HOOVER, Herbert. Typed letter signed ("Herbert Hoover"), to Mark Requa, 11 October 1933. 1 page, 4to, personal; stationery . A BITING PUT-DOWN OF SENATOR WILLIAM BORAH: "IF HE HAD ANY ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE HE WOULD FIND A THOUSAND POINTS OF ATTACK. BUT HE HAS NONE" "I hardly know what to suggest as to Borah," Hoover writes. "If he had any economic knowledge he would find a thousand points of attack. But he has none. It might be possible to stir him up on the Bill of Rights. If there is a single village in Idaho where the Bill of Rights is not being violated in spirit every minute of the day, I would undertake to subsidize the village." Borah was the thorn in the side of several Presidents throughout his long career in the Senate, from 1907 until his death in 1940, and often exacerbated his colleagues and constituents as well with his unpredictable voting pattern in the legislature. While he supported fellow Republican Herbert Hoover, the onset of the Depression turned him into a solid supporter of FDR's New Deal agricultural reform policies.
HOOVER, Herbert. Typed letter signed ("Herbert Hoover"), to Mark Requa, 11 October 1933. 1 page, 4to, personal; stationery . A BITING PUT-DOWN OF SENATOR WILLIAM BORAH: "IF HE HAD ANY ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE HE WOULD FIND A THOUSAND POINTS OF ATTACK. BUT HE HAS NONE" "I hardly know what to suggest as to Borah," Hoover writes. "If he had any economic knowledge he would find a thousand points of attack. But he has none. It might be possible to stir him up on the Bill of Rights. If there is a single village in Idaho where the Bill of Rights is not being violated in spirit every minute of the day, I would undertake to subsidize the village." Borah was the thorn in the side of several Presidents throughout his long career in the Senate, from 1907 until his death in 1940, and often exacerbated his colleagues and constituents as well with his unpredictable voting pattern in the legislature. While he supported fellow Republican Herbert Hoover, the onset of the Depression turned him into a solid supporter of FDR's New Deal agricultural reform policies.
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