History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1361 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Voluntary Deed
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The idea
Hoover repeatedly argued that a voluntary deed is infinitely more precious to our national ideal than money poured from the Treasury.
In practice
Hoover in nineteen thirty-one: the spread of government destroys initiative and thus destroys character.
Where people slip
Voluntary was the word that ran his wartime Food Administration in unit eight. Hoover was applying the method that made his reputation.
Your place on the trail
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