Evening star., 1920-06-18
HOOVERFORG. O.P.,
HE ASSERTS AFTER
VISITING HARDING
Endorses Convention Action
in Main; Urges All Ele-
ments to Back Ticket.
MOST OF PLATFORM
PROGRESSIVE, HE SAYS
Sees Nothing to Prevent Forward
Interpretation of League and
Labor Planks.

Indorsing in the1 main the actor
Of the republican national conven
tion at Chicago. Herbert Hoover in {
letter to friends made public toda,
after he had conferred with Senator
Harding, the republican presidential
nominee called upon all elements o.
the party to support the nationa
ticket at the polls.
Mr. Hoover declared that the
greater part of the Chicago platform
is progressive" and that nothing pre-
vents the compromise planks on labor
the league. etc, from being given 8
forw a rd looking interpretation. he
added, however. that some things
Including a reorganization of our cleo
ton expenditures and the primaries
are not adequately dealt with
Sees Need to stick Together.
Nothing could be more disastrous
he continued, than the development
o. several party organizations repre-
senting the complexion of every grour
in the country. If we should come tc
this position we shall be entirely ruled
by 1og-rolling minorities or sterile
political coalitions" j..
Mr. Hoover said the senator had
stated to him that ''the views of both
the conservative and progressive
wings of the party would he fully
represented in the administration.
and that he represented no particu-
lar group"
Text of Hoover's Statement.
Mr.. Hoover's statement follows: 81
breakfaSted with Senator Harding
this morning at the senator's invi-
tation. ] presented the views which
believed were held by a consider
able group of independent and pro-
EreSSive republicans among various
questions. The senator stated that IL
+. was his most sincere desire to be the
y instrumentality for bringing the di-
vergent elements of the party to-
gether: that the views of both the
of the party would be fully represent
ed in the administration: that he rep
resented no part .cular group. but that
he considered it was his first duty as
leader of the party to consolidate all
elements into united front. He will.
of course. issue no statement until
after the democratic convention, and
then after consultation with all sides.
My own position on various issues
are well known enough. and as..tos TIE
party situation / cannot make 1t sflf04e
clear than the following letter which ]
sent to friends in different parts OF
the country two days ago and before
] had any communication with Senator
Harding:
Replies to His Friends.
'I beg to acknowledge the receipt
Of your letter. I have received many
hundred other communications from
friends advising, various courses with
respect to the situation that eventuated
1n Chicago. for undoubtedly many OF
the Independent and progressive re-
publicans like myself are greatly dis
appointed over some tendencies that
M
cago platform is not radical; the
greater part of it is constructive and
progressive; nothing prevents the COM
promise planks on labor, the league
etc, from being given a forward-look-
ing interpretations: some things, in
tion expenditures and the primaries
are not adequately dealt with.
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 ts
be met. 1t follows, therefore, that II
there was to have been unity in the
convention there had to be a large
measure of compromise. The COM
promises on the platform and the can
didate are proof that we have no,
arrived at an era of new political an6
social tendencies and for this same
reason the same divergent groups an6
the same attitude of compromise will
be found in the democratic convention
Points to Need Of Harmony.
Nothing could be more disastrous
than the development of several party
organizations representing the com.
plexion of every group in the country
With the legislative and executive
functions more widely separated thar
in any other democracy the whole
process of constructive government
will come to an. end if we have more
should come to this position, there
will be no possibility of the American
people securing an expression Of tn,
will of the majority and we shall b<
entirely ruled by log-rolling minor
1ties or sterile political coalitions.
I'm convinced that those of US
and believe they are the majority o.
the party-who hold more definit,
views. could not. even were we so in.
clined. successfully effect the consum
nation of such views outside tn.
party. and that our duty is to en-
deavor to bring them to- realization
within the party organization itsel
es the issues on which they bear arise
The tendency of the party will gail
their meaning only from actual admin
istration.
II am convinced that unity of ac
tion among the liberal thinkers o
the party, especially II they exer
themselves in the current of congress
sional elections. will insure the coun
try against Legislative reaction.
Faith in senator Harding.
IF the republican party is not Il
be irrevocably split, / cannot conceiv,
that Senator Harding will for one mo
1nent submit the administrative sid,
of the government to the domino 10
of any group or coteries. Further
more. We have the possibility of hav
ing administrative measures and poll
cies determined by full cabinet re
sponsbility. and of having co-opera
IIon restored with the legislative sid,
Of the government. / need not re
iterate my conviction that the con
structive ability so critically needed
for the vigorous business reorganiZa
lion of the federal government ant
to meet the many economic issues be
fore US lies in the republican party.
For all these reasons, ! believ,
that those of us who look upon party
organization not from the point o.
view of partisanship. but solely from
the point of view of it's usefulness a,
an agency of maximum service to tn,
country, should support the republi
Can party at the polls