Herbert Hoover (A Life)
Dennis Lee Nowicki
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The Hoover's of West Branch, Iowa were filled with joy When, on the 10th of August, '74 arrived a boy Herbert grew, and in '95, entered Stanford U. And started as a mining engineer once he was through He worked in Australia and China, and surely, his wealth grew And during World War I, became the U.S. Food Czar, too Herbert Hoover Fought for our self-sufficiency Back in 1899, he wed his sweetheart, Lou They had their children, Herbert and Allan, and stopped at two He lead the Relief Administration to keep the world fed In '21, Hoover became Department of Commerce head In 1928, he ran and won the presidency But in months, the market crashed, and collapsed the economy Herbert Hoover Fought for our self-sufficiency The 31st president, Hoover, only served for four He wanted the nation to help each other, but they needed more Hoover's goals were tax cuts and more public works spending To help farmers, reform banking, economic mending He wanted people to help each other instead of the dole Which made the democrats claim Hoover had a heartless soul They made Hoover a depression scapegoat, lost re-election From '33, he criticized FDR's new direction Herbert Hoover Fought for our self-sufficiency He remained active in government with Truman and Ike His tarnished reputation healing, someone who people like He spent his last years writing memoirs, till in '64 On October 20th, Hoover wrote not one word more His legacy was his error in how bad the Depression was His actions, wise but wrong, learned what loss of the nation's trust does Herbert Hoover Fought for our self-sufficiency
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