Peanut man in front of White House says Hoover only president in 20 Years who does not eat peanuts. Steve Vasilakes whose pushcart has stood on the corner of East Executive Avenue near the White House for the last twenty years, has catered to the peanut eating proclivities of President's Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, and Coolidge. But Steve says President Hoover passes him completely. "President Hoover is a Nice-a man," Steve said, "but he never buy a peanut. He only come here in his auto. I say 'Hello' and he go on"