Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-11
CHATTANOOGA KIWANIS
CLUB is FOR HOOVE

New Hampshire went DeHloCrdliC'
CHATTANOOGA KIWANIS r
CLUB rs FOR HOOVER
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 10.
Herbert Hoover proved the over
whelming choice Of the Ktwanis club
in a. straw vote taken here Tuesday.
Hoover received thirty-nine ballots,
Governor Edwards, of New Jersey,
who ran second, received twelve
votes, Hoover was also the over
whelming choice Of the local Rotary
club in a straw~Vote taken last week.
HOOVER OUTLINES HIS
POSITION ON PRESIDENCY
NEW YORK, March 10. - (By
Associated Press.)-Herbert Hoov-
err. in a letter received last nlghC
bv Ralph Arnold, of Los An
eeles, New York representative o.
the "Make-Hoover-P President CLUB
of California, declared he was nov
seeking public office, that his ampl-
ton is to remain a common cltlzeh.
But that he believed he, like every
other citizen, should always be ready
for service when really called upon.
81. Mr.. Hoover,s letter followed the
action of a group OF prominent CaH-
fornians residing in this city in ap.
pointing a committee to go 10 WISH :
ington and ask MI. Hoover TO maKe
known his position.
Asserting that while "such propos+
ais are indeed great honor, feet
that 7 cannot altar the attitude tnaI
I have consistently preserved, MI.
IJoovor'S letter continued:
First. I am an independent Fro
eressive in the issues before us to-
day. I think that at this time the
issues before the country transcend
craftsmanship. 1t is well known that
7 was a. progressive Republican De-
fore the war ard I think rightly
non-partisan during my war service
The issues confronting us are new
and the alignment upon them mas
not yet been made by the great par
ties. I still object as much to the
reactionary group ir. the Republican
party as I do to the radical group IN
the Democratic party.
Second, I am not seeking public
office and, consulting my own per-
sonal inclinations, I do not want
nublic office. I caEnot prevent any
citizen or group of citizens from agt-
tating that I should take public Of
fee. but I cannot conscientiously
participate in any organization to
that end. .
1T belong to a group which thinks
that the American people should se'
lect their owr officials at their own,
initiative and volition and that re-
sent the manufacture of officials by
Ne
if I entered the race for nomination
to the presidency and under took to
solicit and spend the cost of propa-
ganda and organization, this would
be in itself negation Of tie right
American instinct because Of the OBJ
legations that it all implies. thor
ough1y believe that 1, like ally other
citizen, should always be ret dy for
service when really called upon, but
to go out and try to persuade the
public to call me is opposed to my
every instinct.
Third, I hope to have the affec-
ton Of my countrymen, but my am
bition is to remain a common citizen,
ready to engage in tea play with any
organization, and leadership tkat has
for it's objective the contamination
and maintenance of great issues in
the forms that / believe are to the
public Interest and benefit. /, OF
course, believe in party organization.
but it must be for the promotion OF
issues, rot of men. ! am not a
straddler Of any issue, I spend most
Of my time agitating for issues that
I believe in. 1t is the privilege OF
all of us to hold our own views and
it is our duty to express them when
called upon to do so. But no man
can be SO arrogant as to assume
that he can dictate the issues to the
American people or to the great par
ties they support.
''ycurtl. You and your friends
have Ut tzad. hat I should undertake
to organize fS~spaganda for myself
as representing issueS. by entering
into competition for Nsmination by
great party. Aside fror> he rea~
SONS mentioned above, this .mpliaS
entry upon a road of self-seeking,
whereas my view is that I should
agitate for the issues, not for my
self. You rightly say that joining
sheer organization without sues is
simply office hunting without re-
gard to public service.
FINALLY, 1 am not so ignorant as
not to realize perfectly we'll that such
a course does rot lead to nomination
to the presidency, but I would not
be myself if I started out on a path
of self-seeking to obtain any office"
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