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Herbert Hoover

Contributions Founded the American Relief Administration and overseas hunger relief. His relief efforts in Belgium

Contributions

  • Founded the American Relief Administration and overseas hunger relief. His relief efforts in Belgium and post-war Europe are said to have saved more lives than Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin together had put to death.

  • Presided over the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression

  • Promoted public works efforts such as the Hoover Dam

  • Advocated strong labor regulation laws, including the enactment of the Bacon-Davis Act requiring a maximum eight-hour day on construction of public buildings and the payment of at least the “prevailing wage” in the locality

  • Expanded civil service coverage of Federal positions

  • Canceled private oil leases on government lands

  • Instructed the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service to pursue gangsters for tax evasion

  • Signed the Norris–La Guardia Act to limit judicial intervention in labor disputes

  • Required air mail carriers to adopt stricter safety measures and improve service

  • Issued the Hoover-Stimson doctrine refusing to recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria

Contributions

  • Founded the American Relief Administration and overseas hunger relief. His relief efforts in Belgium and post-war Europe are said to have saved more lives than Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin together had put to death.

  • Presided over the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression

  • Promoted public works efforts such as the Hoover Dam

  • Advocated strong labor regulation laws, including the enactment of the Bacon-Davis Act requiring a maximum eight-hour day on construction of public buildings and the payment of at least the “prevailing wage” in the locality

  • Expanded civil service coverage of Federal positions

  • Canceled private oil leases on government lands

  • Instructed the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service to pursue gangsters for tax evasion

  • Signed the Norris–La Guardia Act to limit judicial intervention in labor disputes

  • Required air mail carriers to adopt stricter safety measures and improve service

  • Issued the Hoover-Stimson doctrine refusing to recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria

Contributions

  • Founded the American Relief Administration and overseas hunger relief. His relief efforts in Belgium and post-war Europe are said to have saved more lives than Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin together had put to death.

  • Presided over the 1929 Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression

  • Promoted public works efforts such as the Hoover Dam

  • Advocated strong labor regulation laws, including the enactment of the Bacon-Davis Act requiring a maximum eight-hour day on construction of public buildings and the payment of at least the “prevailing wage” in the locality

  • Expanded civil service coverage of Federal positions

  • Canceled private oil leases on government lands

  • Instructed the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service to pursue gangsters for tax evasion

  • Signed the Norris–La Guardia Act to limit judicial intervention in labor disputes

  • Required air mail carriers to adopt stricter safety measures and improve service

  • Issued the Hoover-Stimson doctrine refusing to recognize the Japanese conquest of Manchuria

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