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Herbert hoover president ial library and museum in iowa. We are here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in American History, the president ial election of 1932, and hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship before and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the united states, the Great Depression. The two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i . Thomas sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . He did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize, which meant every day of the week, you gave up a
The two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i, Franken Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Do you want to talk about what hoover did during world war i . Sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. It had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . He did this by appealing to american housewives to sign pledge cards where they would hooverize, which meant every day of the week, you gave up a certain essential component. Meat, wheat, sugar, fat. You had meatless mondays and wheatless wednesdays. Hoover was able to use that as a stopgap for growing the food steps foodstuffs were required. Fdr was very impressed with the work hoover had done. Franklin roosevelt was trying to convince hoover to become a democrat. There was some sense of maybe we can get him as part of our p
And hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship that lasted after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the United States with the great depression. Of course, the two of them had known each other for quite some during world war one, Franklin Roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy under woodrow wilson. Tom, do you mind talking about what hoover did during world war i . Sure. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers going to europe. Hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce consumption by 15 . And he did this by appealing to american housewives, to sign lunch cards, where they would hooverize. To hooverize, that meant you gave up a certain essential component. Meet, wheat, sugar, fats. So you had meatless mondays, meatless wednesdays. Hoover was able to use that as a stopgap before the farmers could increase the
Cable Television Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Welcome to at home with the roosevelts. Im joined today by the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial library museum. Hi, im tom schwartz. Im the director of the Herbert Hoover president ial museum in iowa. Were here today to talk about one of the most remarkable transitions in American History, the president ial election of 1932, hoover and roosevelt, their long relationship of prior to and after their presidencies. This was a period of incredible trauma for the United States with the Great Depression. Of course the two of them had known each other for quite some time. During world war i roosevelt was the assistant secretary of navy under woodrow wilson. Herbert hoover was the head of the u. S. Food administration. The Food Administration had to essentially provide food to the soldiers and hoover was able to provide the necessary food by getting americans to voluntarily reduce co