Evening star., 1932-10-23
Hoover Campaign Speeches Resulting in
Miracle of Faith in Republican Victory

coming within seeing distance of the
dust OF the heels of his fleet competitor.
| this writer has addressed to many Re-
publican managers the following uues-
ton:
Just what is it that is helping
Hoover?"
The answers have stressed three
things: First, the better impression of
Hoover. personally. gained by voters
who have listened to him; second, his
lnSlstence upon the tariff. and, third
his success in soaring a lot of people
into thinking that something mystically
dreadful will hsppen to them if Roose-
velt sits in the White House and If
Garner presides over the Senate,
On the tarih these managers believe
that Hoover threw a great multitude of
cattle raisers into fits of chills and ague
by his "two-million cattle" standing on
the line between Mexico and the United
States, with their heads over the line.
Just waiting to bounce in If Roosevelt
should get elected and should start
tariff tinkering. And these managers
are very happy to note that the General
Electric Co. closed down big electric
light bulb plant in Buffalo the other
day because OF importations of bulbs
from Germany and from Japan. Such
lessons, they think, will teach many
wage earners which way they had bet
ter vote on tariff if they want to get
their Jobs back.
At this point the Republican tariff
argument merges with the Republican
argument about the radio ism" of
Roosevelt and Garner. On tariff the
Republicans seek to frighten farmers
and wage earners into trembling for
their prices and their jobs. On Roose-
velts and Gamers 'radicalism' the
Republicans seek to frighten business
men into dreading uncertainty" and
thereupon into trying to ca jole or coerce
their employees into shifting from Roose-
welt to Hoover.
here again this writer is obliged to
profess amazement. Roosevelt, if Presi-
dent, would have the power to veto:
and Roosevelt has deliberately. disasso-
ciated himself from virtually every type
OF "radicalism" Of which Congress has
oeen accused. He has stated that in
his opinion there is limit to the use
OF public works for the giving Of en-
pioyment. He has repeatedly declared
nimsen against "unsound' currency
measures. He has unequivocally re-
pudiated the idea of the present pay
ment OF the face value OF the bonus
certincates. He has the support of
some OF the most eminent merchants
and manufacturers and financiers in
the country. One can hardly imagine
Mr. Owen D. Young who is one of
Roosevelt's closest advisers, dedicatinp
himself to the program of Roosevelt,
revolution and ruin"
Nevertheless. this writer is Obliged in
candor to report that huge mob of
business men seem to regard Roosevelt
and Garner with sincere terror. Numer-
GUS grain men in Chicago, for instance,
VINO have hated Hoover heartily for his
Farm Board stabilization operations, are
now wearing Hoover buttons. And nu-
merous merchants and manufacturers
are striving directly or indirectly to
convey their apprehensions about
Roosevelt to their employees and to de-
nVer them thus to Hoover. They do
not care If the Democrats call it. as
they do call it, intimidation.
All these developments, and many
others, give the Republican leaders
their new rosy cheeks. Most Journal
lstS think that those cheeks NAV be
pallid again on the night of November
.. The Republican leaders, on the con-
trary, are now confident that their new
complexion will be permanent.