The Washington times., 1930-10-01
HOOVER STARTS
TOUR Of TEN
STATES
President to Defend Policies
Of His Administration and
Congress in Four Speeches
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

President Hoover set out today
on . weeks journeying that win
take him on 9 triangular swing
through ten States and provide
him with the opportunity
through the medium Of four
speeches-to make his first con-
tributions to the current Con-
gressional campaign. in which
the record Of his administration
is the principal issue.
The White House deprecates
the term POLITICAL in connection
with the Presidents trip, ouv
fortuitously enough it is timed
Just five weeks in advance Of
the November election, and the
States in which Mr.. Hoover viii
speak are those in which the
contests are keen.
First Talk ON Business
Tomorrow night in Cleveland,
before the American Bankers
convention, he will speak on the
business condition of the country,
which the Democrats have made
an issue by blaming the present
depression upon his administra-
ton.
From Ohio, Mr.. Hoover will
return to washington for The
weekend before departing for
Boston where on Monday he will
deliver major speeches to the
American Legion and the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. A fast
overnight run from Boston will
carry him into the south for a
speech on Tuesday at Kings
Mountain, s. c., near the North
Carolina border.
En- route to Cleveland today, the
President stops off in Philadelphia
long enough to have a look at the
first game Of the worlds series.
1t has been exactly q year since
Mr.. Hoover has journeyed away
from the Capital on q speech-mak-
ing trip, and almost two years
since he set out across the coun~
try, California bound, secure in
the knowledge that he was shortly
destined for the presidency.
Prosperity Then at Crest
Two years ago, when he went TO
California. business was riding the
high tide Of prosperity. And a
year ago, when he went to Detroit
and Cincinnati and thence down
the Ohio to Louisville, the bust.
ness skies were Still serene. But
today he set out under far differ
ent conditions his administration
Q third gone, business depressed,
and savage battle on for control
Of Congress.
The speeches MIR. Hoover will
deliver during the next week are
expected to constitute the admin.
tStration'S answer to the criticism
with which 1t has been deluged BY
the Democrats and insurgents
since the business smash of a year
ago, presumably, they viii sound
the keynote Of Republican defense,
to be taken up and re-Sounded by
party candidates in the congreS.
sional district backgrounds all
over the country.
There Is keen speculation as ia
whether Mr.. Hoover win take any
cognizaace Of the bitter wet and
dry battles in some Of the States
he win visit. Both In Ohio and
70 Massachusetts, the senatorial
tights are keen and close, Will
the Republican candidates bone
dry and their Democratic oppo
nentS wringing-wet.
Has Kept ON Fence
Thus far Mr.. Hoover has
scrupulously refrained from anv
public ,cognizance of these hat.
tleS,- and the betting is he vii,
not break his silence on nrohihi.
ton on this trip.
It was q large official party
that pulled out of the Capitsl
aboard the Presidential Snecial
this morning, but only part Of Il
was TO continue beyond the hall
game at Philadelphia.
Accompanying Mr.. Hoover ia
Cleveland were Postmaster Gen.
eral Brown, Assistant Secretary
OF the Navy David s. ingalls,, Sec
retary George Akerson, Cant.
Joel T. Boone, White House
physician: Capt. Callen Buchanan.
Col. Campbell Hodges and Comdr
Russell Train, besides the usual
complement Of Secret Service
men and newspaper correspond
entS.
Going as far as Philadelphia
were Secretary of War Hurley,
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde,
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
ury Hope, and Larry Richey.
At Philadelphia, the Presidents
world series party was to be
Joined by Secretary Of Labor
Davis, jeremiah Milbank, the
New York banker; Jay Cooke,
the Philadelphia financier, and
Daniel z. Pomeroy, Republican
national committeeman for New
Jersey.
The Presidential train will
leave Philadelphia Immediately
after the game for Cleveland, ar
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