Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-24
WORLD MISERY Due TO
TREATY FRAY, SAYS HOOVER
Real Peace and Prosperity Will
Follow Ratification of
the Pact.
COMMERCE CRIPPLED BY DELAY
Opposes Making @. S. Mandatory
and Objects to Loans Except to
Relieve the Distress OF Stricken
Europe.
,NNIERCE CRIPPLED BY DELAY
FBy Associated Press J.

BALTIMORE. ND. Feb. 23.-Herbcrt
c. Hoover. former food administrator,
declared today In an address at Johns
Hopkins University his opposition to
making the ratification of tho treaty
with Germany an issue In the presi-
Dental campaign. He insisted the in
lection OF the arguments for and
our pressing domestic ISSUES by con-
iict over q question in which the coun-
try, already. has made up its mind" and
added, lit is my impression that there
is no party credit in this position"
Hope for immediate ratification Of
ceptance bythe lesser $50 s reservationists'' va ION as
tionists." The two combined. he said,
could insure speedy adoption Of the
tinued,, that even from the point OF
will have secured all the major func-
tions and values of the league. If it
be put into being and Iif it provo It's
doubt that any necessary changes will
be granted to it by common consent as
the years go on.
Iteal Peace Depends on Treaty.
The present danger Europe is facing,
Mr.. Hoover said. is not SO much rev
olutionary cataclysm as the .'stcady
AeEeneratlon Of the standard 9f living
snd sts h;i HE SLOW decay +of the forces OF
Restored productivity. he insisted. is
essential If the allies arc TO receive
we shall not have. real peace" ne said.
1T wifi be delayed as long as we hang
the treaty in the air.
II do not believe the adherence of
the American people to the league re-
nrsas any ha demSSn,ra,9n Sssn ne
for eight months. 1t has been given
able debate and consideration, In it's
every compleNion. ] believe that tho
rv11 n n Fff slr mi t,N. Il
OF the necessity. OF reservations with
the. league. Both parties to the con-
aict appear to concede this; The con,
the reservations have gradually aban-
doned their extreme ground and have
mind. 1t would appear to an outsider
that both sides We're in agreement on
all the great major ideas of the league
but that they are In disagreement
mostly over secondary questions In the
reServa tions.
''In the mean time. the world is held
in suspense. Infinite misery goes on
accumulating. Forces are set in mo-
tion, that may yield new conflicts. AL
ready the distrust and undermining OF
confidence and credit in the world has
crippled. onr,. export market"
=. Kesardins The part that the United
OF Europe. Mr. Hoover counseled mod
among Sannso our people.s he said. ,,a $50.
treaty and its ratification was pre-
ceded by the presentation Of statistics
calculated to Indicate what he called
the .hcartbreaking underpayment of
school teachers" There are. he said.
100000 teaching positions in the pub
lie schools that now are vacant or
filled by teachers below standard. The
number of teachers receiving less than
$3.50 a year, he placed at 10000. Sal
ary increases had been granted in
some cases. he said. but these ranged
from 10 to % per cont. while the cost
per cont.
"Thcre is not a university in the
United States" he said, that is not
losing month by month some of it's
best ability by the competition of
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