Evening star., 1928-03-08
Hoover Won Bout With Foes,
According to Nations. Views

Assuming as did certain part Of the
press OF the country that Secretary
| Hoover was called by q Senate COM
/ mittee - give his views on Mississippi
/ food control with the purpose OF en-
| verdict is that he came out victorious
over factional foes Some comments
| indicate belief that he should have
taken more decided position. Op
! the other hand. MANY agree that as q
| member OF the administration he was
! bound TO take the position he did as 70
| the recommendations Of other branches
! OF the Government.
1T should be clearly understood =
| protests the New Orleans Tribune Dem
! ocraticl. that none of the louisiana
/ leaders In the flood-control fight, nor
| Chairman Reid. nor any of the Lowe,
/ Valleys other allies. brought Mr Hoover
To the stand Mr.. Reid and his coli
| leagues In the t.ood-control committee
! indeed. decided not 10 do 50. when
conducting their own hearings, The
Secretary was summoned at the insist
ence Of colleagues opposing him III th7
current campaign. Regardless Of al
| that, we regret that his testimony was
| not more conclusive. since We believe
that the expression Of his own opinion
unfettcred by any sense o. Official
! restraint, would have done our cause
more good"
The Judgment tina; Mr.. Hoover was
better informed on the subject than
those who Questioned him Is formed by
the Columbus Ohio State Journal IRE
puhltcam and Fort Wayne NewS-SSn-
t!nel tRspuh,lcanl. while the Bellinsnam
Herald tindependent Republican, be-
| lieveS that In that test he Won pres
| tige. adroitly toiled an attempt to drive
a wedge between him and the adriniS-
, tratson, and lest his opponents be-
wildccd," The Youngstown Nindicatoy
/ tDCmocraticn SAYS that Senator Willis
was like timid hunter who had sud-
denly encountered q bear" That paper
also feels that Mr., fhsovcr took such a
straightforward stand on the question
that the country must admire him more
than ever"
He bore a Sp>cia, re&pcnSieility, ="
explains the Flint Daily Journal tince.
pendenn, in that any stand he mtsh,
take before the Senate committee would
hMd him IN certain course cf action
III the important matter of ftc>Nd relief
IN the event that ne should be elected
to the presidency himself Fcrsunasely,
his views and those ot the adMniStra-
ton coincide. as most Of his friends
believed they would" The Schenectady
Gagette (indegsndent pemocrattcl Of.
GerS the opinion, We Should not ex>
pect him. under the circumstances, to
come out strongly for plan that would
antagonisc the electors at the MiSSiSStapi
region, Neither would We expect HIM TO
so counter IL the President. whose
friendship may he the sole difference
between a majority and 4 minority In
the coming convention
"A neat can,prumiSs Is Effected" as
viewed by the HanStan Chronicle tDSm.
ocratieN, which, viii dtSgAsSe OF any
haSic dsitercnceS ot opinion until after
the Fall eleetianS, Which seems % say
rather clearly that the administration
plans to rsrpetuate itself through the
election et Nit, Hoover and that Mir
uoover plans the agile sisiesteeph,s OF
ss,addltns et such issues aN if,scd CON,
troll, farm relief Government operation
W shipping and waterepewer plants,
and almost eyerNth,ng else that affects
the eeenonle welfare ct the peNple,"
"rolitieat artt0lneSS" is the verdict
of the 81, Paul rionees Press ,maepend-
enh, which believes Mr AI,AVer,
blinded by the DISABLING yisicn et the
White huuNe, tesNniAs ahead" ThS
Omaha World Herald independently re-
marks, SECRETARY hceves Il A very
ssssed In the. e'NIls aud tnss,Saslss II