Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-03-09

many years was Sin all essentials
that of British gentleman and moi
an American, either in thought OIL
action" In connection with the tariff
he charged that the Hoover doctrine
was that Americans should be urged
and encouraged to make invest.
ments in foreign countries and that
it was exactly the reverse of the
Republican doctrine.
With reference to foreign rela-
tons, Senator Willis quoted Mr.
Hoover as a supporter of Woodrow
Wilson's views on the league of Ma
tons. The Senator recalled the ap-
peal of President Wilson in 1918 fol
election of Democratic Congress
and quoted Mr.. Hoover as backing
and indorsing the appeal.
"If Democratic Congress had
been elected in 1918, this nation,
said Senator Willis, "would this
very hour be member of the
League of Nations; a party to all
the internecine strife and boundary
qualTels of Europe"
Farm Policy Assailed
Taking up farm relief, Secretary
Willis taxed the Secretary of Com
merce with having brought "penury
to American farmers" by his course
as Food Administrator, and said:
"If Secretary Hoover were Pres
ident it would be interesting to
know whether he would manifest the
same watchfNll care over the farmers
and their interest as he did as Food
Administrator"
Senator Willis criticized the views
of his opponent on water diversion
at Chicago as being contrary to the
views of Ohio people.
"In the political contest now 60
ing on in Ohio much Intentional mis-
representation has occurred with
reference to my attitude in the Sc
lection of delegates" Senator Willis
said. "Never at any time have l
sought to control the action of the
delegation, if and when in the judg-
ment of the honorable men and
women composing the delegation l
had no longer a chance for the nomi
nation. / have always said, and now
repeat, that under those circum-
stances the delegation was per-
fectly free to do what it deemed best
for the interests of the party.
Refuses to Deliver" Delegates.
1.-THE difficulty arose from the
fact that the representatives of Sec
rotary Hoover demanded of me, with
out any contest, without the various
districts and Republicans of Ohio
having any choice in the matter, /
should deliver the delegation, after
a complimentary ballot or two, bound
hand and foot solidly to Mr.. Hoover.
This l could not in honor agree to
do.
"If l had been willing to agree to
become a mere stalking-horse can
didate, or as one gentleman stated,
"a candidate in the first instance,
and agree that the Ohio delegation
should be voted solidly and early in
the convention for Mr.. Hoover, all
would have been pleasant in Ohio.
81 refused to agree to conditions
dishonorable to myself and humiliat-
ing to my friends. | am not a stalk
ing-horse candidate. All | have asked,
and all | now ask, is a fair chance
for an Ohio candidate.
at seems to many Americans
that the fact that for twenty-three
of the thirty-three years of his adult
life, Mr.. Hoover saw America only
at long intervals, and, as a writer
for him said in 1917, only from our
fastest train windows; that his life
was in all essentials that of British
gentleman, and not an American,
either in thought or action, is a vital
fact not to be overlooked in choos-
ing a man now to direct the destinies
of the American people; that Mr..
Hoover views America from the
European viewpoint is apparent in
every study of his remarks on pub
lie questions.
Foreign Investment Stand Cited.
"In recent standard publication
Secretary Hoover is quoted as say
ing:
81 believe that we have today an
equipment and a skill in production
that yield us surplus of commodi-
ties for export beyond any compen-
5ation we can usefully take by way
Of imported commodities. There
is only one remedy, and that is by the
systematic, permanent investment of
our surplus production in reproduc-
tive works abroad. We thus reduce
the return we must receive to a re-
turn of interest and profit.
what is the meaning of this doc
trine? On the face of it, it would
seem to promise little comfort to
our own people, particularly at a
time when men are out of employ
ment and industry in some directions
is not as prosperous as it should be.
Yet the doctrine boldly set forth
By Secretary Hoover would lead us
to the conclusion that we should
work hard; if possible, send more
wealth abroad to be invested in for
eign mines, factories and other in
dustries to furnish employment to
foreign labor, while the fortunate
few who could make these invest
ments would live on in years to
come out of the interest and profits
earned by foreign investments. This
statement illustrates the lack of
harmony between Secretary Hoover's
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