. . . . . . captioning performed by vitac it s a spy story, it s a humanitarian story, it s a political and diplomatic story. hoover was not very diplomatic by nature. the interesting thing is lou said later on that he was never the same after belgium. what he saw particularly the children. remember, he was an orphan. all his life, there was something about hoover, he was not naturally gifted in social interaction. but with children, there was a different person. and belgium stamped him, for better or worse. the other remarkable thing again, building on what we said earlier, it was all voluntary. he appealed to the american people. he said, again, the american people, if you tell them what you need, they will give you their shirt off their backs. and there is a you go to west branch, the records are there. it is it s a remarkable story there was one group, i think there was a kansas club of new york, who were going to build a clubhouse. and instead of b
this week on q&a, presidential historian richard norton smith discusses his book, an uncommon man: the triumph of herbert hoover. richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man ? well, it s taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. if you remember, vice president henry wallace, who was the second of fdr s vice presidents, gave a famous speech in 1942, maybe 43, about the century of the common man, and wallace from a left of center perspective, was projecting in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. and it wasn t enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create, at home, a true democracy. a place where the common man would finally come into his own. and hoover approached this from a different place in the political spectrum. he was, in effect, making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. i shouldn t paraphrase it, but when y
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