Evening star., 1932-10-22
Directed Extensive Probe by
Commission to Insure Pro-
lection, He Asserts.
SAYS U. S. SHOULD FIX
SAFEGUARDS FOR COAL
President to Stop in More Than
a Dozen Cities En- Route to De-
troit-Arrives at $50.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABOARD PRESIDENTS SPECIAL
EN- ROUTE TO DETROIT, October %.
Speaking from an improvised plat
form in Laidley Stadium at Charleston,
w Va President Hoover announced
today he had asked the Tariff Com
mission to investigate whole tariff
schedules to determine whether many
commodities were being given adequate
protection lin the face Of deprecated
foreign currency
The President also declared the
Government should provide safeguards
for coal and other natural resources
through limited cooperation in
marketing.
Thousands Hear Speech.
Mr.. Hoover stopped off at the West
Virginia capital long enough to discuss
the tariff and the coal industry. The
first President in 100 years to visit
the city while in office, he was greeted
by a presidential salute of 81 guns fired
BY the State National Guard.
He told his cheering audience, estl-
mated by police at thousands. that ne
had in the past suggested some measure
of cooperation in the marketing OF coal
because he was Impressed with the
absolute destruction of our national re-
sources and the impoverishment OF LABOR
through destructive competition.
Neither you nor I wish to DESTROY
the fundamental basis OF compellIioIii u
in our country" the President said.
but limited cooperation to prevent
this destructive action should be under
taken. We have already extended TINS
privilege to your agriculture ana laDor
The coal industry could have such safe
guards as would make 1t possible 10
pay a fair wage, earn reasonable ptout
and save hundreds of communities from
their steady degeneration and lmpoVer-
ishment."
Discusses Tariff at Length.
As in his other speeches along the
route of campaign trips, the President
discussed the Republican protective
tariff principles at length.
Again at Huntington the President
left his train. From a platform at the
edge Of the railroad station he told a
throng that overflowed an open park
nearby that the Republican tariff hao
maintained West Virginia industries.
The Chief Executive faced a series of
rapid fire appearances in more than a
dozen cities as his train rolled through
three States in the brief span OF II
hours.
His route was carefully mapped to
carry him through West Virginia, ONO
and Michigan, States with total OF
more than so electoral votes which are
claimed bv both political parties.
Stops also were included during the
Gay at Kenova, w. Va; 1ronton, Ports
mouth. Waverly, Chillicothe. Circlevllle,
Columbus, Delaware, Marion, Fostoria
and Toledo Ohio. and Monroe, Mich,
II was the Presidents third speedy
campaign swing into the Middle West
within three weeks. As on the other
trips. he was accompanied by Mrs.
Hoover.
Text of Speech Guarded.
The Chief Executive was putting the
finishing touches on his Detroit speech
en- route. Immediately after boarding
his special train at 1890 pm. last
night, Mr. Hoover and Postmaster Gen
eral Brown sat down, side by side, and
worked on the address.
On the train were corps OF stenog-
raphers and mimeograph machines,
ready to turn OUT tne compete IehC
Its subject was closely guarded, how
ever
Conjecture included a new outline of
Republican economic principles and
possible reply to Franklin D. Roosevelt's
recent statements on the bonus and
other issues.
The President and his party were due
at Detroit just in time for his speech
at $50 pm, Eastern standard time,
and will leave the Michigan city i'm
mediately afterWard to get back into
Washington tomorrow afternoon.
The presidential party. in addition to
the President, Mrs. Hoover and Post
master General Brown, included Ferry
X Heath, Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury, and several White House sec
retaries and representatives of the Re-
publican National Committee.