge chose not to run in 1928, Hoover received the Republican nomination for president. | | | His last major activity was heading the Hoover Commission, under presidents Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, which aimed at streamlining the federal bureaucracy. | | | Hoover's idyllic childhood was shattered at the age of six when both of his parents died within a three month period. |
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http://bluebook.state.or.us/notable/nothoover.htm
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| | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site |
| | Hoover's careers as mining engineer, Secretary of Commerce, 31st President of the United States, and great humanitarian are depicted in the permanent galleries. | | | The historic buildings and grounds of this 187-acre site are preserved by the National Park Service to commemorate the life of the 31st President of the United States. | | | Currently the Association fosters the collection, interpretation, and preservation of historical resources relating to the life, ideas, values, and times of Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States. |
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http://www.nps.gov/heho/home.htm
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | Thus, Hoover became the only President in Time's history never to appear on a cover during his term of office. | | | Believing that America's salvation must be entrusted to private initiative, he hesitated to adopt proposals that required federal involvement in efforts to revive business. | | | This portrait was intended for publication on the cover of Time. |
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http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/hoovers.htm
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| | Herbert Hoover: Iowa Farm Boy and Humanitarian |
| | Continuing his life-long desire to help needy children, he also served as chairman of the Boys' Clubs of America, helping to open 500 new chapters throuhgout the United States. | | | A graduate of Stanford University, Hoover became a successful mining engineer before organizing relief programs for the starving victims of World War I. As Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge, he helped to create safer highways and aircraft, better health care for children, and the standardization of commercial products. | | | Although some people remember Herbert Hoover as the man who was President during the early years of the Great Depression, others may know him as a complex public servant, the "Great Humanitarian" whose career spanned a remarkable seven decades. |
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http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/34hoover/34hoover.htm
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| | Herbert Hoover High School |
| | Hoover is one of sixteen High Schools in the San Diego Unified District, and is one of the oldest schools in the district. | | | Any general comments on the structure and content please e-mail to: etowers@sandi.net | | | The purpose of this Web Site is to provide information, resources, and services to members of the Hoover High School community; specifically, the faculty, students, staff, parents, and alumni of Hoover High School. |
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| | The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch, Iowa |
| | The program identifies and honors approximately 15 Iowa high school juniors who propose and then accomplish a project of their own choosing and design. | | | The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum was opened to the public on August 10, 1962, Mr. | | | The Civil War in Iowa: John Brown, Abolitionist and The Underground Railroad - |
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| | Herbert Hoover |
| | Herbert Hoover: A Bibliography of His Time and Presidency. | | | Once upon a time my political opponents honored me as possessing the fabulous intellectual and economic power by which I created a world-wide depression all by myself. | | | The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa by Grant Wood |
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http://www.theamericanpresidency.us/31st.htm
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| | Herbert Hoover High School Home Page |
| | Herbert Hoover Wrestling team finished 7th as a team with 2 State Champions, Wesley Hanson and Cody Mollohan this weekend at the state tournament. | | | LSIC Meeting March 9, 2006 in Cafateria 3:00pm - The LSIC Encourages all Parent and Teachers to attend. |
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http://kcs.kana.k12.wv.us/herberthoover
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| | Herbert Hoover Middle School |
| | All representatives and officers are expected to attend! | | | Included in the High School Registration Packet that will be distributed this week, you will find a letter from the Board of Ed requesting Verification of Residency before entrance to High School. | | | Students interested in working on the technical crew for "Iolanthe" should pick up a tech schedule from the bulletin board opposite room 147. |
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| | Rugged Individualism Speech, Herbert Hoover |
| | This speech was delivered in New York City by Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover on October 22, 1928, toward the close of the election campaign. | | | Citation: Landmark Document in American History; Box 91, Public Statements, Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch,1A. | | | This campaign now draws near to a close. |
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http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst203/documents/HOOVER.html
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| | GUSD Schools - Hoover High School |
| | Hoover High School, a partnership of students, parents, teachers, staff and the community, graduates lifelong learners who are self-sufficient, ethical, and globally responsible, by providing comprehensive traditional, state-of-the-art and academic programs. | | | GUSD Teacher of the Year, Lynn Santamaria, is a Hoover faculty member |
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http://www.glendale.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/schools/schools.idc?site_code=03
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| | American Presidents: Life Portraits |
| | • Herbert Hoover in His Own Words-- A Statement of Support for the Eisenhower Campaign Watch | | | • Hertbert and Lou Henry Hoover Interpretations by Actors William and Sue Wills Watch | | | • 3:50 PM, Herbert Hoover: Examining the Evidence -- Symposium Held at the JFK Library |
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| | Herbert Hoover (I) |
| | Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Herbert Hoover (I) | | | Herbert Hoover was born on March 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. | | | You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. |
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| | The Avalon Project : Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover |
| | This occasion is not alone the administration of the most sacred oath which can be assumed by an American citizen. | | | I ask the help of Almighty God in this service to my country to which you have called me. | | | The Avalon Project : Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover |
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| | Herbert Hoover Elementary School Home Page |
| | After February 2nd, registration materials will be dated and time-stamped, and students will be given school assignments in the order that they are submitted. | | | You must register for your neighborhood school even if your first choice is Hoover. | | | Names will be randomly drawn and the selected families will be notified as soon as possible that day. |
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http://www.hoover.palo-alto.ca.us
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| | Herbert & Lou Hoover |
| | Allan Hoover who was an agent for the Osage Indians. | | | Tad went to live with their uncle Henry D. Hoover | | | Here Herbert attended a Quaker Academy, his uncle |
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| | The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum |
| | In the days before FEMA, President Calvin Coolidge sent Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, to coordinate relief efforts. | | | His radio campaign raised $15 million for relief supplies and he established tent cities for over 600,000 left homeless by the flood. | | | The three volume set of Hoover's memoirs is now available online. |
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| | Photographs and visual material courtesy of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. |
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