Evening star., 1928-11-10
HOOVER EXPECTED
TO LEAVE IN WEEK
ON GOODWILL TOUR
Sudden Announcement to
Visit Latin America Will
Delay Return Here.
DETAILS OF CRUISE SOUTH
YET TO BE WORKED OUT
Will Go on Battleship Maryland.
May Not Reach Capital Until
in January.
BY REX COLLIER,
STAFF Correspondent OF The star.


PALO ALTO, Calf, November To-
President-elect Herbert Hoover was
making arrangements today for an early
departure from Palo Alto in pursuance
of his decision to embark on an ex-
tended goodwill cruise to Latin
America.
The post-election serenity Of the
palatial Hoover home on San Juan Hill
has been disrupted by the sudden an
nouncement yesterday afternoon CT
plans for the surprise mission Of friend
ship to Central and South America.
Indications today were that the next
President might leave Pa1o Alto within
week. He plans to board a battle
ship, probably the Maryland, in San
Francisco harbor and begin a lengthy
sea voyage that possibly will keep him
away from the United States for two
months.
1t is reported that Hoover will avoid
the Panama Canal and land further
south on the west coast of South
America, probably Chile. From there
he would start his tour of the vast
country in the continent to the south
of the United States, finally crossing
| over the Andes to an eastern port,
where another battleship would carry
him back to his own country. Such a
program would land him back in the
United States early in January, leav-
| Ing him about six or seven weeks to
select his cabinet and attend to the
| unpretentious Inauguration plans.
Details of the projected trip will be
completed within few days, the Presi-
dent-elect stated yesterday afternoon,
| following announcement in Washington
| of the receipt at the White House of his
| telegram telling President Coolidge of
! his plans. The message requested as
signment Of the battleship Maryland for
the voyage, and explained that Hoover's
purpose Is to engender cordial pam
American relations and familiafize him
self with problems common to North
and South America.
Hoover'S formal disclosure of his plans
did not catch newspaper men wholely
OF their guard. Rumors of such trip
had been flying thick and fast on San
Juan Hill since election day. In fact,
| The Stars correspondent learned that
such a thought was struggling for ex-
| preston in the back of Hoover's mind
| before "the chief" left the National
| Capital
The writer made mention of It in a
| speculative way in a story printed by
The Star several days prior to the trip
to Palo Alto.
Kellogg Visits Recalled.
It Is believed here that the matter
was. discussed at the mysteriously long
conference which Hoover held with the
President at the White House before
leaving for the West. 1t is recalled also
that Secretary Kellogg made several
visits to Hoover's Washington head
quarters and refused to disclose the
purpose of his call.
"I have had the suggestion of a visit
to certain Latin American countries
before me for some days" the Presi-
dent-elect stated yesterday afternoon.
1T has been cordially supported by
President Coolidge and by Secretary
Kellogg. There are considerations of
the time required and other matters
which delay final determination for
few days"
The President-elect has refused to
amplify this announcement. 1t is un-
certain yet whether Mrs. Hoover OF
other members of his family will ac-
company him. There is the problem
of where to quarter the correspondents,
too.
The ports of call are yet to be dis
closed. Mexico may be included, and
conjecture mentions also Colombia,
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina
and Brazil. The trip would provide the
prospective Chief Executive an excellent
opportunity to obtain first-hand obsert
vations of the situation in Nicaragua
stormy petrol of Latin American affairs
during the Coolidge administration.
Hoover always has been deeply in
terested in pan-American relations, not
only as they effect world peace, but as
they bear upon foreign trade of the
United States. As Secretary of COM
merce he gave much personal attention
to opening up South American markets
for manufactured products of this coun-
try until today American-made auto
mobiles and dry goods and motion pic
lures and other articles of commerce
have widespread popularity.
The voyage. furthermore, will give the
tired President-to-be an opportunity to
relax in peaceful contemplations of
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