Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-23

Although 1t wasn't from Boston TO
Lexington and Concord, and only from
Washington to Detroit, that Herbert
Hoover rode this week, the Presidents
dash is being called another Paul Re-
vere's ride. And the British analogy
isn't so remote, either. 1t was not an
invading British foe of which the rat
Ting rails of the presidential special
were speeding the tidings. Yet 1t hap
pened that Mr.. Hoover raced westward
to warn the Legion that just such a
fate as hung over Britain's head at
that moment threatened Uncle Sam
and American credit. In other WORDS,
IL the Legionnaires persisted In DE.
handing another $4,000, 100000 Of
bonus loans. the United States Treas
ury might face the same plight as tn2
British exchequer and the dollar De
imperiled by the Identical dancers
that beset the pound sterling. me
President did not choose IN SO many many
vows IN compare American with Brit
ish conditions. but he struck the Paul
Revere note, for all OF that.
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ror the hundredth time the President
nroved at Detroit that the radio is
Heaven-sent for a speaker OF his type.
h is effectiveness itself as broad
caster coiorless as he is on the visible
,,Ia tforr, THE Legion speech doomed
p,rar +ha wave lengths chock-full OF
nunch Perhaps it was the comoatlve
snirit If the Hoover drive against a
fresh bonus raid that lent Vlgor 70 ms
address before the DICTIONARIES. Many
a man before a receiving set on MOI.
day forenoon must have exclaimed
vain in such fighting form!" Another
thing the radio does for public man
under such circumstances Is to give
the whole country chance to judge
for ,tseIf whether his welcome Is fer
ia iukewarm or chilly. Sometimes a
renorter chronicling the event, vents
his nreiudice in describing a crowds
reactions. Nowadays the listening uni
verge has ear witness evidence on that
score. Certainly II NOISE counts lor
ANYTHING. Hoover got hand from the
7 eSionnaires that should have warmed
the Cookies of his heart. He raised his
arm TO stop the din, as signal that
he was ready to talk.
Nawton d. Baker, who had the floor
81 Detroit lust bsfore the Presidents
arrival and was also vociferou5ly re-
es:ysd set the convention to rocking
a. the outset OF his address with the
foI,owing recollection Of war days:
n has been my experience to
roest a GOOD many of the men who
r,sre in France, singly or in small
crc,,ros since that time. They
Father often tell me that at some
stage or another in France they were
Tnsd I'D alongside of the dusty road
and made to stand at attention for
an incredible number of hours be-
cause the Secretary of War was in
France ard was coming down that
roed. I trust that when a high
y,nv,pred automobile came by with
rather small man sitting on the back
seat wearing the only derby hat In
Europe, many Of you smiled enough
TO relieve your WEAKNESS as you re-
fiscted and pe.haps said to your
relye5 that now that the vast and
poitzntous figure CT Mars has at
last ccme and gone, where do we
60 from here?
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President Hoover Is at pains to re-
assure White House callers that there
isn't the slightest reason in the world
] for the American Government or people
| 4, take trsgically the steps Great Brit
ain has just invoked to protect it,
, rold. The Hoover theory Is that the
gooneY governments and national treas
uries put their respective houses In
order by drastic methods the bstter
| for themselves and the gest of the
world. It's an open secret that many
recent events In London have been
viewed With satisfaction at Washing
ton, not, of course, because of any
desire to rejoice over John Bulls dis
comature, but because his financial