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Herbert Hoover: Presidency
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Hoover's humanitarian and Quaker reputation, along with a Native American, influenced the Indian policy during his administration. He had spent part of his childhood in proximity to Indians in Oklahoma, and his Quaker upbringing influenced his views that Native Americans needed to achieve economic self-sufficiency. During his presidency, he appointed Charles J. Rhoads as commissioner of Indian affairs. He supported Rhoads' efforts to achieve Indian assimilation and sought to reduce the federal role in Indian affairs to the minimum. He wanted to have Indians acting as individuals instead of as tribes, and assuming the responsibilities of citizenship which had been granted pursuant to Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.[3]
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Hoover's only recreation during his presidency was a morning session with a medicine ball, six days a week, regardless of season or weather. He missed only one session during his term in office [1c]. [More]
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Even if the Hoover presidency has a negative imprint on it, there were some important reforms under the Hoover administration. A progressive and a reformer at heart, Hoover saw the presidency as a vehicle for improving the conditions of all Americans not by resorting to dictatorship or socialism, but rather through lawful regulation and by encouraging volunteerism.
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