Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12
HOOVER PLEDGES FARM
AID AND ENFORCEMENT
IN ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

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the campaign" said Mr.. Hoover early
in his address. 1T shall be an honest
campaign. every penny will be publicly
| accounted for 1t shall be a true CAM
paign. We shall use words to convey
our meaning. not hide it,"
Further in his address, the candidate
again reverted to the same subject. He
said;
In the past years there has been
corruption participated in by individual
officers and members of both political
parties, in National. State and munich
| pal affairs. Too often this corruption
! has been viewed with indifference by
a great number Of our people. IT would
seem unnecessary TO state the elemental
| requirement that government must in
! Spire confidence not only in its ability,
! but in its integrity Dishonesty in
| government, whether National State or
| municipal Is double wrong. It Is
treason 10 tie state 1t Is destructive
| OF self government"
Pays Tribute to Labor.
( To organized labor in this country
| Mr.. Hoover paid a high tribute, point
ing out that unlike the trade union
movement in other countries. in Amer
lea 1t has been a Stanch supporter of
| American indivioualiSm and American
| institutions
Organized labor has awaited Mr..
HooverS address with no little interest
IN what he might say about the use Of
inJunctions in labor disputes. The
candidate had this to say:
The Republican platform gives the
pledge of the party TO the support of
labor. 1t indorses the principle of COL
lective bargaining and freedom In la
Dor disputes, We stand also pledged
TO the eurtailment of excessive use OF
| the injunction in labor diputes"
| Throughout his address Mr.. Hoover
| stressed the human side. If here and
| there he used figures and statistics il
was only to more strongly emphasize the
| TACT that the business of government
Is the good Of the people. and that mere
government Is not the end of govern
ment. He said, for example:
our party platform deals mainly
with economic problems. but our Ma
ton Is not an agglomeration of rail-
roads, OF ships. of factories, of dyna-
mos, or statistics. It is a Nation of
homes, Nation of men, of women.
OF children. Every man has q right
TO ask OF us whether the United States
Is better place for him, his wife and
his children to live In because the Re-
publican party has conducted the Gov
eminent for nearly eight years Every
woman has right to ask whether her
| life her home, her mans Job. her hopes.
I mill ha kaaF4a a
the continuance Of the Republican
| party in power"
Emphasizes BENEFITS.
In that light Mr. Hoover went ahead
with his discussion Of public questions
He painted remarkable picture of the
/ postwar readiustment and development
in this country during the eight years
of Republican rule. He stressed par
| ticularly the benefits which have come
TO Americas children in this period
| Most Of ALL. he said, Il like TO re-
member what this progress has meant to
| Americas children. The portal of their
| opportunity has been ever widening
While our population has grown but
| y per cent, we have increased by IL per
| cent the number Of children In our
| grade schools, by SO per cent the num-
| Der In our high schools and by rs per
| cent the number in our institutions of
| higher learning"
| Mr.. Hoover's tribute to President
| Coolidge and his leadership Is not an
unimportant part of his address. He
| gives to MIR. Coolidge full credit for
bearing IN large part the burden Of
| Government In the period Of recon-
struction, and declares that the Nation
| owes much TO his leadership. He ex-
| pressed his own feeling of gratitude to
| the President under whom he has
| worked for the last six years.
Il would violate my conscience and
| the gratitude ! feel" said MIR Hoover,
did ! not upon this occasion express
| appreciation Of the great President who
| leads our party today President Cool
| idge has given not only a memorable
| administration; he has left an imprint
| Of fectitude and craftsmanship upon
the history of our country. His has
been the burden Of reconstruction Of
our country from the destruction of
war He has dlgnified economy TO a
principle Of government. He has chart
ed the course of our Nation and our
party over many years to come II Ia
not only q duty but il Is the part OF
| craftsmanship that we adhere 10 thin
course"
To this extent, Mr. Hoover has COM
mitted himself and the Government II
he Is elected. To the Coolidge policies.
Declares For Peace.
There is no purpose, apparently. In
Mr.. Hoovers mind Ia change the for
eign policy of the United States He
declared that Americas foreign policy
has one primary object, peace. But
he declared, too, for adequate prepared
ness We must not only be just, We
must be respected" he said He made
II clear that the country under his
leadership would maintain its indie
pendenee from the political exigencies
Of the Old World
TarlH revision he promised where Il
was needed for sound purposes, and he
expressed his satisfaction that the
Government has entered upon pro,
gram Of flood protection IN the Mis-.
sissippi Valley
The general feeling among Republic.
an leaders IN Washington is that Mr.
Hoover by his acceptance speech has
greatly strengthened himself with the
voters. They regard IT as a campaign
document Of great value TO the party
IN It's effort 10 carry the election IL
November
Mr. Hoover, who has been pictured
many times as the benefaetor Of the
woman vote In the coming election
made his plea 10 the women to take
part in bringing out Il fun vote, In view
| Of the fact that one half the citizens al