Evening star., 1933-03-05
HOOVER ACCORDED
j. HEARTY OVATION
Ex.President Deeply Moved
. by Cheering Throng at
Station.

Memory Of an enthusiastic and echo
Ing farewell was afforded Herbert Hoo
yer yesterday as his train pulled out of
Union Station.
The demonstration that marked his
exit from public life and re-entrance
into private business was rousing and
ahectionate one
Several thousand persons were on
hand and as the former President
passed through the throng there was no
mistaking his deep appreciation. Al
though he would not respond with
words to the many calls for a speech,
the tears he tried to hide made it
plain that he was grateful.
Just before Mr.. Hoover's train began
Its trip to New York, and while he was
saying his farewells to the members of
his cabinet on the rear platform of the
train, his eyes filled with tears so that
for a moment it seemed as though he
would break down. AS the train pulled
away, Mr.. Hoover stood against the
railing and waved and smiled back at
the echoing cheers of his old friends
and admirers maSSed on the station
platform.
Mrs. Hoover Also Cheered.
Mrs. Hoover. who stood near the for
rner Presidents side as he went through
that last ordeal and as he waved his
parting farewell, came in well for her
share Of the demonstration. She. too,
was cheered and many women in the
throng in the station and out on the
platform shook her hand. Several bou
quetS of flowers were presented to her
as she passed through the crowds on her
way to the train.
Only small group accompanied Mr.
Hoover. Former Secretary Wilbur of
the Interior Department and Mrs. Will
bur, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Rickard of
New York, old friends; Lewis Strauss,
New York banker; Walter E. Hope, New
York banker and former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury along with
Lawrence Richey and his youngest son,
Allan, made up Mr.. Hoover's group.
Mrs. Hoover, accompanied by Herbert
Hoover. jr; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur and
Mrs. Stark McMullen, friend and aide
OF Mrs. Hoover, were to leave the train
at Philadelphia. Former Secretary of
Agriculture Hyde, who is to accompany
the former President on his cruise
through the Panama Canal, and who
with Mr.. Wilbur, will be among his
fishing companions in the waters of the
Bay of Panama before Mr.. Hoover starts
will join him in New York early this
week.
Go Directly to Station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover and their i'm
mediate party left the inaugural stand
In the east front of the Capitol i'm
mediately after President Roosevelt had
completed his address. AS Mr.. Hoover
reached his waiting automobile, he
was cheered by group of persons in
the vicinity. The little caravan of
White House cars, with the one con-
tanning Mr.. Hoover in the lead, made
was accompanied to the station by
Col. E w. Startling, assistant chief Of
the White House secret service, and
two others of the secret service outfit.
So great was the crowd on the out
side of the station that Mr.. Hoover
and his party had difficulty in winding
their way through the station. In the
Presidents waiting room several hum
dred local Republicans. headed by Ed
ward F. Colladay and Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, Republican committee
man and woman from the District,
formed two lines through which the
presidential party passed. Each man
and woman in these two lines shook
the hand of the former President and
extended good wishes for the future as
he passed along.
Before leaving his Office in the Exc
cutive Office Building to prepare for
the arrival of his successor at the
White House for their ride up the ave-
nue. to the Capitol, Mr.. Hoover re-
Ceived the entire Office staff and num-
Der of the employees of the White House
itself. These men and women, who
have been working with the President
during his administration, a number
OF the former having been associated
with Presidents for more than 80 years.
filed by the President, who stood beside
his desk and shook hands as a word
OF farewell was exchanged.
Plans Uncertain.
The former Presidents immediate
plans were uncertain when he left.
After a day or two at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York, Lawrence
Richey. Mr.. Hoover's secretary. said
his chief might visit friends in the
country.
Richey said Mr.. Hoover intended to
give himself only to personal matters
and to the affairs of several charitable
organizations founded by him and that
no public or Government business
would come before him.
The length of Mr.. Hoover's stay in
New York was undecided, since no pas
sage has been booked for him on his
contemplated sea voyage to Panama
and the Pacific Coast. All of his plans,
Richey said, were subject to change.