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tionists and the reactionary practices of
Attorney General Palmer and POstmas-
ter General Burleson. the individual
Democrat. who Is a Democrat on prin
ciple, has not lost these characteristics.
IF Mr.. Hoover is II Republican in
respect to administrative capacity, he
is Democrat in respect to decCntral-
ization aud human rights.
"Ablest Man War Produced"
The argument for his nomination
does not stop there. One of the great
organs of British Liberalism, the Lon
don Nation, recently declared that Mr..
Hoover was the ablest ulau that the
war had produced. OF the men who
were without high reputation when the
conflict began there can be no question
that he is the most commanding fig
ure that emerged out of this weltcr Of
the nations.
such ability is not to be held lightly
ut Il time like this The American
people are going TO need it and need
it badly.
Most of the'caudidates who have thus
far announced themselves. Democrats
and Republicans alike. cstimabe gen
tlemcn though they may he. are so
inadequate. in view Of the issues that
the next President must meet. that their
NSnlfullOuN utP niue SnOfl OF flultU
lous. Men who have no couccption
whatever of what is going on in the
world and no understanding of the
problems that must be met are boldly
Offering themselves for an office for
which oven The best mind and the
strongest talents arr hardly adequate,
"Oi all the meu whose names have
been mentioned. the World believes that
MIR, Hoover alone measures m to the
prcSideucy in the fullest sense.
Wilson Political Accident
"Woodr0w Wilson. Of course. was Il
political accident He has maintained
himself not because of the love and af
frction In which he is held b. the poll
tirilns of the Democratic party, but by
the sheer power Of the most penetrating
and dominant intellect ever known in
the White House.
when venomous partisanship that
could not deal with him on plane of
mental equality succeeded in breaking
MIN down. ncrvously and physically. tho
American people suddenly discovered
that they were without leadership and
thot thei" government had ceased to
operate
Unless his successor is equally cap
abe of achieving the eadshin of the
country by force of ability, character
and conviction there will be no leader
snip. ana throughout the period OF re
construction we shall have nothing
bcttcr than an imitation government
manipulated by the managing politicians
of the party that happens to carry the
electionS .
ne fundamental rights and liberties
gl tine American people are lncnaced to-
day as they have never been mcnaccd
/ before In tbp nun N u1 I'oflirp liGr1 =
pushing its theories to the very verge of
anarchy. ana on the other hand CON
/ Servatlsm has Joined hands with Bour-
/ DohlSm to destroy liberty IN order to
IluLhtalh HL the extreme lhdiVldnalstl'
Competent for Leadership
Between these two greedy groups of
| fools and fanatics. there is a great
| middle ground which is held by the vast
majority of Americans and which they
will continue to hold under comncteut
| leadership, but competent leadership
there must be. and no man better en-
bodies it than Herbert G.. Hoover.
He has worked with his hands. and
| he knows from personal experience the
/ point OF view OF the man who works
/ with ms hanus. lie mas oeen dlrec-
! tor OF labor in great enterprises ana he
Hh'"c .;uih P'I ISOl'Il Y" ~ l'h'c 'ne lS
| sponsioiIltieS and dlihculties of the d.
rector of labor. 49,.
He knows the economic condition
OF, the world better, perhaps, than any
other American, and economic under
standing rs now vital element IN gov :
ernment. de knows the diplomacy ana
the politics OF Europe as few Amer
leans have ever known them. Moreover
he knows them at first hand, as ne
knows conditions in the Far East at
first hand, and such knowledge has be-
come essential TO any Intelligent dlrec
ton OF the foreign affairs OF the United
States
Brilliant Business Man
."Tboso Americans who want busi-
ness man for President can find him in
Mr. Hoover who has brilliantly man
aged ono of the most successful business