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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover had held office for only six months when the stock market crashed. Hoover was often unfairly blamed for doing nothing to help people in need during the Great Depression of the 1930s despite his initiation of federal spending for welfare programs.
Hulton Deutsch
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