The Washington herald., 1921-03-07
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Darling.
Hoover Secretary OF Con
baltimore SUM-

baltimore SUM- ]
Whatever else Senator Reed may
be accused OF, Inconsistency is not
one Of his weaknesses. He is from
Missouri" but he is one Of the Mis-
sourians whom you cannot show"
when he has once taken a position
Having made up his mind from the
beginning that Mr.. Hoover was mo
good" he has declined ever since to
listen to any testimony in favor of
this wicked defendant. Belgium has
come to the witness stand and testi-
fed that Hoover was a miracle man
in her case; that he saved her life
when everybody else had given her
up to die. England has given evil
dence to the same effect, and was
anxious to get Hoover to work. for
her as he did for Belgium. France
trusted him as she has rarely trusted
any other foreigner. and all the new
states Of Europe declare him to be
one of the greatest of Americans
In his own country his ability and
integrity are conceded generally by
Democrats and Republicans alike.
even by bitter, dyed-in- -the-wool Re-
publican partisans, who hate a man
who is liberal and tolerant. Mr..
Harding, by his selection OF Mr..
Hoover for a place in his Cabinet,
has taken the witness stand for him,
and has virtually admitted that he
Is too big to be overlooked. But all
these witnesses go for nothing with
Senator Reed. He knows Hoover
better than Belgium, France, Eng
land. the starving peoples Of the
European continent and the whole
OF the United States. Is this merely
case of unparalleled egotism and
vanity, or is 1t due to a small per-
sonal grudge and crouch?
Boston TrsnscriptJ
1t is not Understanding Mr..
Hoover's talents to say that he may
we'll regard the opportunity that the
tender OF the portfolio Of Commerce
affords, and the responsibility that
his acceptance OF Il imposes, a high
to his qualifications 1t
will certainly put to the test the
talents of his vision, his gift for
organization. his reputation as an
executive. his capacity for co-opera-
uon In large affairs, and his suita-
bility to essay the dual role of de-
partmental administrator and ad-
wiser to the most powerful ofice in
the world.
tPhiladelphia Jedrer.)
In two oNt of the three points
mentioned by Mr.. Harding, T. e,
capacity for service and public ap-
proval" Herbert Hoover is unques-
tionably supremely qualified for the
service to which he has been caleb
With respect to the third, his
Established Republicanism," the
people will remember Mr.. Hoover's
own classification of himself be-
fore the two national conventions,
And they will consider that II Mr..
Hoover is "a good enough Republi-
can" for Mr.. Harding, he will have
to be also for the little group OF re-
actionaries in the Senate.
There is also ground for hearty
satisfaction in the further an
that Mr. Hoover's ac-
ceptance of the Secretaryship of an
expanded and strengthened Depart
ment Of Commerce will not preclude
his continued direction Of and su-
pervision over the European relief
work. The latter In q task that
comes peculiarly within the control
of this most able. broad-visioned
and far-seeing administrator. II is
a task great enough for q dozen.
men OF merely ordinary ability; but
Mr.. Hoover's willingness to Join Il
to the additional duty which the
President-elect has laid upon him
10 sufficient assurance to his coun-
trymen that the undertaking is not
too much for him to assay