Nogales international., 1932-07-30
Attempting To Auoid Real Issues

Whenever q political party is unable to meet Ell
fectivey campaign issue or Tor any reason WISHES
to avoid discussion of issues, 1t nVarlaoy seeAs 10
divert public thought and attention TO some eACran
eo1,s and mmateral subject Only in this way be
accounted for the constant repetition OF two items OF
aneWs2 from the daily output of political propaganda
from the White House.
One Of these items concerns the question OF sign
ing the Emergency Relief Bill by the PRESIDENT !lIs
biI contains paragraph making large appropna-
tion for loans to the States for the purpose OF renew
inc unemployment. By some, this appropriation IS
classified as 8 "dole' and Mr. Hoover has from the
beginning of the Hoover panic and It's resultant os
tress and threatened starvation drastlcaly opposed
Tho Granting Of a dole It would appear from these
statements that the President now satisfied with
This feature Of the bill but studying other pnas
es with which he was not wholly IN accord. Lay oy
dav in the morning press and in the evening press,
since the adjournment Of Congress, the changes nave
been r1ng upon this story with the result that Mr.
Hooyer's name was constantly kept upon the puDnc
tongue and in the public eye and upon the front page
which by many politicians, is considered OF great psy
Geological benefit. ~
Another story morning and evening editions, OF
White House origin concerned the date upon Wnlch
President Hoover will be notified OF his nomnahonI
for the Presidency and deliver his speech Of accept
ance This story has appeared almost daily with many
variations since the adjournment Of the Republican
National Convention. It originally suggested tnat
the notification would take place sometime IN August,
but doubt was expressed whether the notlf1catlonI
would be made in California in Washington. A la
ter story indicated that Washington was more IN fav
or than the Pacific Coast, which permitted the ac-
cornpanying information that the President was sol
engrossed with the public business that he would bel
unable to leave the Capital for that ceremony An
other variation Of this story that the date might
be fixed on the tenth Of August to correspond with
the date of his notification in 1928; another versions
was that the date would be sometime between August
and August 15 but the president has not yet de-
cided."
It was reasonably sure all the time that the Pres
dent would sign the Emergency Relief Bill It is Who'll
v immaterial what date he is notified Or whether
the ceremony takes place in Washington elsewhere
The point is that these two subjects have been
constantly used over long period of time in order to
divert the public mind from the real issues Of the cam
paign which the Republican leaders from the Presi-
dent down dread to face They tend to keep the public
mind and thought off of the increasing depression off
Of the Hawey- -Smoot tariff, which is destroying the
foreign trade Of the nation; off Of the prohibition
straddle plank in the Republican platform; off Of the
promises of the continuation of prosperity under Re
publican rule made in 1929 off Of the pollyaa state
mens that the great catastrophe that has befaen the
United States is passing disturbance that
would be in sixty days. and all the other phases
of the long record Of the Administrations failure to
meet or solve the important problems that have arisen
in the last three years.
It is pal pabe device in attempted avoidance Of
ali the real issues that confront the party in the
pagn, including the record Of Admnistr2to on failures
for which it has neither Defense palato-2 nor excuse