The real Herbert Hoover
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- Herbert Hoover had been president for less than a year when the Crash of 1929 initiated the Great Depression, an epochal event in American history that would place his name near the bottom of presidential rankings. But the engineer and business magnate, who made several fortunes in his 20s, is also remembered as a great humanitarian for feeding several million starving Belgians during World War I, and for introducing a variety of innovations in American life, from standardized traffic lights to milk cartons. Mo Rocca examines Hoover's remarkable rise (from humble beginnings to the White House) and his remarkable fall.
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Fun fact: Herbert and his wife Lou sometime conversed in Chinese while in the White House to foil eavesdropping.
I just texted my friend (born in Taiwan) to see if he knew that.
😲
Yep, he was also the only President to speak Mandarin Chinese.
I call BS!!!!!!!! I've been teaching language for almost 20 years, and also lived in China and Taiwan. My guess is he could speak "some" words, like I can. I bet he was NOT even close to being fluent, and probably could not have a simple conversation.
@@richardzellers He worked as a contractor in China if I'm not mistaken
Gosh...the man lived for 90 years, but judged by only 4 of them. Underrated for sure. The phrase 'wrong time, right place' is ringing in my head.
The strange thing is that for all the good he did before becoming President (of USA), he is basically remembered for the Depression. That's politics for you.
F.... that liberal. I want total destruction of the government.
@@mkendallpk4321 You are so right.
Yup. I feel like Carter got that treatment too and Trump sorta did as well even though he wasn’t all that great to begin with.
The president gets the credit OR the blame and it’s appropriate here. I do think we should consider that line. Ninety years and judged for four.
And he had Charles Curtis, the first & only Native American so far, as Vice President.
You never hear about that, and because he was a Republican, people never will.
@@painkillerjones6232 TRUE!!!
@Ellie Werner. Right on Sista!
He had More European DNA than Native American
True, but during the time he lived in the early 20th century, that didn't matter much. He was still "mixed-blood" "Indian Charlie" (even was an enrolled Kanza/Kaw Nation tribal member) and a bulk of what he did in congress revolved around that.
Also, he and his wife fought side by side with US Marines in China during the Boxer Rebellion
Whaaaaaaat?! Wait, what??!!??
No they did NOT. Hoover hid under women's cloths during the battle. They did NOT fight. Source General Smedley Butler, USMC.
I’m glad I watched this-- I have a new respect and admiration for President Hoover. What a LIFE- what a HEART ! God Bless Bert Hoover !
He was a closet homosexual
Bev Sputler
Get your head out of the parallel universe and read a book.
@Mulberry John What a heart indeed, and yet FDR and the Democrats did everything they could to tar him, and by extension the entire Republican party, as NOT having a heart, and they continue that propaganda campaign to this very day. Their efforts were so successful that people to this day wrongly perceive Republicans as the party of Scrooge, a party with no concern for the poor, needy, or disadvantaged. Of course, anybody who understands logic realizes this is a fallacy. Disagreeing with the proposed solution for a problem doesn't mean you don't care about solving it.
@@bevsputler5455 who isn't?
@@hotwax9376 Well said. Thank you!!
Another fun fact: During the first ever Big Game (Cal vs. Stanford) being played in San Francisco in 1892, Herbert Hoover was the team manager for the Stanford football team but forgot to bring the football. The game was held up for an hour while Hoover scurried around SF looking for a football.
We could use a generous humanitarian like Herbert Hoover again.
Yes, We sure could.
Hopefully we’ll elect one in about 4 years
Sounds like Jimmy Carter.
Carter and Hoover are such incredible humanitarians, even if history looks at them under a negative spotlight
@@parthibhayat And both are one-term presidents!
We do: his name is chef Jose Andres and he runs an amazing charity called World Central Kitchen.
Bringing Americans home and feeding Belgium should be enough to tell you what kind of man he was. Simply a terrible time to take office.
It was a good time to take office. What was terrible were his party's financial and economic policies (i.e., little to no regulation of Wall Street).
the most famous humanitarian in the world, and as a trained engineer, Herbert Hoover had planned early programs for social security, child labor laws and banking. These became part of FDR’s new deal.
@@annbush1826 Really, Social Security was originally Hoover's idea?
