Evening star., 1928-06-15
Us Through Convention Hall Speakers Make Nominations
atmosphere of an American quaker

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nome.
The spirit of forbearance and %
tlence which has marked his eareel
through life was bred In him by thos,
who guided the steps of his infancy.
He emerged into public life In thI
nrst class OF engineers to leave stan
ford University with pick in hand HI
drifts Of the old Mayfiower mine II
California. There were laid the foun,
dations Of that enduring sympathy HI
| has always shown for the labOrins mar,
| But he has been no less the consistent
and constructive friend Of industry ane
commerce.
The aspirations OF the average mar
OF America have been glorifled by thi.
mans efforts. Around the sufferin9s o
mankind have been woven the war;
and woof of one of the most dramatic
careers In history.
Organizer Of Relief.
The worlds greatest war broke aud.
denly over A startled werld He, with
| countless Americans. chanced to be ir
the city Of London. The great war
machine rolled over Belgium leaving
starvation and ruin In its wake. Here
indeed was cause that called for all
| the spirituality and vision of man.
He heard the old cry that for over
hundred years has rtlng out over the
waters OF an angry sea---'Women and
children. first He heard the cry and
answered In the presence Of gaunt
and tottering children he knew neither
friend nor foe. To him, hunger and
innocence knew no nationality. Millions
knocked at hunger's gate.
To organize relief; to secure the
funds; to buy foodstuffs: to ship them
across seas that swarmed with sub
marines; to negotiate with govern
ments fierce and intolerant with the
passions OF war: to placate angry and
imperious generals: to get food to the
starving and the starving to the food.
here was q task such as never before
confronted man. The feeding of those
hungry children is the greatest prac-
tical romance in history.
The call came overseas from his be-
loved homeland. The United States
had cast her lot in the great struggle.
He was named food administrator.
Full well he knew the perils OF that
station. Full we'll he understood that
the proper execution OF the task would
probably mean the graveyard of all
political hope.
From the day he was appointed he
insisted that the one essential group
in America that must have protection
was the American farmer To quicken
production; to stimulate industry; to
feed armies at price that govern
nlents could afford to pay: to resist the
mercantile prohteer and TO see that the
farmer received the just return for his
product was task that called for both
craftsmanship and courage.
He imposed none Of the crushing
regulations which drove European peo-
Piles to despair. He enforced no dras-
tic Tationing upon the American people.
He appealed TO their cooperative
patriotism. He brought farmers, bsigi-
ness men and the women Of the coun-
try into a unison Of patriotic effort
His measures trebied the surplus
food in the United States. When the
armistice came he saw with the pro-
phetic vision OF seer the peril that
awaited the farmer and producer. Al
ready food supplies were on hand for
another year OF gigantic combat. with
the supplies Of the Southern Hemi-
sphere freed 70 European markets he
saw American agriculture faced with
the greatest peril In its history.
Repudiatea Its Contracts.
Europe repudiated it's contracts to
buy the hogs and wheat OF American
farmers. DammiaR back that food on
the markets Of the United States meant
ruin from which our aRriculturisks
would not have recovered In q quarter
Of century
1T would require the gratitude of
generation OF farm producers 10 re-
pay Herbert Hoover for his efforts %
save the whole industry from collapse
Only by an administrator with q spirit
OF prophecy TO foresee the impending
tragedy could the task have been ac-
conpiigi1ed. Only man who pos
sessed the respect Of European powers
could haye exacted the agreements he
demanded.
He compelled the disposal In Gu.
rope Of the huge surplus Of farm prod
uctG. To him is due the early opening
Of the blockade on Germany. Had Il
not been for his prestige and his genius
Of persuasion the doors Of Europe
would have been locked 70 the product
OF our fields and American agriculture
would have crashed beyond al hope Of
recovery.
When the temper Of this hour has
passed, the American sct1oolb0y will
read, with quickened breath. the public
documents which record the history oi
those tragic months. He will rear his
head with pride that the Republic ol
Washington and Lincoln could give 10
the world such q chapter In benevolent
diplomacy.
Herbert Hoover believes that tn
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