Evening star., 1932-09-18
OHIO REPUBLICANS
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
ingalls, Says Hoover Is
"Smart But Misunderstood" "
Tablets Dedicated.
Ry tho A Assorfated Press

BY the Associated Press.
JEFFERSON. Ohio. September IL
President Hoover was pictured as q
smart, but misunderstood man" tonight
by David S. ingalls,, former Assistant
Secretary of Aviation in Charge Of
AeronauticS and now candidate for
Governor of Ohio.
ingalls, spoke at rally officially
launching the Republican campaign In
Ohio and commemorating scenes sig
nificant in the party's history.
1T has been my privilege" he said.
ito come often In personal contact with
very smart, but misunderstood man.
He is man who does not quite know
how to play politics, which Is something
for which he has been greatly criti-
cized.
"No Reason for Harping."
II think it is about time people get
behind President Hoover, to aid and
assist him in solving his problems like
the American people did in the war
time when both Republicans and
Democrats got behind that great Demo-
cratic President, woodrow Wilson. for
the good of the country. There is no
reason for this harping"
TOIulcI NION. co"lll r. N1OEIOW VI
Kentucky, speaking under the auspices
Of the Republican National Committee,
termed the Democratic party visionary"
and it's leadership "bewildering''
He declared the present time Is not
the time to discard the plan and the
planner' in the reconstruction Of the
worlds economic structure, and set
forth the record Of President Hoover as
evidence of "the greatest victory Of any
Chief Executive" over congressional
opposition and the forces Of depression.
Roscoe Conklin Simmons Of Chicago,
who seconded the nomination of Presi-
asserted President Hoover was the
bravest President who ever sat in the
White House."
Party of Principle"
Simmons, colored, said. Seventy years
ago I was only property. Today, beg
to report to you that represent 10
years OF progress under Republican ad-
ministration ana conceived in Repub-
lican minds"
The Republican party has ever been
q party of principle" he said in laud-
ing Lincoln's emancipation Of the
slaves. But the Democratic party is
q party of policy only"
Ten bronze tablets commemorating
historical events, many of them directly
connected with the party's progress,
were dedicated. One Of them was
erected at the little. one-room wooden
Reed Giddings 76 years ago drafted
the first Republican national platform.
Another was placed at the Congrega-
tional Church where the first suffrage
convention was held SO years ago and
where Ohio Republican women met |
today.
Tablets Are Dedicated.
Mrs. Katherine Kennedy Brown of |
Dayton, national committeewoman, |
sounded the call for q vigorous and |
victorious campaign with a plea to re- |
elect President Hoover.
Mrs. Brown was the speaker at the |
de cation of a tablet at the birthplace !
of the late Senator Theodore E. Burton. |
Other tablets were dedicated to the |
memory Of Senator Benjamin F. Wade, |
who as acting Vice President missed |
the presidency by single vote at the |
time Of Impeachment proceedings |
against President Andrew johnson; |
memoriaGzing Senator Wee-S old law |
office; the elm tree under which Presi- |
dent Mckinley once spoke; Harpers |
Ferry refugees who fled here for pro-
tCSIlOli, Illc dlulO HlUliOl SCdtlOll VI Vic |
underground railway: the 29th Regi- |
ment and Camp Giddings, and honor
ing the village of Jefferson, which has
sent five Representatives and two Sen
ators to Washington.
Candidates Send Messages.
Congratulatory messages from Presi-
dent Hoover and Vice President Curtis
were received.
President Hoover's message said, II
am deeply interested to learn Of your
praiseworthy efforts to erect suitable
monuments at Jefferson to Joshua Reed
Giddings and B. F. Wade, who played
so large part in the founding Of the
Republican party, and to my dear
friend. the late Senator Theodore E.
Burton, whose life was a noble pattern
Of the high minded public servant.
Il wish you support and success"
A telegram from the Vice President
complimented the gathering on its
splendid program" and wished success
in vigorous and unrelenting cam
paign.''