That's right. Because he believed in the market, people mistook his policies as a lack of concern, and the GOP has never recovered; to this day they are painted as the "party of the rich" with no concern for ordinary Americans. I guarantee you that if Al Smith or another Democrat had been president, it would be the opposite situation today, especially because Smith went on to become very anti-New Deal himself.
@@basilmarasco1975 to be honest, i don't think any president of any party could react property. And much of FDR policies begun with Hoover. Just bad timing
Hoover predicted the stock market crash but his solutions were terrible.
better than fdr which drags it on for another decade
Actually, his ideas helped pave the way for FDR’s New Deal
At the time no one knew what to do
@@RetiredVet2020 which isn’t a good thing
You know after ww2 Democratic president Harry Truman called Herbert Hoover Out Of Retirement and Hoover was in tears because fdr shunned Hoover after he was in office Roosevelt didn't want his advice but he was called by Truman and. Hoover responded almost immediately and president Truman Roosevelt successor gave him warm greeting welcome to white 🏠 they had lunch and Truman asked the former president because he knew his record from 1st war how he helped save waste and help build homes in certain countries in 🇪🇺 so Truman asked for his help in war torn countries and it be called Hoover commission and he helped out and it was a success and the 💰 wasn't wasted and they became friends despite political differences both in poverty and Midwest and family values he Missouri Hoover Iowa they stayed friends til Hoover died in 1964 and Truman got telegram from former president Hoover when Truman slipped and also Hoover though he didn't need the money he made it possible for ex presidents to get pensions because he heard in 1957 Truman struggling he took money for his friend Harry Truman sake he felt it's time ex president got pensions so as citizen Hoover did much more behind scenes and Truman was right renaming boulder dam back. to Hoover dam because fdr thought he didn't need no one outside democratic party despite party differences Truman and Hoover warmed up to each other and were friends til end and when Hoover open up library in 1962 Harry Truman spoke in his 🎖
Astonishing to think this man went from farming a field with an oxen and sleeping by candlelight to seeing jet powered airplanes over flying that day in the Library
The untold story of Hoover definitely puts a different light on him.
Indeed. He did many great things but he inherited a situation he did not know how to deal with and stuck to his solution long after it was obviously not working.
I love LOVE these pieces. As kid, I used to read about US Presidents in the Encyclopedia and take notes. Nowadays, professionally I'm a researcher/archival producer. The footage and images in this piece make me smile so much. The past comes alive
Just an observation of many photos of 20's era folks, Coolidge looked ghoulish.
It's nice to have a great grand daughter in the public eye who cares about maintaining his public legacy.
Very informative. Didn't know he was actually so compassionate.
@liberty Ann That's because for almost 90 years, the Democratic party has waged a tireless propaganda campaign to paint him, and by extension the entire Republican party, as NOT being compassionate. It was so effective that people still believe it long after the Depression.
The president was never meant to step in and regulate banking markets. They just get blamed for the bad timing
Indeed. Most people think exactly the opposite, because FDR and the Democrats were so successful in their smear campaign against him.
@@hotwax9376I mean the Republicans aren’t exactly for the little guy, there for the CEO and billionaire
@@TimmyTheTinman The fact that you believe that just further proves my point. You've fallen for FDR and the Democrats' propaganda.
_"Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again"_
---Archie Bunker
frisco21 Great comment!😊
My favorite Republican president of the 20th century!
"those wererrrr the Days "
I never understood how Archie could be a Republican at that time.
We have a new Hebert Hoover and his name is trump and he is JUST AS HORRIBLE AS THE ORIGINAL
My maternal grandmother loved him and cried when he lost but my uncles were happy because they knew they would get jobs under FDR
@Kevin Morris Biden is nothing and will never be anything compared to FDR. Truman, Johnson, Sanders, Theodore Roosevelt are all closer.
@@Norkeys . Biden is a PINO, President in name only.
@Kevin Morris LMAO, WTF?
@Kevin Morris bro you're kidding right? Like, Joe Biden's fine but FDR? Dude, not close.
@@rockyracoon3233 I call Biden the Legal Front, in the form and manner similar to Genco Purica Olive Oil for the Corleone Crime Family in "The Godfather" and the casinos in Reno and Vegas in "The Godfather: Part II".
