Michael Perelman writes: >> "We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever >> before in the history of any land. The poor-house is vanishing from among >> us. We have not yet reached the goal, but, given a chance to go forward >> with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of >> God be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation." >> >> Hoover, Herbert. 1952. The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: The Cabinet and the >> Presidency, 1920-1933 (New York: Macmillan): p. 184: while running for the >> Republican presidential nomination in 1928.
Do you believe Hoover was sincere in his statement? Do you believe Hoover cared whether poverty was banished? David Shemano _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
