It was on May 17, 1946, that radio listeners across the country were tuned in to hear Herbert Hoover speak. The former president was serving as Harry Truman’s food ambassador, surveying the global hunger crisis that followed World War II.
A central theme to Hoover’s message was the feeding of millions of children who suffered during the war. For Hoover, no reconstruction effort was more important to restoring peace. The gains were great for all of society and the cost minimal. And if Hoover were around today, his message to President Obama and the Congress would be a similar one in the midst of today’s hunger crisis afflicting over one billion people.
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