He had already lived three full lives. He had been a highly successful mining engineer with an international reputation dating back to his work In China even before the Boxer Rebellion. During World War I he became the symbol and administrative genius behind the organization of American relief to refugees. first in Belgium and later throughout Europe. From that it was a short step after the United States entered the war for him to become Food Administratora position without much power. but so ably directed that for the time being to "hoover" or to "hooverize" in the saving of food became a part of the national vocabulary. With the change of administrations following World War I Hoover became Secretary of Commerce and applied his great talents and wide range of knowledge to rally the shaking business structure which was the immediate aftermath of peace.
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