Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
HOOVER SATISFIED
WITH PLATFORM
Represented as Being
r Pleased, Although He Is
Silent on Convention.

ing, listening intently to the battle
waged at the Chicago convention ovel
the adoption of liquor plank, was vel
pleased with the outcome.
While Mr. Hoover today was repre-
scented as being satisfied with the plat
form in its entirety, there was no COM
ment forthcoming today from the
White House
When the President and Mrs Hoover
tuned in on the convention last night
he, like millions of others, had no idea
that the fight would be prolonged anc
that he would be kept from his bed sc
long after his usual time for retiring
However, Mr.. and Mrs Hoover appar,
emily became so absorbed in the con-
ventlon fight over the prohibition plat
form that they lost track of the time
This was the first time Mr.. Hoover
had given his attention to the radio
broadcast of the convention since the
sessions started Tuesday morning. Mrs
Hoover, however, had missed very lit
tie from the beginning.
At Desk at Usual Time.
Regardless of the late hour he re-
tired last night, Mr.. Hoover was ur
early as usual and went through his
customary medicine ball exercises with
those members of his cabinet who die
not desert him for the convention
After an early breakfast he was al
his desk before 0 o'clock
1t is understood the Presidents at
tention was first attracted to a num-
Der of kilograms from his iieutenants
at the convention and friends through
out the country. Longdistance tele-
phone conversations with his agents
at Chicago were next in order and then
the President settled back in an easy
chair and read the morning newspaper
accounts OF the affair in Chicago.
With the liquor plank and the plat
form itself out Of the way and the con-
vention virtually over, with the eXcep-
ton of his running mates nomination
to be disposed of. the President is eX-
pected to turn his attention to the &C
tual conduct of the campaign. Al
though no confirmation could be OBJ
tanned at the White House, it was I'M
derstood Mr.. Hoover's long-diStance
conversations with his lieutenantS in
Chicago had to do principally with the
selection Of the chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, who will,
within the next few days, assume the
leadership in the forthcoming political
battle.
When Mr.. Hoover gets down to the
point of working out details for the
campaign, one of the first questions to
be settled will relate to just how far he
will participate Also. he must soon
decide where he will receive the Com
mittee of Notification.
May Not Go to Coast.
The impression among the Presidents
intinlates is that he will not journey
to California to receive the official notl-
fication at MS home at Palo Alto, the
scene of his notification in 1928. but
will select either the White House or his
camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia.
President Coolidge received the notlfl-
cation at his modest home in North
ampton, Mass, and woodrow Wilson
received his at his Summer home near
AsbUry Park. N. j.
Some months ago President Hoover
tentatively accepted an invitation TO
participate in the official opening OF
the olympic games in Los Angeles the
last week in July. At the time, it is
this opportunity to enjoy a vacation
in his home State for the first time
since he became President and at the
same time go through the office cere-
monies again at his Palo Alto home.
Since then many things have hap
pened to cause the President to ques-
ton the ACCESSIBILITY of going so far
away from Washington for any great
length of time. The economic prob
lens have not lessened and with Con-
gress on his hands with no definite
idea of adjournment, the President told
friends more than a week ago that he
thought it was very doubtful that he
would go to California until next year.
Real Headquarters Here.
Regardless of where the President
finally receives his official notification,
it seems to be pretty definitely settled
that the White House and the Rapidan
camp will serve as the real headquar-
tiers of the forthcoming campaign Of
course, the chairman of the National
Committee and his many lieutenants
will have headquarters elsewhere, but
it is expected the real unofficial head
quarters will be where Mr. Hoover
hangs his hat at the time. While he
personally is not expected to do any
amount of speaking during the cam
paign. it is predicted that he will have
lots to say about the conduct of the
campaign.
In anticipation of this. Mr. Hoover
drafted George Akerson, former news
paper man, who was his personal assist
ant while he was Secretary of Com
merce and was credited with having
much to do with bringing about Mr..
Foover'S nomination in 1929 to serve
as personal assistant. 1t was said at
the White House when Mr.. Akerson
showed up last Monday that he had
been sent for to assist the President
during the absence of Lawrence Richey
the Presidents confidential secretary
who is serving as one of his principal
lieutenants at the Chicago convention
1t is now thought, however, that Mr.
Akerson will be closely associated with
the President throughout the campaign
Extra Wires Are Strung.
In anticipation of the Presidents per-
sonal participation in the campaign
extra telephone and telegraph wires are
being strung to the Rapidan camp
These who are not entirely convinced
that the President will not go to Cali
fornia this Summer. insist he would
hurt himself politically if he did not go
to his own State and otherwise show
himself to the people during the cam
paign. These people believe the Presi-
dent could obtain a much-needed rest
by making the journey to the West
aboard a worship, reaching the coast
via the Panama Canal, and then. after
the official notification and his partici-
patton in the opening Of the games at
Los Angeles, he could swing across the
continent, stopping at various places
to meet the voters.
Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House
physician. said the President was in
perfect health and in the pink" of
condition for any part he might care
to take in the campaign. DR.. Boone
described him as "a physical rarity "