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I IWashIngton WashIngtonHerbert Washington-Herbert Washington Herbert Washington -Herbert Herbert - Herbert Hoover is not not&olng notgoing notgoing &olng olng going & to say nn any anything thing about bis his pos- pos poslIlbl poso pos-Bible pos Bible - lIlbl eiblo candidacy for the Republican Republicannomln'ltlon Republican'nomination Republicannomlmtlon 'nomination nomination , ' nomln'ltlon nomlnltlon ' next neat n t veir year e'lr elr ' for some time timeto timeto timeto to come That may be accepted as a afact afact afact fact , regardless re'ardless reardless ! ; ' of V virious J.rIous JrIous various < . stories to tothe tothe tothe the contnry contI'lry contIlry contrary ' This stitement st'ltement stltement statement ' is based basedon basedon basedon on the impressions obtained from the theformer theformer theformer former President by b bv ; ) onef one of \f f ( \ his clnee clnse clneefriends clnsefriends clo : efriends friends , who had a long Jong tilk t\lh t lh talL " \ with himnWhile him himn himWhile While no single word can be put In InquotatIon inquotation Inquotation quotatIon marks of what whut Mr Ir . Hoover Hooversaid Hooversaid Hoovereaid said to tills this friend , the Impressions ImpreesIons : the thefrIend thefriend thefriend frIend obtainedre obtained ire \re re are " \ highly signlfifnnt signilcnnt slg.nlf slgnlf . rnnt . . . In nji a word the they , are : 1 That Mr 1\r 1 r \ [ Hoover Hoo.er Hooer . craves cra.cs cracs . a vIndica vIndicatlon vindication vindicatlon tlon tion 2 That he therefore wants th the noml nomi nomlnation nomination nomination nation nationCry \ very \Cry Cry ery badly badh 3 Tint- Tint Th'lt Thlt That Tinthe ' - he would prefer to tnve 11\\"e 11 "e e hive " \ \ " the thenomlDaUon thenomination thenomination nomlDaUon nomination come to him " without lthout effort effort'either efforteither , : ' eltber either on his own o\\n o n \ \ pirt p\rt p rt part " \ or tint th'lt thlt that ' of his hisfriends his1friends his/friends his friends 1friends / ( friends 4 But that If 1 ! It becomes beconres npJ app nppireiitthit ! Irellt ireut ireutthat Irellttht th\t th t that " \ the Domination nomlnatlon nomination " vvlll "I1l I1l will not come t that thataway thitWay h\t h t htiway " \ iway away ( , very .ery ery . little httle , waxing t'oaeing toaeing ' a'tlng atlng ' would "ould ould " be re reqnlred required required qnlred quired to Induce him to get out net nctive- nctive nctivelly actne-'ly actne 'ly ly 1\ 1 \ 1e e- e - e11y - 11y lly ' for it it itAs . . As tills this is "nttcn-\ll "nttcn nttcn ll written-anything written anything writtenanythingcan " written - " \ invtiitn ) thin ? : nn r'ln rln can ' h\p h p hap hppen happen Inppen " \ pen to chingc ch'lnge chlnge change ' It-thE It thE It - the ' fimoiis f'lmolls flmolls famnns ' public publictJtlllty public'utility public'utility publicutility 'utility utility ; ' ' tJtlllty holding company Illtlation kgialatton kgialattonseems Illtlationseems ke'slatio"seems keslatioseems ' ; ' : " seems destined tdIe to t\ t ( \ die so far as this thissessIon thissession thissession sessIon Is concerned Stnngely Str\nely Str nely Strangely " \ : enough enougha , a mere lifting Hftmg of i J a < . liand hand h\ h ht hthe \ the Presi Presi- President President President - - dent would result In \ Mr l\lr l lr noo Roosevelt's Roosevelts Roosevelt'sgetting Roosevelt'sgetting Rooseveltsgetting < : e\ e eeH's \ eH's eHs eH's'geWD ' 'geWD geWD ' getting t > ' " more morc than tban hilf h\lf h lf half " \ a lo\f-reaJlv lo f reaJlv hoar-really hoar really hoarreally'nine loif " \ - reallvnine 'nine nine \ ' nine tenths of a n loaf lk\f lk f ( " \ : Even 1H'n 1Hn Dvcn ' wIthout wIthoutthe withoutthe withoutthe \the the \ ( the death bentence .entf'DCe .entfDCe entfDCe Sentence : . ' the bill Is terrifi terrificaUy terrifically terriflcally caUy