Milford chronicle., 1932-10-07
The Boy With The Gold Spoon

has stood like the faithful and trust
ed pilot that he is on the bridge o
our ship of State. He has charteC
our course through the spray anC
wash of restless waters. And it is
Hoover and not his critics who is
now bringing us safely back into
) the placid waters of prosperity's
port.
Let us look at these two boys, one
born in the pinch of poverty and the
other with a gold spoon in his
mouth. One got a Bachelor of Arts
degree, with his fathers help, from
Harvard and then an Ii. B. from
Columbia. The other got a Bachelor
of Arts degree without even father
to help him. Then he engaged in the
! profession of engineering, planning
designing and promoting great
wealth-producing enterprises which
gave him international fame and
netted him to date a personal for
tune generously estimated at $780,
900, but fractional part of the for
tune Franklin Roosevelt possesses,
which he never made, just inherited.
From his very rich mother he will
inherit a lot more.
Hoover has accepted no decora-
tions since he became President of
the United States. But his achieve
ments before brought him degrees
from Brown University, the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Yale,
Columbia, Princeton, Johns Hop
kinsfi George Washington, Dart
mouth, Rutgers, University of Ala
bama, Oberlin, Rensselaer,, Tufts,
Swarthmore Williams and little
Cornell college so near to the place
of his birth in Iowa. Besides these
recognitions the following European
universities have decorated him
with high degrees, Karlsruhe, Liege,
Brussels, Warsaw, Cracow, Oxford,
Manchester, Prague, Client and
Lemberg.
All told, with the help of veal
thy father, Franklin Roosevelt has
acquired, through honest and cred
ible academic effort two college de-
gree decorations, while the orphan |
boy, Herbert Hoover, rose in life to
receive degrees from eighteen Am-
erican universities and ten Euro
pean universities, twenty-eight aca-
demic embellishments against two.
That's where Herbert Hoove1's
wealth is found. The wealth of cre-
ative Intelligence, of human services
tue wealth of intellect, the wealth
Of human experience and sympathy.
The fact is Franklin Roosevelt
was born in the lap cf luxury No
disgrace. But something of a handi-'
cap. And the Democrats are simply
dishonest who criticize Hoover for
everything that he is not and for
everything that Franklin Roosevelt
Is. Franklin Roosevelt did not make
himself rich and he never made
anybody else rich. Out of abieet pow
erty Herbert Hoover built up his !
OWN economic security and he made
t possible for many to honestly
make money. And that is the kind
If presidential stuff we need right
low. Il
Franklin Roosevelt never knew [
What it was to make and maintain a
Jay roll. He never knew what it was |
o respond to the factory whistle on f
o say cheerily "Hi, Bill" to a CO. t
workers in overalls. He never knew /
he tenderness and bond of sympa- I
by that stand by comrale in in l
ustry in humble home and hope t
or fellow workers stricken child. i
Franklin Roosevelt came from,
nd he is of that social class that /
emands dividends by telegraph ard n
elivers responsibility by OK cart. @
Now let's measure this ridiculous G
tatement that the Democrats are
rying to bolster up with the crut-
hes of falsehood. Let's see how av-
ricious is this mans mind whom
democrats tell US is interested only
l money getting. e
When' the war was over Hoover C
ad an opportunity to join the Gug- s
on a contract which would Il
ave made him a million dollars fl
ear. Such a contract was never
,ndered for the talents of Lord n
Roosevelt. But Hoover Fl
ID not accept this Turing offer. He l
lose instead to stay in public SER v,
ce, to serve mankind, to be hu- ii
anitarian, to be a public servant II
ithout pretensions or dramatics. fr
e is a President who is on the job, w
e is a worker. He never knew the 8:
ste of a gold spoon. And you DEM ta
rats can't put the gold spoon in
erbert's mouth. 1t won't fit. O. ia