Evening star., 1932-10-16

depth Of my feeling" that 1t is Of vital
interest to the Nation that the war
against economic forces now in progress
should be carried on under a Republic
can administration"
A change in leadership. he asserted,
progress into defeat"
The President read his address with
out gestures, taking his eyes OCCASION
ally from the manuscript to survey his
audience. Mrs. Hoover, sitting near by.
divided her attention between her huS-
band and the audience.
The platform was SO large that 1t
held an American Legion band as well
as the throng of distinguished guests.
The crowded galleries Of the auditorium,
stretched around the hall in U-shape,
looked like foot ball stadium.
The crowd laughed and applauded
when Mr. Hoover said Democrats
ignored Russia's dumping lin desperate
aGcrt to secure money with which TO
carry on--shall I call it-a new deal?"
Mrs. Hoover, sitting between Ingalls,
the youthful gubernatorial candidate,
and Postmaster General Brown, held
her big rose bouquet in her lap.
Democratic Mayor Applauds.
Ray T. Miller, Democratic mayor, was
one of those in the front row on the
platform and applauded the President
along with others.
There was another laugh as the Pres
ident, telling of the difficulty in pre-
dieting panic. said he had not noticed
any Democratic Jeremiahs"
That's telling EN-" some one shouted
from the audience when Mr.. Hoover
quoted the Democratic candidate con-
corning the stock market crash, and
added that "the vast majority" of stock
transactions originated or took place
in the State of New York
The President raised his voice when
he said the policies of our opponents
utmost gravity
AS he got deeper into the speech, he
began to skip whole sentences of the
prepared manuscript.
The President half smiled as the
audience laughed at his remark that
Gov Roosevelt would doubtless be sur
prlSed to know in connection with his
proposal for nest egg to be used for
pubic works in time of depression"
that the eggs had mot only been laid,
but have hatched."
L do not claim to have invented the
notion" he interpolated, and again his
audience laughed
The President did not read. but mere
ly summarized. a table in his manu-
script comparing the purchasing power
of American with foreign labor
Mr.. Hoover raped on the table as
he said he would ignore discussion of
his early life if the Democratic Nation
al Committee had not issued CON
temptible statements concerning it.
His audience applauded several times
during his brief references to Demo-
cratic statements which he said i'm
piled l engaged in human slavery"
The President completed his address
in about ! hour and IS minutes.
He left Immediately to appear briefly
before overflow crowds in other parts
of the building and outside, which
heard him through loudspeakers.
The Chief Executive and First Lady
were cheered again and again as they
visited three more halls within the
huge auditorium, where overflow crowds
waited for them.
In a basement hall the President re-
married that Il don't believe you want
to hear much more political debate this
evening"
Your reception" he added gives
us great strength to carry on this bat
tie to the end
The Presidents special train left
Cleveland at 80 pm, Eastern stand
ard time.
Three Prepared Speeches.
The Chief Executive made three pre-
pared speeches in his swift swing
through four States from the National
Capital to Cleveland.
At Akron, he announced that the
Treasury Department at his lnStruc-
tions had been holding an inquiry dur
ing the past week to determine Wheth-
er the rubber goods. which, he said,
were beginning to flow into the coun-
try in large quantities. were in viola
ton of anti-dumping laws. He also
tod the crowd at this rubber center
that the Tariff Commission was inves-
tigating to determine whether the
duties on these products should be in
creased
To crowd at Youngstown, he said
that increased steel production was
tangible and positive evidence that We
are winning this battle"
Earlier in the day. at Cumberland,
Md the President had commended
Republican protective tariff policies and
asserted that the Democrats proposed
to reduce them.
At seven o.ner stops along the way
the President and Mrs. Hoover made
rear-platform appearances. but the
Chief Executive did not discuss cam
paign issues.
Police estimated the crowd at Akron
at 10000.
1t was at Cumberland that Mr.. Hoo
yer urged Maryland citizens to vote to
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