The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-10-04
HOOVER RESENTS
RELIGIOUS issue
Neither I Nor Republican
Party Wants Support on
\ That Basis
VIGOROUS STATEMENT
SAYS Attack Made In Alleged
G. o. P. Letter as ViOlat-
ing Every Instinct

Washington, Sept. 29-HerDef'
Hoover has spoken out for the
first time since the delivery of his
acceptance speech upon the inJec'
ton of the religious issue in the
presidential campaign.
Vehemently repuiiating a let
ter, purportedly from the head
quarters of Mrs. Willie w. Cald'
we'll, republican national which in,
cluded a plea to American women
to have the nation from being
"Romanized," Mr.. Hoover last
night said:
"Whether this letter is au-
thentic or forgery, it does
violence to every instinct that
I possess. I resent and repu-
date it."
"Such an attitude" he said in q
prepared statement, els entirely
opposed to every principle of the
republican party. / made my po'
sition clear in my acceptance
speech when I said:
"'In this land dedicated to tol-
erance, we still find outbreaks OF
intolerance. 4 come of Quaker
stock. My ancestors were perse-
cuted for their beliefs. Here they
sought and found religious free
dom. By blood and conviction
stand for religious tolerance both
in act and in spirit. The glory of
our American ideals is, the right of
every man to worship God accord
ing to the dictates of his own con-
science.
81 meant that then and I mean it
now"
Today. Mr.. Hoover reiterated
that neither he nor the republican
party wanted support on the basis
of the religious issue.
His declaration was in ampHfica-
tion of the statement made CAST
night. -.
M cannot fully express my
indignation at any such cir
culars," Mr.. Hoover saidl in
a formal statement. "Nor can
I reiterate too strongly that
religious questions have no
part in +his campaign. I have .
repeatedly stated that neither
I nor the; republican party
wants support on that basis.
"There are important and
vital reasons for the return of
the republican administration.
but this is not one of them"
The letter, described as "form
letter." was brought to light by
the Washington Post, which in a
copyrighted story today said it had
received it from Mrs. Clara Lyon
of Virginia Highlands, Cal, to
whom it had been sent under the
mistaken assumption that she had
accepted the post of vice chair
: man of a republican precinct COM
mittee. ~ -
Mrs. Caldwell was interviewed
by. the Post by telephone at her
home in Roanoke, Va, and the
Post quoted her as saying that
such a letter had been distributed
by her headquarters, but that she
did not believe it had contained
the words quoted from it. AS Civ
en- to the Post by Mrs. Lyon it
was written on stationery of the
republican national committee and
contained Mrs. Caldwell's rubber
stamp signature.
The committee-woman explained
to the Post that her letters were
outlined to her secretary, who
then wrote them in her own Ian
guage. In this case she said, the
secretary possibly dressed up
the letter. She would not reveal
the secretary's name. The Post
quoted her as saying that only
two or three copies of the letter
had been sent out.
The letter, as given to the Post
by Mrs. Lyon, is as follows:
"Dear madam: 7 am pleased to
know that you have been named
vicechairman of your precinct.
feel sure you are anxious to do
everything in your power to elect
the splendid ticket, GIoover and
Curtis which our party IS so for
tunate as to have in the field.
"Mr. Hoover himself and the
national committee are depend
Ing on the women to save our
country in this hour of very
vital moral-religious crisis. We
must save the United Gtates from
being Romanizsj ard rum. ridden,
and the call is to tie voraen to do
so.
NWill you not please try to
get list of every republican wo-
man and every Hoover democratic
woman who votes at your precinct?
The men will help you, and if nee
essary, ] think you would be will
ing to make house to house can
Vase. distributing literature and
finding out bow the women feel in
this scct:on-would you not?
ave arc sending you some cards
and will send more literature, if
y,u wish it.
"Will appreciate a reply, giving
us an idea as to how your precinct
stands also a list of Hoover wo-
men at your precinct whom we
might send literature"