Elect Democrats
To The Editor:
James Bucannan presided over the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court which put a free black family back into slavery and proclaimed that blacks were not people. He also let southern states secede and said there was nothing he could do about it. It took a victory by Abraham Lincoln and the opposite party to put our nation back together.
Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariffs in 1929 of an average of 59.1%, on other countries over the objections of letters of 1,000 economists that said it would pull us into a depression, which it did and Hoover was the only president to meet with Hitler and said the restrictions of Nazism were needed to give Germany its wealth. It took a victory by FDR and the other party to put our nation back together.
It will take a victory at all levels by a new president of the other party to bring us back from Trump (same tariffs, same meetings and praising of dictators).
Start this November, elect Democrats.
Richard S. Eigen
Sandy Hook
Yikes, talk about not doing a basic level of research. As my kids would say, “bruh, aren’t you embarrassed?”
James Buchanan (its not spelled Bucannan, Steve), the guy who put a black family back into slavery was — wait for it — A DEMOCRAT. Abraham Lincoln, the fella that ended slavery, was A REPUBLICAN.
Herbert Hoover, a Republican, did not unilaterally cause the Great Depression. The stock market crashed within the FIRST year of his presidency. The imposition of his tariffs sought to help American industry, when there was little work to be had. Yes, FDR, a Democrat, led us out of the Great Depression, but with a heavy assist from the war-based economy in the run-up and through World War 2.
And yes, Herbert Hoover did meet with Adolph Hitler in 1938 – A FULL 5 YEARS AFTER HE WAS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. It was done as a diplomatic courtesy on the 20th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Steve, if I were you, I’d ask the Bee to pull this Letter to the Editor.
Perhaps I can provide some clarity here at least as far as Herbert Hoover’s thoughts on Hitler. On pages 73-74 of Herbert Hoover’s book entitled The Challenge to Liberty (published in 1934) he states that: “Despite its name, Herr Hitler’s party is violently anti-socialistic. It is not only extremely nationalistic, but extends its vision beyond national borders to extreme racialism, from which arises the inhumane persecution of the Jews.”