Herbert Hoover Quotes
Go ahead, Teleprompter, Go ahead!
At that moment Hoover was the first politician to ever use the then new technology of a Teleprompter. Hoover was video recording a political speech for the Republican Convention. The teleprompter operator had not kept up with his pace of the speech, and with no protocols or other procedures, this quotation is what Hoover said. Hoover, a great engineer before politics was always interested in new technology. When Secretary of Commerce, he was the first politician ever to appear on television.
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964, 31st President of the United States (Republican, IA), Statement to the Teleprompter, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, 1952
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