Show Released by Wf Western Nf w r aper Union EItT HOOVER Elt ANn AND POLITICAL HISTORY TO ME the dominant character In America the man whom I person personally I ally should bould like to see as ns I President ol at the United States Is I I Herbert Hoover I have hive no I tion of seeing him again gain a occupy the White House I know he Ie does not want a nomination to any public of at office fice and doubt If it he Ie would accept one for any off e If 11 It were tendered His lIis place pace in America today Is that of at an sn influential to me the I outstanding elder statesman With that statement as on in introduction I will recount some sonic bits of poUt political history In which Mr Hoover figured and aad as I saw them in the making In Jn the 1032 1932 campaign Mr Hoover knew long ong before belore the votes were counted that he was beaten Much Mud against his personal wishes he took to the stump In an on effort to soften the blow as much as possible Mem Members bers of the Republican old guard guardin in charge of that campaign were even less than disinterested In II Hoo oo vcrs vcr's election They were devoting their efforts to their own cause one and several of at them were not successful Four years later laler at the Cleveland convention I spent a portion of at an afternoon reading an on address Her Iler Herbert bert Hoover was to deliver before the convention that evening After reading it I said to him You do not want the nomination to be made by this convention bu but you will have It it If you do not leave the platform and the building Im Immediately mediately after atter the completion o of your our address this evening even In He lie did not agree with my state stale statement ment meat as to the t e effect of the address on the delegates but he ho did leave the platform and the tho building the in instant In in- instant stant the last lut word of that address was spoken The demonstration demon that followed was a n tremendous ovation oV Competent political experts assured me that had he remained and so inspired the continuance of oC that ova ova- ovation ovation tion he would undoubtedly have been bren the nominee Again four years niter Cleveland nt lit Philadelphia Hoover was to 10 and arid did address the convention An cle ele clement ment meat with a favorite favorito candidate re remembered the Cleveland incident They knew it H was not the way Hoo Hoover ver said things but what he said that swayed his audience They were wore taking no chances on the effect on that audience of ot dele gates The instant the Hoover ad ad- teu Te bean bentis to s tern tem went out of commission and lI remained out until Mr Hoover fin fin- finished finished talking No one In the audi auditorium heard what he said It marked the end of any Hoover In In- Influence Influence fluence flu nee on that convention From l rom his hotel immediately fol following fol- fol following lowing the completion of If his ad nd address dress Hoover announced he did not wish to be considered a candidate for forthe forthe forthe the nomination find and his nam rume was not presented The evidently planned failure of a loud speaker system s stem had marked the end of the political am Dm or expectations of a great American To me the loss was as that of the th nation but as n a distinguished citizen as an elder lder statesman Mr Hoover exerts a tremendous influence ence enee on American thinking Six months before the Philadelphia convention Representative Joe Mar Martin i tin then chairman of the Republican National committee asked me to name my choice for the nomination I named Herbert Hoover I If he could be nominated we could elect him Martin said sai Some Same one or some group had taken no chances on a dark horse nomination SS FOR LAST OCTOBER TIlE THE NA NATIONAL CONFERENCE board re re- reported reported ported that a fraction traction more than one of at each two people men worn wom women en and children in the United States Slates was gainfully employed The total af of had a paying pa job ob of ot some kind It Is these workers of ot today and those of the tomorrows who must in time pay oil oft the na national debt On October 31 1943 1043 the average for each worker amount amounted ed cd to 2595 What That the workers of today do not pay pa will be left as an inheritance for far their theW children the workers of tomorrow At the pres present ent nt time the debt is increasing at about per worker per month 0 S WHAT WE DO how much we ac accomplish ac- ac accomplish is a subject for pride not how much we spend The fact the government spent 88 billions of dol dollars lars in 1943 is not of itself some something thing to boast about bout a though it is isan Isan an tn all time spending record and rep represents resents more than the total cost ol oi government for all of ot our first tint years ears including the financing of all previous wars S S S I THERE IS NO INCENTIVE tc produce when all 1111 the profits of at pro production are taken for taxes Thai That marks maries the vanishing point for the tax ta collector r. r S S S EXPERIENCE IS BETTER theory though that is not admitted by Washington bureaucrats have only theory 41 4 S S S 4 HITLER HIn-ER IS BETWEEN the devil the the- the deep blue sea I ta and the Allied Allie armies To whichever he turns h hf dies diu I |