The Washington times., 1931-06-15
HOOVER To TALK
ON BUSINESS
CONDITIONS
President Off on Four-Day
Jaunt Regarded as Informal
Start of Presidential Race
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES

BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
CHARLESTON. w. Va, June
is U.N.SJ.-President Hoover got
a first-hand glimpse Of conditions
in the famous Kanawha River
coal country today, as his special
train sped through West Virginia,
en- route to indianapolis. .
Crowds turned out at most Of
the small stations along the route
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio rail.
road. but no halt was made until
Charleston was reached, shortly
before 10 o'clock this morning.
Greeted BY Executives
Here at the State capital, Mr..
Hoover was greeted by a COM
mittee of prominent West Vir>
ginians. including Gov. William
9. Conley, Senator Henry H. Hat
field, Republican National Com
mitteeman Hallanan, and the
mayors of Huntington and
Charleston. They accompanied
the President the rest of the way
through the State.
1t had been arranged for Mr..
Hoover to make brief talk from
a temporary platform at the sta
ton in Huntington, but the crowd
was so large that it was found i'm.
practicable, and instead the Presi.
dent merely thanked the Hunt.
ingtonians for coming to see him
in such large numbers. s-
Senator Hatfield, who intro
duced the President, was referred
to by him as "YOur most able and
dutifuI Senator" which the crowd
cheered.
Governor ConleS introduced the
President to crowd OF several
thousand Charlestonians at the
station, and Mr.. Hoover thanked
them for coming out to greet
him.
From Charleston to Hunting.
ton, the President and Mrs.
Hoover held an informal recep-
ton aboard for visiting West Vir-
ginians. Orange juice was served
in the observation car.
At Huntington there was an
other crowd of 900 persons assem-
bled.
President Hoover's four-day tour
CT the Middle West which, while
ostensibly nonpolitical in charac.
ter, nevertheless has certain
aspects that will be watched
closely by those who are already
looking IL months ahead to the
presidential campaign of 1892.
To Make Three Speeches
In the four days that NJ
Hoover will spend traverSa.Ig
States as far West as Illinois,
he will make three speeches. :
One Of these. in Indianapolis
tonight, before the Indiana Re.
publican Editorial Association, is
distinctly of political nature. He
purposes to deal with depression
and business conditions generally
AN issue which the leaders of
both great political parties I1ri.
vately agree will go far toward
determining the result of the eIec.
tiOn next year.
The other two speeches are Of
somewhat different charac ter.
Tomorrow in Marion, Ohio, he
will make the long deferred dedi-
cation of the memorial erected to
Warren G. Harding. It is q
speech that is awaited with con-
siderable interest in political as
well as nonpolitical quarters.
Former President Calvin Coolidge
will journey from Northampton
to participate.
At Lincoln Tomb
On Wedn day, President
Hoover will retrace his route
through Indiana to Springfield,
ILL.,, there to rededicate the re-
modelled tomb of Abraham Lin.
coin.
Only a small party accom-
panied Mr.. Hoover. In addition
to Mrs. Hoover, there were Post
master General Brown, generally
regarded as the political mem.
Der" of the Cabinet; Mrs. Brown,
Assistant Secretary of Labor
White, and the usual secretaries,
aides, reporters and photog-
raphers.
Upon reaching indianapolis late
this afternoon, the President will
be met by a committee and es-
corted to the home of Gov. Harry
G. Leslie, where a reception will
be held for the Republican
editors of the State and their
wives, who are his hosts at to-
nights banquet.