Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 to Henry L. Stoddard
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.10 Author/Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter signed Date: July 8, 1933 Pagination: 2 p. ; 26 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy
In a letter marked "Personal," Hoover writes critically about President Roosevelt and the New Deal. Comments on an economic conference and going off the gold standard. Provides a list of "misrepresentations and illusions held out from Washington" about New Deal policies that the American public is being fooled by, most of them pertaining to economic matters. Decries a lack of "encouragement to individual prudence and thrift, any encouragement to any holding to moral anchors in all of this situation" and blames it on the New Deal, an era "where white rabbits please and thrill the audience." Typed on personal stationery.
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