Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-25

With Herbert Hoover's arrival at his
| Palo Alto campus home, 1t develops
that Stanford men and women through
out the country, practically irrespective
of politics, are getting ready to line up
in phalanx behind the Purple and
Colds most illuStrious son. Because
fStanford is virtually the baby among
great American universitieS-it was
founded only in 189l~-its alumni ana
alumnae are mostly on the sunny side
Of middle life. Hoover was one OF Stan
ford's earliest graduates-~95 one OF
the Democrats who probably will not
submerge his politics in college loyalty
in Richard r. Buchanan. publicity di-
rector Of the Democratic national COM
mittee and executive secretary OF the
Houston convention. Buchanan was at
Stanford with Hoover There's Demo-
cratic United States Senator. too~-Carl
r. HAYDEN of Arizona Stanford l900~-
who wishes Hoover we'll, but not too
we'll. Senator McNary, Republican, OF
Oregon Is a Stanford man, and des-
tined 10 be active in the formulation
of a Republican farm relief program,
A "McNary- Hoover bill" may emerge
some day, In the House, two Stanford
representatives sit, both Californian
Arthur M. Free Of San Jose and Philip
%. Swing OF Ell Centre, Boulder Dam
pioneer.
The signal for Stanford's sons and
daughters to get busy probably VIII
be Hoover's speech OF acceptance Ill
| the vast 80 900 seated Palo Alto sta-
dunn. Never before will there have been
| an American national political event
SO stepped In collegiate atmosphere a
! trio OF college presidents VINO alc
| Hoover boosters includes Dr. Ray
LYMAN Wilbur Of Standard, Or. VIII
| liam Wesley Guth OF Goucner, u 70
| cIassmate Of the G.. o. +. standard
| bearer. and DR.. Cloyd IL. Marvin ~
George Washington. In the aiVetsl, ,
fled fields OF business life Stanford
men dot the landscape everywhere.
Ernest N. Smith, general manager Oh
the American Automobile Association
is one of them. Kari Bickel, president
of the United Press, Is another. jack
son E. Reynolds, president OF the FIRST
National Bank of New York, got MS
stanford sheepskin year after Hoover
at least one Wall Street magnate,
who NAV be for the Californian, though
REYNOLDS Is listed as Democrat, WIN
and Wallace Irwin, Bruce BliVen,
Aurania Flierbeck, Dennison II, Clift
and Charles X. Field are among the
writing fraternity who we're at stan
ford. DR.. Vernon l.. Kellogg, secretary
Of the National Research Council, iof
many years Stanford professor, is
member OF the Hoover inner circle at
washington.
Political historians Will record no
greater phenomenon than the recon-
rnh
uerbert Hoover. For eight years the
Two distinguished CalifornianS disliked
each other with enthusiasm amounting
In ferocity. The fend began with
Hooycr's ill-starred attempt TO capture
the 1920 Republican delegation from
california With the Secretary OF
C,ommerce's entry into the Harding
cabinet year later 1t became Ven~
delta. johnson did most OF the hating.
but Hoover never stayed awake loving
Hiram. Harding tried 10 bring the
arch foes together. lie wanted them 10
meet at q White House dinner, The
story goes that Hoover was Wiling,
| though not eager, but Johnson de-
INJURED Matters did not improve In
1924. when Hoover helped 10 snow
Hiram under the Coolidge primary land
slide, which robbed johnson Of his own
| states delegation at Cleveland. Dur
| ing the past year or two the asperitlea
on both sides steadily subsidized, john
son ren0unced his ambition 10 become
! President His attitude toward former
| >nemies mellowed. He let 1t be known
| that he regarded HonVef's work at the
| Department ot Commerce great con-
striIetive achievement. Then 1929 APP
| preached, Hoover was an aspifant for
| the presidency, johnson a candidate
! for reelection 10 the Senate, They
agreed TO bury the Ratchet and throw