Evening star., 1928-11-05
CALIFORNIA OPENS
ARMS TO HOOVER
AS HE SPEEDS HOME
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cieve between 375 and 400 electoral
votes out of the total of 53l in the
electoral college. 1t Is understood he
showed the statement to Hoover before
releasing it.
williams said that "if the people in
the country and the small towns go to
the polls" Hoover will carry the West,
Midwest and Middle Atlantic States
alone with 300 electoral votes, and that
he believes an additional hundred votes
will come from States he has not sur
veyed. States "in the bag" he said, are
Washington. oregon, California, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado,
Nevada, Arizona, North and South Da-
kota, Minnesota, Oklahoma. Tennessee,
Kansas, Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Ken
lucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware.
Drift toward Mr.. Hoover in WlScon-
sin, Maryland and North Carolina will
give him those States, too, he thinks.
1900 Give Ovation.
At ogden about 1000 persons gave
Hoover an ovation as he appeared with
Mrs. Hoover on the rear platform Of
their private car. He repeated what he
had told the crowd at Salt Lake about
his unwillingness to make political
speech on Sunday, but added I'VE have
only one thing to look forward to now,
and that is Tuesday"
A number of small children were
lifted up by proud parents and Hoover
ch0ok their hands. This started another
...;tcropping of extended hands, and the
crush became so alarming that police
pushed the people back. blind eX-
laI iV1fn tIn
nominee shook hands with him, too.
From Ogden the train headed for the
Great Salt Lake through fertile valleye,
squeezed between Snow-feStooned noun
tains of the Wasatch range. While
other members of the party wondered
at the quiet vastneSS of the saline in
land sea. as settlers of covered wagon
days had wondered or exclaimed over
the grandeur of cloud-Wreathed peaks
or the desert stretches beneath them
fiecked with sagebrush, Hoover picked
UP Beveridge's Life of Lincoln" and
became engrossed in the story of the
Great Emancipator.
Later on he tired of reading, ex-
cused himself and went to his COM
partment for nap. He slept so long
that he had to call off plans for con-
ference with the newspaper men in the
later afternoon, poStponing 1t for this
morning.
Hoover's only relaxation on the trip
has been reading. He has seized eager
ly the few opportunities afforded to
loo: at books. magazines or newspapers
The rest of his days have been filled
with handshaking, speechmaking or
debating.
Secretaries Are Busy.
Hoover's personal secretarial staff has
had pretty busy time of it, The staff
includes Misses Myra McGrath, Ann G.
Shankey and Ruth Fesler. to which
may be added the name of Mrs. Hoo
ver'S own secretary, Miss Mildred Hall.
They maintain Offices on the car ad-
joining the Hoover private car. Allan
Hoover, younger son of the nominee,
divides his time between the private
car, the offices and the press cars. He
mingles with the crowds at the various
stat ons, wholly unrecognized and thor
oughly enjoying his experiences.
\ motion picture machine and a
portable phonograph have been set up
in the club car, and at night the men,
bers of the party Oho have completed
their tasks adjourn to the car and en-
10y the latest comedies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover have not found
time to join these parties, but Satur-
day night they sent in crate of
luscious apples for the bunch to MUNICH.
The apples were gift from KanSan,