The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-16
Observations
Hoover May Have
Eye on Presidency
in 1914

IN 1914
Gossip TO the effect that Her
bert Hoover has an eye on the
1874 Republican presidential
nomination for himself Is being
listened TO by politicians OF both
parties with considerably more
than a wee bit OF credulity. In
fact, there are those VINO say
they think he'd be a formidable
COP. selection. Herbert's rat
ing now is a heap-sight better
than IL was at the end of his prev
ious White House tenancy His
stock was away below par al
that time. He's had the depres'
sion to far worse than handicap
his administration He was
blamed for the hard times that he
didn't create, but that World War
No. l did.
What the public didn't realize
was that, during THAT war, a.
food administrator, before he
came into presidential power he d
done an extraordinarily good job
He wasn't advertised, however, "a
todays bureaucrats are. And,
for that matter, when this wars
over, subsequent Development
may demonstrate that the current
bunch aren't such wonders as
they're represented to be at pres
emit Anyway, Herbert came into
presidential Office at a bad time
for himself, and went out at a
worse one.
He realized, too, that fate )
cards were stacked against him,
He hadn't the temperament to &C
cept ii smilingly Tile situation
turned him sour. He was a
crouch TO the newspaper bunch.
They got sore on him Conse-
quietly his advertising was ad-
verse. All the boosts he got were
from normally friendly publica-
tions. The others capitalized
everything adverse to him. They
manufactured some OF it maybe
recall a case in my own eX.
perience. Herbert wrote a little
booklet relative to economic prob
lens and had il printed over HIS
signature Writing a news story
on the subject, and being in a
hurry, | was disseminated -
booklet II was disseminated
only two or three sentences. In
short order | got a summons TO
the White House.
How about this?' said His Elk
cellency.
| slapped the booklet down in
front OF him. He'd copyrighted il.
Maybe I'd infringed on his mono
poly. Nevertheless he'd express
ed himself and then forgotten it,
Grumpily he answered, "Oh, well,
you lifted it right out of the text"
Sure | did. And why not, signed
by him? | didn't think he'd mind
the copyright violation. don't
think he did, as to that item,
either.
Today, though, he's all socia.
bility to the press. Any time the
boys want to see him, he's avail
able. He's sffable also. His dope
is good likewise. He's completely
changed personally; he's sociable
Publicity LIKES him. Democra-
tic senators and representatives
concur with him.
He wants a smaller Army in the
interest of more food The food
producers fancy the notion, and
so do the consumers, who want to
eat. In short, Herbert is ra-
tional cuss. He knows the cur
rent supply basis better than the
administration does. He learned
IL when he was handling il as
Woodrow Wilson was starting
World War No. l. He isn't
crab now, as he was then. II
newspapermen want to see him.
they're welcome. He's as soci-
able as Ed. is. Never was there
such a transformation.
Does that mean that he's get
ting back into politics? Could he
do it non-portisanly?
There are Democratic legisla-
tors who indorse his economic
views. Like Senator Elmer Tho
mas OF Oklahoma, they say they
don't agree with his politics but
they think he's correct on eco
nomic grounds 1t isn't so much
sociability, as conversionality that
counts with Herbert. It's possible
now. Il didn't use to be.
Herbert figures presidentially
In this situation.