Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-25
CALLS DEMOCRATS
GLOOM SPREADERS
Lucas Urges Republicans to
War Against Starvation
Propaganda Of, Opposition.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, September IS.
Robert H. Lucas, executive director
Of the Republican National Committee,
today charged Democratic propaganda
with responsibility for fear, which he
said had gripped the country. that men,
women and children will be faced with
starvation this coming Winter as q re-
suit Of the depression"
Lucas was one Of a group of promi-
nent Republicans who spoke before a.
rally of New England Republicans held
in the Coliseum of the New England
States Exposition.
IF the great Republican army of this
country will but get itself into battle
foTmation-meet this fight standing up,
and, hitting out from the shoulder, dis
pei this maze Of gloomy propaganda"
Lucas said, "the conscious fear Of deS-
tituticn and starvation win be lifted
from the minds Of the people and the
buying power of this vast country viii
open the gates to those who seek en-
ployment."
Asks Support for Hoover.
Calling upon Republicans Of the Ma
ton to rally to the support of President
Hoover, Lucas said: we are suffering
with paralyzing anemIa brought on
by sitting deluge of destructive Demo-
cratic propaganda-a campaign of ex-
aggeration, misrepresentation and man.
ufactured lies that has not only had its
political effect, but has so alarmed the
people that the spending Of money by
those who have 1t has been reduced to q
point actually below the necessities Of
life"
Lucas told his audience that .sunless
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sumes its full responsibility as the DOM
ipant party Democratic administra-
ton will likely demonstrate what hard
times really are"
Women Behind Hoover.
The organized Republican women are
still behind the administration Of
President Hoover, Mrs. Ellis A. Yost Of
Huntington, w. Va. director of the
womens division of the Republican
National Committee, said today.
TT IS time in public affairs when
passions, prejudices and selfish motives
have a tendency to obscure issues and
unbalance reason, making it difficult
even for philosophers to preserve their
poise," Mrs Yost said But the man
in the White House is unmoved by the
clamor of discordant voices or the
noise of political tom-toms that would
disturb the equilibrium of Nation that
has need of sober thinking and well
considered action. It Is freely
conceded that he Is not politician, in
the accepted Interpretation Of that
term. No opposition, no expression Of
anathema on the part Of his political
enemies or dissenters has ever swerved
Herbert Hoover from the path of duty"
Mrs. Yost reviewed the steady in
crease in the number of women holding
public Office since they were granted
suffrage and the part they have played
in the councils of the Republican party.
Urges investment Freedom.
Senator Simeon D. Tess of Ohio to-
day said the opportunity Of private and
corporate investment should be kept
open, free of socialistic and paterna-
listic government interference, to guar
antee recovery from the world economic
crisis.
I'VE must not be led into deadening
socialistic theories which will dry up
the reservoirs of new inventions and
discoveries" Fess said. "Our chief con-
Germ is and should be to so guide the
Nation through this period so rife with
all sorts of half-baked theories of pro-
duction and distribution that when we
are through with it the Nation is not
by unsound temporary nos
trums which will become permanent
law to the hurt of Nation whose prog
ress of the people has been the wonder
of the world =
Industrial crises are not a new
thing In America, we have had them
before. We have always worked out of
them. We will come out of this one.
Not infrequently these times of stress
serve as periods for finding the way
for new wealth We have evidence that
such results will Tow from this de-
preston"
Cites Building Program.
The Ohio Senator told of President
Hoover's moves to stabilize the world
economic situation, specifically mem
tioning the war debts moratorium. The
public construction program, calling for
an expenditure of $1,550, 000,000 for
1880 and 1881, of which $3.50, 000, 900
was for the public building program of
the Federal Government this year, was
cited as evidence of the effort to relieve
The Senator reiterated
his opposition to the dole, and regard
ing public construction programs, said
they were important. but must not be
relied upon as the chief source of en-
ployment."
He gave assurance that where indus
try cannot absorb unemployment, the
Federal Government would cooperate
with States and municipalities in pub
lie construction to reduce 1t. Similar