The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-29

There has been drama enough in his life goodness
knows. He has met and overcome more appalling
difficulties in the last 10 years than some Of the
great figures in history The occupant Of the
White House has done plenty of things to enttle him
to the limelight before, during, and since the
But he takes these things as matter of course in
his methodical matteroffact way. He cannot will
not pose.
So recently as the last nine months, Hoover
has been our pilot through series of tremendous
national emergencies. Two of these emergencies
were unpreseedented we have never seen their like
before. One of them threatened the total collapse
and impoverishment of this nation. It after
economic distress and credit prostration resulting
panics had brought about revolutions in 20 countries
affected.
The whole world had been shaken. Not one
country escaped and it was turn.
At one of the gravest moments of I'M
certainty some of our good men and true became
alarmed then frightened then lost their heads But
the President kept his
At White House conference of Republicans
and Democrats from both houses of Congress now
nearly year ago. President Hoover virtually made
known his entire program financial and eco
nonlic relief.
1t is when you see a man in action day after
day under stress, as have Hoover, that you
really come to know him for what he is.
The critical moment have in mind was when
winter upon last year. Millions of men were
out of work. public had nearly dried up.
To large extent private incomes also had disap-
peared. Then foreign countries began withdrawing
more than 2,400 million dollars from the United
States. This included billion dollars of our gold
reserve Where was it going to stop? Fear seized
the people, they took than 1000 million dollars
of their savings from the banks and hid the money
The storm was worldwide, after-war collapse
which, in our case followed colossal of stock
market speculation and gambling. That only made
it all the for us.
Many of are only now beginning to appreciate
how the President met all this with what may truly
be called the most gigantic program of economic de-
tense and counter-attacz" evolved in our his
tory Had the President failed u.s. had he weakened,
it is not too much to say there would not be bank
in Aroori TOD
dustral fabrc of the country would wreck
ed or paralyzed, and we ourselves would have gone
down in the wreck.
Critics to be sure, have been free to criticize
They criticized even more in Lncoln's time. But
they have been extremely backward about proposing
any plans of their They have had little offer
except criticism.
During those trying months one saw Hoover
finch or tremble. His courage and backbone were
OF the kind called for by the occasion He stood grly
at his post He stood Congress for eight months
with his program that has saved us-unti his pa
tience and persistence won UNTIL William Allen
White puts it, "he won more than any other Presi-
dent ever won in any other months" 1t was legis-
lative leadership unmatched in American history"
During these crucial 8 months the President had
to resort to heroic measures to block the famous
Garner pork barrel" bill. The Garner bill would
have compelled to tax ourselves for than 5000
millions of dollars for thousands of unneeded post
offices and for enormous number of unremunera-
tive public enterprises. During this time Presi-
dent Hoover succeeded in cutting down national ex-
penditures more than 700 million dollars. Imagine
what would have meant to the country to put 1000
million dollars the tax bill this year. Hoo
yer saved us that saving too enormous to compre-
hend
Only recently has the President told us the story
of those months in his way in his speech of
acceptance Mark Sullivan the histrian and political
writer, finds nothing like it in all history. He
calls this address the most unvarnished straghtfor-
ward state paper of its kind written. Hoover's
honest frankness sticks out all it.
In this document the earnestness, the determine
tion the devotion of the President to the country
evident. But it is the plainest kind of talk. I do
not believe anyone read this acceptance address
without being convinced of the true greatness of the
man; without having his faith renewed in American
principles of government.
am unable to find any good reason for dis
pensng with the services of such President at
such time, to put in his place of less exper-
fence and far less attainment. What great corpora
ton would change it's president under such circun-
| stances Would it be wise move at this time for
the people of the United States to turn the
tire administrative government of this nation to
lot of new and inexperienced hands?
There is a time-honored American adage of pio-
neer days which counsels against swapping horses
in midstrean Our troubles not over. We have
got to rebuild got to restore the entire country This
is not the time to dispense with the services of the
man who knows all about the biggest job of recon
structon that has confronted President since Civil
War times.
For 10 years Mr.. Hoover has had in mind a plan
to simplify entire system Of national government
He has it all mapped out in a chart that be
derstood at a glance. But he has constantly had
to contend with emergencies that he has had to defer
putting this plan into execution during his first term
of Office. One of the last bills passed by Congress
gave the President authority to begin this work at
the next session Our last four Presidents have re-
cognized the need of drastic reform of this kind,
but we have never before had President who knew
how to go about it.
So far as politics is concerned the country may
well face the facts Herbert Hoover, tried by fire,
tested by adversely strengthened by responsibility,
fitted by trainin and by responsibility, is the
counrys best bet in the four years of reconstruction
that are ahead of us. We cannot spare such a man
at such time.
THE LIMIT IN BUNC
Winfield (Kan.) Courier
The Democrats going to make great ap-