Evening star., 1928-06-14
LOYAL HOOvER|TES
WIN EASY VICTORY
Scoffed at Eight Years, Now
Smile at Discontinue of
Politicians.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
.necIal nisnatch to The s.ar.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. June IA
Eight years ago little band of men.
faithful to the man they called the
chief" went to the Republican national
convention in Chicago and we're amazed
and broken hearted when. after all
their efforts. the delegates cast nine
and one-half votes for Herbert Hoover.
The loyal group couldn't understand 1t.
The practical politicians smiled at the
amateurishnesS of it~-and the Hoover
men finally saw the light--without the
aid of the regular political organizations
nothing could be done. even II their
hero did have public sentiment with
him.
But in the eight years since that
same Hoover group have learned some
thing. And today they are smiling at
the discontinue OF the practical poll
ticians. For about as efficient pre-
convention organization as national
politics has seen In this generation was
N operation and by reason Of an in
tenSified public sentiment In various
pivotal States the Hoover people had
the delegates. North, East, South and
West--and plus the delegates were some
powerful organization leaders who had
seen the handwriting on the wall.
Old Guard Checks Up.
The old guard came to Kansas City.
looked over the Hoover claims, checked
up the list State by State and came to
the conclusion that he had the dele
gates--or at least so close to majority
that it would be an easy matter for one
or two States to break and assure
enough to win.
How did they get the delegates? Well.
the Hoover managers didn't like the way
the Southern delegates are usually
obtained but they had In their own
ranks men who went after them lust
the same. II that was the method by
which practical politicians operated, the
Hoover men we're not going to be
caught mapping. But 1t now appears
that even without the South, the
Hoover cause had plenty of strength
The test vote of Wednesday on Gre
dentials showed that the Hoover ma
1ority now Is assured without the South
AS for the other States. 1t took organ
ization to get the delegates but mostly
II was case Of tranSlating a Hoover
strength that always existed. into
political force. That task took practical
politicians. men like former Representa-
tive Good OF Iowa. Walter r. Brown Of
Ohio. Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
Hubert Work of Colorado, and Bascom
Slemp OF Virginia. But they joined tn
Hoover cause this year.
Hoover Leaders of 1899 Campaign.
The little band that started out in
1920, however. consisted, among others
OF Mark Requa and Edgar Rickard OF
California, George Barr Baker of New
4ork, capt. Lucey OF Dallas. Tex;
Louis Straus OF New York, Vernon
Kellogg and win Irwin OF California,
and Julius Barnes Of Lilluth, MINI.
Inese we're Joined by dozens OF VOL
llnteerS throughout the country. such
as the men who served as State food
administrators during the war. Not Sll
OF the latter participated but a good
many OF them did and they knew some.
thing about organization down to the
very last precinct, for originally they
were chosen because they had executive
and organizing ability.
speaking OF volunteers, there was q
nameleSs horde of about 20 900 business
executives from all over the United
States who In the last seven years have
been serving on innumerable commit
tees appointed by the Secretary OF the
Commerce to forward the interests of the
various trades. industries and commo-
dities OF the country. 1t was one OF
the most comprehensive groups that
ever supported a presidential nominee.
It was not originally political, but It
mad It's effect early In the pre-conyen~
ton campaign.
Supporters Intensely Loyal.
The remarkable thing about the
Hoover campaign is the intense loyalty
and friendship OF the group that started
out In 1920 TO get the nomination for
him. The men who served with Her
bert Hoover In Belgian relief work and
In the American relief corps In Russia
have stood Steadfastly by him, too.
They contributed their time and money,
IL was in large part disinterested serv-
ice--tile same type OF voluntary effort
that came from the old Princeton
friends Of Woodrow Wilson In the pre-
convention fight of 1912.
And last, but not least, the California
group. the friends from his college days
at Stanford, and the newspaper publish
erS OF his home State an well Al the
business men and bankers, such as for
instance, William H. Crocker Of San
Francisco, never wAvered in the con-
yiction that Herbert Hoover was pregi-
dental caiiber and the persistence
0f them all working together has won
a presidential nomination. Many others
are not mentioned here--they are too
numerous. But In the coming cam
Daign they will be heard from as they
have proved their knowledge OF prac-
ticai politics and organization.