Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-21
Hoover Speech at Newark
Is Accepted as Challen;;

A challenge to the Democratic party
from Herbert Hoover, Republican cam
didate for President. in his speech at
Newark, N. j.. has been accepted by his
opponents. His assertion of the in
f1uencc of the administration at Wash
ington in the advancement of the coun-
try in business and labor conditions.
since the World War. has Immediately
become a subject of debate between
the two major parties.
The candidates discussion of Amer
ican achievements in the past seven
years is supplemented by the New York
Evening Post independently. with the
statement: THE Department of Com
MERGE has had a share in these mighty
accomplishments, which Mr.. Hoover
has never dramatized and to which
he referred but modestly. Labor has
done its share. far-sighted employers
have done their part. But all have been
brought together and led forward, step
by step, by the man who brought to
the department of business the same
breadth of experience and vision which
Mr.. Mellon brought to the department
of finance"
THE goal Mr.. Hoover presents is enc
we are all for. 1t is an ideal. almost
utopian IN some aspects" says the
Newark Evening News independently
of the speakers economic program, but
it concludes: There is nothing radi-
cal and not much that is controversial
in Mr.. Hoover's presentment of these
views He has shown himself sound
thinker. well able to make a good. con-
ventional speech in support of that
good OLD friend of the Republican party,
the full dinner pail
He definitely set forth" according
to the Los Angeles Times Republican, =,
1.-The most vital question that confronts
the American people-whether pros
perity and general well-being shall con-
tinue. develop and expand under the
guidance of the same forces which have
wrought the achievements of the last
seven years" Observing the great de-
tail in which he considered 1.-The rela-
tons of labor to general prosperity"
the Des Moines Tribune Capital in
dependent Republican, advises that
those who read the speech will dis
cover how thorough he can be in his
consideration of the great problems"
He argues with unacceptable force
for skilled leadership. in order to MAIN
the workingmen and workingwomen
enjoy in the United States today"
states the Providence Journal inde-
PENDENT. with the added tribute: He
is incomparably the leader for Amer
lean labor to follow" The San Fran
cisco Chronicle independently feels that
he has given us an issue that is vital
and compelling-the issue of bread and
butter"
'Of Mr.. Hoover's sympathy for labor"
In the Judgment of the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin independent Repub-
lican), there is no doubt OF his prac-
teal capacity to help labor. his native
genius and the requirement of a long
and varied experience there is ample
demonstration" The Uniontown Herald
Republican, declares that "he sounds
the clarion call to the workers of the
industrial East" and the Fort Wavne
News Sentinel Republican, argues
that full employment depends not only
upon strong and progressive economic
system, but also upon the sound policies
of and the vigorous cooperation b.
the Government" The New York
Telegram independently predicts that
the speech will live as treatise on
liberal and forward-looking economics
long after the end of the political cam
paign that brought it forth
Mr.. Hoover maze an excellent adj
dress" agrees the Philadelphia Record
independent Democratic), but that pa
per, while conceding that lit kept on
high plane" describes it as frankly
partisan" and continues: We could
not reasonably expect him to point out
that there are Democrats as we'll as
Republicans who wish to make the
country prosperous, who are in sub
stantial agreement with him as to the
means of doing it, and who can he
trusted to supply certain deficiencies in
administrative talent which have lately
been rather conspicuous at Washing
tom
THE oft-exploded myth of Repub-
lican prosperity" is denounced by the
Dayton Daily News independent Demo-
cratic). while the Louisville Courier
Journal independently sees Mr. Hoover
in the role of thoroughly orthodox.
thick-and-thin Republican partisan"
The Milwaukee Journal independent
argues that If party government hos
caused prosperity. it he's still to answer
to those who are not - sperous," and /
also that ION the claim that this party |
is the creator and guardian of pros |
perity he is too plainly trying to hum
bug himself to be convincing" OF the |
gains enumerated the San Antonio |
Express independent Democratic) be-
lieves that most of these benefits would |
have accrued regardless of anything |
the Government at Washington might |
have done"
There is nothing in the address to
indicate the, slightest sympathetic
understanding, of the human relation