New Britain herald., 1928-10-11
DENY HOOVER HAS
OIL PROPERTIES
0arSe Made Regarding Hold.
in8s in South America

Washington. Oct. II ga charge
that Herbert Hoover lis credited
with owning oil and mining proper
ties in Colombia and Mexico and mas
been vigorously made. accompanied
by q sweeping cnial.
The allegation was sponsored ny
Henry Clay Hansbrough, once a re-
publican senator from North Da-
kota. now a supporter OF Governor
Alfred E. Smith. With it he coupled
a demand that Hoover wlthdra"
from the presidential campaign ana
permit the selection Of republican
candidate who cannot be lnna-
enced in handling our foreign rela-
tons"
Allen Denies IL
The denial came from Henry }.
Allen, director of publicity for 'he
republican national committee. La'e
Yesterday after being shown an aa-
vance COPY of a speech prepared by
Hansbrough for delivery last night
at Minneapolis, Allen sent a teie-
gram to the former senator assert
ing that there was no foundation
for such statements and declaring
that they could "only be uttered
for the purpose Of gaining votes ny
deliberate lies"
Undeterred, Hansbrough said ne
could not be brushed aside by the
cry Of ''liar" and went forward WIN
hi. address at Minneapolis.
Herbert Hoover, he said, lis cred
tied with being the owner OF l,'e''-
900 acres of oil producing land N
the Republic Of Colombia and OF
even larger concessions in Mexico
Private Property
"In the event that it becomes
necessary for our marines to &c
into those countries to protec'
American interests he continued
they will, in fact. be giving thel1
lives to protect the private properly
Of the president OF the lhl'eu
States or of those to Whom he
transferred it in order to run 1or
president. -
"Our delicate foreign relations
will not permit of presidential i'm
perialism. II We select as our
president one who has, or ever has
had, large private foreign interests
most certainly il can be said that
these United States, are governed
not for the benefit of the people as
\ whole, but for the benefit OF the
president as an individual"
Has Evidence
Hansbrough declared further thai
he has positive evidence of the
truth Of his charges and Hoover
the Mellon brothers, the Standard
Oil of Indiana, and the notorious
Albert B. Fall have Joined AND
severally invaded the Republic OIL
Colombia; that they have large con
cessions of rich oil and gold mine
lands along the Magdalena rivel
there, or did have them, which II
the light OF the issues of this cam
paign amounts to the same thing.
Hoover, Allen said in his teie
gram of denial, has never oWnei
an acre of oil concessions or hat
a dollar invested directly or Indirect
ly in any business of any kind IL
the Republic of Colombia and he
does not own a dollars worth Of
stock or an acre of oil land or an,
other property in the Republic o.
Mexico. The delivery OF this speecf
leads to the inevitable conclusion
that you are inaugurating the mos
malicious campaign of libel and
Islander that has characterized thu
history of presidential elections"
Based on Facts
Shown q copy OF Aliens tele
gram, A. made public here, Hans
hrough declared that the republican
publicity director should go to tn
sources" He referred him to vari
Gus oil land maps. trade reviews aEt
publications devoted to the oil in
dustry, mentioning them by rame.
Tho charges ! have made" h
said, have been based on facts"