The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-30
LINCOLN IDEAL
IS HELD UP IN
HOOVER TALK
Martyrs Tolerance Plea Is
Repeated by President
at Gettysburg.
CALM VISION IS NEEDED
Value of Temperance in
Actions Is Voiced by
Chief Executive.
CALM VISION is NEEDED
BY H. o. THOMPSON
United Press staff Correspondent

GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 3d.
President Hoover pleaded for peace
and tolerance in his Memorial day
address here today, pointing back to
the ideal held up by Abraham Lin
coin on this same battlefield dur
ing the trying days of the Civil war
1t was the Civil war Presidents
call to moderation" which Mr.. Hoo
yer reiterated here today. as he
gazed over the rolling stretches
where the north and south once en-
gagged in bloody conflict.
1.-THE weaving of freedom" the
President said, els and always will
be struggle of law against lawless-
ness. of individual liberty against
domination, of unity against sec
tionalism, of truth and honesty
against demogogery and mislead-
ing, of peace against fear and con-
f1ict.
I'm the forming of this pattern"
he added, "the abuse of politics
often muddieS the stream of con-
structive thought and dams back che
flow of we'll considered action"
BY Charity to All
"our history" Mr.. Hoover de-
clared, would be even brighter
than it is if his predecessors and
his contemporaries had spoken as
temporarily as he, if they had been
moved by charity toward all, and
malice toward none.
':We shall be wise to ponder here
what precious wealth of human life
might have been preserved, what
rivers of tears might never have
flowed. what anguish of souls need
never have been, what spiritual divi-
sion of our people might have been
avoided, if only our leadership al
ways had been tempered by the
moderation and calm vision of Lin
coin"
Concluding, the President set
forth an ideal for the nation:
1.-THE things of the spirit alone
persist. 1t is in that field that
the nation makes its lasting prog
resS.
ITO cherish religious faith and
the tolerance of all faiths; to reflect
into every aspect of public life the
spirit of charity" the practice of
forbearance, and the restraint of
passion while reason seeks the way;
to lay aside blind prejudice and fol-
low knowledge together; to pursue
diligently the common welfare and
find within its boundaries our pri-
vate benefit; to enlarge the borders
of opportunity for all and find our
own within them; to enhance the
greatness of the nation and thereby
find for ourselves an individual dis
tinction; to face with courage and
confident expectation the task set
before us; these are the paths Of
true glory for this nation"
Met by Governor
Mr.. Hoover motored to Gettys-
burg from Washington, with brief
stop for luncheon at the Maryland
fishing lodge of Lawrence Richey,
White House executive secretary.
The presidential party was met at
the outskirts of Gettysburg by
Governor Fisher of Pennsylvania
and escorted to the battlefield.
President Hoover was the sixth
President to speak here on Memorial
day. He spoke, not from the spot
where Lincoln delivered his Gettys-
burg address, but from large brick
rooted rostrum at the eastern end OF
the cemetery. Veterans Of the Civil
war were IN the audience. Children
scattered flowers upon the graves Of
the dead as part of the exercises.