The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-04-15
noovER,s QUALIFICATIONS

HOOvERS QUALIFICATIONS
BY Edgar I. Gleeson in San Francisco Call
Herbert Hoover's registration certificate file at
Jose, Calf. his home address, appears in
the biographical sketches of ''Whos Who America" :"
rather clearly the detached position the former food
administrator has always enjoyed with respect to Amer
domestic affairs As long he identified with
foreign mining and engineering ventures Hoover chose to
be regarded resident of London, England. For a
he boasted addresses at Red House. Hornton
Street London; the other at IA East Sxteth Street New
York In the 1912-1913 volume Hoover dropped the
American address.
Since the Hoover is revealed being without
any home.
His first address is given as the Food Administration
Washington, D. c., while the latest edition of who's
Who" locates him at Stanford University.
AS without home and without political
party, would hardly be expected to stampede
either of the national conventions.
But Hoover ioly fellow of the Dcvonshre, Albemarle
Raneough clubs of London and for many years genial
host his homes RED House. Hornton Street and %
Addison Road London is "At Home" in the United
States ready to entertain offer of the nomination
AS has been remarked, "Mr. Hoover is back, after
wears of promotion work in England, China
and various parts of the world ready to exercise his
rights of citizenship to running as candidate Tor
the presidency He has quit the sedate life OF the
London clubs take aboard the problems of suffrage
prohibition enforcement national credits, etc. to the ex
tent being the nominee of party or both or this
falling that of a third, Independent party.
Hoover stood for office in Merrie ode England;
he saws he isn't standing for office herebut that ones
friends WELL y'knaow how it is, old chap, they're
baly bother'"
Hoover admirers, not all of them silk stockings by
the way are insisting that he must become candidate
in his own country The only difficulty they must
bridge is that Hoovers politics To declare himself as
Republican is Hoover to forfeit claim upon the
Democratic nomination.; line with the Democrats is
to bring about his elimination at the G. O. p convention
'But what boots t?" argue his supporters IF a man
can be Liberal" old Lunnon there ought to be
some place where he fit in ere in America.
In the face of President Wilson's advice for post
ponement of decision the matter, democratic
Gus of the House of Representatives. went record
against military training by vote of 1O6 to IL
Knowing there to be the President thought
action by sending letter requesting that
tion deferred he had committed himself in certain
respects upon the subject But the took the bull
by the horns and expression to its opn-
apparently having grown tired of having their opn-
ions forwarded to them from the end of the avenue
There many the United States who would Prussian-
country to fatten their pocketbooks and
propaganda had been pushed into corner OF
the country many sorey afraid that the to
end mitarism about to fasten it the United
Universal military training not needed in this
country The policy of country should be to exert
every influence possess to end war, and should we
adopt the policy of universal military training other
nations would compelled do likewise for sefpro
lection. The of that will be welcomed
every the globe the advice of President Will
to the contrary Notwithstanding Highland Chief