Evening star., 1944-06-28
New Deal Shack|es
Liberties, Hoover Says
In Fighting Speech
picture on Page BIZ
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, June %. - Herbert
Hoover was back in the political lists
at 50 today after delivering the most
scathing denunciation of the Demo-
cratic administration yet heard at
the Republican National Convention.
In fight until die" speech. the
only living former President told a
cheering crowd of partisans last
night that only through an up
setting of the Roosevelt administra-
ton will our returning soldiers find
freedom preserved at home"
The New Deal, Mr.. Hoover said,
forged shackles for the liberties of
our people"
He declared the New Deal smacks
in milder form of tactics followed by
European revolutions, and that Pres
ident Roosevelt, the man who beat
him in 1882, appears to be indulging
in power politics" and mot a
diplomacy of freedom"
Condemns Power Diplomacy.
president Wilson, also had a
great design most of hich was lost
by the Establishments and pres
sures of personal negotiation" he
said. Every thinking American
views with great apprehension a
repetition of 1919.
!, America needs a change in ad-
ministration to get out of personal
power diplomacy"
He said it is obvious that Amer
lea will emerge from the war as
the worlds strongest military and
political power. He added:
Our power to bring freedom to
the world must not be frittered
away
Before he mounted the platform,
Mr.. Hoover told newspapermen:
I'm going to stay in this fight
until die. The fight Is for every
thing that is precious to the Amer
ican people"
Will Be In Thick Of Fight.
Beaming with apparent good
health, Mr.. Hoover ended specula-
ton that he might not take an
active part in this campaign. He
left no doubt that he will be in the
thick of the fight for a Republican
victory in November.
Mr.. Hoover fired his heaviest shots
at Mr.. Roosevelt's peace methods.
Observing that nationalism is ris-
ing, he said ideas of world super
government, no matter how idealis-
tic, are already dead from these colo
blasts Of realism. Peace must be
based upon cooperation between
independent sovereign nations"
But it is obvious, he said, that
there must be some sort of worlc
organization to preserve peace"
The general assembly of this or.
ganization, according to his owr
ideas, should be split into three
divisions-one each for Europe, Asia
and for the Western Hemisphere.
Opposes Compromise With Axis.
"And each region should be giver
the primary responsibility for peace
in its area before the central council
is called upon," he continued. "Espe.
cially should that responsibility be
imposed on Europe where the dan.
gers Of world wars come from"
| Any compromise with Hitler ol
TOTO now, he said, will destroy al
hope Of either freedom or a lastins
peace"
Declaring this convention is
handing the leadership Of the Re-
publican party to a new generation, u
Mr.. Hoover asserted the younger
men "can lead our people away
from the jungle Of disorderly, cynical
and bitter ideas, the topsy- -turvy
confusions, the hopelessness and
lack of faith and defeatism that
have haunted this Nation over these
dozen years"
Praises Platform.
Praising the Republican platform
as looking in the right direction, y
Mr.. Hoover declared that a decision
must be made now as between con-
1icting PHILOSOPHERS Of government
He asserted that with the blessing
of the Attorney General, Commun-
lists and fellow travellers were spend
ing vast sums" to re-elect regime
which he said used every fear, dis
tress and sorrow of the people "to
further fasten totalitarian
practices upon U.S."
The former President emphasized
that I'VE cannot be without a peace
program as we were without a pre-
paredness program. We owe it to
our fighting men that they find no
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