Herbert Hoover standing in an automobile and waving to the crowd on the departure of the Republican presidential candidate ...

Wahn Airport, near Bohn, Germany, Nov. 22, 1954: Former President Herbert Hoover addresses gathered reporters at Wahn Airport, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer standing behind him on the right.

The Iowa-born president's resistance to New Deal excesses sounds prophetic when we look at America today, writes John Hendrickson.