New Britain herald., 1928-10-27
ATTACKS h00VER'S
 BRITISH INTERESTS
Reed Says Candidate Was Di-
 rector in 29 Syndicats

Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 27-United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri told several thousand per- sons that overflowed the Elks' audi torium last night that Herbert Hoover was director of 29 British companies and that he did not vote in the United States until he was 46 years old. He also charged that the republican presidential nominee abetted the Harding administration in the transfer of oil land to Fall.
 Other speakers at the rally includ- cd United States senator Edward l. Edwards. nominee for reelection, and William l.. Dill, candidate for governor.
 Senator Reed said in part:
 Mir. Hoover lived all of his adult life, until he came here to take of- flee, in British territory. His Ameri- can citizenship is so much in doubt that it requires certification.
 Accordingly, Dr. Work, having been appropriately buoyed up by the certificate of the attorney general that he. Work, had illegally and wrongfully given Sinclair an illegal oil contract, in turn solemnly certi- fies that Herbert Hoover never real ly quite became a British subject.
 '"The certificate admits his name was on the British lists as a quali- fled voter, but. s;,ys the learned doc tor, 1t was all Il mistake. Hoover Was only a British taxpayer.
 ''Thc certificate admits that Hoover owned property in England; i; also it is admitted that in 1914 he Was the director of 29 British com- panies and that his brother was 8 director in fifteen. They say he held no directorship since 1919. 'The certificate is in fact very bungling piece of lodging. It admits that for two years before he assum- ed d great public office in America. he was still director in British companies. which implies a financial interest. And it does not deny that he still is financially interested in these companies.
 "Thc very fact that he denies di- rectorship and does not deny finan- cial interest strongly implies that the interests exist.
 Why this quibbling, Why not a plain and unequivocal statement that his erstwhile large financial operations and interests were ter minated and when and how. coupled with statement as to the place and where his fortune is now invested.
 T unhesitatingly challenge Mir. Hooer personally to answer these questions.
 Consider the spectacle. Think of the American citizenship or resi- dence of Washington. Jefferson, for moment in doubt.
 Think of placing the control of our foreign policies in the hands of man who left the United States at the age of 93 years and for the next 23 years chose to live under the Union Jack; who was there. certified as qualified voter, who established his abode in London: was rendered a title by the British government: who was director in 29 British companies; who, if he did not vote there, did not vote here until he was 46 years of age: who was a British Liberal in 1917: 2 democrat in 1918: candidate for l the democratic nomination for presi- dent in the spring of 1920: sup porter of Harding in the autumn of the same year, and republican member of the cabinet in March 1921.
 Ponder these indisputable facts and answer-can the destiny of tile republic be safely entrusted to MT. Hoover?"