Hoover Administration - Changes in the U.S. Government
Changes in the U.S. Government
Hoover saw government primarily in terms of administration, not legislation, a view that obviously won few backers in Congress. To Hoover, major economic and social problems should be solved by conferences composed of disinterested experts, who would gather immense amounts of data and make appropriate recommendations. For example, the White House Conference on Health and the Protection of Children of 1929 called together some 2,500 delegates and issued 35 volumes of findings. During his presidency, Hoover also held conferences on waste, housing, public-land policy, and oil conservation. Possibly even more significant were certain commissions the president sponsored, such as the one investigating (See also, Domestic Issues) Prohibition enforcement. One commission, the Research Committee on Social Trends, issued a two-volume report that became a Bible for social scientists and set a standard that...
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