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| | Presidential Avenue: Herber Hoover |
 | | In the 1920's and early 1930's Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of the president, attempted to purchase the house from Mrs. |
 | | Beginning in 1920 the Hoover's East Coast address was in Washington, a 22-room house stuffed with objects d'art from all over the world, including gold boxes, figurines and plaques from grateful Belgians. |
 | | Hoover performed with such dignity and efficiency that Truman named him chairman of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, which became known in the press as the "Hoover Commission." This appointment, and another to a second commission appointed by President Eisenhower, ran from 1947 to 1955. |
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