Hoover Administration - Hoover's Advisers

Hoover's Advisers

Hoover exercised some care in picking his cabinet. Although it was not a spectacular body, it usually served him well. To an exceptional degree, Hoover kept his own counsel. Major advisers within the cabinet included Treasury Secretary Odgen Mills and Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson. Also close to the president were Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Walter E. Hope; Los Angeles banker Henry M. Robinson; Edward Eyre Hunt, economist with the Commerce Department; journalist Mark Sullivan; Undersecretary of State William R. Castle Jr.; and Henry J. Allen, Republican senator from Kansas. Hoover's personal staff was very supportive. Walter H. Newton directed executive appointments, government reorganization, and contacts with Congress. Lawrence Richey supervised personal affairs and office management. George E. Akerson was in charge of press relations.

Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson had a long record of...

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