Evening star., 1928-09-15
HOOVER DISCUSSES
PLANS FOR WINNING
STATES IN THE EAST
Coils. Roosevelt, MacNider
and Robbins Confer With
Nominee.
WILL REST AT HOME
BEFORE JERSEY TOUR
Speaker Longworth, Holding Ohio
"Safe," Offers to Stump
for Candidate.

A tactical campaign of military-like
strategy designed to capture the East
for Herbert Hoover was being planned
here today by a group of real Repub-
lican soldiers.
Headed by Col. Hanford MacNider
and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and in
Guiding men of the military service from
various parts of the East, members of
the Eastern Division of the Republican
Service League convened here for con-
ferences with Chairman Work of the
Republican national committee and
with the Republican candidate himself.
Col. Roosevelt, who is chairman of
the leagues advisory committee, came
from Chicago to attend the meeting.
Conferees were principally Eastern
State chairmen of the Service Leag1e.
Col. G. b. Robbins, Assistant Secretary
OF War, and State chairman for Iowa,
attended the meeting. The group were
to lunch with Hoover at his S street
nome today.
Longworth Offers Aid.
Speaker Longworth, of the Hcrse
Of Representatives, visited Hoover to-
day. and offered his services on the
stump in Ohio. The speaker said that
ne had no definite plans yet for cam
palgnlng In his home State, but de-
clared ne intended to do all he could
in behalf of the Republican cause
He asserted that Ohio would be safo-
ly In the Republican column in Nc
vember.
Longworth said that he had lust re-
turned from journey through the
East, and that conditions generally
were favorable for Hoover, except that
Massachusetts and Rhode Island had
some rough spots" He expressed con-
tidence that these spots" would be
Ironed out before the campaign is over
George Akerson. assistant to Mr..
hoover, has issued a statement reply
ing to criticism by Henry c. Hans
orough. former Republican Senator
from North Dakota, about Hoover's
Iailure to reply TO letter Hansbrough
Wrote MN In denunciation Of the
Smith
Mr.. Hansbrough's letters were given to
the press before Mr.. Hoover even had a
chance to read them. Akerson said
That is discourteous practice which
Mr.. Hoover himself never indulged in
He refused to pay attention to such
communications when they are handled
IN that way. That is not the way
gentlemen do things"
To Rest Over Week End.
Hoover plans to spend a quiet week
end at his home here. resting up for
his whirwind automobile tour of New
Jersey. Monday and Tuesday. He will
attend services tomorrow morning nj
one OF the Quaker meeting houses and
PROBABLY Will take motor drive in the
afternoon
The candidate will leave here Monday
morning at $3.50 o'clock by special train
and Is due to arrive in Newark. N. J..
ac O'Clock, daylight-saving time. He
VIII be met at the station there by a
group OF New Jersey Republicans in
motor cars, who will escort him through
me oranges and Mcntclair. He will stop
at the home of Thomas A. Edison. in
west Orange, and later will spend the
night there.
HIS labor" addresses will be deIiy-
ered In the First Regiment Arnlory.
Newark, Monday night at 9 O'clock
daylight-saving time The speech will
be broadcast over WRC and a chain of
other stations.
Tuesday will be spent in touring Hud-
son and Bergen Counties. The journey
Will DC halted long enough for Hoover
70 take luncheon with Senator Edge
az newark. The return to Washington
VIII begin at Trenton at S O'Clock Ties
day afternoon.
The Republican national committee
lnaugurated its radio campaign last
nlgnC Wnen several of its officials broad
cast oevelopmentS of the Republican
orlve over WMAL and a chain of sta
IONS out OF town. Chairman Work.
secretary Franklin Fort, Publicitv Df-
rector Henry Allen and Mrs Alvin II
Hert, vice chairman. we're among fhosa
who spoke
Statesmen Organize.
In pursuance of a promise made uer-
sonally to Hoover earlier this week. a
group OF 40 sales executives from all
over the country have organized the
t1oover-CurtS SaleSmen's Prosperity
League (Non-Partisan), ;" with headquar-
sers IN tne transportation Building, it
was announced at Republican head
zation is to line up the gIO. .1O0 trsvei-
ing statesmen of the country for Hoover
1t is stated, and to work through the
statesmen IN reaching millions in the
retail selling business.
E. st. Elmo Lewis of Detroit was
elected chairman of the league. r n
Gibbs OF New York City secretary and
Snarles w. Hoyt of New York treasurer
Cnaries Evans Hughes will speak in
the Eastern, Midwestern and western
sections OF the country. making half a
dozen addresses in all, it was ANNOUNCE
ed mere Yesterday by John O. Tilson.
director OF the Eastern division of the
Hepuohcan speakers bureau.