Evening star., 1932-08-13
BY the Associated Press.

FTeSloent HoOVerS acceptance speech
Thursday night follows:
Emporia (Kans.) Gazette.-He seemed
IN have seven-devil lust to let Ameri-
can people know exactly what he was
! driving at and what he will try to do
I II they vote for him at the November
election. What he said on pro-
hibition clarified the rather vague and
somewhat dumb wording of the Re-
! publican plank. If he wins
and he should win-he will go into
American history as Kipling's fuzzy
wuzzy-"a f1rst-class fighting man."
Topeka CapitaL-A fair criticism of
the address is that it is too long. 3
1t cannot fairly be said that he had not
made himself clear on the outstanding
issues OF the campaign. No part of his
| address was waited for with so much
interest as his pronouncement on pro-
| hibition. 1t in all probability will not
suit the extreme vets or the extreme
| drys.
The Denver Post.-President Hoover,s
speech was a masterpiece of common
sense, forcefulness, clarity and Ameri-
canism. AS nearly as any public utter
| ance can, 1t assures his reelection.
The Presidents attitude toward pro-
hDitlon knocks the props from
under Democratic politicians who fig
ured the vets would have to support
Roosevelt because Roosevelt is for re-
peal.
Cincinnati Times -Star.-His recital
OF the triumphant fortitudes of the
people in time of adversity is a NOV
ing and stirring thing. at once a con-
trlpution to history and a call to arms.
, only ruler OF vigor and vision, only
greatly gifted leader, could have
The Dayton News.-The speech is a
ooI0 and able effort to sustain a most
ulmcult case. The reader will note a
curious silence toward the party which
tne president leads. For the most part,
IN MS discussion Of the achievements
OF which he boasts, the pronoun "I" Is
prominent.
AKRON Beacon Journal.-Upon the
whole, Mr.. Hoover made a good plead
ing In support of the general measures
forwarded by his administration to i'm
prove what he termed "the Nations
economic situation" 1t was when he
came to the prohibition issue that he
lacked resolution to face a crisis de-
manding immediate and reformative
action, although going a step further
IS
ding convention at Chicago.
Cincinnati Enquirer.-President Hoo
ver's lengthy address has more
the quality Of an annual report of a
manufacturing corporation than of a
political campaign document.
Although the President repeatedly ac-
cused the Democratic party of vague
ness and demagogery, his own address
Is snot through with similar vague
ness. By declaring openly the
failure Of the eighteenth amendment
the President is certain to win many
votes.
Chicago Tribune.-The address, we
believe, has impressed the Nation with
its sincerity, its freedom from narrow
partisanship and its sense of solemn
responsibility. In this alcne 1t is
most important and timely contribu-
ton to the public morale. So
far as a candidate can make the issue,
MIR. Hoover has changed the pale neu-
trality OF the party into positive de-
mand for correction Of prohibition
mistakes.
Worcester (Mass.) TeIegram.-Presi-l
dent Hoover gives to the Re-
publican liquor plank point and di-
rection, two essential qualities which
the platform makers failed to
endow 1t. Thus has Mr.. Hoover
on this issue swung his party into by
Tar the stronger position.
Hartford Comm Times.-As in 1928,
both drys and vets will be able to
quote Mr.. Hoover for their respective
views Of prohibition and the return of
liquor. In their hearts they will feel
sense OF disappointlnen the drys
over the Presidents conversion to re-
peal and modified State control and
the vets over his insistence on con-
In both dry and wet territory.
Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City
The President merely appeals for the
unbroken continuation OF the things
that are. He denounces all
changes In the tariff structure when
every informed citizen knows that the
Grundy tariff is our country's outstand-
ing contribution to the forces Of calam-
ity.
The Portland Oregonian.-The main
edduction to be drawn is that
the Republican party has no vote
enticing baubles or strange experiments
to offer the people. Mr.. Hoover's sum-
nation Of administration accomplish
ments and purposes Is an impressive and
impregnable defensive fortress. As for
prohibition, the difference between the
two parties is now one of detail rather
than principle.
Louisville Courier -JournaL-On the
issue of prohibition, which in many re-
spects will command more interest than
anything else he has to say. he is no
clearer than his murky platform as to
the remedy to be applied. What is new
in his treatment of this matter Is his
revelation Of his own views as to the
conditions which he admits sorely need
remedying. While avowing his purpose
to enforce the dry laws as long as they
are laws, he freely comedies the fatal
defects Of the existing prohibition sys-
tenn. He realizes that laws cannot be
enforced among people who reject them.
Minneapolis Tribune.-President Hoo
vers speech Is impossible Of mtsunder-
standing. There isn't straddle in the
entire 1000 words. Those who hoped
there would be some evasion Of the pro-
hibition question must be disappointed.
Milwaukee Journal-Mr. Hoover has
taken so many Thousand words to paint
a picture of leadership that never ex-
listed. AL the sanctimontous
words with which Mr.. Hoover winds up
his plea cannot gild the fact that he
accepts the principles and policies which
led us to disaster
Des Moines Tribune.-It is conspicu-
ously free from any antiquities which
may demand later explanation. 1t pre-
sents Hoover to the Nation as candi-
date In a way that, barring further eco
nonic disasters, is very likely to have
growing appeal from now until the
election.
Detroit Free Press.-What the Presi-
dent urges Con prohibition) and what
the Republican, platform recommends
for submission are practically identical
r.Nn io esiUp and aNkWard-