New Britain herald., 1920-02-23
HOOVER YAGALNST IA WING RAHF2CA 77ON OF PEACE AS
 ISSUE EW COMING CAMPAIGN
If Lesser Reservationists Ac- cept Proposals of Mild Reseryationists It Will Pass, He Thinks. ALSO OPPOSED TO
 GREAT GOVT. LOANS

BaItlm ore, CD. 25.-1 erbeft C. Hoover. former food adm inistrator, declared today in an address at Johns Hopkins university, his opposition to king the ratification of the treat ty with Germany an issue in the presi- dentiaI campaign. He insisted the in- jection of the arguments for and against reservations would "obscure our pressing domestic issues by con- flict over a question in which the country already has made up it's mind' and added, it is my impress sion that there is no party credit in this position
 Hope for imn ediate ratification of the treaty rested he said in the ac- ccDtance by the lesser reserva tion- ists' of the proposals of the mild reserVat tions.' The two com bined, he said, could secure ratification.
 Restored Production Essential.
 Tho present danger Europe is facing, Mir. Hoover said. is not so much a revolutionary cata cysm as the steady degeneration of the standard of living and the slow decay Of the forces of stability Restored pro- ductivity, he insisted, is essential if the Allies are to receive the maximum reparation. Until then we shall not have real peace,' he said. Tt will be delayed as long as we hang the treaty in the air, for we are a part of it.
 Reservations Necessary.
 1T do not believe the adherence of the American people to the lea que quires any demonstration" he con- tinued. T believe the majority of our people are convinced of the necessity of reservations with the league. It would appear to an outsider that both sides were in agreement on all the great major ideas of the league and the major ideas of reservations, but that they are in disa green ent mostly over secondary questions in the reser- vations. In the meantime the world is held in suspense. Infinite miser:' goes on accumulating. Forces are set in motion that may yield new con- fIicts.
 Already the distrust and undermin- ing of confidence and credit in the world has crippled our export large 1y.
 Regarding the part the United States will take. in the rehabilitation of Europe MT. Hoover counselled m oderation.
 For Reduced Armaments.
 Assuming that the treaty would be ratified some day. in some form" he expressed & hope that it might serve to bring about a reduc- ton of armament and the "develop- lent of engines of conciliation. of ar bitration and codes and courts of in ternational justice.''
 Except where interests of United States are vitally concerned, MT. Hoover declared himself as opposed to American membership on the va rious missions provided for in the treaty for the settlement of questions raised by the war.
 The loaning of money except to alleviate distress also was opposed. Our best assistance in healing Eu- rope's economic wounds lies in the prom otion of the great processes of private commerce. he said. mot in loans from our government
 Feels for Teachers.
 MT. Hoover's reference to the peace treaty and it's ratification was preced- ed by the presentation of statistics calculated to indicate what he called the 'heartbreaking underpayment'' Of school teachers. There are. he said, 100000 teaching positions in the public school that now arc vacant filled by teachers below standard. The number of teachers receiving less than S450 a year, he placed at 120.- GOO. Salary increases had been grant eti in some cases, he said, but these ranged from ten to D per cent while the cost of living had increased from so to S1 per cent.
 There 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 commerce.