The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-03-11
HO0YER'S RECORD
ELAD BARE

March 3, 1920, which referred to Her
bert Hoover as a candidate for our
next president, and agree with you
as to his straddle of the fence politi-
cally, but this is not the worst part OF
it, and when I read in some of our
papers articles and editorials that
seems to be doing all in their power to
have him come up as candidate, tU
say l am surprised would be putting
it mild and when I see some of the
straw votes that are being taken thru
the country which gives Hoover big
vote on both Republican and Demo
cratic tickets can not help but think
these people know not what they do
or have never stopped to look up who
Hoover is. How many of us Ameri-
cans ever heard of Hoover before the
war? What did he do during the war
that each party should be striving to
get him as their candidate? 1t would
be advisable to look this man up before
going wild over him as our next pres
ident For the benefit of those who
has never looked up his past history l
will mention few facts as I find
them by looking up his past life.
At the age Of 22 years Hoover left
this country and went to Australia
and engaged in the mining business.
At rs years of age he was made min
ing expert for North China govern
ment. He was in China at the time
the Boxer Rebellion broke out and he
and his wife escaped with their lives
with great difficulty. He then return
ed to London and joined Berwick, Nor
ling & Co., mine operators, and made
that place his home until the war
broke out, then he was sent over here
as agent for the Allies to buy food
supplies and held that position at the
time he was food administrator of the
United States. This can be vouched
for by speeches made in Congress that
can be found in the Congressional Rec
ords of Jan. 13, 1919. At that time,
Representative Wood said that Hoover
was an expatriated former citizen of
the United States and that he never
found it necessary to become repatri-
ated.
About January S, 1918, the Senate
subcommittee investigated who is Hoo
yer, Senator Vardaman of Mississippi,
brought out the fact that Hoover has
never voted in the United States, and
that he also admitted that he had
spent the most Of his time in England
for the past ten years. About this time
Sir William Good, of England, in a
talk to the London Rotary Club said:
'1t is lucky for US that man like Mr..
Hoover is at the helm Of the Allied
food supplies"
just few weeks ago Mr.. Hoover
himself admitted that he. had never
voted sin the United States and that
most Of his recent years had been
spent in England. In a speech which
will be found in the Congressional Rec
ords on page 11079 to 1902, Congress-
man at-large Jeff McLemore, Of Tex
as, said in speaking of Hoover, "He
is a mining engineer, a resident Of
London, England, where he owns a
home and where his business interests
are established, and that he has not
been a resident of the United States
for % years, and has never voted in
this country !;
If all Of these charges be true, how
can any 100 percent American vote for
Hoover if he knows it? If they are
not true why don't Mr.. Hoover come
forward and make the man who makes
these statements prove his charges or
sue them for damages for placing him
in such false position before the peo-
pie. Even if he could prove that he
is still resident of the United States
he has said by his actions that he
would rather live under foreign flags
than that Of the United States flag.
This is enough to condemn him in my
eyes and then to think of so many of
our citizens trying to put him in the
chair. Are they crazy?
Can't they see who is behind this
Well might the headlines
of Chicago paper which appeared
while ago over an article say, "Wake
oh America, wake up before it is too
late"
l am not looking for notoriety but
think it is time someone takes this
article up and show the people who
this man Hoover is, or get the people
interested long enough to look him up
C. L. WYLIE.
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