Milford chronicle., 1932-11-04
HOOVER SAYS
FOES PLOT j. s.
DESTRUCTION
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greetings 10 Dlm were cOfulal ant
sincere. All New York greeted him
with enthusiasm and an apparent
disregard of the issues of the CAM
paign. From the Pennsylvania Sta
tion to the Waldorf Astoria he rode
through long avenues of men and
women who appeared genuinely de-
lighted to see him and LEI him
know it by constant applause.
The address he delivered was in
the opinion of the President the
most important of his campaign.
Undoubtedly, he based that opinion
on the fact that it was, in effect, a
summation of all the issues into the
general and specific charge that
what Mr.. Roosevelt and his assOei-
ates are striving for is revolution
in American political life.
Warns OF Possible Disaster
Earlier in the day, speaking at
Newark, Mr.. Hoover had declared
that q change in reconstruction
policies, a halting of the processes
of reconstruction for the purpose of
effecting political changes would
bring disaster to the firesides of the
Nation. He repeated that assertion
Monday night.
The President launched his attack
upon Governor Roosevelt and his
associates, who he said are not rad
icals but reactiOnaries, as soon as
he started to speak. His opening
declaration was that the issue to be
decided on November 8 is not con-
test between candidates or parties
but between two philosophers of
Government and that the philosophy
sponsored by Mr.. Roosevelt and the
men associated with him, would
destroy the very foundations of AM
erican Government. ,"
1.-THE change they advocate in
Government" he said, "is not Il
normal change, a normal develop
ment of the national life, but ac-
cording to their own expressions,
fundamental changes in our eco
nomic and social life else their ex-
pressions, are nothing but vacuOus
words"
He said he realized that in these
times of distress that arguments for
a change had distinct appeal but he
warned that the philosophy actuat-
ing the Democratic candidate will
not be in accordance with the year
niiigs of the distressed millions.
Calls Plan PeTilOuS
'I may say at once" he declared
with great earnestness, that the
changes proposed by all Democratic
principals and allies are of the most
profound and penetrating character.
If they are brought about this will
not be the America which we have
known IN the past"
Having thus presented what he
conceives to be the issue of The
campaign as fundamentally preser-
walton of American institutions, Mr..
Hoover urged that in making their |
choice on election day electors
should not approach such decision !
Sin the despair in which our OPP
ronents would clothe it." They
should, he said, put aside political
agitation, the glitter of promises, I
the discouragement of temporary
hardships and make their choice on
the question of whether or not they
will support proposals changing the
system (which has been builded up
by $50 years of the toll of our faith
ers."
. As a contrast to the proposals
and theories which he set forth an
innate the Democratic campaign, Mr..
Hoover, at some length, set forth
his conception of the American sys-
tenn of government which, he said,
lit is now proposed that we should
alter" That system, he said, is
upon ordered liberty, free
dom of the individual and equal OPP
Dortunity to all. In the development
Of this system, with its cooperation
and sense of responsibility, we
he said, find solution of our
problems.
Present System Hailed As Success
"The greatest function of the Gov
he said, should be to
,uild up cooperation and its most
-esoIute action should be to deny
he extension of bureaucracy" The
system even in these times of un-
,recedented economic emergency .
las not failed, he declared, but has
demonstrated itself equal to the
asks imposed upon it. 1--WE saved !
his Nation" he declared, from a
luarter of a century of chaos and
We saved the integrity ;
# our Government and the honesty
f the American dollar. We install
ed measures which are bringing
ack recovery. Employment, agri- ]
ulture, business-all show the t
teady if slow healing of our enOr-
nous wound" i
Since the system has not failed !
hder stress, he argued, the proper s
curse for the voter is to continue t
measures and policies set up to re- t
tore normal functioning. E
ITO enter" he said, upon Sc i
les of deep changes, to embark
non this inchoate new deal which c
as been proposed in this campaign C
-ould be to undermine and destroy v
ur American system" t
Cites Rapid Progress n
For the purpose of clarifying the t
sue, Mr.. Hoover, in detailed an Il
Iysis of the progress of the Nation "
lring the last generation, asserted t
lat under the American system of
overnment 100000 new homes
nd been built, 20,000,000 telephones u
ad been installed, 100000 radios h
ld been purchased and 20,000,00O ot
Itomobiles were on the highways. ic
and purchasing power had o.