I definitely did not know President Hoover made so many amazing contributions throughout his life. This is truly shocking and inspiring at the same time. He is definitely going up on my All Time Top 5 Favorite US Presidents list.
The depression must have emotionally devastated him
*Actually he was completely 'at sea' with advice from so many 'learned experts' he fell into a state of inertia...fearful of making a wrong move in terms of regulation or 'emergency measures' that would alienate him from both the 'Titans of Industry' and the 'working public'...he was trapped by events that had never happened before*
i dont think so
@IW Nunn It certainly did, but the Democrats successfully made it appear as if it didn't. Their smear campaign in 1932 was so successful that people to this day think Republicans are a party of heartless, greedy zillionaires who have no concern for the poor and middle class.
@Kevin Morris can't be. No way
@Dennis Young I'm a Republican and I don't only care about the rich.
Having been to the Hoover Library in West Branch myself in 2018, I gained a totally new perspective on Herbert Hoover... He is a very special man, so much more so than he is given credit for.
I went to Hoover elementary school in Salem, Oregon. When I was there Hoover passed away. I remember my teacher talking about how great of a man he was.
Inaugurated March 4, 1929, Black Friday October 29, 1929. Seven months. No way does he deserve what he got. A long, better look at this man is deserved.
No, Hoover himself didn't cause the crash. His party's policies did. He's sort of guilty by association.
@@57highland No, Republican policies didn't cause the Depression either. The collapse of the stock bubble was just an inevitable consequence of the bubble existing in the first place, just like the housing bubble later on. More proof of just how well FDR's lies and propaganda worked.
What a brilliant and extraordinary human being.
I'd watch a DiCaprio movie on him. Somebody throw Martin Scorsese on this.
Leroy Bobby THE WOLD OF WALL STREET 1929 EDITION
He looks a lot more like Hoover than he did Howard Hughes... I can't stand it when people play a character they look nothing like at all .
DiCaprio playing a Republican president? Bahaha yeah that would be quite an act for DiCaprio!
@@deplorabledani6080 Dicaprio played J. Edgar Hoover already ...
Deplorable Dani he’s apparently playing grant in a movie so honestly who knows
What an amazing men! I am so glad that we went to the Hoover Dam! He was not the reason the crash happened!
Well said Sista!
Thank you for setting the record straight
Just found out today that Hoover's childhood home in Newberg, Oregon still exists and it is a museum. I can't wait to visit.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberg,_Oregon
Thank you for telling us about the other 86 years of this awesome man. I’m a young black girl and mr. Hoover is a new hero of mine.
“You know, Herbert Hoover once stayed here on this floor.”
“The vacuum guy?”
“No, the uh, President.” 😁
Lmao I get it 😂
Home Alone 2 Lost in New York!😀
Mollie Tenpenny I looooove that movie! You win a limousine and a PEET-ZA!
Corey Messick I was thinking this exact same quote while watching this video
Joel Nava High five! ✋🏻💥
As a native Iowan, I grew up being proud that we had produced a president. The town I lived in, was only an hour away from his presidential library and all fifth graders got to take a field trip to it. Naturally, as a 10 year old, I didn’t understand all the ins and outs of politics, and I didn’t know about his unpopularity. I think I would’ve found everything much more interesting at that age if schools would have highlighted his humanitarianism.
i wrote a paper about President Hoover in High School and learn a great deal. I saw him in a different light after that
I’ve always put Hoover in the group a 10 presidents that people don’t knew much about. Thank you for this information!
This is one of favorite segments from Sunday Morning. Such an amazing man, humanitarian and problem solver.
Fascinating never knew much about him I always heard he got a bad rap, my grandfather a republican admired him now I know why, it was fabulous to hear this, i do remember that he was still alive in the early sixties, I blame the media for this misconception of this fine man Early signs of how the media influenced our young minds Thanks for this update wish we had 🐝 been aware say. 60 years ago when I was 12
It is not surprising that so many Americans expected great things when Hoover became president in 1929, given his remarkable career and his proven skill at managing great projects.
Jeeze, I never had much respect for the guy. I certainly do now. Not only awesome, but SO good hearted & kind. RIP Mr. President. And thank you!
