Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-03
Objects to ''Independent"
Parties Making Him
! Nominee.
HIS REPUBLICANISM
IS UNQUESTIONED
Hoover Issues Statement Showing
Partisan Activities Limited by
Nature of His vocation-Asks His
Supporters to Spend Little Money
and to Throw Open Books For
Public Inspection.
BY Associated Press.


Hoover, who has announced he Is
ready to accept the presidential
nomination If 1t is demanded Of him,
issued a statement today in which
he requested that he be not further
embarrassed by suggestions of some
independents that his name be
placed before any other party, "as a
primary sense of team work in any
party organizations would preclude
such a possibility"
Mr.. Hoover said he had no great
record of partisan activity and ad-
mitted that his political activity
vas Confined to membership III d
prominent republican club and alleg-
ience to the party over period of
three years. He added that because
CT h!s profession Of mining engineer
continental shifting of residence had
prevented him from exercising as
much as he desired the privilege OF
every citizen at the polls.
Asserting that his duties in various
organizations would prevent him
from making an active canvass for
the nomination, Mr.. Hoover said that
Hoover clubs would have to spend
certain amount of money for print
ing expenditures, but he hoped that
they would conflne themselves 70
minor amounts and would be ready
to open their books for public ex-
animation.
Fair TO Opponents.
Mr.. Hoover requested that men
and women advocating his nomina-
ton bear in mind that personal
criticism OF other names before the
party IL chiefly for service Of the op-
position
"All these men," he said. ''are pat
rotic, honorable Americans. They
have all served the country well and
are entitled to respect"
Because he had refused to allow
his name to be put into the primar-
les, Mr.. Hoover declared that there
was little organization on his behalf,
"and at this late date no organization
is possible that could compete with
other organizations"
He urged his supporters to confine
their energies to promotions OF their
views to the country and the dele
gates already named with full rspect
to prior pledges"
Raps Politicians.
He said he had no expectation
that his entrance into the race would
be welcomed by the type Of person
who conceives that fitness for office
and citizenship depends on placing
sheer partisanship above national in
terest nor who requires years Of
demonstrated participation in work
with politicians.
II can not assist these people with
explanations trying to prove that l
belong to their class" he added.
Some people Of this sort feel
great trouble Of mind that in let
ter addressed to friend last year I
expressed alarm to the growing par
tisanship and expressed need Of .un-
ity of action in legislative and execu-
tive branches of the government
while we were still faced with tho
problems Of war. It was obviously
my duty as an important war official
to support the president without
thought Of any political interest to
myself from the day 7 entered the
administration until I left it, and !
put no qualifications upon or apollo
gies for loyalty to ones chief in Of
flee"