Biggest individual U. S. destiny to be tripped into a stumble by Depression is, of course, that of Herbert Hoover. Next biggest may well be reckoned as that of Cleveland's Cyrus Stephen Eaton who, last week, was forced back yet further in his long retreat.
On March 4, 1929, a romantic parallel could have been drawn between the two big destinies. Mr. Hoover, onetime orphan on an Iowa farm, had the power and the plans for making the world's most prosperous nation more prosperous and happy than...
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