Evening star., 1932-10-05
HOOVER'S STOCK
GOES UP IN IOWA
Real Enthusiasm in Mort
uaqe-Ridden State Aroused
by President.
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their opponents, ProgressiVes ana as
grlntled farmers.
The Presidents visit to Iowa, tne
State in which he was born, IS le-
parded as the start OF an intensive
Republican campaign untll ei't eieetio,s
day. a campaign in which ne nlhiseii
is to have further direct part. Deo
Moines turned out en- masse TO see
him and Mrs. Hoover. II IS estnnaleu
that 10000 people watched the pa
raSs from his train to Gov. Turner's
residence where the President and Mrs
Hoover were entertained at dinner
hundreds Of Republicans had come IN
AUTOMOBILES. too from Missouri ana Ne
braska to take part in the demoilslia
ton. ia
Threats had been made to snow the
President the deep resentment ehs.iis
among the farmers because OF the nafa
times and low prices. Nothing hap
pened. however and there was no as
order of any kind
Long before the Presidential party
arrived Milo Reno, president OF tlle
National Farmers Holiday Assocla
ton and John Chalmers. presloent o.
Iowa Farmers Holiday ASSOCIATION; pu'
On a parade of farmers dissatlsned pe-
a Democrat and supported AL smith IN
1923 and many of his followers IN the
para6e have been Democrats for a long
time There were floats showing the
hard shifts to which the farmers have
been put and banners with devices at
tackipg President Hoover and support
ing Gov. Roosevelt, Democratic noml-
nee for President.
Farmers in Holiday Mood.
But these disgruntled farmers we're
in a holiday mood They joked with
the crowd. They did not look grim. nor
revolutionary They created no dis
turbances. The only row reported was
when some OF them came INTO cohlllct
with farmers from Missouri bearing
banners supporting President Hoover
but that was quickly quelled
II would be idle to deny that thou
sands CT farmers are incensed because
Of conditions. They are. But beyond
the banners which they bore here,
there was no effort to ride" the
President. Here are some of the de-
vices:
Hoover. Hyde. Hell and hard times"
In Hoover we trusted Now were
busted
Hoover for ex-President."
Referring to Vice President Curtis
remark to hecklers in 1923. when Curtis
vas questioned about the equalization
fee, another banner read: Mr., Curtis,
we're not so damn dumb in 1882.
One float carried 500-pound Iowa
hog with the emblem that at ? cents a
pound, the hog would bring only SlO
A banner read Good Republicans vote
for Roosevelt"
When President and Mrs. Hoover
passed along the same route several
hours later. dense throng. interested
and cheering in spots. lined the street
for miles. There was no 'booing" OF
the President.
Al the Coliseum six thousand Repub-
licans gave the President great ova-
ton. These Iowa people still like Her
bert Hoover as an 1owan. Despite the
fact that Mr.. Hoover never poses as an
orator, he got his message across to
the crowd last night in way that his
smiling opponent. Gov. Roosevelt was
not able to do in his Western trip. More
than once when he asked, IN his speech.
a question which he himself answered
the crowd roared its own answer. HIS
speech was human document not
withstanding the fact that he dealt
with economic conditions in this coun-
try and abroad He impressed himself
on hts auditors as human Delng
deeply interested in the welfare of the
people and SorroWing with them IN
their troubles.
The Iowa throng chanted for the
President the song: ''Ioway. 1oWay
That's Where the Tall Corn Grows
Things Could Be Worse
The President told the crowd not to
believe any man who sal2 that Things
could not be worse
They could have been INFINITELY
worse the President continued. IN
lecting into the campaign the fear OF
worse conditions if the Republicans pc
not retained in power, which ALREADY
has been under way for some weeks
in Illinois, Wisconsin and other States.
It is this fear of worse conditions that
the Republican campaigners VIII nam
lner home day after day until election.
The crowd listened intentiy as the
President unfolded to them the oetans
of the great battle which had been
waged to stave off utter collapse in this
country and applauded him vigorously
not once, but many times.
The President, having outlined the
steps taken by his administration, de-
scribed to his auditors the program at
tempted by the Democrats OF the house,
which was turned down by himself ana
the Senate including the immediate
payment Of the soldiers bonus, huge
expenditure for public buildings ana
the issuance of fiat money When ne
referred directly to Speaker Garner. the
Democratic vice presidential nominee,
there were boos from the crowd for
the Texan.
The President quoted from Gov.
Roosevelts tariff speech and declared
that what he had said was not true.
and then quoted from the DemocIauc
nominees farm speech and said IL
meant nothing
The dire results which would have
followed had this country been per-
mitted to 90 off the gold standard were
painted for the crowd by the Presl-
dent. who continued:
we won this great battle to pro-
tect our people at home. We held the
Gibraltar of world stability. The world
today has a chance. 1t is growing IN
strength. Let the man who complains
that things could not be worse thank
God for this victory and make rever-
ent acknowledgement Of the courage
and stamina Of great democracy.
Let him be thankful for the pres
ence in Washington of Republican
administration"
G, o. p. Leaders Encouraged.
President Hoover came to Iowa when
conditions appeared desperate for the
Republicans, because Of the long con-
tinued hard times which the farmers
have suffered. Whether his speech
will check sufficiently the drift away
from the Republican Party and bring
the voters back to their old allegiance,
the coming days will tell. He GER
tai,ly left the Republican leaders here
vastly encouraged They are planning
now to carry forward with real drive,
they say.
The Democrats in this State. as in
IIrscnr,sin Illinois and MichiQan. are