Evening star., 1932-09-17
Coolidge Support Of Hoover
Launches Partisan Debate

From former President Coolidge
comes an Endorsement of the official
acts OF President Hoover, with the
result that a wide national debate on
the chief issues of the presidential
campaign is launched. Republican
arguments are based on the assump-
ton that Mr.. Coolidge speaks as one
who has had to face the problems OF
the White House, while Democrats, as
a rule, assume that the two Repub-
lican leaders have common interest.
Mr.. Coolidge, with his usual cool
moderation, setting forth the common
sense view of the situation" according
to the Milwaukee Sentinel Gndepend-
people to thinking straight about the
whole business" Tributes to the
earnestness and sincerity of the former
President are paid by the Lincoln
State journal independent Repub-
lican), the Santa Monica Evening Out
look (Republican) and the Rockford
Register Republic (Republican), while
the Youngstown VindicatOr (independ-
ent Democratic) states that those who
have been reading the radical week
lies" must be surprised at the frank
ness of Mr.. Coolidge's defense Of the
two political parties"
An answer to the cynical slur in the
plea for the forgotten man" is seen
by the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
independent Republican,, which as
serts that "the program OF recovery
and relief. planned and directed by
President Hoover, with the aid of the
ablest counsel he could summon, has
been mindful Of the man who works. to
an extent never paralleled in the his
tory of the Nation" The Pasadena
Star-News (Republican) AYERS that
constructive achievement, on the one
hand, prevention of in-advised, ruinous
action on the other hand" represent
the Hoover record which Mr.. Coolidge
presents to his countrymen." The
Cleveland News (Republican) advises
that "in pointing out that the causes
of the depression, with the exception
of early speculation, were outside OF
control of the United States, the for
mer President appeals to the average
citizens sense of fairness"
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"Mr. Hoover ought to feel particu-
larly grateful to his predecessor in Of
fee" thinks the Boston Globe Demo
cratic). mot only has Mr.. Coolidge
stilled the anecdotal undercurrent i'm
plying that the relations between the
two were far from cordial. but he has
offered Mr.. Hoover political support OF
a kind rare in American political his
tory Seldom, indeed. has a retired
President backed the efforts of his sue
cessor. On the contrary. former
President usually has been thorn In
the side of the man holding the office.
Not even George Washington was an
execution and at the crisis IN the ad-
ministration of John Adams he sided
with the severest critics OF his sue
cessor."
"What Mr.. Coolidge has written
should be of great aid and comfort to
President Hoover" in the judgment OF
the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Re-
publican), while the San Francisco
Chronicle independent Republican,.
noting that he knows Mr.. Hoover as
one who sat with him in the councils
of state for six years." concludes that
he speaks the common thought of the
American people," The Toledo Blade
(independent Republican, says that he
"offers no half hearted approval of his
successor, but makes thorough job
of It," The Buffalo Evening News Gin
dependent Republican, declares that
mo more understandable review Of the
Hoover administration has been writ
ten," and that it is "the product Of a
mind fully informed on facts"
"Mr. Coolidges views carry great
weight, and not alone among partisan
Republicans" states the Chicago Daily
News (independent). HE afirms that
the only leadership in the economic
crisis Of the last three years has been
furnished by President Hoover. who has
manifested patience, courage and prac-
tical wisdom In dealing with the unpre-
serves reelection, his predecessor con-
tinues, both for what he has done and
for what he has prevented others from