Herbert Hoover
SwinDell Autry Jr
History 239
Dr. Taylor
March 23, 2014
Herbert Hoover During Herbert Hoover’s time as president of the United States of America there were three important factors that allowed president Hoover to poorly handle the depression were not being able to relate to people, passing of acts that had little no help at all, and the fact that congress had no faith in him. President Hoover was a president that came from a Quaker family born second out of three children. Although when Hoover was 6 he lost his father to pneumonia, and later his mother when he was ten: hoover had a hard time being able to relate to others; during his presidency he made a total of ninety-five broadcast which were glorified greetings instead of policy impact statements. He did not feel comfortable with the new media that he probably understood better than most politicians, and this Speeded the disintegration of his formerly effective public relations system. (Wilson, Joan H. Herbert Wilson Forgotten Progressive. New York: HarperCollins, 1975. Print), What this meant is that the president actually knew how they operated and it made him feel out of place. Unable to feel comfortable talking to the media it made it hard to relate in person or through the radio to those affected by economical disasters. “During the war he had assiduously avoided contact with famine victims( thus had always been Lou Henry Hoovers job) and now he could not stand the to look at ,let alone greet, those Americans who stood on street corners selling apples or who patiently waited in breadlines. (Wilson, Joan H. Herbert Wilson Forgotten Progressive. New York: HarperCollins, 1975. Print) This was a problem because at this time in history many Americans lost everything as banks closed down from lack of money, those who stood in breadlines or on the corner selling apples needed someone they could have believed in. Someone that could relate to them and let them know that everything was going to be okay.
History 239
Dr. Taylor
March 23, 2014
Herbert Hoover During Herbert Hoover’s time as president of the United States of America there were three important factors that allowed president Hoover to poorly handle the depression were not being able to relate to people, passing of acts that had little no help at all, and the fact that congress had no faith in him. President Hoover was a president that came from a Quaker family born second out of three children. Although when Hoover was 6 he lost his father to pneumonia, and later his mother when he was ten: hoover had a hard time being able to relate to others; during his presidency he made a total of ninety-five broadcast which were glorified greetings instead of policy impact statements. He did not feel comfortable with the new media that he probably understood better than most politicians, and this Speeded the disintegration of his formerly effective public relations system. (Wilson, Joan H. Herbert Wilson Forgotten Progressive. New York: HarperCollins, 1975. Print), What this meant is that the president actually knew how they operated and it made him feel out of place. Unable to feel comfortable talking to the media it made it hard to relate in person or through the radio to those affected by economical disasters. “During the war he had assiduously avoided contact with famine victims( thus had always been Lou Henry Hoovers job) and now he could not stand the to look at ,let alone greet, those Americans who stood on street corners selling apples or who patiently waited in breadlines. (Wilson, Joan H. Herbert Wilson Forgotten Progressive. New York: HarperCollins, 1975. Print) This was a problem because at this time in history many Americans lost everything as banks closed down from lack of money, those who stood in breadlines or on the corner selling apples needed someone they could have believed in. Someone that could relate to them and let them know that everything was going to be okay.