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在美國總統史中，不拿工資的總統只有兩位：赫伯特•克拉克•胡佛和約翰•F•肯尼迪。在胡佛任職期間，美國正在經歷歷史上最嚴峻的經濟大蕭條。
胡佛出生於愛荷華州一個貴格會家庭。是第一個出生於密西西比河以西的總統。他的父母分別於1880年和1884年去世。1885年，11歲的他乘火車往舅父家中居住。他在那裡的6年生活使他養成了獨立的性格。在舅父的公司裡他學習了簿記和打字，晚上學習商業。為後來的道路打下了堅實的基礎。
八國聯軍進入中國時，沙俄軍隊佔領了開平煤礦。礦物局督辦張翼躲進利順德飯店，懇請飯店股東德璀琳管理煤礦。飯店經理墨林派胡佛（時任飯店股東投資之公司的工程師）草擬『移交契約』張翼簽字，開平煤礦就此變成英國企業。胡佛曾協助飯店英國股東謀取開平煤礦、細棉土礦、開灤煤礦等，施展了其許多纔華，為後來競選美國總統積累了許多『政績』。
There are two presidents in American History who did not earn their salary; Herbert Clark Hoover and John F Kennedy. This is because, in Hoover」s time as president, the economy was going through a depression.
Hoover was born into a Quaker family in Iowa, in 1874. His parents died when he was very young. When he was 11 years old, Hoover went to live with his uncle in Oregon. He lived there for 6 years and considered himself very independent. In his uncles house he learned a lot, such as record keeping, typing, and every evening he was taught business. All of these equations created a sturdy foundation for his future. He went to Standford in 1891 and after graduating, he married his Stanford sweetheart.
When the 8 armies come into China, the Russian army occupied the Kaiping province. The Chairman of the Bureau of minerals Zhangyi arrived by himself in Astor hotel where he impressed another partner of the Kailuan Miners called Decuilin. Zhangyi asked Decuilin to lead the coal miners in Tianjin. The manager of the hotel, Molin, appointed Hoover to draw up a contract called a 「handover」 contract. Zhangyi signed it. At that time Hoover was a shareholder and engineer of the Astor Hotel. After that, the coal miner became an English enterprise. Hoover helped the English shareholder to enlist kaiping coal miners and Ximian coal miners and Kailuan coal miners, etc. He has expressed so many talents and abilities that all of his abilities have created so many political and governmental achievements」.
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