The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-10-09
HENRY P. FLETCHER
Is HOOvER'S CHOICE

SiS III fiihS uPoii eiiS ohoVieNtS VI
the Hoover administration bun
dies of responsibilities for every
natural and economic misfortune,
real or imaginary, from unemploy-
ment and business depression to
drought they have never found his
appointments tinctured with pol
itical eXpediency. President Hoov
er's efforts on all occasions to
name highly specialized experts
and men with unimpeachable re-
cords for membership in his fact
finding commissions and to other
important posts Is a matter of
common knowledge. If in any in
stance he has seemed to relax III
the strictness of his adherence to
the highest standards of exper-
fence and efficieneNt it is well
known to have been due to unequi-
vocal refusals by prospective NOM
inees to serve-most often for the
reason that their patriotism fell
short of offering themselves as
sacrifices on the inquisitorial al
tar of hybrid Senate majority.
In reorganizing the Tariff Com
mission, empowered by a reluc-
tant Congress to modify in certain
cases the schedules of the new
tariff law, President Hoover ad-
hered to his principles in spite of
the difficulties with which he we'll
knew he would be confronted. Or
position was promised-if it was
not inevitable before a single
name was announced and irres-
pective of what the name might
be. Apparently the only way in
which a man could qualify to the
satisfaction of a group of self
agrandizing legislators was to ha-
We been a backwoods hermit all his
life, never to have voted, never
owned a share of stock in any cor.
poration, never to have had a bank
account or been property own
er, never to have employed labor
never to have expressed an opinion
on any public question.
Henry ?. Fletcher is the first
real man of affairs who could be
Induced to brave senatorial in
QUESTION by accepting a nomina-
ton to the Tariff Commission. Ir
view of the fact that he has devot-
ed the largest part of his active
life to the foreign service he is
spoken of as a career diplomat, bui
he is much more than that. A cap.
able, experienced, unprecedented
and fearless man of affairs, in to
UGH with the world of finance OF
the side of personal relations, lie
will be figure at the Capital ant
that is what no member of an!
previous Tariff Commission has
been. He will give Importance tt
the commission which it never ha'
had before. These are undoubted
| ly among the things the Chief Elk
ecutive he'd in mind when appoint
ing Mr.. Fletcher chairman of tina
deliberative body.
President Hoover attended tn
opening World Series baseball il
Philadelphia, an event which mark
ed the beginning of an exceedingly
busy week in which he will tou
large section of the East an
make four speeches. After his AID
dress before the American Banker
Association in Cleveland, Mr.. Ho
over will return Immediately t
Washington to complete prepare
tions for a trip to Boston, wher
he will address the American LIE
gion in the forenoon and the An
erican Federation of Labor in tn
afternoon. Then will come the Ion
Journey to South Carolina, wheT
his fourth address will be made g
the celebration of the 150th ann
versary of the Battle of King
Mountain. The President will nj
"talk politics." in spite of the fax
that he will appear in two state
Ohio and Massachusetts, in whic
there are lively contests. The Az
ministration's point Of view is tho
the weeks journeys afford we
come opportunities for the estal
lishment Of closer contacts wit
the people, especially as Mr.. H'
over has done little travelling S
nee his Inauguration.
Contrary to the charges beir
made by Democratic partisans thi
political expediency prompted tn
presidential activity at this tim
the White House explains that Il
President has purposely kept hi
nds off during the campaign thu
far, and that will continue to
so, and that the speeches he w
make will be- non-political an
solely for the purpose of carryii
some of the major problems of Il
Administration directly to the pc
pie, emphasizing the fact that !
, one of these speeches will be d