Question

Hoover helped to push the act through Congress in 1924 the first of its kind

Answer 1

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Hoover helped to push the Pollution Act through Congress in 1924, the first of its kind.

Herbert Hoover was the Secretary of Commerce during President's Calvin Coolidge administration. However, his personality and political presence exerted influence in other US political decisions. Hoover impulsed and supported the Pollution Act through Congress in 1924. He was known to be a good environmetalist, as he was the President of the National Parks Association. He also welcomed the idea of the radio as a mass media of communication.

Answer 2

In 1924, J.E. Hoover was appointed by the US Congress as the first chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the US, the predecessor of the FBI that was oficially founded in 1935. He continued as director during 37 years until his death.

He is a controversial figure. On one hand, he managed to construct and administer a huge crime-figthing agency with modernized police mechanisms. On the other hand, some evidence has been collected over the years that proves that at some points he exceeded the functions he was supposed to perform, exercising an unlimited control from his intimidating position, that reached even the figure of the President.