The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-03-17
PRESIDENT HOOVER'S
LABORS PRAISED BY TAFT
Chairman of G.. o. p. State Com
mittee Delivers Address
At HagerstOwn
LAYS TROUBLES TO WAR

lab0rS Tor the financial regeneration
of the nation ''are meeting the just
reward of a widening sense of appre-
citation and a more accurate appraisal
of their high value in this great emer-
gency of our history" Galen L. TAFT,
chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee, said last Friday
night at meeting he addressed at Ha-
gerstown, which was attended by Re-
publican workers and executives of
the Sixth Congressional District.
"One splendid constructive plan
after another-like the seven great
labors of Hercules-have proceeded
from his pen and BRAIN" he asserted.
Says Test Is Being Made
"In these days of worldwide finan-
cial depression there has been an or
ganized effort made by the national
opposition to capitalize human suffer-
ing and to attempt to hold the Repub-
lican party and the present admins
tration and it's leaders responsible for
the country's financial ills" Mr.. TAFT
said.
SIT has ben said," he continued,
chat the character of an individual is
tested both by days of prosperity and
the times of adversely. The principle
is also true with respect to the char
acter and conduct of a political party,
which is great living, social organ
ism. 1t applies to the Republican par
ty, which, under it's great leadr, is
today heroically meeting the test of
calumny and adversely. This test is
being met in the brave and uncon-
querable spirit expressed in the poem
'Invictus':
1T matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishments the
scroll,
1 am the master of my fate,
1 am captain of my SOUL
"The opposition party opens the
gospel of politics at Revelations. I
think it fairer to begin at Genesis.
They prefer to discuss only results,
desire to refer to original causes.
"Our troubles, as in past epochs of
history, are largely due to the horri-
flying waste of life and the colossal
destruction of capital in the Great
War. That is a condition which has
followed every general war among ma
lions for which our present national
administration and leadership are not
responsible.
care the memories of people so
short that they do not recall that
while feverish preparations were I'M
der way, President Wilson and his
party were given renewed mandate
of power in 1916 by reason of the de-
ceptive slogan: He kept us out of
warp Can our people fail to re-
member the unequalled waste and ex-
travagance which were incident to the
management of the war by the oppo-
sition party?
Huge Loans Made
"They have forgotten that after the
hostilities had ceased and the arms
tice was declared 1900 millions of dol
lars were poured forth in additional
loans to the countries of Europe.
"These loans were unauthorized ex-
cept to those responsible hid behind
the technicality involved in the fact
that what the sword of General Foch
of General Haig and of our heroic
American soldier, General John j.
Pershing, had achieved on the fields
of battle, had not been formally writ
ten into a peace treaty.
"The great cost of our war effort
and the stupendous loans we made
European countries were paid for
from the receipts derived from wal
time taxes and from proceeds of the
great Liberty Loan drives. The Will
son opposition administration at
Washington left in the laps of the
succeeding Republican national ad-
ministrations public debts owing tc
our own people of "a billion dollars
What have we done? We have kept up
the Government and reduced this debt
from "a billion to 16 billion dollars.
"Men of all parties shared in the
price, the patriotism and the glory OF
the great world struggle. They shared
equally in the sacrifices of treasure
and blood. But they never approved
of the waste of the war. They never
approved these loans made after the
war had ceased. They regreat that
several billions thus alienated are moi
now in our national Golfers to wipe
out the present deficit, avoid increased
taxation and lessen the burdens Of
the depression.
Talks of Responsibility
Nevertheless, Mr.. Raskob, the
chairman of the opposition party, anc
Mr.. Shouse, the director of his com
mittee, Mr.. Michaels, the high-pow
cred publicity expert, and Governor
Richie and other leaders, attempt tt
malign the Republican party and t.
smear President Hoover with blame