Republican farmer., 1920-02-27
HOOVER AGAINST
 MAKING TREATY
 CAMPAIGN ISSUE

Baltimore, Feb. 2S - Herbert C. Hoover, former food administrator, declared today in an address at Johns Hopkins University his opposition to making the ratification of the treaty with Germany an issue in the presi- dential campaign. He insisted the in- jection of the arguments for and against reservations would "obscure our pressing domestic issues by con- tiict over a question in which the country already has made up it's mind," and added, "it is my impress sion that there is no party credit in this position.''
 Hope for immediate ratification of the treaty rested, he said, in the &C., ceptance by the lesser reservation. ists' of the proposals of the "mild reservationists." The two combined he said, could secure ratification.
 The present danger Europe is fac ing, MT. Hoover said. is not so much revolutionary catac1ys1n as the of living and the slow decay of the forces of stability" Restored produc- tivity, he insisted, is essential if the Allies are to receive the maximum re- paratiOn. Until then we shall not have real peace." he said. Tt will be delayed as long as we hang the treaty in the air, for we are part of it."
 ''E do not believe the adherence of the American people to the league re- quires any demonstration" he con tinued. II believe that the majority of our people are convinced of the necessity of reservations with the league. It would appear to an out sider that both sides were in agree ment on all the great major ideas of ! the league and the major ideas Of reservations, but that they are in dis agreement mostly over secondary questions in the reservations. ''In the meantime the world is held in suspense. Infinite misery goes on accumulating. Forces are set in mo. ton that may yield new conflicts. Al. i ready the distrust and undermining i of confidence and credit in the world has crippled our export narkett Regarding the part the. United | States will take in the rehabilitation oG Europe, Mr. Hoover counselleG 1 moderation. 1 Assuming that the treaty would bs ratified ''some day. in E'some forIn,' D i he expressed a hope that it mign. serve to bring about a reduction oi armament and the development ot 1 engines of conciliation. of arbitration 1 and codes and courts of internationai 1 Justice.''
 Except where the interests of the United States are vita1ly concerned, MT. Hoover declared himself as op- posed to American membership or the various missions provided for in the treaty for the settlement of ques- | tions raised by the war.
 The 1oaning of money except to al- leviate distress also was opposed. Our best assistance in healing Europe's s economic wounds lies in the promo
 ton of the great processes of private
 commerce. he said, mot in loans from our government.
 l MT. HooVer's reference to the peace treaty and it's ratification was preceded by the presentation of sta tistics calculated to indicate what he
 called the ''Heartbreaking underpay- 1 ment' of school teachers There
 are, he said, 100000 teaching posi- i tions in the public schools that now
 are vacant or filled by teachers be- | low standard. The number of teach
 CTS receiving less than S45O year,
 he placed at 120, 0,000. Salary increases | had been granted in some cases, he
 said, but these ranged from ten to 25 per cent, while the cost of living had increased from so to S5 per cent.
 There is not a. university in the
 United States" he said, that is not
 losing month by month some of it's
 best ability by the competition of
 commerce"