BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians

Subject: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: robomatic
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 07:07 PM

Post WWI famine in Soviet Russia: The Hero- Herbert Hoover


I'm willing to bet that more Mudcatters are aware of this than not, but just in case, this show, which aired a few years ago, goes into the depth and breadth which might be greater and longer than you were aware of. Herbert Hoover was logistically gifted.

This was before his Presidency which is usually not remembered as one of the better ones. He lived as a long time ex-President, and in my memory was not a well lauded one. But it cannot be denied he accomplished great things in his lifetime.

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 07:30 PM

Hoover was also engaged, during the Theodore Roosevelt presidency, in the Edith Cavell crisis. That did not turn out so well.

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: pdq
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 08:48 PM

According to George Nash, Hoover's biographer, "Hoover was really the vanguard of that whole approach that has become associated with America in the last hundred years, namely that when there is a humanitarian tragedy in the world, whether from war or famine or revolution or a typhoon or an earthquake, that Americans will be there to organize the relief."

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: Rapparee
Date: 21 Jun 17 - 11:25 PM

Theodore Roosevelt wasn't President in 1915, his presidency ended in 1909.

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: leeneia
Date: 22 Jun 17 - 10:03 AM

Thank you, robomatic. The link in your OP is well worth following. It's to a Stanford University newsletter, not to a documentary, as I first thought. It can be read in a few minutes, and it's an eye opener.

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: Teribus
Date: 22 Jun 17 - 02:06 PM

In 1922, the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen became the first High Commissioner for Refugees appointed by the League of Nations. After the First World War, he was in charge of the exchanges of 400,000 prisoners of war between Russia, Germany, and the former Austria-Hungary. Nansen also engaged in humanitarian relief work in 1921, during the severe famine in the Soviet Union. His work on behalf of prisoners of war and starving people earned him the Nobel Peace Prize.

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: robomatic
Date: 27 Jun 17 - 02:22 AM

Anti malaria program started in 2005 under President George W. Bush (Have I said how much I miss him?):


U.S. Malaria Donations Saved Almost 2 Million African Children

Subject: RE: BS: Mass Rescue of Defenceless Civilians
From: Teribus
Date: 27 Jun 17 - 10:09 AM

Robo - I bet there are quite a few who miss him now.

Thank you for the link - very interesting article.