Evening star., 1928-06-15
HOOVER BATTLES
HIS WAY TO TOP
Left School at Age of II on
First Invasion of BuSi-
ness World.
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to appear. He has sought not only to
have better homes but cheaper homes
by eliminating waste In construction.
Architects and builders as a class have
responded 70 his suggestions In the
interest Of the workers, Hoover stirau-
lated the builders 10 do as much work
as possible In the Winters so as TO
| prevent the recurrence OF seasons Of
| unemployment
Hoover's work as Secretary OF Com
merce has been so wide and so varied
that most Of 1t must necessarily be
| passed over IN an article OF this length
He speeded up and improved the work
| OF the Bureaus Of the Census. the Blu
| reau Of Standards, the Patent Office
ana all Of the other bureaus Of his de-
| partn1ent.
Then there Is radio. which fell first
under Hoover's control He issued 10
WBz the first broadcasting license in
history. He envisaged the future OF
/ radio In its early stages OF development.
and In 1921 he called 1t publicly the
| most important new instrument for in
! teiiectuai communication since Guten-
berg began casting movable type Be-
! Tore the great development OF radio
/ began he saw the need OF Government
control, OF keeping the channels Of the
air open
This" he said, lis Just as impor-
| tant as to keep our channels OF navi-
CATION open for our ships"
He called together representatives of
all interests dealing with radio broad
| casting. From this series OF annual
conferences grew, and effective methods
Of traffic control were worked out.
Then Hoover, realizing the need of
radio laws, laid the question before
| Congress, urging that the public rights
| In the air be preserved The present
| radio law Is the result
/ Nor must commercial aviation be
overlooked In writing of Hooyer's re-
cent activities He summoned, in 1924.
a committee representing that infant
| Industry and plans were made for its
/ development. The department made a
thorough study. for use In this country,
/ Of the experience Of European cour-
tries with commercial aviation When
| President Coolidge appointed the Nor
| row board IN look into military ayiA-
/ ton, Hoover suggested a program of
| commercial aviation 10 reinforce the
military arm He induced Congress 10
pass an act creating Division OF Ay-
alton In the Department of Commerce
| American aviation became a live or
| ganisu1. This month we have approxi-
mately 1900 miles Of lighted and
marked airWays Factories making air
planes have multiplied all over the
country
Flood Control Work.
Passing over innumerabie other ac-
tiVities, we come ~ the Mississippi food
0f last Spring. The Secretary Of Com
mefce had become popuiarly known "a
| Hoover the Heliever" President Cool
idge appointed him chairman Of com
nnittee 10 advise the President on flood
relief A. the personal representative
Of the President he went 10 the food
stricken district and the work he did
there, distributing supplies generously
given Dy the American people, viii long
be remembered by the people 0f the
lower Mississippi Valley In two months
the forces modified under his diree-
tion supervised the removal of TOO 900
refugees. Only six lives were lost. The
health Of those 100 900 Wse better than
In normal times
Hoover has been utilizing his tech.
nicAl and organizing ability to engineer
the material civilization of America a.
a whole Yet he has not lost the ideal.
Ism Lhat be Inherited from i1ie Quaker
mother, who was noted for her spiritual
appeal Wt1en she delivered sermons al
meeting houses In Iowa He has point.
ed the way which others und0nbtedi,
VIII follow long after he has gone. II
now seems that the years he spent
travelling over the giobe were but years
of preparation 10 serve his country
Ik has been The usual thing 10 ssS
that Hoover ig no politician But somt
persons have begun 10 wonder whether
he ig not the most e0ns1mmate Of poll,
tlcisns He has had better success Thar
any other cabinet member In getlint
Congress ~ approve hts recommends.
ti0rs lie hes been nominated for thl
presidency with sesrcely a visible eff0ri
on his own part, bit II has been noLiGeG
that he hss maintained nm ataiLud.
toward all political factions Ia Escenl