Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-07
HOOVER GIVES
STIRRING TALK
At SALT LAKE
Again Charges Economic De-
preston Was Aftermath OF
World War Expenses
MAKES APPEAL TO PEOPLE
Charges Democratic Efforts
Based On Belief OF Voters
Ignorance Of Truth
BY HENRY F. MISSELWITZ
United Press Staff Correspondent

BY HENRY +. MISSELWITZ
United Press Staff Correspondent
MORMON TABERNACLE, Salt
Lake City, Nov. President Hoo
yer charged today the Democratic
campaign was based on the as
sumption that the American people
were an ignorant people"
He sought again to show that the
present economic depression was
due to chaotic conditions caused by
the after effects of the World war,
and charged the Democrats thought
the people could not grasp the
meaning" of current events.
He said: "They estimated that
our people could not grasp the
meaning of our increases in public
debt due to the war and the infla-
ton of value in our country They
assumed that the knowledge of
those events and their effects upon
us had been unobserved They have
had the political foolishness to mis-
judge that the intelligence of the
American people would permit the
belief that the boom on the New
York stock exchange caused this
world calamity and in spite of the
fact that we have had similar
booms Is times in the last CEN
fury and they have not leopard
zed our republic or the world"
The President touched On for
eign policies and denounced war as
colossal error as an instrument
Of national policy"
He declared that the very first
of all problems pressing upon the
human race is the problem of pre-
vention of future wars
He emphasized Americas leader
ship in the cause of peace, and adj
ded: II have made but one reser-
walton, and that is we will join no
movement to use military or eco
nomic force in attempts to pre-
vent" He said he opposed an eco
nomic boycott because it was "a
contradiction of method"
Discusses Silver
On silver, the President gave as
Surance to the people of this Rocky
Mountain mining region that their
interests would be advanced by the
American delegation at the pro-
posed world economic conference
at London
Mr.. Hoover emphasized that he
had sounded out the foreign coun-
tries on silver conference but that
they had turned him down. He said
then his administration went into
the world economic parley only on
the definite understanding that
| there should be considered "a meth
| cd for the restoration of the use
and price of silver"
The President read his statement
on Philippine independence and a
tariff on sugar, issued in Denver
last night, and defended his pro-
tective tariff policy. He said the
tariff commission had taken the
tariff out of log rolling and placed
it on sound and effective basis.
The chief executive forecast a
| Republican victory, and attacking
the Democrats, said: their failure
will be the rebuke of an honest
minded and thinking electorate"
He again declared that 100000
men had been put back to work
since congress adjourned, and $780,
900 were returning monthly. The
President reiterated his denuncia-
ton of the Democratic house of
representatives which he charged
was guilty of delaying passage of
measures designed to end the de-
preston.
The President declared business
conditions generally are improving
reports to him showed. He said also
he had lust received a telegram
showing employment and business
in New England increased 10 per
cent in the past four months" The
President said he regretted that
agriculture has been tagging be-
hind industry in this march of re-
covery" He blamed that largely on
decreased currencies abroad which
he said permitted dumping of farm
| produce on American markets, and
/ promised farm relief.