He was a truly great man who deserves a massive rehabilitation.
Great man. We need more like him.
Hoover, a business man, also helped with food and aid to the Soviets during the Russian famine of 1921, 8 years before he was president.. Over 5 million people were starved to death and Vladimir Lenin sent an open letter to "all honest European and American people", to "give bread and medicine" and the United States was the first to respond, feeding over 10 million men women and children daily, and providing clothing and medicine using 237 US ships. Hoover was a great humanitarian.
Goes to show high office can ruin a beautiful reputation!
The Chad Hoover Vs the Virgin Roosevelt
Remarkable man. He and his wife lived in China when he was an engineer and they could speak Chinese. I read that sometimes they spoke Chinese in the White House and so others wouldn’t know what they were saying. I believe he helped with humanitarian aid during the Second World War also
Yes, he did sent help to defeated Germany after ww2
He was extremely handsome young, would never have thought so only seeing older pictures previously.
I felt guilty about my grudge on Herbert Hoover thinking he was a corrupt man living in his riches after learning all of this about him.
Same
Much to admire about Hoover, recently the same about Grant - much more impressive than the 50 years I've heard both generally maligned.
The Grant administration is generally recognized as one of the most corrupt in American History. So he is not maligned without good reason.
@@basilmarasco1975 Maybe so, but he also did a lot to advance civil rights during Reconstruction. Despite all his scandals, Grant was a much better president than he's made out to be.
"We could use a man like Herbert Hoover again!"
@@drewhendley That is a line from the All in the Familt show theme song.
Family
@@drewhendley Lighten up
Thank you for doing this piece.
Sounds like a nice person. I looked him up because they mention him in the All in the Family opening song: “Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again 🎼 “
I don't recall details, but I recall that there are some things that he built, or designed, in countries other than the USA, that still are significant today. He clearly was one of the great engineers of his time. Perhaps other readers know more details?
Fascinating
Im from the Newberg area and never knew he was from this area, I actually stayed in the Herbert Hoover suite at the Klamath river resort Inn on the California Oregon border.. Its a fishing lodge on the river, very neat place.
Thank you as always for enlightening me. Keep up the good work
FDR was connected to the stock market crash, not Hoover. FDR, as governor of New York, was responsible for regulating the NY stock exchange, and it wasn’t properly regulated.
He led an exemplary life. Unfairly maligned solely in the context of his reign during the Great Depression
This piece also did not discuss the policies Hoover maintained which many economists say made the crash turn into a depression.
Love that Mo told his story.
WOW!
Good man, great man, one of the greatest Americans in our nation's history. Hoover's long been labelled a presidential failure due to his poor to non-existent handling of the Great Depression, essentially condemned by historians as doing absolutely nothing to mitigate its effects. This is unfair simply because it isn't true. Hoover tried many things to combat & alleviate the unprecedented economic disaster but we must remember his background as well as the era in which he lived. The federal government at that point in our history wasn't seen as the relief-provider of 1st-resort. Hoover believed in self-reliance & that social & civic institutions such as churches & other charitable organizations should help the suffering populace. He promoted this belief relentlessly. The truth, however, is that these entities were ill-equipped & insufficient to deal with an ever-deepening, dire crisis. He firmly believed the Federal Reserve Board, created under Woodrow Wilson, was responsible essentially for the enormous calamity then unfolding. Yes, in retrospect, Hoover should've been more proactively imaginative in handling the depression but it wasn't in his make-up to involve the federal government in people's lives to the unprecedented extent the crisis required. This was a commonly shared belief among his Cabinet, other financial & big business advisors, & the federal bureacracy overall. Most of the U.S. population as well were extremely reluctant to accept charity of any kind, much less federal largesse. Their personal traits, habits, background, the nation's historical traditions of self-sufficiency, & the specific era in which they lived, plus old-fashioned, stiff-necked pride, prevented many people from even entertaining the thought of receiving financial and/or charitable help of any kind, even food to eat. Ultimately, Hoover & his administration didn't know how to handle the crisis, certainly not on the scale the situation demanded. To be fair, FDR's initiatives in combating the Depression largely were unsuccessful, too, but he had the imagination & personality to instill confidence & optimism, as well as to give the appearance that he constantly was trying a great variety of things to beat it, failure not being an option. Through newsreels & other modern forms of propaganda, FDR created in the nation a sense of constant momentum, that the U.S. was engaged in many positive projects all across the country that, ultimately, would help both the common man & American society in general. In truth, of course, it was the vast spending required by the advent of WW2 that finally gained the upper-hand against the Great Depression. Hoover has my sympathy & respect. His belief in one's self-reliance & private charity----and not instant federal involvement, relief, & solution to any & all crises---is one that, once common among U.S. citizens everywhere, vanished long-ago from the American landscape.
