European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the is ads and stripes wednesday october 71, 1964 depression overshadowed Hoover s career by i tilled press International one overwhelming i r i n shadowed the Lulu life or her Bert t Lark Hoover 31si i Orcsi Drill if i lie i Mili d slates. Ii caused a deep and Uhi Long Nul unholy. Only once in his Long and distinguished Itil lir career wus Hoover accused of failure or markedly Unni ii Lar find Hiil was when it held the nation s highest office. In Len White House i be came u target for a country plunged into fear und confusion. Lar Foi Ikhi uric of history s most violent upheaval the Depres Sion hut it became synonymous with his name find for a so Oren years the two were usually linked. Cd when Hoover left office he refused to sink into self imposed obscurity. Instead he devoted three More decades of Hyrc Inious service to his coun try. Even in his 80s it required four secretaries and a research assistant to keep up with Hoover s 14-hour Days und seven Day work weeks. He maintained his flow of International ideas and suggestions to the end. On his nth birthday he proposed a Council of free nations to preserve world peace if the United nations failed. Widt Tuitt Clark Hoover was born of Quaker Par mis Auk. 10 1874, in the Iowa Village of West Branch. Ills father n Blacksmith died when he was six his Mother a Junker minister four years later. Hoover lived with Quaker relatives until lie was 17, at tending Quaker schools in of wound Oregon. He worked his Way through Stanford University where he met and married a fellow student Iowa born in Henry. The hoovers had two Chil Dren. Herbert or. Followed his father into business und government service and became under Secretary of state in administration. Al Len Henry went into private business. Hoover had studied mine engineering at the University und his Rise in that profession was i Tesoric. Within two years he wus directing australian min ing enterprises for a Large Lon Don firm. Two years later the chinese government hired him to take charge of All mining activities in China. By 1914, after Only it years out of College the Blacksmith Ion Hud Umus cd a Fortune of about $6 million. That year brought world War 1 und Hoover became one of the world s leading humanitarian. Iii was in in Inion when War broke out. American tourist by the thousands were stranded in Ivy rope by the War. Hoo or became head of a vol Usu or Cimi Mission which care for them and got them Home. The Fermun invasion of Uel glum und norther France plus the British blockade Cut off food for nine million Kuro peans. The . Embassy called on Hoover for help. He formed the. Commission for Relief in Belgium the first organization of in kind. It Hadus own ships its own Flag and dealt with both sides. Hoover s commission saved untold thou Sands of lives. When the . Entered the War he was called Home an food administrator charged with producing sufficient food fur Allied needs. When the. War ended. President Wyo Tilrow Wil son assigned him As head of the american Reli of administration. His problem was appalling. More than 200 million per sons were penniless and starving. Stable governments had vanished Gold was gone com Merce was at a standstill paper Kinnney was worthless. Hoover worked wonders against fearful Odds. He was seriously considered by everyone but him Elf us a presidential candidate in 1920. But he did not enter the Campaign. The Winner. Warren to. Harding made him Secretary of Commerce. American Hoover said needs u lifting Pur pose greater than the struggle of Nate Rialls. It lies in. A finer regard fur the rights of others u stronger Devotion to the obligations of citizenship in the organi Alion of the forces of our economic life so that they May produce happier individual lives More secure in employment and Comfort wider in the possibilities of enjoy ment of nature larger in its opportunities of intellectual life. By Tiik time Llover Loo the oath of office As president the overwhelming Victor of Era Fred k. Smith in a Campaign marred by religious prejudice the nation seemed to be living up to Hooter s economic Credo. It was a time of High Prosperity. Hoover had promised tool polish poverty his famous slogan being a Chicken in Ever put and he went to work to fulfil his came Black Fin oct. 29. 1929. The Slock m in Ket crashed with a never equalled Roar. Hoover fought desperately to keep the Economy going but he could no Stem the economic ebb tide. Tie depression unfairly tagged the Hoover depression t a came worldwide. U Reache Bottom on june it 1931 in an american election year. The Republican party demonstrated its Faith in Hoover by re nominating him but the on Iii Way Herbert Hoover fright then president elect rides with nil predecessor Calvin Coolidge la the Capitol for inauguration on much 4, 1929. A photo american people rejected him. And Franklin d. Roosevelt won never forgave Roose velt for the Campaign speeches made against him but whence left Washington he Marie it known he would answer any Call to service. Kor years his readiness wus ignored but during world War ii he headed Many Relief agencies. Then president Harry s. Truman who succeeded Llo Orvell. Called on him to work in Many government pro Hoover s new career As a Public servant began Tandili sickly picked up a momentum that never flagged. In his final years he became one of the nation s most beloved staunchly maintained the belief he formed As a Youngman in the american u in individual. His political philosophy wus swept away in Roose velt s 1912 Victory but its is Lence what Hoover called rugged individualism be. Came a Dogma of his Republican party. He remained an implacable foe of communism und an unfailing Booster of America s ability to overcome All crises and he kept working for i country. When the Western nations approved admission of West Germany to nato in 1im, it was Hoover then 80, who went to Bonn to Seal Bonds of Friendship Between the former enemies. Yet it was the Hoover de pression which coloured nil life und marked his inter years with melancholy. Once discussing depression in u speech Hoover said wit just u touch of bitterness which his countrymen. Lute in his Long life knew was justified by the injustice done him i should be regarded an expert on these subjects. At least i was credited with having constructed one depression All bar Illyn Iii this is a reconstruction of the House in which Hooter wus born at West Brunch Iowa on aug. It 1174. A european edition army co fling was a Smith Jill it col a i Liam w Coleman a Nolc i1urkctt com Tel thank it nov & in Attis editor in Chat i Long out Hoover enters car for trip to Ainuu Gutlon of hts Suitch Hur Franklin d. Roosevelt sworn in Muren i 1933. A
