Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-05

Let Hoover Be Heard!

President Hoover is to deliver four
important addresses during October in
three rather widely separated sections
Of the country. While no one knows
what the President intends to say it
has been generally believed that Mr..
Hoover will in these speeches tell the
country something about the policies
and the work of his administration
and that his speeches viii be high
points IN the Republican campaign TO
re-elect maiorities in the Senate and
House.
No one in the Republican party is
better qualified to speak of the admin
1stration's policies and aims for the
Improvement of conditions Of the peo-
pie than 10 Mr.. Hoover. In the midst
Of q wordy war over propaganda"
conducted by the Democratic and Re-
Publican National Committees through
their respective press bureaus, q word
from the Chief Executive of the United
States viii be welcomed by the people.
Partisan propaganda put forward in a
partisan manner, seeking 10 magnify
matters of little moment and to cover
up issues, accomplishments or failures
Of major Importance, may appear to
political leaders to be necessary. The
people after all, however, are more in
terested in having laid before them
clear, understandable statement of the
issues.
In politics, as in love and war, all
things are said to be fair. But If the
people are to elect as their representa-
tives the men and women best quail
fed 10 conduct their Government In
al its branches. they are entitled TO
facts rather than fiction with few
Ia. It Is quite natural that the politi-
cal parties should wish to put their best
foot forward. The Government of the
United States has become in itself O
great institution, with hundreds Of
thousands of employees and expenditure
each year Of billions Of dollars. The
control Of the Government is the dear
est wish Of the politicians.
In past years the Republicans, better
organized nationally and with greater
supply Of campaign funds, have had the
better Of the publicity racket. But in
the last twelve months the Democratic
National Committee, which appears to
be supplied with plenty Of money, has
quite placed the Republican organiza-
ton in the background so far as pub
1tnNkSs IA Y.a be- ArwA vnIa
It obtained the services Of a trained
political observer, capable Of putting a
finger upon any weakness In the armor
Of the opposition and magnifying that
weakness, a strong partisan himself. In
the second place, the Republican ma
tional chairman, Mr.. Claudius Huston,
zen on unhappy days, when many Of
the most prominent men in his party
were seeking to eliminate him from the
picture. Mr.. Huston was not exactly
the man under the circumstances to
lead an assault upon the Democratic
party through his public utterances.
Too many Of his associates feared that
they might be compelled to apoloSize
Tor him and his statements. The truth
OF the matter Is that the Republicans
allowed the Democrats, in this war Of
propaganda. to get the Jump on them.
With the Republican committee lead
ership now changed they are seeking
to discredit the efforts Of their Demo-
cratic opponents and have seized upon
the text that all the Democratic state
ments put out are merely paid-for mis-
representations Of the Hoover admins
tration.
While the Democratic Publicity
Bureau has been effective. it is not en-
titled alone to the credit for the great
volume Of anti-Hoover publicity car
ried In the newspapers throughout the
country. The Senate Of the United
States, which thundered throughout
most Of the Hoover administration to
date, got an enormous amount of anti
Hoover speeches widely published. The
Republican Progressives in the Senate
were even more effective than their
Democratic colleagues.
It is high time the country heard
from the party in control Of the Gov
eminent as well as from the opposition.
From no better source could It have its
information than from Mr.. Hoover, the
Chief Executive and the titular head Of
his party.
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