[286] Some historians trace the disaffection of the American Blacks with the Republican party to his time in office especially due to his attempt to remove Blacks from leadership in the Republican party in the South. Hoover sent U.S. Army forces led by General Douglas MacArthur to the protests. Fausold Martin L. and George Mazuzan, eds. Herbert and Lou Henry Hoovers grandchildren were an important but little publicized part of the Hoover White House. The library is one of thirteen presidential libraries run by the National Archives and Records Administration. [220], By mid-1931 few observers thought that Hoover had much hope of winning a second term in the midst of the ongoing economic crisis. [10] Hoover's mother died in 1884 of typhoid, leaving Hoover, his older brother, Theodore, and his younger sister, May, as orphans. The genealogy of the Herbert Hoover family - FamilySearch [277] President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady Ladybird Johnson attended, along with former presidents Truman and Eisenhower. [78], World War I had created a global food crisis that dramatically increased food prices and caused food riots and starvation in the countries at war. Here at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, we often receive questions about other famous people named Hoover, and which Hoover did what. It cannot be done unless we exterminate or move 25,000,000 people out of it. He promoted international trade by opening overseas offices to advise businessmen. Coolidge and other prominent Republicans all passed on the opportunity to challenge Hoover. Hoover did not completely refrain from the use of the military in Latin American affairs; he thrice threatened intervention in the Dominican Republic, and he sent warships to El Salvador to support the government against a left-wing revolution. Nevertheless, during Hoover's term, the world order established in the immediate aftermath of World War I began to crumble. Hoover also helped pass the Radio Act of 1927, which allowed the government to intervene and abolish radio stations that were deemed "non-useful" to the public. National Archives & Records Administratiion. The building was constructed on a 60-acre tract owned by Fred Bunting. She lived a normal life like most people around the world. By then Hoover had solved his image problem, and during his 1928 campaign he successfully squelched attacks that alleged he was too close to British interests. [105] A high priority was economic diplomacy, including promoting the growth of exports, as well as protection against monopolistic practices of foreign governments, especially regarding rubber and coffee. [55] Hoover also joined the board of trustees at Stanford, and led a successful campaign to appoint John Branner as the university's president. Hoover hosts PBS's reboot of the conservative interview show Firing Line. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover to lead the Food Administration. George H. Nash, "The Great Enigma and the Great Engineer," in John E. Haynes, ed., Phillips Payson O'Brien, "Herbert Hoover, AngloAmerican Relations and Republican Party Politics in the 1920s.". [254] He stated in one report that "there is the illusion that the New Germany left after the annexations can be reduced to a 'pastoral state.' Hoover spoke each [36] According to the National Review, "the reincarnation of Firing Line comes at an interesting time, and a needful one". [a] His father, Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith and farm implement store owner of German, Swiss, and English ancestry. Hoover energetically gave a series of speeches and interviews denouncing the monopolistic practice, and demanding that it be ended. 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On December 8, 1930, the three children and their nurse arrived by early morning train at Washingtons Union Station.