Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-22
Washington
Letter
kLEIN RESPONSIBLE
FOR Hn0NTR'S TRIP

htsItN IESl OaN0lDIG
FOR HOOYER'S TRIP
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Direc-
tor Julius Klein Of the bureau OF
foreign ana domestic commerce.. m
the m department, probably
could DC convicted or furnishing
Prcsidcnt-elect Hoover with his orig
inal inspiration TO tour South Amer
lea before entering on his White
House tenancy III he were put on
trial for ~, and circumstantlal Cvl-
dcnce counts for anything.
Or. Klein was one Of the prcsi-
dent-elcct's most trusted assistant
during almost the whole OF the lat
ters term as secretary If commerce.
lie H. also among the new world
principal South American trade en-.
thusiasts this side Of Panama. FL
nally. he himself has been an over
the southern continent and can
charm little birds out az 4 tree 70
listen to his cnthrallinr accounts ID
the marvellous opportunities w offers
TO North American commercial eH-
tCrprisc and capital.
Isn't an that enough % make out
a strong case against the doctor ann
posing the charge 10 wv brought
against him That he had whcttcd Mr..
Hooycr's interest in the sub-Cqua-
torial republics 70 so keen an edge
that the newly chosen chicf maEls-
trate simply cannot stand IL 70 be-
come president without ever having
visited them?
| Or. Klein hld just arrived in Bur-
nos Aires, when | first met him, Is
commercial attache 70 tine United
States embassy in the Argentine cap
ital.
The doctors story is the curious
enc Of . man vho has developed nto
one III the worlds foremost CONNER
cial experts wit hout ever having hal
the slightest practical experience in
business.
lie was professor Of economics nj
Harvard when the United States EN-
tered the late war, offered his err
ices To the government as his cln-
tribution toward his country share
in the conflict, was given a COM
merce department assignment il
Washington. and after the armIsticp
was signed. was ASKED 70 take charge,
for awhile. of the reconstruction Pr
North American trade i'm the River
Plate republicS-Argcntinc, Uruguay
and Paraguay.
Thus. like Mr.. Hoover. ~ was a
Wilson appOintce in he first place.
As long as he stayed in South
America. the doctor did rebuild
North American trade like n house
afire-
ii was flat ~ a pancake ut the
timc-tac way the war had left lt.
The new commercial attachc was
| shipwreckcd on the Peruvian cost
on his way 70 his post M Bucnos
I Aires. He began trade recuustru: wy
ton right where he landed, sttil
Y dripping sea water. Before he was
able to resume his Journey to his
River Plate field of cndeavor. he had
established a thriving line " Amer
lean business nj q Peruvian porc
w which he had arrived rs q cast
away
However. though he worked fast
while NJ remained. the doctor DID
linger long in uBenos Aires.
Just before quitting. he told me
frankly that the financial wear md
tear were too much for him. A. 8
diplomat. ne had to do \ siderable
expensive entertaining. his salary
WAS insufficient ID pay for III His
career as a college professor had
not equipped him with a reserve
rolf to draw on
50 he resigned and came home.
Secretary Hoover. then III the CON.
mcrcc department, grabbed him lm-
medlatcly for the foreign and d1.
nestle commerce dictatorship.
Behold DIR. Klein then-frcsh from
South America, and the sweetes;
taiker that ear ever listened to-giv-
ing Mr.. Hoover his first mental pie
ture Of the glorious resources there
awaiting North American develop.
mCntl
Personally. stake my money WI
pr. Julius Klein for President Hoo
vcr's secretary NJ commerce.
FRFFD RFCAI1cE WE'D AT I6