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broadened in this respect, say his
friends. much as Charles Evans Hughes
has done since he ran for President and
not know how to make and keep ,po-
litical friendships while at the same
time steering true course. b., 51,f
81 Never a mixer" .'.' III
Hoover has never been mixer" in
the ordinary sense of that word. Blu,
the men and women who have known
him best and worked closely with him
speak in the highest terms of him. It
seems that he has the sort of personal
magnetism that cements TO him those
who come In close contact with! him.
but that he has yet to develop that
sort of magnetism that draws the
crowds. He Is not Roosevelt rI1or an
AL Smith in this respect. Some think
he never will be,
But, they say, neither was Coolidge,
and yet see how successful Coolidge was
as President. There Is this difference,
too, namely. that Hoover undoubtedly
has and always has had moreh loyal
and intimate personal friends than
Coolidge. He never has been Dis much
of lone wolf" as his predecessor.
Hoover has always been man of &C
complishment, ever since he worked his
way through college and started on his
career as mining engineer. 1t has been
things done that have counted with
him. His friends are confident that he
may be depended upon to get things
done as President, no matter what diff
f1culties he may encounter In the shape
of a recalcitrant Congress or otherwise.
Some Of the most famous american
Presidents have ended up in quarreling
with Congress. Roosevelt and Wilson
are recent examples. They have re-
tanned their popularity with the people.
who usually take the side Of President
against Congress In such circumstances.
But they have failed to accomplish
their purposes when that situation has
| arisen. For. after all, Congress and the
President are coordinate powers In our
Government. One cannot act without
the other In any matter of real con-
Germ to the people.
If for no other reason than to make
certain that he will be able to accom-
plish his purposes Hoover will not quar-
rel with Congress, in the opinion of his
friends.
HooverS record of doing things began
when he was a mere boy-an orphan
boy 8 years old. at West Branch, Iowa,
where he was born August 10. 1874. His
| father before him was sturdy doer,
| blacksmith. who combined with that
trade the selling of farm implements
His mother was flll of energy, a woman
preacher in Quaker churches. The or
phan boy worked on farm for his
Quaker relatives and finally went to
Oregon With an uncle. At the age of
| Is he began to earn his own living. He
studied at night and was admitted to
the then new Leland Stanford Univer-
sity. in California. Working his way
1 through the university, he managed to
attract the attention of his instructors
| by his industry.
| Upon his graduation with an A.. B.
| degree in engineering in 1895, he
plunged at once into his profession. His
work took him all over the world He
soon became known not merely as an
engineer who could manage a job on
the spot but as a man who had busi-
ness and financial genius-an organ
izer and executive of high type. Soon
| his activities and interests spread into
many countries, and he had financial
headquarters in New York and London.
Never did he lose touch, however. with
his home in California. He became a
director Of Stanford University and
came back from the ends of the earth
! to attend directors meetings.
Has Made Money.
| Such has been Hoover's business and
| professional career in nutshell. It
might be inferred-and correctly-that
he made money for others and for him.
self, every penny of which he earned by
his industry of hand or brain. The
companies and syndicates with which
! he was connected when the World War
broke out in 1914 were loath to let him
Z, go, but at the call of American Ambas-
/ sador Page he severed his business con-
nections and went to work in new
role. First he took charge of getting
l stranded Americans back from Europe.
He was chairman of the American Re-