this new embryonic science to reach people and touch people and motivate them to respond to his appeals. he couldn't sleep. the best evidence of that is cities -- american cities. >> i can't tell you. i think by 1932, there are a lot of people, including the regional supporters of prohibition, that concluded that this experiment had not worked and that in many ways it had backfired. hoover is one of those very rare presidents, william howard taft comes to mind. and that was just the first installment. but hoover was not interested in being a sacrificial lamb that year. >> how big did fdr win? why? as mcarthur took it on himself to do. The Top Ten. we didn't mention prohibition. None are perfect, he … the last republican to do so. i had visited west branch at an. and plus, i think coolidge sensed hoover's ambition and yet it's interesting, when the mississippi overflowed, to this day by some amazement, it covered thousands and thousands of square miles in the south. he went on a voyage to alaska where harding felt ill and they returned to san francisco. and charlie michaelson, you might say, invented negative politics in the way that you and i understand it. and a substantial part of that was going to veterans. this man who had -- i don't think -- more modestly jimmy carter between '76 and '80. i was called by a man from west branch, iowa, running the presidential library system which was a good deal smaller in those days. president and formal representative to britain, the middle east, soviet union and china. that he was somehow really british. but in the context of the time, what hoover did was seen so much more than his predecessors. or the crb. i think roosevelt carried all but six states. and i thought immediately, what a wonderful job. and he was bored with just making money. Titles and publication dates are subject to change. >> his life began in august, 1874. general grant was in the white house. you had these new industries that were taking off. he created something that was there. which is very sympathetic and a best seller. he was asked, do you mind dropping your middle initial? coolidge was as suspicious of activity as hoover was unwilling to be inactive. at the tail end after he had been nominated, seven and a half years under harding and coolidge. someone who, frankly, should have made the party proud to have as a member, but whom the base would instinctively shy away from, as a standard-bearer. and clearly warren harding was disappointed. he did not want -- he wanted government to regulate the industry, but he didn't want government to run the industry. spent six-plus years learning my trade in west branch, making some friends for life. >> thank you for helping us with our series on presidents. hoover is one of those very rare presidents -- william howard taft comes to mind -- people who are, again, almost too rational, too cerebral, who don't have in their dna whatever that political gene in that enables a lyndon johnson in the most extreme example to thrive. the british were shocked anyone asked them to feed the belgians, who after all, had been invaded by the germans. new york supplanted london. and one thing economists know is that wages failed to keep pace with prices. well, i'm not sure that's an sun insult. i think it's safe to say, hoover believed that fdr was deliberately avoiding having any responsibility in the hopes that if things did go to hell, that he would then receive the credit and in many ways that's exactly what happened. roosevelt carried all but six states. but in any event, but he had great respect for hoover and one thing i mentioned, both parties in 1920 flirted with the idea of nominating hoover. harding asked him at one point, cryptically, if you knew of some great scandal within the administration, what would you do? the bonus army came to town, and measures are still being debated, still the subject of controversy. it was true, it was an international phenomenon. the first airfield in washington was hoover. charlie michaelson's sole job, day in and day out, was to blacken the reputation of the president, to drive home, in voters' minds, the fact this man was heartless. and there is a -- you go to west branch, the records are there. 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Check the box next to each item or use the “Select All” button, then click “Add to Cart.” >> what would you say was the most significant -- and we only have a minute and a half -- the most significant thing that hoover did that is still in this country to this day? the best evidence is that cities, american cities. totally. you don't write the same english that a i do. and later on, years later. there are clearly a number of factors, some of which are easily identified. the united states came out of world war i for the first time in its history a creditor nation. there's a very poignant scene -- and you know, who knows what. he won by 6.5 million votes. they were speculating in stocks, but eventually, the purchasing power being what it was -- and remember, the farmers were depressed -- and it's hard -- you know, 40% -- 40% of the american workforce in 1920s was in agriculture. he took -- he wrote zoning regulations that could be adapted all over the country. not only did he dedicate it, but he used his speech to single out people in the audience who had been crooks in the harding administration. you get the picture. but i for the life of me can't give you a single reason. in any event, hoover's 40 years old in 1914. li living lond as i say. the other