Remember though that Hoover was an engineer. He was not a lawyer........ points on for pragmatism
You are right, a superb engineer, and Hoover was a one man FEMA in those days.
As witness for his Commission for Relief in Belgium after WWI, and his relief efforts in the massive Mississippi flooding during the Coolidge presidency.
Points on pragmatism and efficiency and a stickler on eliminating government waste. He was a better man and humanitarian than president.