Disaster Response and Appointment of a Recovery Czar : The Executive Branch's Response to the Flood of 1927.

Provides historical account of Federal disaster response to the Mississippi River flood of 1927, including an assessment of the executive branch response thereto, in which President Calvin Coolidge created a quasi-governmental commission, consisting of Cabinet members and the American National Red C...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides historical account of Federal disaster response to the Mississippi River flood of 1927, including an assessment of the executive branch response thereto, in which President Calvin Coolidge created a quasi-governmental commission, consisting of Cabinet members and the American National Red Cross, to encourage the public to donate funds to the relief effort, and provided Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover near-absolute authority to organize and oversee disaster relief efforts.
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