Evening star., 1932-10-27
president LEAVES
TONIGHT TO START
| CAMP PA|GN W|ND-UP
Invasion of Midwest to Be
Followed by 3 Speeches
Next Monday.
TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT
ALSO URGED BY FRIENDS
Swing Including Chicago and St.
Louis May Be Added
to Schedule.

Entering upon the final stages of his
campaign. with a program of whirlwind
proportions equaling the campaigning
of any of his White House predecessors,
President Hoover will leave Washington
tonight for another invasion of the
Midwest.
Within the next four days Mr. Hoover
is scheduled to deliver four major
speeches, the first to be in Indianapolis
tomorrow night and the next three in
Monday speeches will be in Philadel-
phia, the second in Newark, N j.. and
the last one in Madison Square Garden,
New York, that night.
Besides all this, Mr.. Hoover during
this same brief period has planned to
| make at least Platform talks
while journeying to and from Indian
| apolis and to New York
In mapping out the Presidents ap-
pearances and speeches for the home
stretch of the campaign, the White
| House has not yet announced his plans
| for the Wind-up next week. after his
| return from the New York invasion.
1t is known that the White House has
! requested tentative train schedules and
| tentative radio arrangements for a
| speaking expedition including Chicago,
Minneapolis, Springfield, Ill; Kansas
| City and st. Louis.
It is known also that friends of the
President are still pressing him to wind
up his fighting campaign with smash
| ing journey across the continent, end
! ing up at his home in Palo Alto, Calf.
! However. the Presidents plans after ar
! irving back in Washington next Tues
! dav morning from New York are not
| yet complete.
Mr.. Hoover today secluded himself
again in the quiet of the Lincoln STUDY
on the second floor of the White House,
/ to devote his time to speech Writing,
! and between times to consult with ao-
visers regarding his eleventh hour cam
| paign plans. Mrs Hoover will accom-
pany her husband on both the trip 10
! Indianapolis and to New YORK:
! They will travel on a special tram
! and will be accompanied by small
party, including photographers. news
paper correspondents and White House
! stenogra pliers and clerks. The train
will leave Union Station tonight at IL
| O'Clock and at an early hour tomorro"
Mr.. Hoover will resume his stumplng
tactics which have marked his other
trips to the Midwestern battle grounds.
Will Visit Several Towns.
During the day and up until the time
! Indiana polls is reached. at O'Clock. he
will make rear platform appearances at
Parkersburg, w Va; Athens, Chilli
cothe. Cincinnati and Hamilton, Ohio,
and Connersville and Rushville, Ind.
On the return journey Saturday he will
appear at Clarksburg, Grafton, Pied
mont. Keyser and Martinsburg, w. Va.
arriving back in Washington at pm.
Saturday.
The trip Monday along the Atlantic
seaboard will include, besides the
| speeches at Philadelphia, Newark and
New York, rear platform appearances
at Baltimore. Havre de Grace, Md;
Newark and Wilmington, Del; Chester,
Pa. and Trenton, New Brunswick and
Elizabeth, N. J. The Presidents spe-
! cial train on its way to New York
| Monday will go into the Broad Street
Station at Philadelphia. The Presi-
! dent will leave the train and proceed
to the specially erected platform from
which he will address the crowd gath
| cred on the west plaza of the City Hall
The stop at Philadelphia will be for
80 minutes.
The President will again leave his
train at Newark and proceed to the
city park. where he will make an ad-
dress to a large gathering. The stop
there will be for one hour.
Leaders to Be Received.
The train is scheduled to arrive in the
PENNSYLVANIA Station, New York. at COS
pm Mr. Hoover will motor immedl-
ately to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
which is the Republican headquarters
for the Eastern division. Arrangements
have been made for the President to re-
ceive in his hotel suite various party
leaders and groups. besides several hun
dred disabled World War veterans.
The President and Mrs. Hoover with
few close friends and campaign asso-
ciates, will dine in a private suite al
the hotel, after which they will proceed
directly to the Madison Square Garden
where President Hoover will begin his
speech at 9 pm.
The President and his party will re-
turn to the special train at midnight
and will arrive in Washington at am
| Tuesday.
According to the plans being made
for the Presidents reception in In
dianapolis tomorrow, Mr.. Hoover will be
greeted with an old-fashioned torch
light procession. AdviceS received al
the White House say the Republican
Committee IN that city is planning a
tremendous ovation for their candidate
HE will speak from the field house OF
the stadium of the Butler College or
the outskirts of the city at 7:30 pm
During his stay in indianapolis the
President and Mrs. Hoover will be the
guests of Gov and Mrs. Leslie at the
Governors mansion in Indianapolis.