The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-02-20
AN ENGINEERING JOB.

We have been reading for several weeks that Mr..
Herbert Hoover was an ideal man to be made pres
ident. All the time we have been impressed with
the fact as it is alleged, that Mr.. Hoover did not
want the Office did not want to think about 1t, and
would not accept it unless the American people
ran him down and forced it on him.
Rut Mr.. Hoover was in New York Tuesday even
ing. He was there Tuesday morning and was elect
ed president of the American Institute of Mining
and Metalurgcal Engineers. Tuesday evening ne
was the principal speaker at the annual dinner of
his association
What Mr.. Hoover had to say on that occasion
does not sound so much to US like mining and me-
tallurgical talk" unless perhaps he mining for
nomination and undertaking, to blend the political
elements into Hoover support His talk impressed
most people thst he vas stating platform on
which he hoped secure the nomination for presl-
dent, if not from the democratic party, then from
the republican party, and if from neither, then
from some independent party which might be in
duced to nominate him. So far from it appearing
that Mr. Hoover does not want the office, it would
seem that he is in the running and is ready for the
lightning to strike him.
be sound, at least that is the opinion of the lie
who claim to know. The salient points of his speech
(and which may be said to constitute his platform)
are these:
s'We are swamped with debt and burdened with
taxation. Credit is wofuy inflated; speculation
and waste are rampant.
son Government operation of railroads. No
scheme of political appointment has ever yet been
devised that will replace competition in its selection
of ability and character
eff the Government continues in the shipping
(the merchant marine) business we shall be disap-
pointed from the point of view of profits
"The lack of a Federal budget system is further
testimony that it is always far cry of citizens
from the efficiency in their business to interest in
the efficiency of their Government.
''The attitude of refusal to participate in collec-
tive bargaining with representatives of employees
own choosing is the negation to the bridge to bet
ter relationship,
! "There is little danger of radicalism con-
trolling a country with so large farmer popula-
tioa."
{ One reaches the conclusion after reading the
PLATFORM or The speech which ever you choose, that
Mr.. Hoover does not run from the popular side of
any question. Being friend of the "poor man"
he is, of course, opposed to high taxes and the
terrible waste and extravaganza that is "rampant'
: III the country. He likes the farmers and thinks
that they are the balance wheel of the country and
that they will save it from anarchy He talks about
the cooperation between employer and employee,
but thinks that this can only be brought about
Through organized labor and it's representation by
agents of its own choosing etc. In fact Mr.. Hoover
tfies to please ALL and are not platforms made to
please?
81 Of course this is not what we have been told
about Mr.. Hoover. He has been pictured as
engineer who ran into his mine every time anybody
talked about making him president. The more his
@many friends" urged him to "come out" the fur
ther in he went. Only as sacrifice for his country
would MIR. Cooper consider being crucifed the
presidential cross, but then the Mr.. Hoover pic
tured to- US is "too good to be true
sS We find ourselves in agreement with Senator
Kenyon on Mr.. Hoover In Washington the Hoover
boomers have been going the rounds getting line
on the thinning and metallurgical" speech of their
fatorte After stating that he is not interested in
Mr.. Hoover's views, Senator Kenyon asks, eff he
wants to be president why doesn't he come out and
say So" And so say we all.
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