Evening star., 1932-08-20

Sincerity is found by large part Of
the public in President Hoover's speech
accepting the Republican nomination
for reelection. This is seen in words
on reconstruction policies, and especial
ly in his treatment of the prohibition
question. Emphasis is placed on the
fact that some organized drys have &C
cepted Mr.. Hoover's position, while
Democratic comments show tendency
to object to Federal activities in dry
States and to the expense OF such en-
forcement measures as may be required.
Loyalty to established principles ran
through his whole address," says the
Springfield (Mass) Union (Republic-
am, while the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader independent Republican, thinks
that his attitude on liquor "is not likely
to be satisfactory to radical drys or to
radical vets, but does appeal to the
average American" The Altoona Mir
ror independently holds that he offered
a presentation of that problem "as
most people see it today" The ma
tons reception OF the address, accord
ing to the Chicago Daily news dnde-
pendenD affords proof Of its eagerness
to move forward in accordance With
sound principles of government sin
cerely applied to full recovery from
present national distresses" The Rock
Island Argus independently says: I'VE
are unable to recall ar address by any
Of our Presidents WHIT surpasses Mr..
Hoover's in clarity. fratkness and sin
cerity In this estimate We are not in
the least influenced by political parti-
sanship, but are setting down IN cold
type our honest opinion"
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"There is no doubt about the de-
fense nature of the speech" In the
opinion of the Fort Worth Star-Tele-
gram independent Democratic), which
adds: "Mr. Hoover did it admirably
achieving what in many ways is one OF
the greatest efforts ever recorded on
such an occasion. He supplied the Re-
publican campaign with handbook OF
strategy which was vastly needed. And
it may be conservatively said that in an
hour and a half he greatly increased
the difficulties Of his opponents" The
Star-Telegram holds that the declara-
ton serves the desirable purpose OF
stripping the prohibition issue of at least
a part of the garments of partiSanShir
with which it has been invested but
believes that "this Is result which
must be at least as favorable to the
Democrats as to the Republicans" The
Oakland Tribune (Republican) sees the
speech as remarkable for absence ol
partisan utterance or vote-seeking ap-
peal" and the President as "a public
servant whole-heartedly devoted to the
cause of every citizen of the nation
The New York Times independently re-
marks that 1T is an honest and manly
thing that the President has done ir
tbIc mailing bis attitude clearly known
, and that "he deserves great credit fol
taking the people fully into his con-
fldence."
More critical is the Topeka Daily
Capital (Republican) on the dry issue
in the statement: If President Hoover
entertains the hope, as evidently he
does, that State control will lesser
drunkenness and unlawful drinking he
| will probably find that he Is mistaken
! If that plan is put into operation. There
never has been a method devised fol
| the control of the sale Of Intoxicating
| liquor that has been entirely satisfac-
| tory and there is little reason to hope
that there ever will be. There are al
| least two good reasons for this-of1e i
| that the liquor interests never have
obeyed any law that restricted Their
sales or profits, and the other Is thai
| there is a large number Of citizens ol
| the United States who are not willing
, to abide by the results of any law which
| interferes with their own tastes, pleas
| ures or convenience. A good many oi
( this class would be willing enough tt
| deprive laboring men of their liquor
but do not want to have their owr
supply cut of. Notwithstanding tht
fact that their own property depends Q