Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-17
HOOVER DEPARTS
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
IN EAST AT NEWARK
Nominee, Seeking Industrial
Vote, viii Speak on
"Labor."
CROWD CHEERS AS TRAIN
LEAVES UNION STATION
New Jersey City Plans Big Turn.
out-Candidate Will Tour
Through State.

With Gov Smith already on the road,
Herbert Hoover forsook his general
headquarters here today to make his
first campaign sally into the East.
Waving farewell to group of friends
at Union Station this morning, the Re-
publican presidential candidate turned
his face toward the political front In
New Jersey, where from a rostrum In,
Newark tonight he will bid for the votes
of those in industry.
AS he moved to within striking dis
tance Of New York, his principal ad-
versary, Gov. Smith, was evacuating
that State for pioneer venture into
the West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover, their son Allan,
George E. Akerson, assistant to the
candidate, and a small personal staff
left by special train at $40 o'clock.
They were accompanied by score Of
newspaper correspondents and photog-
raphers. Bradley Nash, Hoover's Sec
retary, was in the small gathering who
bade goodbye to the party at the
station. Several dozen early travellers
recognized Hoover and their greeting
drew a smile and nod of appreciation
from the candidate.
To Visit Edison.
The train was scheduled to arrive at
Newark at 2 o'clock this afternoon,
daylight saving time. There he is be-
ing met by a long procession of auto
mobiles and escorted through the
Oranges and Montclair to t1fe home Of
Thomas A. Edison at West Orange for
brief courtesy call Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoover will spend the night at the
Edison home.
The address tonight on Labor will
be delivered in the 1st Regiment
Armory, which has seating capacity
of 10000. Amplifiers will carry the
speech to those outside the hall. and q
chain of radio stations will broadcast
the message to millions of voters. WRC
in this city will be linked in the chain.
The address will begin at $3.50 Eastern
standard time.
Hoover appeared primed for the trip
this morning, after a day of rest away
from campaign problems. He attended
church with Mrs. Hoover and Allan
yesterday morning at the Friends
meeting house on Thirteenth street. A
handful of persons stood outside the
church.
Labor Leader Sends Word.
Before leaving Washington, Mr..
Hoover received word of encourage
ment from an Eastern labor leader with
respect to his standing among working
men, The message came from John B.
Cooper. for IS years leading figure In
labor circles of Pittsburgh and exalted
ruler of the Pittsburgh Lodge of Elks.
Cooper announced he is for Hoover
and Curtis because Hoover always has
taken the side of labor when he could
easily have sidestepped," and because
of his stand on tariff and immigration.
On. the eve of the candidates appeal
to the industrial East, the Republican
national committee has issued several
statements calling attention to Hoover's
sympathy for labor and his efforts to
protect American industry from foreign
monopolies and emphasizing how the
lot of the wage Garner has improved
under Republican policies.
High lights of statement on Pros
perity During the Last Eight Years" is
sued today, are:
''Ten million more wage earners are
employed than in 1921.
1.-The rate of wages Is higher than
ever before and from two to eight times
higher than wages prevailing elsewhere
in the world.
THE average price of agricultural
products has increased IS per cent
"Our foreign trade has increased over
80 per cent.
into power savings deposits have in
creased from SIS 900 000, 900 to S26,000,-
100000, or 73 per cent.
Conditions of industrial wage-earn-
ers are indicated by an increase of 215
per cent in the issuance of foreign pos
tai money orders Fifty per cent more
wage-earners are taking out industrial
insurance now than in 1921 and their
policies are twice as large.
Point to Prosperity.
american homes have doubled their
purchases since 1921, and the increases
in purchases reflect more than mere
necessities, in that they represent re-
modelled homes, addition of plumbing
and electrical appliances. refurnishing
of homes and other purchases possible
only in prosperous periods.
Americans have increased their pur-
chaSes of automobiles from an average
of 121, 900 month in 1921 to 245,-
900 a month in 1927. They also have
increased their consumption of gaso-
line more than 200 per cent over 1921
The statement concludes: In this
record both the Republican candidates
for President and Vice President have
made important contributions and have
been ls<ders-Herbert Hoover as
member OF the cabinet developing CO.
operation between the Government
and business to new plane Of service
and Charles Curtis as Republican leader
of the Senate in the legislative branch
Of the Government" The release is
based on a section of the campaign
textbook" just published.
DR.. William A. McKeever, director OF
the School of Creative Psychology.
Kansas State University, Topeka, Kans.,
a lifelong Democrat, wrote Publicity
Director Henry Allen of the Republican
national committee today that he will
support the Hoover Curtis ticket. As
psychologist he has analyzed Hoover's
personality. he said, and found "a rare
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