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....and a further clarification about the "chicken in every pot" quote.
 
Hoover himself, contrary to popular belief, never uttered this statement, nor intended to use it as a campaign slogan.  Something similar, however, was used in an ad sponsored by the Republican National Committee during the 1928 campaign.  The ad, with the heading "A Chicken for Every Pot," contained within its text the following quote:
 
"Republican prosperity has reduced hours and increased earning capacity, silenced discontent, put the proverbial 'chicken in every pot.'  And a car in every backyard, to boot."
 
Throughout his post-Presidential years, Hoover tried (in vain) to disassociate himself from this quote.....and we still get reference questions about it on a fairly regular basis.  It wouldn't be a bad marketing slogan for KFC though, would it? (a chicken in every bucket for the car in every drive-through??)
 
Cheers,
 
Brad Bauer
Archivist
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum
210 Parkside Drive, P.O. Box 488
West Branch, IA  52358
tel. (319) 643-5301
e-mail:  brad.bauer@nara.gov
 
 


>>> Chuck Piotrowski <Chuck.Piot@ADM.UCSC.EDU> 12/19/01 12:25PM >>>
Ah, this was funny!

However, what is NOT funny is the lack of knowledge about American History!

"A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" was Herbert Hoover's 1928
Presidential campaign slogan. Technically, you're right, for it does
pre-date FDR's Presidency.

Happy Holidays!



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Chuck Piotrowski
Campus Records Manager
Chancellor's Office Administrative Records Supervisor
Office of the Chancellor
296 McHenry Library
UC Santa Cruz
1156 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
831.459.2666
chuck.piot@adm.ucsc.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:04 AM
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Subject: seasons greetings


Interesting facts about Elimination and Evacuation


The average person will evacuate enough waste in an
average lifetime to fill an average sized home.

The Los Angeles sewage system handles enough urine
each month to fill Lake Erie.

There are few tornado evacuation routes because of the
capricious nature of tornadoes.

The Stassi eliminated, on average 7,000 men women and
children each year.

Vigorous vomit travels at speeds above 70 miles an
hour in systemically healthy individuals.

Elephants cannot be evacuated hurriedly, however, they
can evacuate quickly.

Urine from the Female Cape Buffalo is the most acidic
in nature.

Each human foot sweats 8 ounces per day.

Human vomit will remove paint easily, however, no
commercially available paint remover features a vomit
based solution.

TV networks eliminate more shows per year then they
renew.

The urethra pressure of the Sperm Whale is great
enough to inflate a truck tire.

Women eliminate more urine per pound of body weight
than men, but men more solid waste per pound of body
weight than women.

In the first skyscrapers in New York City, in order to
control sewage pressure, waste from the upper floors,
dropped through the open air a distance of 4-6 floors.
Theoretically, it made sense, but practically, gusts
of wind rendered it disastrous.

As a prank, in 1987, students flushed every toilet on
the upper 10 floors of a high rise dorm in Austin
Texas at the same time.  The resultant flood forced
the evacuation of the entire building.

Josef Stalin believed in the elimination of the
Kulaks.

Sun Yat Sen prefigured Roosevelt and his call for "a
chicken in every pot" when he called for "a pot in
every home."

Waste is dumped into the Mississippi for its entire
length.  This becomes drinking water in New Orleans.

Kentucky creates more waste per capita than any other
state.

Hurricane evacuation routes line up thousands of
terrified sea side residents, for elimination, like
animated bowling pins.



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