re: #129 EPR-radar

Hoover was a very capable person in everything except the presidency. The work he did in Europe after WWI was remarkable, by all accounts.

Indeed. Many Holocaust survivors and others enslaved by the Nazis survived the aftermath of WWII due to Herbert Hoover’s masterful coordination of the relief effort.

Hoover wasn’t able to inspire as FDR could (and as the president needs to be able to do). But he wasn’t a bad man, and given the sort of organizational task that Harry Truman gave him he was able to excel.

Different people are good at different things.