remarkable thing -- again, building on what we said earlier, it was all voluntary. >> you're talking about west branch, iowa? and in 1932, he was on the unpopular side of the issue. but people can get exhausted and be vulnerable to heart attacks because of profound disappointment. reagan supported him. i came back to d.c. and was writing on a consultant basis for bob dole for whom i had work earlier. he played bridge endlessly, game after game of bridge. a well, that's -- i'm not sure that that's an insult. and he said, no, but why. he had an unhimted faith in the generosity, the basic goodness and the trust wor tworthytrustw american people and that's important. and hoover, seven years after harding died, hoover took a train to marion and dedicated it. never played bridge again after harding died, because that trip had worn out his tolerance for the game, but also because of the tragic consequences of the trip. a properly cared for pig is as sanitary as anything else. and in fact, there's a famous incident in '35, '36, something like that, when fdr meets. Presidential historian Richard Norton Smith talked about "An Uncommon Man," his biography of President Herbert Hoover. remember, that was the famous smoke-filled room convention when a senatorial group met. he couldn't sweep. and one thing economists know is that wages failed to keep pace with prices. i shouldn't paraphrase it. as i said, he was a member of the society of friends. and the result was hoover dam. the rest of the world owed it. congress, which was nominally republican, the first half of his term, and then marginally democratic a second half. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him. well, of course, hoover being hoover, soon there were cartoons portraying hoover as secretary of commerce and undersecretary of everywhere else. he was commerce secretary for almost eight years. a number of reasons for that. the birthplace is a little 14 by 20 foot, the size of the average american living room today, a little white wash cottage. she writes letters home saying you're missing one of the great sieges of the age. totally unregulated. there were booms and there were busts. the whole system was jerry built. Uploaded by it was not the last time that douglas mcarthur was to disobey executive authority. 21.5 million votes to 15 million votes. he had become a phenomenon as you might imagine. and wallace, from the left of center, perspective, was projecting in effect the goals and am birgss of the generation that was fighting world war ii. and it's true, it was an international phenomenon. the reason he vetoed the veterans' bonus, for which he paid a very high price, in fact, it was one of those classic cases, you've been around this town long enough, there are instances where congress will pass something, knowing the president will veto it, so they, don't have the take the heat. again, people responded. the name of the book and it is available on amazon and other places as a used book, this one, by the way, comes from a library in milford, michigan, the one that i have. he sent melon to the court of saint james. that was great. he wrote zoning regular laces that could be adapted all over the country. Ordering multiple books? he knew enough about politics to know that in 1920, it was a republican year. now, people around me, at that point also i was working at pete wilson's office, senator from california, writing speeches. well, the fact is, hoover was never a regular republican. might have been. he ran other businesses so he had this entrepreneurial streak in him. Follow Richard Norton Smith and explore their bibliography from Amazon.com's Richard Norton Smith Author Page. 1927. the flood covered thousands and thousands of square miles in the south. so why is he 70, 80 years later pilloried? wilson and hoover was part of the delegation. the dislocations of the war, we had this crazy, crazy quilt system where as part of the versailles agreement, crushing reparations were demanded by the victors of defeated germany which was really in no position economically. 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Richard Norton Smith. we thank you very much. hoover did not believe in the boom and bust. in fact, a lot was tried, but it came very soon to be overshadowed by the scale, the scope of what fdr undertook. and he came up with this terribly clunky, very hooveresque term of -- what was it? there was a campaign by a pig, you know, a properly cared for pig is as sanitary as anything else. Read entire article at ... How 2020 Will Go Down in the History Books, According to Historians that was a real error of job. and here's the difference. the hoover/roosevelt idea was so. he's living in lond and one of the things that would come back to haunt him throughout his political career, throughout his public life, were those among his own country men, nativists, who believed that he was not sufficiently american. if you go today, you can see the herbert hoover boyhood home there. Senators Edward Brooke and Bob Dole it was decided that that was too long. i had done this book on tom dewey, who in some ways is the ultimate overlooked historical figure. had hoover's reputation, in effect, not been destroyed during his single term of office. but in any event, he had great respect for hoover and one thing i mentioned, both parties in 1920 flirted with the idea of nominating hoover. you think of fdr and radio. it's a size of the average american living room today. homes, all of those homes that he built, but lots of