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Show oo JDHIVSORI SAYS HOOVER IS TOOCHAiEABlE Veers With the Winds Declares De-clares California Senator in Political Rally Speech NEW YORK. April 1. Senator Johnson John-son of California, at a political rallv in Carnegie hall today, (said that one or1 his opponents for the Republican pres- ldentlal nomination "veered with the! winds on certain questions." After the i rally he told reporters he referred to j Herbert Hoover. In his speech the senator said he !held in utter contompt certain persons' v. ho were first on one idc of the league of nations and then on the other. "These," he continued, "run villi the hares and hunt with the hounds." I He charged that some newspapers in the United States did not function as a free press, since they were controlled con-trolled by certain Influences which made it Impossible for them to do so. Discussing the right of free assem blage he said it was unwise to curb any minority acting within the law because be-cause the minority of today might become be-come the majority of tomorrow. While he despises a profiteer, he said, he likewise held in contempt 'the patrioteer who is hiding behind the , American nag. Urging that the New York stale primary pri-mary law be amended, he called it "a disgrace fo the great empire state." nn |