HerbertHoover(英语演讲).ppt

Herbert Hoover,the 31st President of the United States,Speaker:陶贤进Teammates:杨宇焜 顾建业,Mining engineer,Humanitarian,Presidency 19291933,Herbert Hoover,Mining engineer,Mining engineer,Humanitarian,TEXT,TEXT,TEXT,TEXT,When World War I began in August 1914,Hoover helped organize the return of 120,000 Americans from Europe.For the next two years,Hoover worked 14-hour days from London,administering the distribution of over two and one-half million tons of food to nine million war victims.In an early form of shuttle diplomacy,he crossed the North Sea forty times to meet with German authorities and persuade them to allow food shipments,becoming an international hero.The Belgian city of Leuven named a prominent square Hooverplein after him.After the war,as a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration,Hoover organized shipments of food for millions of starving people in Central Europe.He used a newly formed Quaker organization,the American Friends Service Committee,to carry out much of the logistical work in Europe.,Presidency 19291933,Presidency 19291933,Presidency 19291933,Thank you!,