Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
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in hand they went out into the rain.
So these two have for Is years gone
forth together, facing tasks all over
the world
The Department OF Commerce func-
toned on the 1lth of June this year
in quite the same way 1t functioned
any other day in the year. Everybody,
from the Secretary down to the guard
at the Pennsylvania avenue door was
at his desk on time. The conference
on American business and foreign trade
was held according to regular schedule.
How lie Received Messages
Every hour or so kilograms or mes
sages came through from Kansas City.
The loyalty OF some Of them touched
Mr. Hoover, but only To those who knew
him well was there any sign of emo
/ ton. The striking dignity OF Herbert
Hoover Is born of self restraint. His
emotions are touched by fine loyalties,
by courage, intelligence and efficiency.
He expresses his respect for these quail
tiles more often in acts than In words,
But those who have worked with him
closely and long know when Hoover Is
profoundly moved There is an indie
scribSble grave look that comes into
his face--he Strengthens his shoulders;
he lifts his head; he is likely to rise
from his seat and walk about the room
and when he comes TO pause the
few words he speaks are full of deep
meaning.
Some one has come In with a re-
port, Mr. Secretary that you have a
direct line to Kansas City and are rum
ming your own campaign"
This might have angered another
man. Mr.. Hoover looked up at Brad
ley Nash and said quietly:
THAT isn't true"
He went on with his days work as
though the attack had not been made.
Pleased With Singing.
Over the radio in the room next to
Herbert Hoovers office in the Depart
ment OF Commerce came that short,
crisp announcement on the morning
Of June IL.
A minute or two before Mr.. Hoover
had returned to his ONCE from a eabi-
net meeting at the White House,
He joined Col Bill" Donovan and
George Barr Baker in the doorway as
the strong, still-golden voice of Nine.
ErneStine Schumann-H eink carried the
stirring words of The Star Spangled
Banner" across the world.
The Secretary OF Commerce came to
attention" At no hour of his Official
life has that great dignity which clothes
his emotions been more evident Brad
ley Nash and several OF the office Sec
retaries entered the room. In this quiet
office, where for eight years Herbert
Hoover has been working for better
American business and for the peace
OF the world, he stood with few
Nff7 nA III
friends while the cheers Of thousands
OF voices echoed throughout the Nation.
The convention which was to NOM
mate him as President of the United
States had opened
MIR. Hoover's thoughts were on Nine
Schumann-Heink.
And she is 10 years old" he said
as he went back TO his desk.
First Day Of Convention.
In the Hoover home and the Depart
ment of Commerce the opening day of
the convention differed only from the
preceding day in the arrival of Her.
bert, jr., who stayed close to his father
through the day. He listened to the
convention reports over the radio, car
ried the messages to the Secretary and
kept the door between the offices closed
desk. CuriouSly alike, this father and
son. The resemblance is not so pro-
nounced in physical as In mental and
temperamental qualities.
With Kansas City committees work
ing all night, bands playing. parties
and arguments raising an increasing
temperature. the Hoover home In Wash
ington quieted down at 1880. Neigh
bors went home and the family had
gone up the steps past dozens OF framed
degrees from universities all over the
world The younger son refers to this
ascent as going up stairs by degrees.
The second day OF the convention
broke the cool spell In Washington. In
the intense heat Mr.. Hoover went TO
his ONCE earlier than usual. A con-
ference with DIR. Julius Klein on for
eign trade filled part of the morning.
There was some immediate action To
be taken on various matters affecting
industry. Hoover was on the JOB.
He Just Works Harder.
Everybody in that building from the
doorman TO the undersecretaries be-
trayed the excitement that had begun
to pervade the air. In some oftiees fiags
began to fly In the off hours many
OF the employees crowded into the Of
fees TO get reports from the convention
over the radio installed there. Men
and women all over the building were
ouivering with excitement. but In the
| Secretary's Office 1t was different. He
| was losing his tenseness and lessening
| the strain of his associates by harder
| pressure of work It's an old war time
| trick OF his.
| True TO form, he had personally met
| the expense OF the radio, as he had
| paid his extra personal expenses during
| the Mississippi flood disaster and before
| that In European relief. Several Of us
| who had been with him over period
| of wears remembered how metieulouS
| he had been in meeting every red cent
| of his own expenses in Europe and In
| the maintenance of headquarters III
Paris where overworked employees on
| his commission could occasionally rest
| In between the reading OF the plat
form and the discussion OF the farm
plank. Col Bill Donovan had long
| conference with Mr.. Hoover concerning
some American laws affecting foreign
| trade For while those two were as
detached as though the convention IN
| Kansas City were not shaping the des-
| TIMES OF Herbert Hoover.
There was Il case on the docket and
| time and the law did not wait for con-
vsntionS.
Days After Nomination.
| The morning after the nomination
was to ind Herbert Hoovef's desk as
uncluttered with diminished work as Is
| It's ordinary custom, Mr. Hoover mas Two
characteristics strongly resembling Cal
vim Coolidge-~,he keeps his desk CHAIR
and his work up to the hour, and he
Is not chatterer
| Perhaps Herbert Hoover's most strik-
| ing characteristics Is the kind of silence
he maintains. 1t Is neither glum nor
solemn. II combines attention to his
surroundings and detachment Tor MS
private thinking 1t Is pleasant I'M
personal silence, sometimes punctuated
by grave chuckle when his sense OF
humor breaks through The same grave
smile. this intense thinking and amaz'