Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-12-13 | Page 28 | Hoover Stops at S. L. Port

HOOVER STOPS AT U. PORT Herbert Hoover, only living ex-president ex-president of the United States, was in Salt Lake City long enough early Wednesday to reiterate his appeal for American aid to besieged be-sieged Finland and to denounce the new deal's "threat to democracy." democ-racy." He found time to smoke a cigar at the Se4t Lake municipal airport between United Air Lines planes shortly after midnight and to speak briefly with George W. Snyder, Republican national committee- his San Francisco-Chicago-New York trip. His lone reference to politics "We have the biggest fight on In this country since 1860, when we fought to free the slaves . . . freeing free-ing ourselves from the clutches of the new deal," Mr. Hoover asserted. as-serted. He said he was keeping politics out of his mind until after the Finnish Fin-nish relief problem is settled. Mr. Hoover, who was to meet Mayor Florello H. LaGuardia of New York City In Chicago Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon, declined to discuss possible American participation In the spreading "new world war." but said he believed the question of U. S. neutrality "will be decided by the people not by congress."