Show f HOOVER ATTACK t MAY CONTINUE t i iI WASHINGTON Feb 23 UP UP- UP Former President Hoovers Hoover's intimates inti- inti mates mate believe he will continue his attack on new deal policies begun i this we week k w with th a surprise call for return to the gold standard Mr Hoover challenged the new deal on gold en route to California i. i J from New York where he met with R other directors of the New YorK F Life Insurance comp company ny Pers Persons ns t t who talked with Mr Hoover during In the east easi his brIer brief appearance fuU 1 convinced he was came away them of ideas and eager to express House asso White His former tense u unsmIling elates report the 19 29 1928 has become c e again of Hoover They who can enjoy a j jolce a man hint with the inc Hoover 01 oC compare A t C A li i the sat when the the president to untroubled In the commerce depart depart- and all aU was right with the or w-orld-or at least with the United States Tearful in 1933 None denies Mr Hoover left Washington shortly after arter noon on March 4 1933 a beaten man Tears came to his eyes in the gusty train shed hed where he embarked for New York After that there came a that continued for almost two years Mr Hoovers Hoover's intimates do not believe be believe make himself himself him him- lieve he Is Js attempting to self available a for the Republican nomination In 1936 Political Washington Wash Vash ington has observed often enough however that the presidential bee never stops buzzing Whatever Mr Hoovers Hoover's ideas may be on presidential candidates persons who have talked with him recently are arc convinced convinced con con- vinced he hopes to help shape the Republican platform next year e r. r The former president is said to tobe tobe be disturbed by the disorganization of Republican attack on new deal policies that seem to him to be in ineffective ineffective in- in I effective and unwise By his gold statement and any that may follow fol tol- low Ilow Mr Hoover will endeavor to define and concentrate attention on Issues he believes to be suitable for forthe forthe the 1936 contest Old Spirit Back If he does docs continuo continue his public and critical statements on new deal remedies it will be proof enough that he has regained a composure of ot spirit that seemed in 1932 to have i deserted him At best the political reception of the Hoover Hooyer gold statement was not enthusiastic Any but a determined and self confident statesman might be content to leave the tho issue definIng defining ing burden henceforth to other Republican Re Rea publican politicians whose silence or faint praise must have been disappointing disappointing dis dis- appointing when Mr Hoover examined examined exam exam- ined the newspapers to discover the reaction to his words Washington hears however that Mr r. r Hoover will not easily be turned aside from his purpose He told friends recently that Issues abound on which Republicans can stand firmly He believed that out of the discussion of those issues will come the man to challenge Franklin D. D Roosevelt next year yea at the polls So Sotar tar far as Mr Hoovers Hoover's own purpose has been revealed it is to encourage I a frank discussion of issues of that I kind In brief b he has an idea that some someI I frank talk now and henceforth might put some backbone and coc cohesion co- co c hesion into the Republican opposition tion to the new His sold old I statement was an announcement that Mr Hoover believes Republicans Republicans should retreat no longer but should reform for tor the charge |