Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 to Bruce Barton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00691 Author/Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Place Written: Palo Alto, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: October 3, 1933 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 19 cm. Order a Copy
Comments on retirement: "A smoking President receives enough pipes to last a life time. Likewise fishing tackle. It is the only endowment he gets, except a troubled soul." Also mentions that "The country is going sour on the New Deal." Expresses his fear that the country will veer further left politically, and after the "middle class (80% of America) realizes it ruin" will veer back to the far right, "into some American interpretation of Hitler or Mussolini." Marked "personal" with one manuscript addition at the end.
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