Evening star., 1928-06-08
ANYTHING TO STOP
HOOVER" |SSLOGAN
Opposition to Secretary in
Desperate Attempt to Block
His Nomination.
Ry Stan Correspondent of The star

Ry Stan Correspondent of The Star.
KANSAS CITY, June 8.-"Anything
or any one to stop Hoover"
This is the cry of the allied opposition
to the nomination of the Secretary of
Commerce for President by the Repub-
lican national convention. The battle of
the Missouri River has become the bat
tie of the Marne for the .anti-Hoover
coalition. They have lost the first round
the delegate contests before the Re-
publican national convention committee.
They have been q leaderless, more or
less unorganized mass opposition. Now
the allies are planning to get down to
brass tackS
chief, or chief of staff, to direct pro-
ceedings. Each of the opposition can
didates to Mr. Hoover-Frank Q. Low
den OF Illinois. Senator Curtis of Kan
sas. Senator Watson of Indiana, Senator
Norris OF Nebraska, Senator Goff of
West Virginia and Senator Borah of
ldaho-iS to be asked. or has already
been asked, to join in the battle against
MFR, Hoover
Publicity Chief Named.
The Eastern opposition to Hoover is
asked also to participate, representing
the draft Coolidge movement.
The allies have taken other steps
AT a midnight meeting last night. Mrs
Ruth Hanna Mccormick of Illinois was
picked as chairman of publicity COM
n1ittee to present the allies cause.
The great bulk of the publicity which
has gone out of Kansas City since the
meeting of the Republican national
committee last Monday has been pro-
Hoover. 1t will be the duty of Mrs
Mccormick and her assistants to see
that the anti Hoover flavor is found in
as many news stories as possible
Another step was to appoint Repre-
sentative Vestal of Indiana chairman OF
a committee to determine whether the
allies should seek to have the decision
of the national committee in the dele
gate contested cases overthrown by the
committee on credentials and by the
convention itself Rarely however. has
credentials committee and national
convention turned down the work of
the national committee in the delegate
contested cases.
Committee Meetings Fair.
Furthermore, although the allies have
raised the cry of Steam Roller" against
the Hoover forces which control the ma
tional committee. the hearings before
the national committee revealed to inn
partial observers the fact that in every
case the law and the facts were on the
side of the Hoover instructed delegates.
1t is exceedingly doubtful that the allies
would win In an effort to have the con-
tested delegate cases reversed. If they
lose, 1t Is only another demonstration
of strength by the Hoover forces. Among
those attending the midnight meeting
last night we're Senator Watson, Lou"
Emmerson of Illinois, Republican nomi-
nee for governor and Lowden lieu-
tenant: Clarence Buck the Lowden
manager; Mrs. Mccormick, Henry Mar
shall. delegate to the convention from
Indiana. and several other Watson
workers frcn the Hoosier State.
Republican Club Planned.
Another meeting was held this morn
ing An effort along the same lines is
found In the organization of Repub-
lican club to work for the nomination
of any lifelong Republican. with a
dig at Hoover because of the charge
that he was not sure in 1920 whether
he was a Democrat or a Republican.
The club had its first meeting In the
room OF Col C. C. Littleton. Fort Worth,
Tex. Col Littleton was defeated in his