The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-18
HOOVER GIVES
LABOR PLEDGE
OF PROSPERITY
Promises to Maintain High
Wage Scale Under
Ample Tariff.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

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noise and votes for him here in
the heart Of the wet eastern battle
ground.
The series of parades and demon
strationS extending together with
the reaction among Republican
leaders to his labor speech in the
Armory ledt him and his advisers
to believe they can expected the
best from this region.
The "big three" of the State Re
publican OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wal
ter E. Edge, Morgan F. Larsen, can
didate for Governor, and Hamilton
F. Keane, candidate for United
States Senator-agreed in state
ments to the United Press that
Hoover's speech, together with otl1et
normal developments, would help to
make continued prosperity the big
issue here.
Talks on Prosperity
"Hoover's speech swept away all
other issues" Edge said. II believe
he has won organized labor all over
the country. I know he has assured
Republican victory in New Jersey
by his appeal on the prosperity Is
sue"
Agreeing with Edge, Larson added
prediction that the Hoover Curtis
ticket would carry the State in No
vember by 100000 majority.
Although they did not say it, the
big three left the obvious impression
by their statements on prosperity
that they believed the prohibition
issue would not play its expected
dominant part in this wet area.
The nominee started this morning
on an automobile tour through Hud
son and Passaic Counties and an
inspection trip to the Newark air.
port, before lunching at the Elks
Club, with erator Edge and Repub-
lican leaders.
Continue Tour Today
He will leave after lunch to travel
across the State by motor to Tren-
ton, where at 5 p. m. he will board
a special train to return to Wash
ington.
His busy day Monday was
climaxed by the speech Monday
night to an audience of about TO-
600 persons inside the Armory, and
several thousand more outside, who
listened to the loud speakers.
In his address he promised con-
tinued prosperity under a protective
tariff which he said would maintain
the high American wage scale, con-
tinued restrictive immigration, curb
on the excessive use Of injunctions
in labor disputes and diminution Of
unemployment by distributing pub
lie works construction so as to fur
nish more jobs in slack times.
Earlier he travelled fifty miles by
motor through a dozen North New
Jersey communities, seeing upward
of $4,000 persons.
Spend Night With Edison
He, Mrs. Hoover and their son,
Allan, spent Monday night as guests
of Thomas A. Edison and Mrs. Edi-
son at their horne in Manic Park,
N. j.
Hoover in his speech urged free
dom in collective bargaining for la
Dor, and measures for increasing
efficiency to bring about more per-
feet living conditions.
eve can build toward perfection
only upon a foundation of prosper
ity," the candidate said.
Education, prohibition, invention,
scientific discovery, increase in skill
in managers and employees have
contributed to magnificent prog
ress."
Seeks Jobs for Everybody
But now the immediate problem
is furnishing a job for every man
who wants to work." he added.
He denied there is any wide
spread unemployment. He admitted
there are depressions in the textile
and bituninous coal industries
which must be relieved with al the
energy the Government can afford.
During the last two months, how
ever, he said, there has been a
higher record of production and
consumption of goods than during
corresponding months of any previ-
Gus year.
The nominee devoted one sentence
to the problem of using injunctiors
in labor disputes, saying: at is nee
essary to impose restrictions on the
excessive use of injunctions.
He likewise spent one sentence on
the contractual relations between
employers and workers, saying: 1.-The
position of the Republican party is
in positive support of free collective
bargaining"
Hoover said he was quite satisfied
generally with the present situa-
ton.
1--WE have had far longer period
of stability in industry and COM
merce and a far greater security OF
employment than ever before in our
history" he said.
1--WE have the highest ingenuity
and efficiency in the operation of
our individual industries. We are
exporting more goods aboard than
ever in our history"
The theme of his program was
summed up by the nominee as fol-
lows:
"Our economic system has abuses;
it has grave faults in its operation.
But we can build toward perfection