Evening star., 1948-06-23
Hoover Assai|s Reds,
Urges 6. 0. P. 10 Lead
In Cause Of Liberty
By Don 5. Warren
Stof StoH Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-
Pulling no punches, Herbert
Hoover last night harshly de-
nounced "the men in the Krem-
lin" and called for Republican
leadership ''in the cause of hui
man liberty"
The only living former President,
in an appraisal to the convention
of both the international and
domestic situations, assailed the
Russians for their threats of mill
tary aggression against all civiliza
ton"
Mr.. Hoover received a glowing,
15-minute ovation that swept from
the convention floor to the galleries.
Mr.. Hoover saw in the United
States the only obstacle to the "an-
Inhalation Of freedom" and urged
American aid in reconstruction of
Western Europe, contending it
should include Germany. But he
counseled that our aid must be
limited to necessities" There is
no room, he said, for "nonessentials.
prof1igacy or inefiiciency."
Higher taxes, he said, inevitably
would mean a cut in the standard of
living of the Nations workers and
cautioned that foreign relief and
national defense costs already are
straining American economy Ito the
utmost"
Sees Tax Passed on to Buyer.
On the tax question, he said there
will be those who say corporation
taxes could be increased. That's
easy to say" he added, "but any
student of economics knows that, in
the long run. such tax will be
passed on to the consumer, provided
we want to maintain our real wages
and great tools of production.
Mr.. Hoover all through his address
was solemnly in the role of the
party's elder statesman.
He counseled the delegates:
IF you produce no leadership here,
no virile fighter for the right, you
will have done nothing of historic
significance.
Warns of Seeking Personal Gain.
If you follow the counsel of those
who believe that politics is only a
game to be played for personal ad-
vantage, you are wasting your time
and effort.
IF you will calculate what will
please this or that little segment OF
our population and satisfy this or
that pressure group or sectional
interest, you will be betraying your
opportunity and tragically missing
the call of your time.
IF you temporize with collectiv-
ism you will stimulate its growth
and the defeat OF free men,"
A huge cheer came from the as
semblage when he closed with an
appeal that the party delegates
make yourselves worthy OF the
victory"
Mr.. Hoover pulled no punches in
his references to the issues with
Russia.
Liberty, he said. has been defeated
In a score of nations where slavery,
mass guilt and government by
hatred, by torture, by exile" has
been revived.
To-day the men in the Kremlin
hold in their right hands" he said,
"the threat of military aggression
against all civilization. With their
left hands they work to weaken civ
ilization by boring from within.
These tyrants have created a
situation new in all human expe-
rience. We saved them from Hit
Ter but they refuse to cooperate
with us in goodwill or peace on
earth. A powerful Nation, domi-
mated by men without conscience.
finds it useful to have neither peace
nor war in the world"
On the domestic scene, he found
the American difficulty lies not SO
much with the obnoxious Commu-
nists" as with "the fuzzy-minded
people who think We can have to-
talitarian economics in the hands OF
bureaucracy, and at the same time
have personal liberty for the people
and representative Government in
the Nation"
He put it down that the "con-
fused thinking" of these means they
think they are liberals.
He said such people have "liber-
alism without liberty" and that this
was halfway house, to totalitari-
anisn."