Hoover Drive

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The Hoover Drive was a collection campaign carried out from December 19, 1920 to April 1, 1921 for the benefit of the Council for the European Relief Council (European Relief Council) in the USA . The initiator was the future US President Herbert C. Hoover .

The aim of the European Relief Council was to improve the nutritional situation of children in post-war Europe, a financial basis of 33 million dollars was considered appropriate for the planned measures, 29.5 million finally came together - which was enough since prices would fall Food had revealed. Up to this point in time, the Hoover Drive was the largest collection ever carried out in the United States for the benefit of charity, which also fell during a period of economic and financial difficulties. Support committees have been established in each state, often chaired by the governor or some other prominent figure. In every major city, a local committee promoted the rallying campaign; simple meals were served at celebratory dinners at prices ranging from 100 to 500 dollars, of the kind given to children by relief organizations in Europe - albeit with the option of a supplement. It is estimated that more than seven million people donated, from John D. Rockefeller ($ 2 million) to American school children (totaled $ 0.6 million). The campaign itself cost $ 0.68 million (2.31% of the total).

proof

  • Frank M. Surface / Raymond L. Bland: American Food in the World War and Reconstruction Period. Operations of the Organizations Under the Direction of Herbert Hoover 1914 to 1924 , Stanford University Press, Stanford 1931, p. 78
  • Hermann Stöhr: This is how America helped. The United States' Foreign Aid 1812-1930 , Ökumenischer Verlag, Stettin 1936, pp. 161-163
  • Herbert Hoover: Memoirs (Vol. 2). The Cabinet and the Presidency 1920–1933 , Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag, Mainz 1952, pp. 23–24