Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
WEEKLY WASHINGTON
NEWS SUMMARY


A transcontinental round trip al
the very outset of the presidential
campaign has put Herbert Hoover il
touch with the nations point OF
view. EnToute TO and from Califor-
mia. he met and conferred with par
ty leaders from mCre than half the
states il the uni.n, with the result
that he enters the home stretch
prepared 20 concentrate on those
Issues which the voters have de-
cided shall determine the outcome
of the present contest.
For the present, the Republican
nominee is devOting all of his time
to conferences at his new headquar-
ters here. His recognized penchant
I for coordination of all divisions
within an organization again is
manifesting itself in the careful
working out of the details of a ma
tiOn-wide campaign program. There
will be no bitches" when the drive
starts, if Herbert Hoover can help
it, and all of his experience in car
rying out huge undertakings is be-
inc devoted TO that purpose.
The eastern states are frankly
admitted by Republican leaders to
be battle-ground, because the op-
position is centering its fight there.
With this in mind, Mr.. Hoover's
first move since his return to Wash
ington has been to talk over all
phases of the contest along the At
lantic seaboard. In that section, as
in the others, the Republican nomi-
nee has the extra advantage of 4
tremendous popularity among wo-
men voters, and hundreds of neigh
borhOod clubs are being formed by
women leaders to encourage women
to take an active part in the Hoo |
campaign.
History seems to be repeating it's |
elf in the determination of the |
.ariff issue to push into the front |
rank. In spite of Democratic ef-
'orts to keep the tariff out of the
limelight, it becomes in
apparent that the old
)ut healthy question of protection
or American production is the pivot
lpOn which hundreds Of thousands
II votes will turn-most of them to
IOOver and Curtis.
The studied manner in which both
he Democratic platform and the
speech of Governor
smith have avoided the use Of the
Tord protection" is generally ac-
epted as proof that the theory un-
erlying Republican tariff making
hat it is written purely to protect
ONE industries-is not recognized
y Democratic leaders, in spite of
he high sounding phraseology of
heir tariff plank
The effort of the Democratic plat
Drm to adopt the difference in cost
+ manufacture at home and abroad
s the measure of adequate tariff
rejection recalls that leading
at the time of the adop-
on of the Underwood tariff in
@l3, during the Wilson administra-
on, asserted, that the cost of pro- /
lction theaOry had been absolute S
rejected" as a guide to tariff {
aking. f
In 1913, the Democratic ways t
nd means committee repudiated @
Ie very tariff theory the Democrat /
party of 1928 assumes to be the t
lly correct one," says Francis A. V
dams, well known economist of f
ew York City. Governor Smith t.
ould administer to American bust I
sss the same sleeping potion as
eveland and Wilson used in 1892
Id 1912. Both those Democrats a
commended tariff reform" i'm t
after their election, re- a
llting in lowering of all duties, h
hich made it harder for American a
to do business and to tt
nploy labor at good wages and for g
nerican farmers to market their a
oduce at a profit"
leaders in a number
states where registration, has e'
her taken place or is near at hand Il
port that the intensive follow-up fl
mpaigns among voters are in Il
easing the total of those preparing is
vote by a considerable percent IL
e over any previous figures. This
show of interest is at
buted in no small degree to the III
orts of local Republican leaders, th
tn men and women, on whom the Ell
tiOnal campaign directors have tn
instantly impressed the import ca
ce of a full registration. is
Senator Charles Curtis, Republi- al
n nominee for vice-president, is Ell
filling his promise that his would ca
a travelling campaign. He has ia
eady delivered speeches in Kan du
;, Rhode Island, New York and
His next engage
nts are in Maine, where he will ra
sak in Bangor on September 7. re
l at Portland on September 8. bi
e speaking program of the Re ce
)l1can nominees will be coordina- ST.
when Mr.. Hoover resumes active be
npaigning, and they plan to di- I'll
e states in which there is any or
Ibt as to the outcome between wi
m for the final drive. tic
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