Evening star., 1932-11-03

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President Hoo er's address last nigh
by telephone to California. Oregon ant
Washington, follows:
am speaking tonight to our Cali
fornja Association in this city and tc
my fellow Californians and my friends
in oregon and washington over tht
telephone and radio.
I am speaking tonight with no feel
ing of being removed or apart from tht
people at home in our own States
There Is no separation Of time or dis
tance which the longing of the hear
and mind cannot span between those
whose common experience in daily hv'
ing, fundamental aspirations and ideal'
give common sympathy and common
understanding.
The telephone and the radio which
convey my voice to you across the
continent are not quicker in their er-
rand than is the spirit which prompts
the message they bring to you
1t is almost 48 years since came
as boy, to oregon, where, under the
tender care of my uncle, l spent seven
years amid the glories of the Willamette
Valley and it was there that I began
to earn my own living. Still boy,
40 years ago, came to California In
search OF an engineering education
with little means beyond the savings
I had made. That opportunity was
made possible for me by citizen OF
California in the endowment Of STAN
ford University free of tuition.
Returned Each Year.
After having worked in the mines Of
California with my own hands,
through the same gentle kindness OF
another great citizen of California !
was started on my professional career
A great chance came to me through
the world leadership California had at
tanned in the mining industry and
participated in responding to the de-
mand of foreign countries for the train
ing and skill that California had de-
veloped in that profession. I have
never gone SO far away, nor remained
SO long, except during the great war
and the presidency. that the honling in
stinct has not carried me back every
year to sink more deeply and more
firmly the roots of my being in the
fertile soil of CALIFORNIA; spiritual and
cultural life.
During the four yeas1 Of the great
war I represented the Hhited States In
great enterprises which brought credit
and distinction to our country and to
my State. But I was deprived during
those years of return to my home
Fearful that my sons should grow up
without that imprint Of California, that
they might fail in touch with their own
people, they, with their mother. spent
large part Of that period in our Cali
fornia home. to be educated there in
the prime school of democracy-our
public schools.
After the war We came home with
the hope and long-treasured enterprise
OF every normal American family Of
building a new house. I am not one
OF those CalifornianS whose heart needs
the awakening influence of absence to
quicken his appreciation of the State
Of his birth or adoption. When. sooner
or later, the time arrives which per-
mite me to DO SO. I propose to return
to my home in Palo Alto to live with
my fellow Californians.
Elevated to The presidency Of the
United States ~ a son of California,
it has been ms task to contend with
the greatest pekce-time disaster which
has ever come to the American people.
That crisis has extended over every
hour and every day for the whole of
the last two years. 1t has not so far
permitted me to be away from the nerve
center Of the Nation, the headquarters
OF a great battle. a distance of more
than a nights journey.
Compelled to Stay Away.
Our family has each year made fond
plans for return to spend a Summer at
our own home for normal change and
relief from work, but new crises and
new emergencies have compelled me to
remain at the Capital Of the Nation
The improved situation in the country
affords me the deep satisfaction of
in 10
pose OF carrying on q political CAM
paign amongst my neighbors. who are
my friends. but to satisfy that proper
instinct inherent in every American to
cast his vote amongst his neighbors at
his own home. I trust I may not be
prevented from exercising this privi-
lege
My friends, in addressing you tonight,
as a Californian I am asking you for
support in this contest because In the
outcome Of this fight for the Republican
party the people Of the State Of Cali
fornia have a great stake I am ad-
dressing the people of Oregon and
Washington because they, too, might be
faced with the sacrifices of their most
vital interests.
No more serious moment has ever
brought the people of California and
myself together in counsel as friends
and neighborS than that which chal-
lengeS us now. California has been
honored by the Nation with its leader
ship during a period even more dan
gerous than great war. I do not take
seriously the claims Of our opponents,
however loudly voiced, that California
will contribute to the responsibility of
interrupting that leadership to the Ma
ton which California has itself pro-
vided.
do not need to remind CalifoFnians
Of the stages by which this crisis de-
veloped. While our opponents lay it
largely to the mania of speculation,
which indeed did contribute all, Cali
fornianS know the ease with which our
State has time and again recuperated
from such reverses by a short wait for
the solid forces of growth to catch do
with the overadvancement and override
velopment Of hope and enterprise.
Our opponents further claim that this
great calamity was also due to increases
in the tariff. Pacific Coast States can
scarcely agree to this idea, because they
themselves we're among the largest ben
ef1ciartes from these increases.
Quotes Opponent
The Democratic candidate stated at
Seattle:
When this tariff was passed, with It's
outrageous rates, these laws started us
on the road where we now find our
selves, and that is the road Of ruin"
He further states:
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