Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-31
HOOVER WILL. ACCEPT THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
Tclcgraphs California Club That He
Is Subject TO Party Demands
as a Candidate.
FAvoRs LEAGUE ADOPTION
Will Not Seek Office, but VIII
Merely Uphold Policies, Taking
What Honors May BE Offered
Him.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 30.-IIcr-
heFt hoover today tclegraphed tho
Hoover Republican Club Of Cali
tornia. that he would accept the Re-
publican nomination for President
N It is felt that the issues ncces-
state ii. and 1t is demanded of me-"
Mr.. Hoover said: III the Republic
can party. with the independent
element, of which | am naturally
athliatcd. adopts a forward looking
ilbcral. constructive platform on the
treaty: and on our economic issues,
and If the party proposes measures
Ior sound business administration of
the country. and is neither reaction
airy nor radical in it's approach to
backed BY men who undoubtedly as
sure the consummation of these
policies and measures. I will give 1t
my entire support.
Il do not. and will not myself. seek
the nomination..
The recent developments over tho
treaty. stagnation in adjustment of
particularly the many urgent repre-
ssntat,ons that-tI have received az to
INC INC. situation In my own state. con-
firm the action that my Republican
friends there have already taken
without consulting me:
understand that there Is a great
wish among the"Republicans OF Call
fornta to have opportunity to express
nations with proper reservations safe
guarding American. traditions and in
,Srests ,.,r as opposed to the extreme
All. differ Just as strongly with
this view as differ with the extreme
position taken by the President on
fairs. This issue Is whether with reser-
Fatlons protecting our position. we
should join the moral forces of the
growing around us. or whether We m
Will. by pretense of an insularity tina I
W. we do not possess. sit by in the face
oI o L, o growmg armies, navies national
the spread of Bolsheyism, through
much of the world. This would be the
sons ens were saer;iesS hopss II f9s which our
Future Depends ON Markets.
Enti:ciy aside from this moral
ideaiism OF the league and the dan
solution OF our domestic problems,
such as the Size of our Armament.
reduction In taxation and the pre-
vention of agricultural and Indus
employment. is dependent upon sta
bility abroad and upon our access
TO the worlds markets, which today
against us through out inability to
exercise our veto under the treaty.
believe 1t is the transcendant SER
vice which the Republican party can
render 10 the nation to settle n
league efficiently designed. to give us
these national projections.
Wants Liberal Policy.
No one should be able to dictate
the policies of great parties. yet every
man and woman has right to de-
eide what issues and measures he will
SUPPORT. II the Republican party
with the indepe ndent element OF
which / am naturally affiliated
adopts forward looking, liberal.
platform OH tho treaty
and on our economic issue and it
the party proposes measures for
sound business administration OF the
country; and is neither reactionary
nor radical in It's approach to our
great domestic questions, and is
hacked by men who undoubtedly as
sumo the consummation of these
policies and measures. will give 1T
my entire support. While 7 do not
and will not myself seek the nomi-
nation; If it is felt that the issues
neccssitate 1t, and 1t is demanded of
me, ] cannot refuse service.
tSiGned) III ERBERT HOOVER"