The Washington herald., 1920-06-19
HOOVER SEEKS
UNITED PARTY
Issues Statement Announc.
ing Support Of C. o. P.
Candidate.
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the party together; that the views
Cf both the conservative and pro-
gressive wings OF the party would
be fully repres sented in the admin
istration; that he represented no
particular group. but that he con-
sidered Il was his first duty as
leader of the party to consolidate
all elements iLto a united front
He will. of course. Issue no state
ment Until after the Democratic
convention. and then after consul
tation with all sides.
Defines Own Position.
MY own position or various Is
sues Is well enough known, and
as to the party situation I can
not make IL more clear than the fol-
lowing letter which ! sent to friends
In different parts of the country
ten days ago end before ! had any
communication with Senator Hard
ing:
II beg to acknowledge the re-
ceived many hundreds of other COM
munications from friends advising
various courses With respect 10 the
situation that eventuateo at Chi
cago. for undoubtedly many Of the
independent and progressive Re
p'iblicans. like myself. are greatly
disappointed over some Tendencies
that were apparent at Chicago. The
Chicago platform is not radical; the
greater part of IL Is constructive
and progressive; nothing prevents
the compromise planks on labor
the league. etc. from being given
forward-look.nE Interpretation;
some things. including a reorganiza-
tion of our election expenditures
and the primaries. are not ade-
quately dealt with.
Compromise Necessary.
I'm these times when the great
problems and issues created by the
war are new and are so complex
We must expect a wide divergence
Of view among the members of the
party as to the methods by which
they are to be met. 1t follows. there
fore. that II there was to have been
unity in the convention, there had
to be a large measure Of compro-
form and the candidate are proof
that we have not arrived at an era
OF new political and social tenden-
cies - and for this same reason. the
same divergent groups and the same
attitude of compromise will be
found in the Democratic conve ntion
Nothing could be more disastrous
than the development of several
party organizations representing the
complexion of every group in the
country. With the Legislative and
executive functions more widely
separated than in any other democ-
racy. the whole process of construc-
tive government will come to an
end IL we have more than two DOM
lnant parties. IL we should come to
this position, there will be no pos
sibility of the American people Sc
curing an expression of the will of
the majority and we shall be en-
tirely ruled by log rolling minori-
ties or sterile political coalitions.
Hope Lies Within Party.
II am convinced that those of US
and I believe they are the major
ity of the party.-who hold more
definite views, could not, even were
we so inclined. successfully effect
the contamination of such views
outside the party. and that our duty
Is to endeavor to bring them to
realization within the party organi-
zation itself as the issues on which
they bear arise. The tendencies OF
the party will gain their meaning
only from actual administration.
II am convinced that unity of ac-
ton among the liberal thinkers OF
the party. especially IL they exer,
themselves in the current of Con-
gressional elections, will insure the
country against legislative reaction
Would Eliminate "Groups."
"If the Republican party is not tc
be irrevocably split l cannot con-
ceive that Senator Harding will fol
one moment submit the administra.
tive side of the government to the
domination of any group or coterie
Furthermore, we have the possibil'
| ity Of having administrative meas
ures and policies determined by full
cabinet responsibility, and of having
cooperation restored with the legis-
lative side of the government.
need not reiterate my conviction
that the constructive ability so criti-
cally needed for the vigorous busi-
ness reorganization of the Federal
government and to meet the many
economic issues before US lies in the
Republican party.
For all these reasons, / believe
that those of us who look upon party
organization, not from the point of
view Of partisanship. but solely from
the point of view of it's usefulness
as an agency of maximum service to
the country, should support the Re.
publican party at the polls.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) HERBERT HOOVER"