Evening star., 1932-10-26
Comment ON Hoover in Ohio
Shows Test of His Remedies

Republican and Democratic comments
upon the speech of President Hoover
at Cleveland form a composite review
from the country on the present ad-
ministration. 1t is called a fighting
speech and a reply to the opposition
arguments. The tariff is made an out
standing issue, and measures to relieve
the depression. together with the causes
of the depression, are vigorously de-
bated. The address leaves the impress
sion," according to the Kansas City
Star independently, of leader with
a remarkable grasp of the whole situa-
ton. who has an immense and COM
plicated program well in hand" On
the tariff question. that paper declares,
1T is almost impossible to get judicial
discussion. for both sides go TO ex-
tremes," but the Kansas City paper
points out that American industry in
the last generation has been expanded
to an export basis, and American
foreign trade, which normally should
give employment. as President Hoover
said in Boston, October IS. 1928. to q
100000 families. could be promoted by
a moderate and judicious downward
revision of duties protecting certain
uneconomic industries" The Star
holds that any person who is familiar
with the facts knows the President was
absolutely justified in his repeated
warning that without his elaborate pro-
gram the average man would have
suffered infinitely more than he has
suffered and unemployment would have
reached gigantic proportions.
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1T was a story of actually accom-
plished results" says the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin independent Repub-
lican). with the judgment that 1T Was
a report of duty done in three years Of
the most severe and testing responsis
bility that has ever fallen upon any
President, except in the crisis of war. !"
and the New York Sun independently
AYERS that it was "a condensed but
almost complete history of the causes
of the depression and the cures which
have been applied to it by, or with the
aid of. the Washington administfa-
ton The Sun sees contrast with
the things promised by the Presidents S
opponent" This same contrast is
charged by the Oakland Tribune IRE
publican). while the Jersey City Journal
independent Republican, argues that
1T is to President Hoover that the en-
ployed, as well as the unemployed are
clearly indebted" and the New York
Herald Tribune (Republican) lauds him
as "a man uniquely equipped for the
colossal job he has successfully per-
formed
The Rutland Herald independent
Republican, finds approval of "a sharp
denunciation of Democratic calumny,"
while the Lexington Leader (independ-
ent Republican, describes the address
as packed with. Information replete
Writ nd Hht1 tnh1 Ia f1A
gressive force and fife His spirit also
IS noted by the Rock Island Argus dri-
dependent). The Boise. idaho. States
man (Republican) concludes: WHO
knows what would have been the polit-
ical history of the last three years Of
depression If Hoover had emerged from
the silence sooner-had let his fellow
countrymen know his heart and his soul
as he has OF recent months?" The In
dianapolis News independent Repub-
lican) declares that he fought of the
self-seeker who would place the whole
battle in jeopardy by pers6ading the
people to fall back on experiments In
Utopia"
President Hoover's defense Of the
tariff Is Endorsed by the Charleston, W.
Va, Daily Mail independent Repub-
lican) and the Madison State Journal
(independefit Republican,, and the ef-
fectiver1ess of his fight against depres-
sion Is upheld by the Toledo Blade lin
dependent Republican,, the Topeka Daily
Capital (Republican). the Uniohtowh
Herald (Repubucan). the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader independent Republic
am, and the Detroit Free Press dnde-
pendent). while the Oshkosh Northwest
ern Republiean) credits him with "a
brilliant record for the cause Of labor"
The Rochester Times-Union Gndepend-
ent) upholds his charge of dangerous
measures in the record of the House of
Representatives" with the query: Can
the people be confident that the candi-
date who opposes Mr.. Hoover In this
campaign will show equal determine.