Imperial Valley press., 1928-08-20
BY THOMAS l. STOKES
United Press Staff Correspondent

| Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
! Copyright 1925, by United Press
Republicans believe they have III
Herbert Hoover an ideal candidate
for an attempt to break into the
! solid south.
| Hoover has not been strong par
tisan. He is not identified closely
with the old Republican machine,
! politicians opposed him before the
convention on this ground but now
| that he is their nominee they regard
! lis lack of pronounced partisan col
I Oring as an attraction to the so-cail-
! cd independent voters, and to those
Democrats of the south who do not
! lean strongly toward Smith.
His enemies in the Kansas city
convention charged that Hoover did
not know in 1920 whether he was
q Republican or a Democrat. They
charged this over and over. His
name went on the Democratic ballot
in Michigan in that year and he
won both the Democratic and Repub-
lican presidential primaries in that
state. There was q movement to
place his name on the Georgia pre-
ferential primary ballot in 1920, but
this was checked.
Hoover was closely associated with
! Woodrow Wilson during the war.
The name of the war president is
still one to conjurc with among the
southern voters. Republican strate-
gists, while they can say nothing
a bout this, see in it source O.
strength in the south among thos"
who do not favor Smith.
1t is with that background, which
favorably inclincs some Democrats
toward him, that Herbert Hoover
goes before the voters in the south.
Republicans will not emphasize this
phase of HoOver's past history. They
DO not need 70. 1t speaks for itself.
But on account of this, and because
of other phases of his career which
they will emphasize, they regard
Hoover as the strongest candidate
they could carry before southern
voters.
To Make Silent Campaign
They will make positive pro
Hoover campaign. They will not de
vote any attention openly to attack
on Smith, leaving to southern bolt
ing Democrats, the spotty, but
furious, fire they already are direct
ing against the Democratic candi-
date 'sl account of his prohibition
stand and his former association
with Tanmany
This can best be capitalized by
silence.
Republicans will stress these is
sues.
l.. Hoover work as director of
Mississippi flood relief.
>. Hoover's efforts on behalf of
business through the department of
commerce.
). Hoover 5 record rs a humani-
tartan in relief work in Belgium
and Russia.
They also make a special cam
palgn among women, capJahHng the
sentiment they say they find for
him among the female voters.
They viii capitalize, negatively,
the opposition apparent toward
Smith among the dry women and
their organizations. They will pre-
sent Hoover as a militant "dry1 to
the women
Hoover himself in his acceptance
speech, emphasized that his cam
paigns on efficiency are directed
finally toward happy homes.
The home will be stressed by his
campaigners and especially among
the women voters. He viii be giv-
en- credit for inspiring many labor
saving devices and convcnicnccs for
the housewife. The campaign will
be carried into the housewife s
realm-into the kitchen, the pantry,
and the nursery, He has participate
ed in child health organizations and
Mrs. Hoover has worked for years
with the Girl Scout movement.
To Seek Businessmen
Hoover S work as an industrial ef-
ficiency expert will be translated
into terms in raising the American
standard Of living. His campaigners
will explain that steps taken by
industry ut his suggestion to re-
duce waste will inevitably reduce
costs of production and make the
article cheaper to the ultimate con
sumer.
This talk will be directed at the
home and likewise to the business
man. Hoover has made many friehds
a:@cag 5ualEess @cG u thc Soutl. as