Evening star., 1932-10-26

In a vigorous reply to the Presidents
speech, the Omaha World Herald Cn-
dependent Demoe-atic) argues: Mr..
Hoover directly intimates that his own
defeat would result in throwing over
board the measures designed to meet
the storm and which are proving their
effectiveness Why. in the name OF
common sense. would that follow? 1t
was with Democratic aid and consent
that these measures were enacted.
Some of them, like the Glass -Steagall
bill, were OF Democratic authorship.
Others owed their initial advocacy to
Democratic Senators, like Robinson and
Wagner. and to Democratic outsiders,
like Owen D. Young. The most impor-
tant Of all-the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has been turned over
by President Hoover to Democrats to
administer. The Presidents chief aide
in organizing the work of local char
lty relief is another Democrat. Newton
D. Baker. Would these hands be pal
sled if Roosevelt were elected? Would
measures which are proving their effec-
tveness' be promptly repealed. in an
insane Democratic plot to complete the
Wr1ckage which the Hoover admins
tration has witnessed? No supposition
would be more absurd"
Many Of the accomplishments he
emphasized as having been originated
by him would have been impossible but
for the assistance of the Democrats in
Congress" declares the Charlotte OBJ
server independent Democratic). Con-
eeding that 1T was probably his best
rhetorical effort of the campaign" and
that finding excuses for four years of
depression Is not a simple task and
with this in mind, it must be admitted
that Mr.. Hoover performed we'll" the
Asbury Park Evening Press (inde-
pendent Defnocratic) concludes: Mr..
Hoover,s address contributed to his
campaign, possibly won him votes. but
it will not fool the great majority of
the American people. They have seen
the tariff fail They have seen the
Hoover administration wreck American
business They are not so stupid as to
give their approval to great mistake"
Surely the superparty, with prosper
ity guaranteed by the superman, who
was to be chauffeur of the gigantic
Supereconomic machine" contends the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram independent
Democratic should have had some
inkling of the rumblings from Europe.
The harShneSS of the treaties re-
sponsible for the European tidal wave
comes in for some mention also. II is
vividly within the public recollection
that most Of that same karshness de
rived from a peace treaty which came
about after a Democratic President had
been excoriated and vilified." The Star
Telegram refers to the charge of per-
sonal calumny" made by the President,
and remarks: we fear Candidate
Hoover will accumulate little sympathy
In his protest against statements made
in campaign literature He may have
been wholly Ignorant of the flood OF
such literature that had its certain ef-
feet on his vote total four years ago
in which case 1t Is as easy to believe
that Candidate Roosevelt doesn't know
the contents Of all OF the printed sheets
going into daily distribution. The DEM
ocrats might possibly tie the Republican
accomplishment in that line four years
ago, but they never may hope to etfect
a superlative to it." S1
The Oklahoma City Oklahoman I'm
dependenD calls the speech "intep-
perate," while the Baltimore Sun IN
dependent Democratic) asserts that sthe
presented an analysis of tariff statistics
which should go down in the records OF
political spenbinding as one Of the most
fevered bits Of hokum on record" and
the Scranton Times Democratic) holds
that "he endeavored to belittle the i'm
portanee OF our foreign trade as fac
tor in maintaining prosperity and jobs
in this country. In contrast with his
declaration Of four years ago" The
Louisville Courier Journal dndepen-
dent), emphasizing the Importance OF
an appeal by economists for tariff
changes, concludes: Reciprocity, SO
long a Republican blessing. becomes an
objectionable sin when advocated by
Democratic opponente." Disadvantages
in tariff walls are proclaimed by the
Columbia tMo.) Daily Tribune Demo-
eratic), the Morgantown Dominion News
independent Deniocratic), the Nashville
Banner Qndkpkndent) ana the Btr.
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