Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02
HOOVER PROGRESS
LAUDED BY HUGHES
Speaker Declares Election
Is Choice Between Two
Men; Backs Farm Policy.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 2.-CharleS
Evans Hughes, speaking last night in
Brooklyn, hailed Herbert Hoover as "the
apostle Of cooperation" and IAN engi-
neer of progress" and asserted that
Republican success ON election day is
the best insurance policy we can write. y
Quoting literally from Mr.. Hoovers
writings and public statements and from
the campaign speeches of Gov. Smith.
the former Secretary of State said the
election sis a choice between two men"
Il have not disparaged the ability or
achievements of Gov. Smith," he said,
'but as between Smith and Hoover, I
prefer Hoover"
Condemning campaigasrs' attacks on
Hoover's Americanisrc. he declared:
ANY Intelligent pes,'n who attempts
to decry his AnericaniSm deserves the
seorn and contempt of all fair-minded
persons. As a ""ndidate for the Chief
Magistracy Of u Nation he
stands out conspicuously superior. His
rejection would be a national calamity.
THE keynote of MIR. Hoover's pro-
gram is individual opportunity as OPP
posed to unnecessary governmental con-
troll. His purpose, in his own words, is;
q" To build in this Nation human
society, not an economic system We
wish to increase the efficiency and pro-
Ouetivity of our Nation, but its final
purpose is happier homes
Needs OF labor.
'Ts as in the light of the necessity of
cOl.;e'l ing the freedom of honest enter
Prise ina Mr. Hoover deals with the
fundamental; needs of labor.
The real protection of labor is continu-
Gus employment That he finds
to be a prob of national concern,
and he has SHOW that it is one which
government may 49, in solving"
Quoting Gov Smiths definition of
"Stan6-patter" as "a man who did not
want to take chance on anything"
Mr.. Hughes said:
''Mr Hoover is not a Stand-patter; he
Is builder, an engineer of progress.
But he is not willing to gamble
with the Nations future
the business man, who sees no
reason for taking a chance
with the uncertainties of Democratic
policies, who knows that confidence is
an essential psychological factor in pros
perity."
Mr.. Hughes Endorsed the Republican
nominees tariff policies and questioned
Gov. Smiths ability to force his own
tariff views upon a hostile Congress.
I'm tariff matters" he said, lit is not
simply actual measures that count, but
agitation and uncertainties which dis
turb confidence and vex business"
Backs Farm Aid Policy.
Similarly, Mr. Hughes dealt with Hoo
Ver's farm relief and water power poll
cieS. quoting from the speeches of both
candidates to illustrate his contention
that Hoover'S views on both issues are
sound and workable" OF prohibition
he said: 1T is my deliberate opinion
that there is no chance of modification
OF the eighteenth amendment.
am confident that the country never
would accept enforcement by wet as
a test of prohibition"
Mr.. Hughes, replying to what he de-
Scribed as an attack on him by lead
ing Democratic newspaper. for support
ing Hoover, dwelt at some length on an
intimation in the newspaper that he
might have been more active In pre-
venting the transfer of the Nations
oil leases under the Harding admins
tration.
Such an implication" he said, sis
absolutely false None of those leases"
he declared, was decided upon in any
cabinet meeting. I knew MOTH
ing whatever about them. The same
may be said of President Coolidge and
Mr.. Hoover. That sort of calumny
atfronts the common sense of the
American people"
Rebuking attacks upon Hoover's citi-
Renship, Mr.. Hughes traced the nomi-
nee's career from his Iowa childhood
through his work as young engineer
to the stage where HooVer'S broadening
activities took him abroad Ito practice
his profession in many countries"
Need HOover's Ability.
"In all this work abroad" he said,
Hoover perSonified the intelligence,
resourcefulness and humanity Of Amer
lea. Such ability (aS Hoover exhibited
during the postwar reconstruction of
Europe) is not to be held lightly at a
time like this. The American people
are going to need 1t, and need it
'Mr. Hoover is seeking not to ag-
grandize the government, but the in
diVidual; to make this govern
ment the individuals servant, not his
master. It is on this view that
he is absolutely opposed to the I'M
warrantable extension of bureaucratic
government.
In his activities he has thrown a
welcome light upon departmental aims
10 holt in la0 i'm
portance of regulation in the public
interest. . But he desires >
methods to establish without govern
mental dictation more efficient pro-
duction"
Hoover's view of international peace,
MIR. Hughes said, is not simply in the
laying down of the arms of nations.
International peace must be fol-
lowed by industrial peace as the essen
tial condition of progress in democracy.
His measure of our national prosperity
is the measure that we may risk
through change in present policies.
The nominees farm relief policy,
Mr.. Hughes said, proposes assistance by
the Government, but control of the re-
lief agencies by the farmers them
selves. There is no controversy, he
said, between Gov. Smith and Hoover
on retention of Government owner
ship of water power sites owned by the
State or the Federal Government"
1.-THE test comes" he said, lin opera
ton. If there is any question OF
importance presented on this subject, il
IS whether the principle (of Govern
ment ownership and private operation)
shall be abandoned and the Nation and
the State shall go into the business OF
generating, distributing and selling
electric power"
Mr.. Hughes Endorsed also the candi-
dacy of former Ambassador Houghton
Republican candidate for the United
States Senate, and Attorney Genera
Ottinger, gubernatorial nominee.
In voting for Herbert Hoover" NJ