Evening star., 1933-05-07
,')OSL|NlCOMP|LES
!. HOOVER SPEECHES
Addresses Delivered at Grid.
..iron Club Included in "After
Dinner" Volume.

Former President Herbert Hoover's
Addresses delivered at the dinners given
by the Gridiron Club in Washington
which he attended during his admin
Istration are included in a volume en-
titled Hoover After Dinner" COM
piled by Theodore G. Joslin and pub
,1ished by Charles Scribner's Sons. Mr..
sJoslin, who was Mr.. Hoover's secre-
tary. has written the introduction.
The speeches which Mr.. Hoover
s1nade at the Gridiron Club dinners
sare witty and at the same time deal
~trenchantly with matters OF vast I'M
portance which were, and are, pressing
for attention. Never before have the
speeches Of a President delivered at
.Gridiron dinners been published. Under
= rule of the club reporters are never
spresent," so far as the speeches de-
slivered by Its guests are concerned.
With such an understanding Presidents
have unburdened themselves and dis
'cussed affairs Of state with mucn free
dom While Mr.. Hoover was President
he attended eight OF these dinners and
-four other after dinner speeches dur
ing his four years in the White House
and these Mr.. Joslin has included In
Hoover After Dinner"
King for q Day"
The first of the Gridiron dinners
attended by Mr.. Hoover after he be-
came President was at the outset CT
his administration. in April, 1929; At
that dinner song to the President"
had described him as "A King for
Day" Mr. Hoover said:
Il have no feeling that my position
Is as Mr. Morsell has just told me
"A King for Day The gigantic
forces Of our country and our times
could find no solution by kingship. It
Is Just a job of bringing about such
cooperation as I may between those
who lead the forces which ebb and
now through a great people"
He spoke particularly OF the need OF
cooperation between the Congress and
the President, saying:
Il am well aware Of the difhculties OF
q program of close cooperation. 1t Is
much less heroic for the President to
cooperate than to carry the banner OF
the people against the baStions OF Con-
gress To the extent that each may be
helpful to the other. it is our duty to
render unselflsh assistance"
This was spoken at the beginning OF
MI Hoover's four years in the White
House, years in which he was to meet
such opposition in Congress from men,
bers of his own political party.
Speaks After His Defeat.
When he addressed the Gridiron Club
IN December, 1882, after he had been
defeated for reelection, Mr.. Hoover,
after stressing the need for two strong
political parties in this country, con-
'tinued:
Nor does this preclude that CO.
operation which far transcends par
tianship in the face Of common danger.
That great common danger Is still IN
the economic field both at home and
abroad During the past two y0rs we
have been fighting to maintain the very
foundations Of our own stability.
To fulfill these tasks we must maintain
a solidarity in our Nation. We must
maintain that cooperation at home
which while it maintains party response
bility yet rises above partisanship. The
new administration has my good wishes;
1t has the good wishes of every Amer
lean. for in its success lies the welfare
OF our country
1t was in a lighter vein that Mr.
Hoover revealed himself during a great
part of his Gridiron speeches. For ex-
ample, the opening of one OF his ad-
IGI esses was as follows:
we have had a highly enjoyable
evening We guests fully realize that
this is the semi-annual occasion when
the representatives of the press make
their contribution to lofty ideals. to
unity and solidarity of national action
In the presence Of national danger by
rubbing the salt of wit, the vinegar of
hyperbole, and the iodine of satire into
the raw wounds Of politics. That is all
natural and appropriate. for just as the
village gossip satisfies the soul of both
Main street and Wall Street, also the
gossip and the humor of politics and
public life are always more interesting
and surely more relaxing than striv-
ing to serve ones fellow men-especially
after dinner"