The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-15
Address by Executive Is
HeraIded as Keynote
for 1882 Campaign.
PARADE ROUTE is SET
Soldiers and Members of
Patriotic Societies to
Join in March.
BY BEN STERN

Fraught with the utmost impor-
lance to the Republican party, both
in the state and in the nation, the
visit of President Herbert Hoover to
Indianapolis and his address to-
night at the state Playground took
the center of the national affairs
stage today.
The Presidents enunciation was
today the principal topic Of specula-
ton among Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, for the address which is to
be broadcast over the NBC and
Columbia networks is the kickoff
in the 1882 political campaign.
Five thousand Republican parti-
sans have come here to gain inspir-
alton from their leader and be
heartened sufficiently to return to
their homes and labor to prevent a
repetition of the Democratic gains
of 1929 and 1880. Theirs is the
duty to sustain the faltering and
keep the disaffected in line.
Comes to Woo Midwest
Thousands of Democratic leaders
and strategists and the anti-ad-
ministration Republicans eagerly
are awaiting the address with the
intention of obtaining ammunition
for their attacks on the Hoover adj
I1inistration.
The Presidents visit to Indian
apolis, Marion, O., and Springfield,
Ill, is likened to a wooing Of the
midwest. But it is here that his
important political utterance is to
be made.
Indianapolis was selected by adj
n1inistration strategists because it is
at the borderline of agriculture and
industry. And when the invitation
of the Indiana Republican Editorial
Association was received, it was
eagerly accepted.
President Hoover's fate rests with
the pivotal midwest and especially
Indiana.
New Uprising Feared
It Is recalled that in 1928 the IN
diana delegation to the Republican
national convention was pledged to
Senator James e. Watson, and the
farm leaders of this state, headed
by Lieutenant Governor Edgar D.
Bush, led the falling battle against
the nomination of Hoover.
There always is the possibility
that the agricultural group in the
delegation may seize it again and
protest against denomination Of the
President
The address of the President is
expected to allay doubts in the
minds of these disaffected and Of
fer panacea for the depression.
Three weeks ago the Hoover din
ner began to bear the aspects of
failure. Instead of the 5000 ex-
pected, it appeared that only 1000
or 5000 would attend. It even was
found necessary to send out party
workers to awaken interest.
Party Here at 4:30
Energetic work and efforts of
Harry Fenton, secretary Of the Re-
publican state committee, Paul R.
Bausman, president of the Editorial
Association, and Neil D. McCallum
and Frederick E. Schortemeier, for
mer secretary of state, are respon-
Sible for the success of the dinner.
All arrangements have been COM
pleted and as soon as the escort
planes are seen lowering md cir
cling over the city this afternoon
the machinery for the reception and
dinner will begin automatically.
The President and Mrs. Hoover
and their son Allan, Postmaster
General and Mrs. Walter F. Brown,
Robe Carl White, assistant secretary
Of labor, and others of the party,
including approximately thirty cor
respondents and newsreel operators,
upon their arrival here at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon, will be met
by a reception committee headed by
Bausn1an and including Oscar G.
Foellinger, 1923 Hoover primary
manager; Mrs. Samuel E. Boys,
wife Of the new president Of the as
ISOLATION; Mrs. Harriet Toner, An
derson publisher; Senator James E.