Black Chamber. “Its sensitive ears catch the faintest whispering in the foreign capitals of the world.” But in 1929, at the instructions of President Herbert Hoover, Secretary of State Henry Stimson closed the Black Chamber, saying famously, “Gentlemen should not read each other’s mail.” The moratorium did not l

Black Chamber. “Its sensitive ears catch the faintest whispering in the foreign capitals of the world.” But in 1929, at the instructions of President Herbert Hoover, Secretary of State Henry Stimson closed the Black Chamber saying famously “Gentlemen should not read each other's mail.” The moratorium did not last

party’s choice for unbelievable sudden decision. He knows it president was in 1928, when commerce would be deemed politically unethical and secretary Herbert Hoover won the Republican nomination and went on to become the 31st US president. However, he ran only after sitting president Calvin Coolidge said he woul