Evening star., 1928-10-23
BIC HOOVER RALLY
HERE TOMORROW
Hibben and Garfield to Be
Speakers at Washington
- :. Auditorium Meeting.

The Hoover-Curtis drive in the vote
less District of Columbia gains mo-
mentum daily Various campaign groups
are cooperating in the movement to
get out the correspondence vote" and
to line up that vote for the Repub-
lican cause.
The high light of the local drive will
be the mass meeting at the Washington
Auditorium tomorrow night at S:15
o'clock, when President Hibben Of
Princeton University and President
Garfield of Williams College will take
the platform In support of the Hoover
cause. Garfield Is a son OF President
Garfield.
Believed Of National Importance.
I'VE realize it is a little unusual to
hold a political meeting Of this size in
VoteleSS Washington it was announced
today by Francis E. Pope, chairman Of
the Hoover-CurtiS university committee,
under whose auspices the meeting is
being staged, but, due to the promi-
nence of the speakers, we felt that
their words would be reported national
ly, so as to call general attention to
the stand of the prominent university
people on the desirability of electing
Hoover and Curtis on November g."
Several speakers extolled Hoover and
criticized the Democratic nominee at
o Republican rally last night In the
Wardman Park Theater, under auspices
of the Hoover-CurtiS Club Of the Dis
trict. Herman j. Galloway, Assistant
Attorney General, the principal speaker,
pointed out that Hoover has national
and international experience in public
affairs, while Gov. Smiths experience
is limited to New York State.
Cites Smith Inaccuracies.
Robert v. Fleming, bank president,
called attention to inaccuracies in some
of Gov. Smiths statements regarding
Federal expenditures in the District of
Columbia. Others who spoke included
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, nationai
commit for the District; John
w. Finely, assistant district attorney;
rett, George E. McNeill and Pearl Bell
man Klein, the last named represent
ing the Republican Professional Wom-
ems League. John Lewis Smith, preSi-
dent of the club, called the meeting to
order, and Marshal Edgar G. Snyder
presided.
Mrs. Edward E. Gam, sister of sena-
tor Curtis, Republican presidential
nominee, discussed the tariff and farm
relief at meeting of the League of
Republican Women at the home Of
Mrs Sidney Cloman, 1900 Kalorama
road, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. e. A.
Hartman, president of the league, re-
ceiyed the guests with Mrs. Cloman.
Suggestions to Get Vote.
Mrs. Wilson Prickett of Philadelphia
gave some practical suggestions as to
ways and means of getting out the vote.
Miss Pearl Chase Of Santa Barbara,
Calf, chairman Of the committee which
has for the past four years won first
prize in the Better Homes in America
movement, Of which Herbert Hoover is
the national. chairman, also spoke.
Mai. Francis Scott Key Smith spoke
on the issues OF the campaign, espe-
cially where those issues touched the
Constitution of the United States.
The next meeting Of the league viii
be In the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward r. Colladay ne$t Monday at 3
o'clock in the afternoon This meeting
win be in the nature of o birthday
party for the league afltfEa houSewarrn-
ing of the newly completed residence Of
Mr.. COlladay, the Republican national
committeeman for the District Of Co
lumbia.