them were bought on credit. bad that the constitution was amended. >> what were the circumstances in your life in 1984 when this. that clearly was a factor. he remembered as a boy, sitting in the stark, cold, barren meeting house that the quakers used in west branch and his feet didn't even touch the r floor. knows what might have been. you had wall street speculation, rank, overheated, baseless -- lots of people buying stock on margin, which is to say, in effect, they were borrowing funds. there was only herbert hoover. no one could last longer than 60 minutes and he once ate a five courses in 13 minutes. again, the idea was, the american people would grow more, save more, and together they would basically feed their allies across the sea. you think of fdr and radio. it was a very gutsy thing to do. that was the backbone of america. depressions were all about deflation. >> he was commerce secretary for eight years -- almost eight years, under both -- at the tail end, after he had been nominated for president but 7 1/2 years under harding and coolidge. and in fact, this was a story that took time to evolve. one other thing that is so easy to overlook when you're looking at the failure of the economy to respond to the various stimlative efforts and even fdr, you have to remember how tiny a percentage of the american gdp went to the government in those days. >> weeknights this month on, american history tv, it's "the contenders," our series that looks at 14 presidential candidates who lost the election but who had a lasting effect on u.s. politics. but there's another factor that tends to get overlooked. they had two sons. at this point, the united states wasn't in the war. no one would be better than herbert hoover as a democratic nominee. and this is not to excuse hoover. this was a domestic emergency on the scale that he had dealt with, overseas. i left washington and went out and had a whale of a time. he wanted people to stand at his grave and look off at the little house where he was born and draw the conclusion that he had drawn that what set america apart was, the fact that the circumstances of your birth in no way limited the potential of your life. he was a teddy roosevelt progressive republican. he had -- you know, he knew enough about politics to know that in 1920, it was a republican year. but the market became literally glutted. in addition, there's a corner of france, any way, between the two, there were 10 million people who confronted the real specter of starving to death. in fact, more than most presidents combined. >> well, you could look physically at hoover dam. he should not signed the tariff in 1930 which, in effect, at the worst possible time built walls around the american economy and encouraged other countries to do the same. so anyway, he ran again. i had no political agenda. restless. Upcoming books related to the presidency are shown below. tonight we feature 1940 republican nominee wendell willkie. much more important, i would argue, however, is the example of a businessman who walked away from his fortune. measures that are still being debated, still subject of controversy, he dispatched douglas mcarthur of all people, not to cross the bridge over and set fire to the veterans camp. but with children, it was a different person. which, again, in many ways, a foreshadow of what we associate with the new deal. they were meatless mondays and wheatless wednesdays. the interesting thing is lou said later on that he was never the same after belgium. and so i did it reverse. it confirmed him in his faith. Trivia (4) Spoke at President Gerald Ford 's funeral. >> who asked him to be commerce secretary and how long was he there and what impact did he have? he, himself, went to congress and asked for $150 million, which was more than any president before him. and i think there are a lot, of economists who would -- if they're honest, respond the same way. that managed to organize, transportation, to get all of these people out of the war zone. Recent changes shown in bold. met, fell in love with lou henry, also from iowa. the idea that government in bust times should bust the budget, in other words, that it should do everything it could -- it can to boost purchasing power. on October 13, 2020, president and formal representative to britain, the middle east, soviet union and china. came back to d.c., i was writing on a consultant basis for bob dole, for whom i had worked earlier, and i'm very proud to say i've been associated with him over the years. This list is based on press releases, news stories, emails from publishers and authors, emails/comments I receive and tentative publication dates provided by booksellers. hoover had poor relations with. i mean, he had his own inability, to inspire. you had wall street speculation, rank, overheated, baseless. the dislocations brought about by the war. watch tonight at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv this week and every weekend on cspan3. and then, of course, in some ways, what put the seal on hoover's reputation as a failed president was the next three months. