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1912
Herbert Hoover, mining engineer and future US president, translated "De Re Metallica," by German mineralogist Georgius Bauer (Agricola, 1494-1555). It described mining, smelting, and chemistry.
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1927 Apr 7
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover was on hand for the first inter-city (DC to Manhattan) transmission by telephone of video imagery. Hoover’s image and voice were transmitted across telephone lines.
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1929
In the wake of the stock market crash Andrew Mellon, treasury secretary under Pres. Hoover, preached a policy of liquidation to “purge the rottenness out of the system.” This helped to plunge the economy into the Great Depression.
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1929
After his appointment as Secretary of State by Herbert Hoover in 1929, Henry L. Stimson was quoted as saying, "Gentlemen do not read other‘s mail." Stimson had learned of the existence of the Black Chamber eavesdropping program and shut down the cryptographic service run by Herbert Yardley. Born in New York in 1867, Stimson served in the cabinets of four presidents as Secretary of War and Secretary of State. He died on October 20, 1950.
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1929
Pres. Herbert Hoover built a summer retreat near the Rapidan River in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Camp Hoover served as a rustic retreat throughout his administration from 1929 to 1933.
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1930 Jun 17
Pres. Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill, placing the highest tariff on imports to the U.S. It was sponsored by Willis Hawley, a congressman from Oregon, and Reed Smoot, a senator from Utah. An international trade war began with the US passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Foreign countries retaliated. Many economists blame Smoot-Hawley for deepening the depression. It reflected the "Protectionism" of the times.
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1933 Mar 3
The Buy American Act, passed by Congress, was signed by Pres. Hoover on his last full day in office.
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