"NO EVIDENCE OF CONTINUED BLEEDING"

FORMER PRESIDENT HOOVER'S CONDITION SHOWING 'SOME' IMPROVEMENT

New York City (JFK+50) On June 15, 1963, Associated Press reports that former President Herbert Hoover*, seriously ill with a gastr0-intestinal condition, has shown "some improvement."

Doctors said, "Today, there is no evidence of continued bleeding."

The oldest living POTUS, at 88 years of age, had an operation last August "for removal of a tumor from his large intestine."  Since then Mr. Hoover has appeared "thin and drawn."

JFK+50 NOTE

President Hoover, at the time of this report, was staying at his suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.  He died on Oct 20 1964 at the age of 90.  By 1964, the only POTUS to live to the age of 90 was John Adams.  Herbert Hoover became the second.

*Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was born in West Branch, Iowa & earned his BS at Stanford University.  HCH served as Secretary of Commerce 1921-1928 & as 31st POTUS 1929-1933.

SOURCE

"Hoover, 88, Seriously Ill, Shows Gain," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 15, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 President Kennedy & former President Hoover

April 28 1961

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"WOMEN EMPLOYEES HAVE FAINTED FROM THE HEAT"

HOOVER SAYS LARGE 'GOVERNMENT-OWNED' BUILDING NEEDED FOR COMMERCE DEPT.

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 21, 1925, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover* emphasized the need for "a Government-owned building large enough to include all the expanded activities of the (Commerce) department."

Mr. Hoover said that Census Bureau employees and those of other divisions in his department "are frequently excused from work...during warm weather."  

Women employees, working in 'pasteboard' buildings, have fainted from the heat.

Secretary Hoover remains hopeful that the Commerce Department** will be included in the proposed $150,000,000 government building program.***

JFK+50 NOTE

Herbert Hoover served as both Warren Harding's & Calvin Coolidge's Commerce Secretary.  In that position, he was influential in the development of air travel and radio.  

*Herbert Clark Hoover (1874-1964) was born in West Branch, Iowa & graduated Stanford University 1895.  HCH served as US Food Administrator 1917-1918 & Sec of Commerce 1921-1928.  He was the 31st POTUS, 1929-1933.

**US Commerce Department is responsible for gathering data for business & government, establishing industrial standards & safeguarding national economic security.

***The Herbert Clark Hoover Building is now headquarters of the Commerce Dept.  Located at 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, its cornerstone was laid in 1929 & it was completed in 1932.  At that time it was the largest federal building in the U.S.

SOURCE

"Hoover Employes Faint From Heat In Offices, He Says," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 21, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

President Kennedy & former President Hoover

April 28, 1961

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"NATIONAL SYSTEM OF RADIO PROGRAMS"

HOOVER PROPOSES A BROADCASTERS' ASSOCIATION

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 7, 1924, The Evening Star reports the opening session today of the Third National Radio Conference held at the Commerce Department.

In his address to the session, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover* proposed the organization of a "national system of radio programs through a broadcasters' association."

The organization would be similar to the press associations which now service newspapers.

*Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce under President Warren G. Harding, 1921-1929.  He set a high priority on economic diplomacy & promotion of growth of exports & protection against monopolistic practices of foreign governments.

SOURCE

"Urges Newspaper System For Radio," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

William McCracken, Secretary Hoover, Walter Drake

Commerce Department (1926)

www.hooverassociation.org/

 

WASTE NOT SO OTHERS MAY WANT NOT

JFK+50:  Volume 7, No. 2386

CHURCHES & MINISTERS TAKE THE LEAD ON FOOD CONSERVATION

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) The Reverend W.B. Norton, writing in The Chicago Daily Tribune, described a forthcoming meeting of the editors of religious newspapers, and the religious editors of daily newspapers, to discuss "methods of effective publicity" regarding plans for food conservation.

The Rev. Norton wrote...

"The church and ministers must enter upon this work with moral passion and a deep conviction that it is imperative patriotic service."

The Rev. added that cards were to be distributed by churches calling for individuals and families to record weekly their activities in conservation of food.*  

Heading each card were these words...

"Waste not that others may want not."


*Some of the food conservation methods recommended by the United States Food Administration headed by Herbert Hoover included...

Meatless Mondays
Wheatless Wednesdays
More Fruits & Vegetables
Less White Sugar

SOURCES

"Food Conservation During World War I," Together We Win, The Philadelphia Home Front During the First World War, www.togetherwewin.librarycompany.org

"Waste Not, So Other People May Want Not," by The Rev. W.B. Norton, The Chicago Daily Tribune, July 31, 1917.

United States Food Administration

Color Lithograph (1917)

OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM

JFK+50:  Volume 6, No. 1877

HOOVER MADE NATIONAL ANTHEM OFFICIAL 85 YEARS AGO 

Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Eighty-five years ago today, March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a law making the Star Spangled Banner the official National Anthem of the United States of America.

The words of the song were originally penned by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814 during the British attack on Fort McHenry near Baltimore, Maryland. 

The Fort McHenry Flag, 30 by 42 feet, was made by Mary Young Pickersgill of Baltimore.  She used 400 yards of wool and each of the 15 stars measured 2 feet from point to point.  The cost of the giant banner was $405.90.

Key was detained on a British truce ship far out in the harbor when he was inspired to write "In Defense of Ft. McHenry" on the back of a letter. The lyrics were published in Baltimore on September 20, and later set to the tune "To Anacreon in Heaven".  A Baltimore actor was the first to sing the tune in October 1814.

President Woodrow Wilson signed an Executive Order in 1916 which directed the song be played at military and naval occasions.  The Star Spangled Banner did not become Our National Anthem, however, until President Hoover signed the law in 1931.

Calvin Lawrence, Jr. of ABC NEWS writes...

"President Herbert Hoover likely had no clue what havoc he would wreak...(as) over the years, (the Star Spangled Banner) has been butchered (many, many times)."

SOURCES

"Eighty-five years of Mangling the 'Star-Spangled Banner as Our National Anthem," by Calvin Lawrence, Jr., ABC News, March 3, 2016, www.abcnewws.go.com/

"Facts About the U.S. 'National Anthem'", US Department of Education, www2.ed.gov/