There were so many great things that Hoover did but due the media, some history tellers & an opposing politician's campaign slogan they shaped the narrative of him. The depression was prolonged by Roosevelt: it lasted 12 more years under his presidency. This Country started turning around during the production of military equipment. Things haven't changed much, one political side still shapes the narrative & the media conveys it. This is prof People should always think for themselves & not listen to a one sided political slant.
"The use of the atomic bomb, with its indiscriminate killing of women and children, revolts my soul."
Herbert Hoover aug. 7 1945 he was a PEACE ACTIVIST A QUAKER a gem he WAS A GRAND PEACE ACTIVIST, kevin d. blanch Ph.D.
"...mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover agaaain..."
U.s. news & World Report places him as the 10th worst president and says this about him: "Once the Depression set in, he lowered taxes and started public works projects to create jobs, but he steadfastly resisted outright relief.... A poor communicator, he came across as mean-spirited and uncaring. The homeless dubbed their make-shift shanty towns Hoovervilles.
Perhaps his single greatest policy blunder was supporting and signing into law a tariff act that fueled international trade wars and made the Depression even worse....
For all his good qualities, it is fair to say that Hoover failed to rise to the greatest challenge of his time. "
Likewise, the gopher tortoise became known as the "Hoover chicken."
Guys.....WONDERFUL content. I will show this to my students when I cover the Great Depression.
The most achieved couple (let's not diminish Lou's incredible achievements in her own right) to ever occupy the White House.
I remember this guy that’s reporting, he was an entertainment reporter, a lightweight, didn’t take him seriously at all.
Wow , it sucks how little he's remembered for
This man had accomplishments that presidents would dream of, prior to even taking office, imagine a president today feeding millions of people stuck in war like that
Love this look on Jane! I thought she was wearing a tie 😉
Barbara Salapek I thought so too!
Women wore ties in the 30's. The ties didn't look like men's ties; they were wide and stopped at the cleavage.
A good man who was dealt a nightmare and didn’t handle it properly
Poor kid barely had anything and then had every little thing taken 😔
The real FDR. As governor of New York it was FDR‘s responsibility to regulate the New York Stock Exchange. Of course he did a terrible job and that’s why there was a stock market crash in 1929. It was FDR who campaign on cutting spending and balancing the budget but continued Herbert Hoover’s programs. FDR’s new deal made the great depression last longer and kept unemployment above 10% until 1940.
Fun fact: Herbert Hoover, JFK and Trump are the only presidents in US history that never took a salary while in office.
FINALLY...the record is set straight...I wish we had a leader like him today!
A hero he was Friends with
My grandfather in Oregon
Sure
So very interesting what a great man!
Reminds me a little of what happened to John Adams until the late David McCullough wrote his biography. He too was judged pretty harshly until then.
You think Ken Burns would do a much-publicized PBS documentary on this amazing Man...maybe not, wrong party.
TCG- 🤔 He did it on Lincoln & TR, who were REPUBLICANS. Trump was a life-long Democrat; until, he realized that the Republican-Base, are poorly educated, gullible bigots. Look at the Senate and Congress........ lily-white, with 2 Black "bookends". Sad. NOT very representative of the diversity of the US population!! Trump is NOT a Republican !! He's a Cult-Leader, who has increased the debt; while cutting Social Security, Medicare!!!! ALREADY PASSED IN HIS BUDGET!!! No matter what Alternative Facts (LIES) he, Kellyanne and the Sycophancy spout to the Citizens!!!💩💩💩
He was only 1 of 9 Gop Presidents in White House in past 10 recessions. Bad track record for Gop real bad. Had he not been President he would have been revered.
If Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1929, the people of America would have hated him and Hoover would beat Roosevelt in a landslide. Hoover was just in the wrong place at the wrong time
One of the historians on History Channel's series "The Presidents" said almost exactly the same thing, and it's true.
Dear ole’ Herbert also handicapped the transition from his administration to FDR’s. Delaying any progress FDR had in combating the Great Depression ! A process of “deliberate obstruction “ according to historian, Eric Rauchway, was Herbert’s method to stymie economic progress!
Thank you for posting. Accomplished and Respected in difficult times .
I've read this biography. It's great. I highly recommend it
I read it. incredible human being
Drive and determination! Great qualities for longevity
A great man, RIP..
The book title should be “Herbert Hoover, An American Hero”.
Wow, he did many great things
Mr Whyte wrote a good book on Hoover. Before I read the book I didn't realize what an accomplished per President Hoover was. Good video too.
Unfortunately Hoover was paralyzed and felt the economy would work itself out while the bottom fell out. FDR offered a proactive platform.
I have long suspected that Herbert Hoover was an exceptional man, and that he received a bad rap for being on watch at the onset of the Great Depression.
I'm not a Republican, but I believe folk should be judged fairly. Jimmy Carter is also an exceptional individual, but he'll always be remembered for his "failed policies," as his successor, Ronald Reagan, tagged him with.
I'm glad to learn that Harry Truman - a Democrat - invited Herbert Hoover to return to the scene and give the man some satisfaction in his later years.
How unfair we can be.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I associate Herbert Hoover with Neil Armstrong: both were accomplished engineers.
I think it's fair to say that Carter's policies were a failure, despite his humanitarian efforts in his post-presidency. (I almost wonder if he ever saw it as making up for the economic hardship during his time in office.) And Reagan wasn't nearly as effective at shaping perceptions of Carter as FDR was of Hoover. FDR not only said that Hoover was a bad president, but that he was a bad person who didn't care about the suffering of Americans during the Depression. Reagan never accused Carter of not caring, only of being incompetent. And most Americans will vote for someone they think is nice but incompetent over someone they think is mean but competent (just ask Mitt Romney). Ben Shapiro did an excellent rundown of why Romney lost in 2012 that you can find elsewhere on YT and makes my points well.
Calvin Coolidge knew that the economy was going to go bust, in the next several years, so he stepped aside in 1928. The Great Depression was no more Hoover's fault, then the panic of 1957 was to James Buchanan. Both men just came along at the wrong time, that's all. Regardless of the Great Depression. Hebert Hoover was a great man.
I went to Hoover grade school in Salem, Oregon. We were taught that he was a great man and that he was far better then most gave him credit for.
As you walk into the cafeteria there is a large photograph of him. I often wondered if he was there in the 1950s when the school was opened.
So much like Jimmy Carter. The patterns of their lives are so similar.
Difference is that Hoover was brilliant and not
a liberal that had no idea of how to lead.
he may have been a humanitarian in some respects but he should NEVER have crushed the "Bonus Marchers" in Washington, DC who were only trying to collect what was promised to them by the US government...THAT was poor leadership!!
Yes what a heart.
“Leonardo de caprio” No way, Tom Hanks is better!
Hoover at 88 was still well spoken.
Oh, my God, where are men and women like HH that can lead our nation now?
So the truth of the matter is rich people caused the crash, never had it as bad as the millions who lost roofs over their heads, saw children die in their arms and starved to death themselves, and the H. Hoover is blamed for the crash.
No mention of how Hoover lead the relief effort to feed Russian famine victims in 1921, saving millions.
Or his relief efforts after WWII, which President Truman commissioned him to lead. (Fortunately, they did mention Truman bringing him back as an elder statesman, but they left out that part.)
Wow, I am so glad i watched that!... Herbert Hoover what a class act, amongst politicians of The USA!
Didn’t think it would be possible to dislike FDR anymore than I did, but then I watched this.
I heard a very moving defense of MR. Hoover by Illinois senator Everett Dirksen years ago. In it he decried the unfair contumely heaped on this great man over the years.
Herbert Hoover had to take 31 years of hate until he died in 64
35 years of hate, actually, since the Wall Street crash happened in 1929.