Imperial Valley press., 1932-11-04
LINCOLN USED
ASPROTOTYPE
BY PRESIDENT
Present Crisis Likened To That
OF Civil War Days, In Illinois
Address.
APPEALS FOR SUPPORT
Points In Previous Speeches
Emphasized On Westward
Journey To Coast.
BY HENRY F. MISSELWITZ
United Press staff Correspondent

Un1teC freSS otai1 correspondent
ABOARD PRESIDENT HOOV-
Frs TRAIN, Nov. 4.-President
Hoover today called upon the ma
ton, as Abraham Lincoln did dur
ing the Civil war, to support hi;
plea for reelection.
The President said.
1.-THE turning tide of the Civil
war was made at Gettysburg. The
turn in the tics in this crisis was
made last winter.
And just as after Gettysburg
long months of continual battle
were required to bring about the
saving of the Union, in the same
manner we must continue the fight
today to recover our prosperity ana
to preserve the social and political
principles for which Abraham Lin
coin stood,
I'm 1860 as in 1929, the country
was unexpectedly faced with a great
calamity. Then. as now, the disrup-
tive forces gathered strength and
for time their progress seemed IL
resistible, then, as now, the re-
sources of the nation were mobll-
lied and organized in a campaign
that finally ended the initial re-
treat.
"Then, as now, the strategy OF
campaigns on many fronts pro-
duced their inevitable results. Then
as now, advances began here and
E there. so coordinated as to lead TO
the final triumph. But then, as
now the nation had undergone such
a strain, it was Keeling under Sc
many blows, that even after tne
advance had begun many failed 10
realize what had happened"
The President denounced the De-
mocratic slogans and platform as
strangely reminiscent OF those
(words) used by their predecessors
in Chicago 68 years ago." He ADDED
that again today, as in 1864, they
call for a change of leadership ana
policies at Washington
The chief executive declared that
Gin spite of the hardsh1ps OF Vne
time. the nation in 1864 refused TO
be swerved from course that nad
turned the retreat into an advance
ut declined emphatically to turn
aside to untried policies and eX-
detrimental leadership he added.
Repeats Farm Program
He certered on q repetition OF MS
12-point farm relief program Ill
the earlier portions of the address,
ending no by the dramatic analogy
of his problems and the nations
crisis with the troubles OF Loncoln.
He did this because Springfield was
where Lincoln made his home. IL
was generally regarded as one OF
the outstanding gestures on MI
Hoovers campaign tour which is 10
end next Tuesday when he casts
his ballot in his home at Palo Aito'
Cal, the end of his vote seeking
trail. -.
The President returned to his at
tack on the tariff policy of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, his Demo-
cratic opponent. He listed. each OF
the points in his speech at Des
Moines. Iowa, on Oct. 4, at the out
set of his personal campaign Tor
reelection. He again promised the
farmers immediate relief, and II
need be, higher tariff, to protect
them from foreign imports. Inc
chief executive again declared that
deprecated currencies abroad, ana
lower tariffs. would put thousands
more out of work and force farm
ers to let their produce rot on their
farms rather than sell it at a loss,
Mr.. Hoover warned the farmers
that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
meant to lower the tariff if elect
ed with disastrous results to them.
The aid of the federal farm board
and the r. F. c., and other moves
of his administration were arrayec
again in an attempt to prove the
Republican regime had done much
for the suffering farm population,
ana that these moves already were
bearing fruit.
He again declared that his pro-
gram had put 100000 back to work
since congress adjourned last Aug
ust and appealed for a chance to
show in the next four years what
his ground work had done ana
could do to restore prosperity.