Evening star., 1932-10-05

certain commodities, preventing them
going lower. He added, there were
damaging aftermaths which might
easily offset the gains.
Adherance to the protective tariff was
redeclared a means of farm relief, ac-
cording to the President. 1T is the
very basis Of safety" to American
agriculture, and it was regarding the
tariff that he took of his gloves and
lashed the Democratic opposition.
Has the Democratic party ever pro-
posed or supported the protective tariff
on agriculture products?" he asked
Has it ever given one single evidence
OF protection of the home market to
the American farmer from the products
raised by peasant labor on cheap land
abroad?"
He criticized the Democrats not alone
for their activities or lack OF activities
in the interest of the farmer, but for
their record during the whole Of the
present emergency. Again he took oc-
casion to compliment those Democrats
who placed patriotism above party In
supporting his program for recovery.
But, he said. he wanted to bring before
his audience the real doctrines and
program of the men who then and now
and in the future will dominate that
party
Lambasts Garner.
1t was at this point that the Presi-
dent struck from the shoulder at John
Garner and his followers in the House.
He assailed them for trying TO pass
what he described as a porkbarrel leg
islation In the sum OF $1,000 900 900
for "non-productive and unnecessary
public works" for the bonus BILL for
opposition to the administrations econ
omy program. for legislation to de
stroy the effectiveness of the Tariff
Commission" which he vetoed, for
price fixing legislation creating the
rubber dollar" and other acts and
measures which, he said, showed
reckless disregard for the safety OF
the Nation"
In his castigation Of the Democrats
Mr.. Hoover reminded his great audi
ence that this program was passed
through the Democratic House OF Rep
! resentatives under the leadership OF
the gentleman who has been nominated
the Democratic candidate for Vice
President, and thus these measures and
policies were approved by their party. !
Mr.. Hoover devoted about one-haf
Of his long speech to the depression. IN
which he recounted all that has been
done by his administration TO Improve
conditions. In his summary Mr.. HOO
yer declared with emphasis that the
victory had been won" against the
forces Of destruction"
Touched by Reception.
There was unmistakable evidence that
he was touched by the manner in which
his speech was accepted at the Coliseum
/ The Coliseum would not hold all those
who wanted to hear his speech, and the
| overflow crowd assembled in the Shrln-
ers' Temple, where amplif1ers broug nj
/ the speech to them. Immediately foi-
lowing his speech Mr. Hoover hurried
to the temple and went to the platform,
where he made brief speech express
ing his appreciation Of his reception
Mrs. Hoover, who stood beside him. was
presented with large bouquet OF roses
This appearance did not conclude his
full day From the temple he motored
to the State Capitol where he spoke
briefly to several thousand citizens who
had been standing there in the raw air
for a long time to hear him. He wound
up his Des Moines activities with an
appearance before gathering CT nearly
a thousand Iowa editors at the Des
Moines Hotel auditorium. He told this
gathering that he had run out OF
speeches and would lust converse He
talked mostly about his boyhood In
Iowa.
It was II o'clock when he and Mrs
Hoover finally reached their train to
start the journey back to Washington
There was a good-sized crowd at the
station to shout an affectionate fare
well. However. before the train pulled
out a little group of the President S
relatives and old friends from West
Branch his birth place, presented them
selves to pay their respects. In this
group were David Hoover, 81-year -old
uncle of the President, who operated a
blacksmith shop when the President
! was a boy, and his wife Cora. They
were received by the President on the
rear platform and fiashlight photo
! graphs were taken.
Despite his long. trying day. Mr.
Hoover was up before Z this morning
and ready to meet all corners.
IL Speeches Today.
Making no secret Of the fact that this
journey of President Hoover is frankly
for the purpose Of making votes for
himself, a program has been arranged
which calls for not less than IL rear
| platform speeches before nightfall
There will probably be more than that
Besides, at other points, not scheduled
as stops. orders have been given fol
! the special train to slow down to q