Evening star., 1935-03-23
Business Ready to Advance,
but Is Held Back by Pol
iCieS, He Writes.
CALLS FOR REBIRTH OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Views Expressed to California
Chairman Say Liberty of Thought
and Action Must Be Preserved.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SACRAMENTO, Calf, March o.
Former President Herbert Hoover
old California Republicans today the
recovery theories OF this administra-
ton do not work" and the country
must decide between a government
based on American principles of lib
erty and one "of regimentation and
domination"
I'VE stand on the threshold OF
great forward, economic movement"
the former President said in one OF
his rare statements since leaving Of
fce, "if only the paraIyzing effects OF
mistaken governmental policies and
activities may be removed"
Hoover's statements we're made In
A letter to Sheriff. Halbert, president
If the California Republican Assembly
here. Halbert had requested
Hoover, titular head Of the party to
prepare a message for the meeting.
Theodore Roosevelt. jr.. mentioned
In some quarters as a contender for
The Republican presidential nonina-
ton in 1886, will address the gather
ing tonight.
Raps Scarcity Theory.
Hoover was unable to attend per-
sorally because of earlier arrange
ments calling for his attendance at
the Charter day exercises of the Uni
versity OF California at Berkeley.
The administration theories ARE
no longer a propagandized millennium;
they are self-exposed," the former
President said.
THE present conception of a ma
-Ional economy based upon scarcity
must in all common sense be reversed
10 an economy based upon production.
1r workman. farmer and business man
alike are defeated"
He called for an energetic rebirth
Of the Republican party, adding 1t
tas the greatest responsibility since
The days of Abraham Lincoln to
raise the standard in defense of fun
iamental American principles"
Text Of Letter.
The text of Hoover's letter to Hall
bert follows:
1 am glad to comply with your re-
quest for a message to your forth
coming meeting.
The Republican party today has
the greatest responsibility that has
come to 1t since the days Of Abraham
Lincoln. That responsibility is to
raise the standard in defense Of fun
American principles. 1t
must furnish the rallying point for
all those who believe in these prin-
ciples and are determined to defeat
those who are responsible for their
daily jeopardy.
Two Issues.
/. The American people have di-
rectly before them the issue of main
tanning and perfecting our system OF
orderly individual liberty under con-
conducted government.
or of rejecting it in favor OF the
newly created system of regimenta-
ton and bureaucratic domination in
which men and women are not mas
ters Of government, but are the pawns
or dependents of a centralized and
-perpetuating govern
ment. That Is, shall we as a Nation
stand on the foundations Of Ameri-
gaining the great powers Of
progress inherent in it, correcting
abuses which arise within 1t, widen
ing the security and opportunities
that can alone be builded upon it?
Before us is the sink into which first
one great nation after another abroad
is falling. America must look today,
as in the past. to the creative i'm
pulses of free men and women, born
Of the most enterprising and self-reli-
ant stock in the world, for productive
genius, for expansion of enterprise, for
economic recovery. for restoration OF
normal jobs, for increased standards
Of living. for reform of abuse of gov
or economic powers, and for
advance from outworn modes of
thought. The freedom of men to think,
to act, to achieve, is now being ham,
pered.
2. The American people have a right
to determine for themselves this fun
damental issue, and 1t is solely
through the Republican party that it
can be presented for determination at
the ballot box. To accomplish this the
country Is In need of a rejuvenation
and vigorous Republican organization
That transcends any personal interest
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