History of the United States II / Unit 10 USH2 1372 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hoover's Charity
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The idea
Hoover gave away his presidential salary of about twenty-five thousand dollars a year to charity, the anchor says.
In practice
Hoover raising five hundred thousand dollars for the nineteen thirty White House Conference on Child Health and Welfare.
Where people slip
His personal generosity was real. His objection was to federal relief, not to helping people.
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