Evening star., 1932-06-28

Public discussion Of the record OF
the Hoover administration has been
widespread as the President again re-
ceives the Republican nomination Tor
the position of Chief Executive. The
estimates are in most instances linked
with the existence of the depression
and are based upon opinions of the
measures with which he has been as
sociated.
Viewing the first three years of his
service as "a baptism of fire." the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader independent Re
publican) believes that "a survey made
dispassionately and without prejudice
will reveal that Hoover is not SUPER
man." but that paper asks: Are there
other men in public life who would
have operated f1awleSsly at Washing
ton? Would they have been able to
gaze into the crystal, see what was to
come. know what steps should be taken
to avert difficulties and direct divided
Congress?" The Dayton Daily News
(Democratic) holds that he has been
among the most unfortunate of PreSi-
dents; that 'he took party of pros
perity' and under him it became, as
one of the seconders of his nomination
said, not a fair weather party alone
1t is very stormy weather through
which the President is now to navigate
his second campaign Referring to
the party's change on the subject of
prohibition, the Des Moines Tribune
independent Republican, points to
other features of the platform on which
Hoover and Curtis are to seek re-
election, and takes the impersonal posi-
ton: 1T is by no means a bad or
unintelligent chart for American ma
tional policy, even though some planks
are disappointing.
Herbert Hooyers position is not to
be envied," thinks the Newark Evening
News independently "but it stin re-
mains TO be demonstrated that the
Democrats know how to take advantage
of the opportunity" The Jersey City
Journal independent Republican, feels
that 1T will do Democrats no good to
try to pin upon him the blame for the
trials that have plagued us all" and
maintains that this time of distress is
so obviously a worldwide condition. in
stead of solely or even chiefly American,
that fault-finding is only going to react
upon the fault-finder." The Boston
Transcript independent Republican,
states that the denomination affirmed
the general belief that the Hoover
policies have been sound. and that the
country will feel safer with Mr.. Hoover
hand than with any other Republican
that has aspired to fill his rather un-
comfortable political shoes" The San
Francisco Chronicle Republican, views
the action of the convention as "only
the inevitable confirmation of the pilot
whose. sure and steady hand on the
wheel through Notwithstanding storm has
won the faith of men that he must
steer on"
During :, this time, up to his lights
within the measure of his powers, he
has been every inch President, says
the New York Times independently,
with the conclusion that "the Presi-
dent has more and more appeared to
be standing as a tower Of strength
amid q chaotic welter at Washington.
The Topeka Daily Capital (Republi-
CAM voices the thought that there Is
no man in the country who is his equal
in experience in dealing with problems
and issues both national and interna-
tional. which the Nation will continue
to face in the years Immediately
ahead" That the pilot should not be
changed after heading into the storm"
is the stand taken bv the Lincoln Stase
Journal independent Republican,
while the Ann Arbor Daily News (in-
dependenD argues that "he was the
from the party's point of view; that
''he is entitled to a chance to carry on
what he has started. and to be In Office
when prosperity comes back"
THESE denominations" in the iudg-
ment of the Oklahoma City Oklaho-
man independently simply mean that
a people low in the valley must remain
quiescent and let we'll enough alone
The past has been bad, and the present
o.