The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-09-29
HOOVER'S GREAT SERVICE
TOPEOPLE

Vice President Curtis, opening the
Republican national campaign in West
Virginia, declared that President
Hoover had done ten times as much
to relieve economic distress as had
been accomplished in times of peace
by any President in the nations his
tory. This is the truth and, if it be
be properly presented to the people, it
should utterly demolish the fault
finders who seek to blame the head of
the nation for all the ills of the hour.
Mr.. Hoover was faced with gigantic
task, and he has undertaken it with
the kind of industry, intelligence and
courage that is beyond all praise.
Virtually every one of the relief
measures put into operation has been
sponsored by the President. He is re-
sponsible for hating immigration
which, if continued, would have brot
in cheap foreign labor to harass those
of our own people who are still work.
ing; he has approved the protective
tariff which, in spite of some Unequal
tiles, is shielding workingmen, farm
ers and manufacturers from the lower
standards of living of other countries.
He has encouraged the Farm Loan
Bank and has fathered the Home Loan
Bank for the benefit of the agricul-
turalist and the home owner. He con-
ceived the idea of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation which has done
so much to relieve economic condi-
tions. The Vice President says that
of the 5000 loans made to banks, 70
per cent went to banks in towns of
5000 or less population. Speaking of
what he and his associates have done,
President Hoover says:
81 rest the case of the Republican
party on the intelligence and the just
discernment of the American people.
Should my countrymen again place
upon me the responsibilities of this
high office, l shall carry forward the
work of reconstruction. shall hope
long before another four years have
passed to see the world prosperous
and at peace and every American
home again in the sunshine of genu-
inc progress and genuine prosperity.
I shall seek to maintain untarnished
and unweakened those fundamental
traditions and principles upon which
our nation was founded and upon
which it has grown. I shall invite
and welcome the help of every man
and woman in the preservation of the
United States for the happiness of its
people. This is my pledge to the ma
ton and to Almighty God"
These words are eloquent with both
feeling and meaning; and when we
consider what he has done and is do
ing he has right to feel proud of his
efforts to bring the nation through
this dark period of adversely. He de-
serves to be reelected because of his
honesty, his sincerity and his tireless
industry. 81 have but one desire"
says Mr.. Hoover, "that is to see my
country again on the road to pros
perity which shall be more sane and
lasting through the lesson of expert
ence, and to see the ideals of the Am
erican people perpetuated."
1t is obvious that these sentiments
come from the heart. The man from
whom they come has devoted himself
unselfshly to the interests of the
taxpayers; he has done everything
possible to hasten business recovery.
He deserves the hearty support and
the full confidence of the American
people. Common sense demands that
he shall be authorized to complete his
unfinished task; and common justice
requires that he be given a full meas
ure of gratitude for the strenuous
months of toll and thought he has de-
voted to the solution of the gravest
problems that have ever confronted a
peace-time President of the United