Word: hooverizing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Comparing Herbert Hoover with General Wood as a presidential candidate, Professor Austin W. Scott '09 of the Law School declares that where General Wood has resorted to platitudes Mr. Hoover as clearly defined his position in regard to the two great questions of the day--foreign relations and the labor situation...
...Hoover," writes Professor Scott, "is not a politician; but he is a statesman, a statesman, I believe, of the first rank. Among the potential presidential candidates I cannot see that there is one who begins to approach him in qualifications for the executive office...
...Because of his complete sincerity and frankness, his great administrative ability, his determination to face difficulties and surmount them, and his unequalled experience in world relations, I believe that Mr. Hoover is the one man best-qualified for the next presidency," said Mr. Roland W. Boyden '85, LL.B. '88, head of the Enforcement Division of the Food Administration, and Director of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, at a dinner given by the Hoover Club of Harvard at the Union last night. Speaking of Hoover's abilities he stressed his power of decision and of choosing able helpers...
...other hand, Hoover is a constructive worker. He has his eye on the job, and he doesn't deal in platitudes. He takes concrete measures for betterment. He is no mere theorist, no mere social worker who might be led astray by fine ideals, for he is a man who is accustomed to dealing with the great men of the world...
...Furthermore, he has not been tarred with the Washington brush; he has not been entangled in red tape. Unlike the typical administrative officer Secretary Lane described in his communication to the President of March 1, Hoover has not been 'pressed to the point of paralysis because of an infinitude of details and unwillingness on the part of the great body of public servants to take responsibility.' He has not been belittled by Washington, that 'combination of political caucus, drawing room, and civil service bureau...