Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-05
FOOD ADMINISTRATION SAID TO
be NOT AvERsE TO sEcoM.
ING PRESIDENT.
TURNS WILSON DEMOCRAT
IN PRESENT CAMPAIGN
Hoover Joins in Plea Of Administration
For Return Of Democratic Congress
Doesn't Appear to Be Very En-.
thusiastic and Asks That Endorse.
ment Be Withheld Till Last Moment.
tBy E. G. Dougherty.l


Washington, Nov. 5.-Herbert c.
Hoover. Iowa native son. may be a
candidate for president Of the United
States some day. This is the inter-
probation placed on Hoover's political
bow made in a letter written at the
suggestion of Democratic Chairman
Vance Mccormick.
Frederick r. Coudert. OF New York,
made public the letter from MT.
Hoover. in which the latter urged the
support of the presidents leadership.
The food administrators decision to aid
his contribution to the mass OF testi-
mopials which the democratic organ
ization Is Offering for publication was
taken reluctantly, even tho, 1t can be
said. he has been deeply interested In
politics for some weeks. His state
ment was given to Mr.. Mccormick on
condition that it not be published as
campaign document from the demo-
cratic national committee, but he sti-
pulated that it must be made pubic
thru the recipient, for whom 1t was
written.
Just before the letter was dispatched
to New York Saturday afternoon.
Chairman Mccormick called on MT.
Hoover. presumably to discuss ano
advise concerning the contents or the
letter. It was understood that Mr.. NC
Cormick was given a copy of the COM
munication for use by the democratic
national committee.
Mr.. Hoover's guarded statement In
support of a unified command durins
the prosecution of the war, put forth
at the request of the chairman OF the
democratic national committee, lends
color TO the gossip which has been
circulating in democratic circles here
for some weeks to the effect that the
food administrator would make an ex-
cellent candidate for the democratic
nomination for president While VII.
Hoover has apparently been uninter-
ested in these rumors. his advisors in
the food administration, who added
their urgings today to those OF CHAIR
man Mccormick for a campaign state
ment. have encouraged the Hoover
presidential bee.
The letter written by Mr.. Hoover
was a great surprise to republican
partisans. for it has been generally
circulated that Hoovers political anil
iation was pure republican. While ne
has studiously refraiDed from express
ing political preference since becom-
ing food administrator, even TO the
point of permitting to go undenied al
ministration statements that he was
republican, the fact that he seems 10
be a simon pure Wilson democrat was
not positively disclosed until his letter
TO Mr.. Coudert.
Corn Break Due to Peace TAX.
Another document written by Food
A Administrator Hoover which Will be OF
interest to Iowa and middlewestern
farmers was the response he just
made to Senator Hitchcock. Of Neo-
raska. asking about the reason for the
recent decline in the price Of corn.
Letters to Senator Hitchcock have de-
cla-ed that the permit system OF snip
ping corn was largely responsible TOT
the drop in the corn market. Hoo'ers
explanation is that peace talk Is sore
ly responsible.
"If YOU will refer to any single mar
ket publication during the past monrh'
the food administrator wrote Sena-
tor Hitchcock, you will receive afnp'e
conviction on this point and 1t arises
out of the knowledge of every corn
dealer that if peace comes the corn
that is now being burned for 1uei m
the Argentine will come on to the
European market.
SiIos Not Barred.
To correct a misrepresentation that
the building of silos Is prompted
without q permit from the war indus
tries board, Chairman Baruch To-Day
issued statement that new farm con-
struct.on work may be undertaken
without permit where the assresa.e
cost does not exceed $1,000. Permits
will be readily issued upon application
to the local representatives OF the
council of defense in any state for the
building of silos, Baruch said.
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