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Show Hoover To Handle His Own Campaign WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP) ( Herbert Hoover, hitherto regarded by politicians as an executive genius gen-ius with little or no knowledge of the mysteries of their profession, appeared today to be taking over active management of his own presidential campaign. He will open it officially with his notification ceremony and speech Aug. 11 in California, The Republican campaign machinery, ma-chinery, now virtually ready for operation, is understood by observers observ-ers to be of Hoover design. Nothing Noth-ing like it ever has been seen before in national politics. The underlying principle of the ( machine appears to be "centralized ' authority with decentralized responsibility." respon-sibility." Titles have been reduced to a necessary minimum in the new organization. or-ganization. Chairman Work of the national committee and former Governor Henry J. Allen of Kansas, Kan-sas, publicity manager of the national na-tional committee, are the only titled officials in the Washington headquarters head-quarters and there is but one other in the country, James Good, west-tern west-tern manager. Instead of appointing Senator Moses of New Hampshire eastern manager, as anticipated, he was appointed ap-pointed to a committee in charge of the eastern campaign without c definite title and with but hazily defined duties. |