Evening star., 1940-02-12
Hoover Will Give
Radio Address in
Omaha Tonight
Lincoln Day Speeches
To Launch Republican
Election Campaign
~ the Associated Press.


Election Campaign
~ the Associated Prsss.
Touching OH week Of widespread
political activity, Republican orators
utilised Abraham Lincoln's birth
anniversary today to sound the
opening Of their election campaign,
Former President Hoover will
head the speakers, giving . radio
address from Omaha ut 8 pm. Sew
eral potential candidates for the
presidential nomination, although
avoiding mention of their own as
pirations, will deliver addresses ex-
pressing their views on current is
sues.
Among the orators will be SEN
ator Taft Of Ohio at Greensboro,
N. c.; District Attorney Thomas e.
Dewey of New York at Portland,
Greg; National Chairman John
Hamilton at New York, Senator
Bridges of New Hampshire at Okla
homa City. and Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts, at Brooklyn.
Governors James of PENNSYLVANIA
and Stassen Of Minnesota will join
Gov. Dickinson Of Michigan In a
rally at Grand Rapids, Mich, with
Senator Vandenberg presiding.
Vandenberg Outlines Program.
Senator Vandenberg, In q major
speech at st. Paul Saturday, out
lined q program-headed by en-
couragement Of business-which was
generally accepted as his platform
for the presidential nomination.
ALT M. Landon, the 1886 Republic
an standard bearer, contrasted Lin
coin with Hitler and Stain in an
address last night at Springfield, Ill.
"Hitler and Stain force the state
to live and die for them" he said.
Lincoln lived and died for the
state"
Perhaps the greatest difference
between Lincoln and Stain and
Hitler is in their backgrounds-in
the backgrounds which formed their
natures and crystalized their philos-
ophies," he continued.
Lincoln had q wide experience
In politics and government. He
had contacts with the courts, with
county and local governments. He
had participated in many political
campaigns. He was, in fact, prac-
tical politician as well as a states
man.
stains and Hitler's ideas of gov
ernment are based mostly on street.
corner pamphlets. Their practical
political experience has been only
as conspirators, based on the tech
nique of revolutions, bloody and
bloodless. They learned their po-
Itical ideas In the dark atmosphere
Of beer halls and cellars"
Farley Speaks at Springfield.
But the Lincoln day festivities
were not confined to Republicans.
On the program with Mr.. Landon
was Postmaster General Farley, who
entered the Democratic presidential
primary in Massachusetts, Saturday.
Being a first-class political
leader" Mr.. Farley said, Lincoln
had the wisdom to call in and con-
suit all sorts and kinds of men,"
Mr.. Farley said it seemed possible
shat If Lincoln had taken office
Immediately on his election in No.
vember, 1860, instead Of having to
wait until March, 1861, the Civil
War might have been avoided"
"The reason I think so," he added,
'is that passions were running high
In 1850, and the only chance Of
avoiding the Civil War lay in bring
ing together, by political methods,
the moderates of both the North
and of the South.
But during the months between
election and Inauguration, Presi-
dent-elect cannot do very much to
guide political movements"
Mr.. Farley described democracy
as "a vast cooperative scheme" and
termed extremism a crime" and a
"blunder."
Elsewhere we see world tearing
itself to pieces as group fights
group, doctrine clashes with doc
trine and nations war upon nations.
Nevertheless, the United States has
steadily preserved the ideal of good
will, of moderation, of justice"
Declines to Elaborate.
Mr.. Farley declined to tell re-
porters at Springfield whether he
had become an active presidential
candidate by his letter authorizing
Massachusetts, party leaders to file
. slate Of convention delegates
pledged to his support.
Politicians in WASHINGTON were
divided over the meaning of Mr..
Farley's move. 1t received these
interpretations:
l. That the President had let the
Postmaster General know he would
not seek third term and had left
the field open.
2. That the Democratic chairman
was trying to hold the Massachusetts
delegation for Mr.. Roosevelt If the
latter should decide to run.
,. That Mr.. Farley wanted to OBJ
tain bloc of delegates in order to
strengthen his already powerful
voice at the convention, whether or
not he pressed his own candidacy.
1t was learned that Vice President
Garner has promised Senator DON
ahey, Democrat, Of Ohio he would
not enter the Ohio primary If Mr..
Donahey became a "favorite son"
candidate. Senator Donahey has
declined to commit himself, but
New Dealers have been hopeful that
he would enter the primary and
then swing his support to Mr.,
Roosevelt at the national conven-
ton.
Committee to Be Named.
The Vice President will appoint
. Senate campaign investigating
committee this week and friends
said he was determined to pick
one which would leave no stone
unturned in ferreting out alleged
fraud and excessive expenditures in
the selection OF presidential and
vice presidential electors, as well