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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00691 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1930s |
| Title | Herbert Hoover to Bruce Barton on his fears for the political future of America |
| Date | 3 October 1933 |
| Author | Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) |
| Recipient | Barton, Bruce |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Comments on retirement: "A smoking President receives enough pipes to last a life time. Likewise fishing tackle. It is the only endowment he gets, except a troubled soul." Also mentions that "The country is going sour on the New Deal." Expresses his fear that the country will veer further left politically, and after the "middle class (80% of America) realizes it ruin" will veer back to the far right, "into some American interpretation of Hitler or Mussolini." Marked "personal" with one manuscript addition at the end. |
| Subjects | President Tobacco and Smoking Sports and Games Government and Civics Politics Economics Global History and Civics |
| People | Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) Barton, Bruce (1886-1967) |
| Place written | Palo Alto, California |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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