Evening star., 1935-10-15
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Herbert Hoover admittedly today
has what appears to be insurmount-
able opposition among the Repubh-
cans to denomination for President.
What will be Mr.. Hoover's position
so far as possible nomination is con-
cerned as . result Of his planned
campaign against the Roosevelt New
Deal during the coming eight months?
What will be the issues which f1n-
ally confront the country on the eve
of the national campaign eight
months hence? And what will be the
kind of candidate required by the
G. o. P. and the opponents to the re-
election Of President Roosevelt at that
time?
First Attack Effective.
The Hoover campaign against the
re- election Of President Roosevelt,
launched in his Oakland, Calf, ad-
dress to Young Republicans, took to
pieces the Roosevelt spending pro-
gram. That it was an effective at
tack, even the Democrats have ad-
mitted. It will be followed up with
attacks upon other angles Of the New
Deal and its administration. 1t may
be that his next set speech will be
delivered in New York. Mr.. Hoover
is due to return to the Eastern
metropolis November 13 for a meet
ing of the board of the New York Life
Insurance Co. He has had several
invitations to speak in New York,
among them one to address the Ohio
State Society.
His campaign against the New Deal
will carry Mr.. Hoover into many States
before he is through, and across the
continent many times. He promises
to become as great traveller as, for
example, Postmaster General James
A. Farley, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Refuses to Straddle.
Mr.. Hoover has just been In New
York and Philadelphia, and is on mis-
way back to Palo Alto. His determi-
nation to go down the line in his
campaign against the Roosevelt New
Deal was made entirely evident. He
is against temporizing with any part
of the New Deal. If the Republican
party undertakes to straddle the New
Deal, it means, in the opinion If the
former President, the death Of Inc
party. The coming Republican Ma
tional Convention will be the most
important gathering of its kind n
the history of the organization. orpo-
nents of the New Deal assert. The
kind of platform it adopts is the crux
Of the matter. Mr.. Hoover's efforts
on the platform and with his pen are
directed toward having that conven-
ton write a document conceived in
the principles of government laid
down in the Constitution. This does
not mean that the platform IS not TO
be liberal and progressive, however.
The Hoover campaign. conducted
across the continent against the New
Deal is bound to bring the former
President into contact with thousands
| Of Republicans. It Is likely to lead
to Organization" for the overthrow
of the New Deal. And an organiza-
ton once so built, might easily turn
to its leader when the time comes for
a presidential nomination.
Silent on Candidacy.
Mr.. Hoover has conceived 1t his
public duty to make the campaign
against the New Deal. So far as his
own possible candidacy for the Re-
publican presidential nomination is
concerned, he is making no statement
whatever. Despite the many efforts
made to smoke him out. he has not
been smoked out. Nor does there ap-
pear any immediate probability of a
statement from him in regard to the
presidential nomination. AS former
President and titular leader of the
party, with many friends and sup
porters, what Mr.. Hoover says will be
given a wider hearing in the country
than anything said by any Of the Re-
publicans whose names have so far
been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the nomination.
In other words, Mr.. Hoover has the
4 1OI Wlldt IlC oOCC Will IL IIldy
have a great deal to do with the Re-
publican platform Of next year-and
also with the Republican nomination
for President.
| There is reason to believe that Mr..
Hoover considers it important for the
Republican party to take position
on principle" and to go down fighting
for principle. If necessary. in the 1896
election. If the Republican party
goes half way toward the New Deal
in its pronouncements. then the coun-
try loses its only effective and organ
lied weapon against bureaucracy and
dictatorship, by whatever name it may
be called.
Keeps Strong Hand.
The very fact that Mr.. Hoover is
saying nothing about his own possible
candidacy for the presidential nom-
ination, while at the same time he is
active. strengthens his hand in the
fight which is to come over the plat
form of the G. o. P. and the issues
which are to be made.
Whether Mr.. Hoover becomes an
active candidate for the presidential
nomination will depend upon whether
a real demand for his candidacy arises