How Does Truman Give Hoover's Presidency?

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On pages 15 through 21 of The President’s Club: Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Fraternity by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy, the unravel of Hoover’s presidency, how Truman assumed his presidency, and how the unlikely pair created such a strong mutually beneficial bond is discussed. On page sixteen it states, “Truman gave Hoover what any failed president dreams of: a chance to rewind the tape and replay it, reveal the compassion obscured by the caricature, and erase the image of a hapless president by being the one who saved the presidency.”
Herbert Hoover saved millions from starvation as Woodrow Wilson’s food czar during the First World War. So when Truman was facing “the most stupendous feeding problem in history” where a hundred million