The Washington times., 1930-10-08
TRIP DEEMED
GREAT help
To c. D. P.
President Made 4 Speeches,
Ignored Prohibition Question;
Returns to White House
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
international News service

Speechmaking, winch embraced q
triangular swing through dozen
States, feeling that he has done
his bit for his party in the cam.
paign for control of Congress.
He has delivered four speeches
In widely separated sections Of
the country, in Ohio. in MaSsa.
chusetts, and in North Carolina
In each State the parties arc
locked in a close. keen struggle,
with Republican chances looking
none too good. November will
tell how efficacious the Presiden-
tial visits have been.
In his weeks journeying away
from Washington the President
has stressed four principal issues
In Cleveland, addressing the
American Bankers Association,
he dealt with the existing bust.
ness situation, acknowledged there
Is a severe depression. and ap-
pealed to the bankers to exercise
sober Judgment and clear think
ing in order to pull out. The
country. he said, is basically
sound and business is on the up.
grade after months of descent.
Labor and Legion
In Boston, addressing the Amer.
1can Legion, he appealed for law
observance and better citizenship
which he thought the legion was
in an ideal position to promote
through it's 1900 posts.
Addressing the Federation of
Labor little later, he recounted
the efforts of his Administration
to maintain wage standards and
living standards during the de-
preston, and reaffirmed his stand
that there shall be no wage cut
ting or economic trimming dur
Ing the depression.
AT Kings Mountain, on the
border of the Carolinas yester.
day, he spoke of AmericaniSn
and denounced bolShevism. So
cialism. anarchy and despotisn.
ana adJured his, forty thousand
hearers to guard against their in
truslon in the American home.
THESE four speeches comprise
Mr.. Hoover's major contribution
TO the campaign. He spoke as
non-pohtlcally as possible, but in
q campaign so intense as the
present one, it is, of course. i'm.
possible to exclude all political
considerations.
Struggle in G. o. p.
For a week, Mr., Hoover has
been dogged with politics. In
Ohio there is the acute strueg,e g
between Senator Roscoe McCul.
!ocn' Republican dry, against
Robert j. Bulkley, Democratic
- wet. In Boston there is the even
more acute battle between viii.
liam M. Butler, Republican dry,
against Marcus A. Coolidge
Democratic wet.
In North Carolina Mr.. Hoover
traverSed the ninth district now
represented by Representative
Charles A. Jonas, Republican
national committeeman, for whom
the party is putting up j stu.
pendous fight this year. The
Republicans have hopes of saw.
ing this district out Of the many
IN the South they carried in
1928.
Jonas district abuts Kings
Mountain. where Mr.. Hoover
spoke. And last night, returning
through Charlotte the prircipal
city of the district. Mr.. Hoover
for the first time during his
Presidency, appeared on the back
platform of his t, ain with a
candidate and spoke few words
in his behalf,
Gets Hearty Welcome
Mr.. Hoover returned to Wash
ington warmed by the corciality
OF his North Carcina reception
Wherever he went in the State.
and the stops were numerous. he
was given hearty welcome
They don't see b President
in North Carolina every day, and
the outpourings at every station
were enormous. incidentally. MI
Hoover carried the State in 1929.
At Salisbury last night there
were thousands of people massed
at the station to see the train
through. although no stop was
scheduled. The train stopped.
In none Of his speeches did
the President take cognizance of
the prohibition issue. which ha :
sharply Niv'd"d candidates. in
two of the States in which he
spoke The rrchibition issue Is
paramount in the McCulloch-
Bulklev fight in Ohio, and in
the Butler COOLIDGE battle in
Massachusetts. He apparently
ignored it completely, save for
the indirect reference to it con
tanned in his legion speech. when
he called llpon the legionnaircs
to support law enforcement and
the Constitution.
Has Done His Bit
What future moves the Presi-
dent may make to aid his party
in the current campaign, if any.
are not known
There are no speeches planned
for the present. and election is
less than four weeks away. His
friends consider that he has
done his bit by making the four
speeches during the past week.