Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-04

tlOnal COmmlILee, On n FLe-
publican View Of Present Prob
lens" arranged BY the Washing, on
Star and broadcast over a Nationwide
network of the Columbia Broadcast1ng
Co., follows:
We are on the eve of the most i'm
portant political campaigns the country
has known in recent years. Conditions
are critical, not only in our own land
but throughout the whole world. With
the possible exception Of the war period
there has never been time when the
proper adjustment OF international re-
lationships was so difficult to attain
and at the same time OF such vital
Importance. During the past lew
months it has been demonstrated as
never before how intimately the well
fare of one country is bound up with
that Of all other countries and how
vitality essential it is that harmony and
good will should exist among the
nations.
At such a time as this it is i'm
meaSurably fortunate that the Presi-
dent of the United States is states
man of worldwide acquaintance, with
a grasp and understanding of inter-
national relationships, which perhaps
has never been equaled, certainly has
never been exceeded by any Of our
Presidents. When Herbert Hoover
came to the White House he already
knew personally every important states
man In Europe and held the complete
confidence of all of them. His in
fluence, therefore, has been most potent
during the period through which we
have been passing and it has always
been exercised for peace, progress and
prosperity. To have this strong, in
spring and. steadying influence with
drawn from international councils,
a HNEHT
be real calamity, not only to our own
country. but to the whole world.
Recalls Macdonald Visit.
Early In his administration. in Octo-
Der 1929, President Hoover inaugurated
q new era OF international amity and
understanding when he invited Ramsay
Macdonald, Prime Minister of Great
Britain, to come to the United States
in order that the heads of the two
great English-Speaking nations should
have an opportunity to meet one
another face to face and talk out in
friendly, leisurely fashion the great
problems that confronted them in the
world. Out of this visit grew the Lon
don Naval Conference. as a result of
which an end was put to the destruc-
tive and threatening race for naval
supremacy and an agreement among all
the great naval powers was reached for
the limitation OF sea ornaments which
not only directly promoted the prospect
OF world peace, but has lifted from the
shoulders of the taxpayers of all the
nations load that was fast becoming
an tntolerable burden. Following the
precedent he had thus set himself.
President Hoover has recently extended
an invitation to Mr.. Pierre Laval, the
Premier of France. to visit him in
washington. That invitation has been
accepted and within a few DAYS the
head OF the French government will
be IN direct personal conference with
the President of the United States with
results that cannot fail to be benef1cent
and far reaching. Following the visit
OF the great French statesman it Is
expected that the Chancellor of Ger
many. Will be guest of the President
and another conference will be held
that must certainly be of great
moment to all the world. That
one after another the most power
most powerful nations of Europe has
accepted the invitation of the Presi-
dent of the United States for the pur-
pose OF personal conference is a testi-
monia1. not only to the position of
leadership which our Nation holds
among the great powers of the world.
but 1t Is testimonial also to the rank
and standing and influence of the
President himself, which may we'll
touch the pride of every American
citizen.
Reviews Hoover Actions.
And just as President Hoover has
exercised and is exercising a dominat-
Ing influence in international affairs
30 he has held and exercised the lead
ership in domestic matters which we ex-
pect from our President. For the first
time in our history in a period of de-
preston the Office of the President has
been the center from which have gone
out steady, encouraging and helpful
messages and measures. President
Hoover wasted no time in lamentation.
Immediately upon the crash in the
Stock Exchange, which marked the be-
ginning of the business recession, the
President acted. He called into con-
ference the powerful figures in bank
ing and finance and measures were
taken which prevented the money panic
that for time seemed inevitable He
called together the directors of great
industries and secured from them a
pledge that there should be no reduc-
ton in wages. He called the leaders of
labor and obtained their pledge that
there should be peace in the labor
world. He summoned the Governors
OF States and the heads of great cor
corporations and they gave him their
assurance that to the limit of their
resources works of public and corporate
construction should be carried forward.
He recommended to the Congress of
the United States increased appropria-
tons for carrying on of public works
by the Federal Government. From time
to time he urged upon the employers of
the country the policy of staggering
work in such way as to afford en-
ployment to the greatest possible num-
Der of people. AS result of these con-
crete and constructive efforts all fair
minded men concede that to the Presi-
dent must go the credit for the fact
that during the past two years en-
ployment has been held at a far higher
level than would otherwise have been
the case, that there have been fewer
disturbances growing out of disputes
between labor and capital, and a
smaller percentage Of wage reductions
than have ever been known in any similar
period. Largely through the Presidents
steadying influence we have had no
such financial stress and strain as have
shaken even the financial structure of
Great Britain to its foundations. With
out any desire in the least to minimize
the untoward business conditions that
prevail throughout the country, it yet
remains true as Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst said recently, after returning
from a tour Of Europe that in COM
parison with conditions In other coun-
tries the depression here has made
hardly more than a dent in the surface
of our prosperity. That conditions,
bad as they are, would have been i'm
measurably worse but for the direct
action of President Hoover will not be
denied by informed and fair-minded
men,
President Gave Warning.
In times through such as we are now
passing there is always danger that
sound principles of government and
SriSo measures Of SfataSnanShiD NAV be