The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-16
HURLEY POINTS TO|
HOOVER RECORD AS
|0NE OF ACHIEVEMENT
War Secretary Enumefates
Things Done BY President
to Better Conditions
FINANCIAL CHIEFS RAPED
Says Money Barons Shout For
Leadership But Offer
None Of Their Own

Washington. Dec. 16-(F-A con-
crete record of achievement by Presi-
dent Hoover was set up Wednesday
by Secretary Hurley against an asser-
ton that the Democratic party has no
"They the Democrats) are prob
ably waiting to get all the presidents
ideas" said the cabinet member Ito
use them in an attempt to set up a
program of their own. We hear the
Democrats mumbling lot about 'fid-
ding while Rome burns but notwith-
standing all of that kind Of talk, the
presidents program Is before congress
and If there Is any fiddling being
done during the conflagration, con-
gress is doing It,"
Hurley. spoke at the last session OF
the Republican national committee
which Tuesday selected Chicago as
the 1882 convention city. He shrug-
ged off criticism Of the president and
his aides with the words Of Abraham
Lincoln:
Il shall not try to read, much less
answer, all the criticisms of me and
my associates. Else this office might
as well be closed for any other bust
ness"
Has Had . Program
Taking this line, the war secretary
devoted practically his entire speech
to enumerating the things done by
Hoover since circumstances first
brought about the economic upheaval
From the very beginning the presi-
dent has had a program, not only for
the meeting Of temporary emergen-
cies. but also for the future. This
nation has passed through Is depres-
sions in the last century. Never III
our history has a president been
called upon to direct the nations
commerce, industry and banking: tc
create jobs for millions; to provide
funds for the care of the unemployed;
to lead in the mitigation of the ef.
fects of the depression; to mobilize
public opinion and the economic
forces of the nation for its recovery
All these things have been done bJ
the present chief executive Of the ma
ton.
Throughout the depression the
president has been doing the work thai
should properly fall upon the leader!
Of industry, commerce and banking
In Presidents Lap
In all previous disturbances finance
has had its intrepid leader or leaders
Today we hear leaders of financt
shouting for leadership but presenting
very little evidence OF that quality ir
their own establishments. They fal
back on the president of the United
States-throw all their problems onto
his lap and throw up their hands and
shout save u.s."
He mentioned the presidents inter
national actions. and their criticism
by Democrats, who seem to see In al
OF these things something approach
ing 'entangling alliances
If they would criticize intelligent.
ly," he added, they would say that
we became entangled with Europe
about IS years ago; that this en-.
tanglement came about under
Democratic administration; that the
Republicans stopped the Democrats
from further entangling us in Europe
by defeating our entrance into the
League of Nations. The debts the ma
tions owe the United States were
made by Democrats"
"Up to this hour" he continued
"every emergency that has confronted
the nation during this period Of stress
has been promptly, courageously. and
inteligently met by the president"
immediately after the Hurley ad-
dress, the committee formally in
creased the number Of delegates te
the 1882 convention to 1854. as com.
pared with 1,080 in 1928.
It also approved June IA as the date
for the convention to begin at Chi
cago for what friends of the presi'
dent confidently expect to result In
his denomination.