Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-02-17

IAE those solemn ulSCOuISSS Oh AA'
Nv II "private life and crimes" comes
nc waIcome as west wind to pub
lie wearied with stale oratory ana
poIitical gas To elder statesmen whose
penchant is for doing trivial things III
nompous way and to those grave Visaseu
gentlemen sometimes 1rreVerently re!eIIeu
to as bosses or patronage brokers, MI
Hoover's remarks will seem unbecomlngly
iocn1ar In truth he does not take the political
worthless as seriously they are wont TO
take themselves-nor, indeed as seriously as
they are taking him. From MS vantage
ground of perfect independence he heartlly
enjoys the discontinue of those profession
ais who for the life of them cannot under
stand a personality or principle that rises
above the mummery of the old political
game. 81 do seem'' he says, "to get into
the way of politically minded folks, even
when trying to keep out of politics
An incredible experience, this, to cand1-
dates and candidate promoters whose heav-
ist anxiety is lest the political lightning will
not strike along their path None put a
man genuinely Indifferent to politics IN It's
common ambitions and wholly unspolled by
its petty intrigues-could speak and act as
Mr.. Hoover does. Is it not remarkable,
moreover, that this unpretentious, though
world famous, American-thls man or con-
structive and humanitarian labors who has
none of the tricks or assets of the politicians
trade-should be so irritating to the political
Goliaths? What have these willy and solemn
giants to fear from a plain man OF busl-
ness? Apparently, however, it rifles them to
think of his record, in the feeding of fam
aished Belgium, his wonderfully efficient and
unsalaried service as Food Administrators
during his own country's war trials, his re-
fusal to tie himself to underlined partisan
Ship and his growing favor with the ma
tons thoughtful rank and file.
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by Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover is GER
tainly not worried by them To their long
faced accusation that he is multi-million-
aire with fabulous investments In Great
Britain he replies with great good-nature:
Like the negro porter who was asked to
change ten dollars, I am grateful for the
compliment. l am sorry that these sums
do not exist, for they would be useful for
the Children's Relief" Just good
humoredly does he dispose of the allegation
that he is Britisher: MANY generations
of my prosecuted Quaker ancestors would
rise in their graves; they should remain
quieted, however, for no Californian could
live three months in London climate and
become a British citizen if he knew it." AS
to that other grave charge of his having
pursued his engineering profession in for
eign lands, 81 have fervent hope" he
answers, that this new doctrine of criminal
ity will not deter our American citizens from
extending American professions and business
anywhere in the world. They always bring
something home, and pay taxes on it"
There speaks the American to the manner
born. AS parting twinkle to his troubled in
quisitors, he remarks: ct gather also, that
it is moral turpitude on my part to have
managed large enterprises. The hope to
rise from the ranks of labor to the ranks
of management will, however, probably not
be crushed from the hearts Of American boys
by even this onslaught
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he unquestionably has that searching sense
of humor which is the mark of good
Judgment, the preserver of good temper and
the terror of shams.