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at q&a.org. that wohatever the problem, you know, you didn't need a government solution. >> where hoover was born and where he's buried. the name of the book, and it is available on amazon and other places as a used book. i mean, it was a very gutsy thing to do. a very poignant scene and who. another issue that complicated life, particularly for the republicans, because by and large they had a lot of rural supporters, the republican party was split on the issue of prohibition. calvin coolidge carried new york city. al smith, of course, carried new york city. they were living, in effect, paycheck to paycheck. but people can get exhausted and be vulnerable to heart attacks because of profound disappointment. one very important contributing factor was that glut of consumer goods in the 1920s. you know, the only person really -- certainly the only person associated with government who had tried to address their needs. he had the depression. and from the outset, he was certain that he did not want a, bbc-type arrangement. well, hoover was on radio. that is exactly what the person people wanted to hear after four years in which it was felt that nothing had been tried. people who are, again, almost too rational, too cerebral. >> this week on q&a, presidential historian richard norton smith discusses his book, an uncommon man, the triumph of herbert hoover. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and, with it, congress. he didn't have the political gift. it was like the dialogue of the death. he wrote "or deal of a president." If I'm missing something… the last republican to do so. but nobody knew about keynesian economics in the 1920s. jesse hoover. lots of people buying stock on margin which is to say -- in effect, they were borrowing funds and if the stock market ever went down, particularly if it went down sharply, then they would have to sell their stock. hoover, again, cosmo poll tin figure who didn't mind taking a drink but who was sworn to enforce the law. in the white house, he was famous. sugarless gum is a by-product of the food administration. hoover, again, a cosmopolitan figure who didn't mind taking a drink, but who was sworn, unlike warren harding, to enforce the law. he was that kind of -- you know, in the 1920s, the closest thing to a modern parallel would be colin powell, say, in the 1990s. he was a teddy roosevelt progressive republican. and hoover approached this from a different place in the political spectrum. which told you more about them than west branch. and again, they were always t y trying to raise funds. maybe politically a convert to keens' economics. so he played bridge endlessly, game after game of bridge. people who had hastened the president's death. so you had he was carrying that dead weight. he himself went to congress and asked for $150 million which was more than any president before him, in fact, more than most presidents combined. and he had a quaker conscious. he did not want, he wanted government to regulate the industry, but didn't want government to run the industry. Bob Douglass was a prodigy who more than fulfilled his promise. he thought like an engineer. to get them home. and he asked me out of the blue -- i've never been more surprised in my life -- would you have any interest in being the director of the hoover library. a lot was tried but it came very soon to be overshadowed by the scale, the scope of what fdr undertook. i have to sign my name hundreds of times a day. i always thought there's a direct connection between that and the adult hoover, who was in many ways, emotionally stunted. >> as we continue our series on the presidency, go back to the beginning of hoover, where did he come from, where did it all start? >> he swept the country. Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). at the time -- and this is easily overlooked, hoover exists in the shadow of fdr. and the result was a mixed bag. his success. tragic consequences of the trip. until george w. bush wrote about his dad, hoover was the only american president to write a book about another american president. and plus, i think coolidge sensed hoover's ambition. there are instances where congress will pass something knowing the president will veto it so they don't have to take the heat. and there are a number of reasons for that. no one had any idea of the dimensions of the task. you just needed to organize. Uploaded by there's a slump. lou designed a cradle exclusively for use on board ocean liners. his uncle was a business man and burt, he was known, went on to stanford. the little man on the wedding cake. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. it was very clear that fdr was not intellectually a convert. i mean, sounds kind of dull, but the fact is -- i'm trying to think. >> where hoover was born and buried. we had this crazy, crazy, quote, system, where as part of the versailles agreement, basically, crushing reparations were demanded by the victors of defeated germany, which was really in no position, economically, although it had been largely unscathed by the war. he ate like an engineer. it's regulate d because hoover. and it's funny, hoover who loved cards and was a mean canasta player in his later years permanently lost his taste for bridge. hoover's great failing and we can talk about some of the things. >> how was he picked by the republican party to be the candidate and how big did he win against al smith? again, he had been a supporer of the bull moose third party. it seems to me it applied to hoover more than anyone else. this one, by the way, comes from a library in milford, michigan, the one that i have. and that's the philosophy that, for example, andrew milne who was hoover's holdover secretary of the treasury maintained. he said, again, the american people, if you tell them what you need, they will give you their shirt off their backs. 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