Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-26
HOOVER CONFERS
WITH DONOVAN ON
| PROHIBITION ISSUE
Nominees Aides Indicate
Stand May Be Same as in
Reply to Borah.
FARM-AlD SECTION
OF SPEECH COMPLETED
leaves for San Francisco Home
coming and Fishing Trip
Tomorrow.
& the Associated Press.

g the Associated Press.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calf,
July 26.-Turning his attention to the
second Of the two outstanding issues
thus far developed in the presidential
eampaign--that of prohibition Herbert
Hoover is obtaining the views Of VIII
ham ]. Donovan, Assistant United
States Attorney General, and others on
some phases of this subject.
There naturally has been considerable
speculation as to just what the Repub-
ncan presidential candidate is going to
say on the question which Alfred e.
Smith. the Democratic nominee, thrust
50 prominently into the campaign i'm
nlediately after his nomination at Hous-
ton, but some of Mr.. Hoover'S advisers
say he has not yet made up his own
mind as to that.
AS an index to what max be expect
&C. however, they point 70 the nomi-
nee'S own declaration in his reply to
the QUESTIONABLE submitted to him by
Senator Borah of Idaho during the pre-
convention campaign and the pro-
nouncement in the Republican platform
6~9tSDS0 al Aaa4StaS Si@a Ny dAtISot q
unanimous vote
Called mobile Experiment"
In the one Hoover described prohibi-
ton as noble experiment" and in the
other the party as a whole pledged it
self and the candidate TO an honest ef-
fort at enforcement Of both the eight
eenth amendment and the laws enacted
to carry it into force
The republican standard bearer al
ready has obtained the views OF many
party leaders on the other big issue
farm aid-and that section of his ad-
6ress IS almost IN complete form, al
though the nominee may make some
revtStcns in this as well as other sec
tons after the speech has been put into
type.
This is Mr.. Hoover's last day for con-
ferences and work for perhaps week.
as tomorrow he viii go to San Francisco
for the homecoming celebration at the
City Hal there and early Saturday
morning he viii start for the extreme
northern part of his home State for
fishing and recreation.
win Fish In Orereu.
As the schedule for the automobile
Journey has been worked out. the Re-
vortte sport both In Oregon and north
ern California. During the first dav
his party viii make a distance of $50
miles to Bull Fiat, where the night viii
be spent.
Resunning the trip early Sunday
morning, the caravan viii move to
Grants Pass. Greg. to spend the night
and for fishing in the Rogue River
early Monday. After that the nominee
viii press on to Yreka, Calf, and from
there 70 Browns Ranch. 90 miles dis
tant, where the angling VIII be resumed
in tributaries Of the Klamath River
The return trip via Mount Shasta. one
Of the highest peaks In the West and
the Sacramento Valley win be started
next Tuesday and Hoover expects to
be back home by next Wednesday or
Thursday.
On this outing the nominee win for
get politics and political speeches and
for that reason he has declined the
many invitations he has received from
yarious points In California and Oregon
for receptions. He wants TO lose his
identity as presidential candidate for
o few days.
Those invited to the Hoover home
today included personal friends as well
as political advisers. They included
Charles L. Eeumiller, California Repub-
iican State chairman; Frank Flint of
Los Angeles, former United States
Senator from California, who has been
identified with the so-called progress
sige wing Of the party; j. G. Hayes,
publisher Of the San jose Mercury
Herald. and George Gross Of San
Francisco, who was associated with
Hoover In Australian mining enter
priseE.