Evening star., 1928-03-13

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states that It Is the field against MFR
Hoover in the Buckeye State. and tha
Senator Willis. with favorite son can
didacy, is being used by the Lowdel
and Dawes followers TO beat down thu
Hoover candidacy.
Particularly. however. docs Mr. Brant
attack Mr.. Hoover on the charge tha
he has been an opponent of the Nc
Nary-Haugen farm-aid bill. Senator
Willis voted against the passage of this
bill when il was before the Senate. and
has declared himself in interviews this
year against the equalization fee prin-
cipple which the Sill contains. More
recently. however. he has indicated he
might change his attitude and finally
vote for the bill in its amended form.
Campaign Document.
The attack on Mr.. Hoover in the
House by Mr.. Brand. published III the
Congressional Record. can be sent into
Ohio and used as campaign document
AGAINST Hoover. and the Hoover people
insist that the speech was made here
for that purpose particularly.
Mr., Eoover's friends III the House do
not propose. however. to allow the az
tack to so unanswered. according TO
Representative Burton. who is running
az candidate for delegate-at-large TO
the Republican national convention on
the Hoover ticket and against Senator
Willis.
The Hoover people believe that per-
sonal attacks upon their candidate Will
react against Senator Willis and in
Hoovers favor.
At the outset of his address. Mr..
Brand asserts that the Horver entry
into the Ohio primary is pleasing the
Democrats and dividing he Republic
ans
Support of VETS Alleged.
"In Ohio" continued Mr. Brand the
opposition to Senator Willis, especially
the vets. focked to Hoover as soon as
he came into Ohio as a candidate.
However, the study of Mr.. Hoover's ca
reer and his political attitude has not
had a good effect in Ohio upon his tol-
lowers. Gradually their conviction
grows that Mr.. Hoover does not ring
true as Republican.
Those who are opposed to Senator
Willis and not satisfied with Secretary
Hoover are looking around and begin
ming to see that the nomination of Mr..
Dawes or Mr.. Lowden might be
achieved by voting for Senator Willis
and would surely be defeated by voting
for Secretary Hoover.
Thus the friends of Vice President
Dawes and the friends Of Gov. Lowden
are adding themselves TO the strength
of Senator Willis and Senator Willis
has great strength in Ohio. Always the
shouting is over some one else, but the
quiet vote in the State is true TO him
on election day Senator Willis has
been honored more By Ohio voters than
any living man.
"The question as to whether Secre-
tary Hoover is a Republican Is one OF
the interesting questions in Ohio. Mr.
Hoover left this country when he was
- or % years Of age and stayed out
of the country practically all OF the
time until 1917. which amounted to
some 20 years. and was occupied pr!n-
cipally in China and in England in the
promoter. He returned to the United
States In 1917 and became food ad-
niinistrator under the Wilson admins
tration and actively supported the pol
icies of that Democratic administration.
including the League of Nations. and
demanded that a Democratic Congress
be elected TO support President Wilson
and his policies.
New York Meeting Cited.
1.-TWO years later. in 1920, the lead
ers Of the Democratic party thought OF
him as a successor 10 Woodrow Wilson
and a meeting was held in New York
City of these leaders for the purpose Of
determining upon his candidacy.
.tOn January "a, 1920. the New York