What role did government play in charity during the Hoover Administration?

Question

The Great Depression: What role did government play in charity during the Hoover Administration

Answer 1

Hoover generally believed it was a state function or a private function to provide charity, and not the responsibility of the federal government,

Later President Truman, at the end of WW2, chose Hoover to administer food aid to war torn Europe. Hoover had been an engineer and did have the ability to provide logistics in food distribution.