Evening star., 1932-11-03
HOOVER WILL GET
SIMPLE GREETING
PaIo Altoans Plan No "FusS"
on Presidents Return
Home Tuesday.
BY the Associated Press.
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| news OF lne PreSlQentS contemplated
visit. confirmed yesterday, did not stir
| the townspeop'e greatly and they indi-
Gated no elaborate preparations for
'Neighbor" H3over's arrival are planned
| Some commented. however, he would
| find things changed.
Since he left his home on the side
of Stanford Universitys San Juan Hill
! four years ago to occupy the White
! House the community has been up
! and doing"
Old red street cars that ratified be-
tween the depot and the university
| campus are gone. They have been re-
| placed by SWift-moving motor buses.
Take Pride in New Hotel.
Many Palo Altoans also take pride in
| the new 100000 hotel and in the fact
! it is called The President" in honor
| of the towns di tinguLShed citizen.
| 'Neighbor' HOOver'S attention may be
called to the new $45000O hospital. And
there is TIE 100000 post Office under
construction.
On his arrival about midday Tuesday
| the President will have an opportunity
to note improvements on the Stanford
campus. new entrance gate has been
erected and the State highway in front
of it has been greatly Widened
The Stanford foot Ball Stadium,
where nearly 10000 people gathered to
hear Mr.. Hoover accept the Republican
nomination for President four years
ago. has been recOnditioned and en-
larged at a cost of 100000.
The campus. which Mr. Hoover first
knew as student in mining engineer
ing in the COS, has acquired a sunken
base ball field since his last visit It is
larger than most Of the major league
parks and was completed in 1891 at a
cost Of $4,000.
There is new lS-hole golf course,
rated among the hardest in the State,
a new Women's gymnasium and social
hall. and a mems swimming pool, in
which two world records already have
been set
Five miles to the south Of the campus
lies the Nays Sunnyvale Air Base,
now nearing completion. at which the
dirigible Akron TIED up" on her re-
cent visit to the Pacific Coast
But in spite of the many changes,
the Presidents home on San Juan hill,
like the toWnsfolk. is much the same
except for a few chips knocked off COR
ners here and there by souvenir hunt
ers who evaded the eyes OF guards.
WESTERN DRIVE LAUNCHED.
CHICAGO, November 3 (P)-A
rapd-fire drive by Republicans and
Democrats. to continue from now to
election eve, has been launched in the
corn belt. admittedly the most impOr
tant segment in the jig-saw puzzle Of
! the national political picture
The populOus MiGdle West, studded
with interesting political potentialities
has been StrenuOuSly fought over from
the beginning of the campaign for votes
to elect Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt,
Democratic candidate for President,
and for the reelection of President
Herbert Hoover.
Now the voters of the great area
drained by the Mississippi River and
the contiguous States will hear a final
plea for their support, exceeding in in
tensity anything that has gone before
and. on the Republican side, personally
led by President Hoover.
The President Will make his first for
NAL speaking appearance in Illinois
Friday afternoon at Springfield. That
evening he will move to St. Louis for
another address, and the Republicans
are counting heavily upon these two
addresses to help balance the scales in
Illinois, scene of State battles that
have created cross-currents puZzling to
most observers.
With these two appearances. the
President will draw audiences from a
greater portion of the State. as Spring.
field is the approximately geographical
center and st. Louis is easily accessible
to residents of the southern section.
From ST Louis the President will go
to Wisconsin Saturday for seven rear
platform talks and an address at Madi-
son. Saturday night he will speak at
st. Paul, MINI.
Close Attention to Illinois.
Gov. Roosevelt paid close attention to
Illinois earlier in the campaign. He re-
turned to Chicago for short address
several weeks ago, thus hoping to ce-
ment the impression his dramatic ac-
ceptance speech made in the Nations
second largest city after the Chicago
convention had nominated him
Illinois is key State, but to name
other Midwest States whose support is
considered vital is to call the roll of
the corn belt.
Ohio. Indiana. Michigan. Wisconsin,
the DakotaS, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska
all are States in which it has been
hard to guess in which column their
electoral votes will rest on Novem-
Der 6.
In each the State and congressional
campaigns have developed such feeling
that their influence on the national
ticket to great degree is regarded as
inevitable.
Adding to the uncertainty Of fore
casting have been swings away from Re-
publican and Democratic camps by men
of national prominence in the parties.
Norris Aids Roosevelt.
In Nebraska, Senator George w.
Norris swung away from the Republic
ans to campaign for Roosevelt. In Wis
conSin, the State and national CAM
paigns are being conducted separately
by the Republicans and Senator La Fol-
lette (Republican) is supporting Roose-
welt.
Smith w. Brookhart, defeated for the
Republican nomination for the Senate
in Iowa by home-spun Henry Field, has
added a note of uncertainty by entering
the field as Progressive for that office.
Ohio wonders whether the voters will
sustain their past record for split vot-
ing" Often cited in that respect was
the 1924 vote when Coolidge strongly
carried the State. but the Democrats
elected a Governor by one Of the largest
pluralities ever registered.
In South Dakota. United States Sen
ator Peter Norbeck (Republican), has
campaigned without specifically declar-
ing his support Of President Hoover, but
saying he is in support of the Republic
an party.