Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
President Will Endeavor to
Renew Contact and Build
Up Public Confidence.
HAS FEELING GRUMBLING
Is AIMED AT CONGRESS
Chief Executive Makes No Apollo
gies, But Realizes He Must
Clarity Conflicting Claims.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.


There is far more than mere vaca-
ton behind President Hoover's in
sended Western trip late this Summer.
The prime purpose of this great swing
over the country, it was explained yes
terday, is to put his administration
squarely up to the people.
The Presidents appearances and
speeches along the way on this tour
will not be in the nature of stump
speaking, but an endeavor of his to
renew public contacts and to build up
public confidence in his administration
and himself generally. There Is con-
the grumblings in various quarters OF
the country are directed at Congress
and not at him. At any rate, he in
tends to make sure Of this. If he dis
covers that his administration is lack
ing in confidence when he makes this
Western swing he will make every ef-
fort to bring about a change of senti-
ment. Strictly speaking, the President
is going to put his case squarely up
to the people.
This viii really be his first appear
ance before the people Of the country
at large since the days Of his cam
to be banking much upon the reaction
Wants Verdict Of People.
Mr.. Hoover has sat patiently and
tolerantly for more than II months,
listening to abuse from the opposi-
ton party, from editors and from the
ranks Of his own party, and now he
wants the verdict Of the people. He
has had any number of evidences dur
ing that long. trying period, OF Sem
~x,f.A - ND
TO block his legislative programs.
Constantly the President has heard
of his waning popularity with the peo-
pie. He has had no end Of reminders
that he Is to be q one-term President
that It would be folly for him to look
for another term. He has been given
20 understand that he personally has no
human or popular appeal and that his
administration and his policies are un-
popular According to these warnings,
which the President has been forced to
listen to either directly or indirectly, he
has not only lost out personally, but the
Republican tariff bill Is unpopular; that
agriculture Is furious at the lack of SUBJ
stantial relief held out by his admins
tration; that he will be crucified as a
result of his World Court advocacy;
that his indifference to the politicians
in the matter of patronage viii prove q
boomerang, and so on.
Din Has Telling Eject.
The din of all this hullabaloo has
been heard, virtually without any let-up,
throughout Mr.. Hoover's IL months as
President. and while he has endeavored
to heed it as little as possible and has
kept his nose at the grindstone all the
while, it has had some telling effects,
such as O WEAKNESS brought on by dis
appointment and disbursement, but
not for once has the President inclined
to the belief that the public is forsaking
him.
The President has no apologies to
make in the matter Of administration
nor in his legislative aims, but he real
izes that there must be some confusion
in the minds of many because of the
misleading claims made by the opposi-
ton to the administration.
Moreover the President hopes by his
means of direct contact to return to
Washington with a better understand
ing of what the people are thinking
about and what they want.
Friends of Mr.. Hoover-those who
have been consulted regarding the prac-
ticability of this personal campaign ex-
pedition-have no hesitancy in saying
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