cally drastic . There would be no trc trou- trou trouble trou trouble > u- u u.ble - - .ble ble . ble putting the mcisure me\sure me sure measure ' \ through both bothIbouses bothIhouses both'houses bothhouses Ibouses Ihouses ' of congress it If the coufeiees confelees conferees of ofIthe of'the ofI'thc ofIthc Ithe 'the the ' ' two houses should report the bIU bill bIUback billback billback back without the death sentenceVery sentence sentenceVery Very Much Exaggerated ExaggeratedActually I ' IActuallv Actually Actuallv the iiuportince impC'rt'1nce impCrt1nce irupertlnce ' ' of the tbe denth death denthsentence deathsentence deathsentence I sentence has been tremendously eX"lg eXlg exag eX"lggeratcd exaggerated esiggerated " I geratcd gerated b by bv the publicity publlclty over this figbt fight figbtbetween fightbetween fightbetween I between the Pre President < : ldent and the utlIltles utilities utlIltlesThe utilitiesThe utilitiesThe The utilities concentrated on this one oneobjective oneobjective , objectl.e objectle objective . , and as far as congress Is Isconcerned isconcerned Isconcerned concerned , thev they the ) " uon "on on non this fight 11ght But Its Its1mportnce itsimportance Itsimportince 1mport\nce 1mport nce importance " \ can best be mu lllubtnted illustrated tr\ted tr ted " \ by bythe bythe bythe the simple stitement st'ltement stltement statement ' of the alternati.e alternatie alternative alternativeor . , or house , provision prO'ISlon prOISlon provisren ' The senate dr'lft drlft drift dr'lftforces driftforces driftforces ' forces the end of the certain holdmg holding holdmgcompnles holdingcompanies holdingcompinics comp\nles comp nles companies " \ on i a " \ certain certam diy d\y d y day " \ The bouse house bouseproHsion houseprovision bouseprovision proHsion provision leives le\.es le.es le .es es leaves " \ . dlscletIon discretion disci etion as to wheth zvheth zvhether whether whether I er the sentence eentcnce : shall shan be executed e"recuted erecuted " In Ine'lch ineach ineich e'lch elch each ' partlculir partlcuhr particular cise case C'l Cl ' < : e by a commlsslnmembers commissionmembers commission commlssl\n commlssl n ( \ I -members members - members of " which "hlch hlch are appointed bythe bythe by the President PresidentSo . . So thit tb\t tb t that " \ Mr noo Roosevelt < : e\'elt e 'elt elt \ ' could obtain obtainhis obtainhis obtainhis his objective obJecth e " without "Ithout Ithout the sll slightest htest dif dlf- dlf dlfflcultyIrhe dlfficultyIIhe difficulty - flculty-Ir-he flculty Ir he ficulty-II-he ficulty II ficulty - IF ' ' - he would acl acknowledge no " ledge de defeat defeat defeat feat In this spectacular spectaf'ular spectafular ' battle The Theutilities Theutilities Theutilities utilities " would ould emerge with some glory glorybut , but " without Hhout the fruits of victory . The ThePresIdent ThePresident ThePresident ! PresIdent " would "ouJd ouJd have hac , the fruits but butlittle butlittle butlittle , little glorylet glorylet glory glorylet I let betting odds at the moment are arejthat arethat arethat that he will wlll wait until next nest year , whenhe when whenthe jthat the he expects e\pects e pects etpeets " \ : to " win "in in both fruits frults and andglory andglory andglory glory . Downward RevisionProcessing Revision RevisionProcessing Processing taxes and farm benefitpayments benefitpayments benefit benefitpayments , ( payments are both due for a sh\rp sh rp sharp shrpdown sharpdownward shirpdownward " \ HighAAA down downward " ard revision next year High AAA officials , in private dlscueslons discussions discussionsexplain : , explain this on economic grounds Ac Actually Actually Actually tually President Roosevelt noose-elt noose elt . - will w1Il force forcetheir forcetheir forcetheir their hands on politicil polIttc'll polIttcll political ' groundsExperts groundsExperts grounds groundsExperts Experts who h'l\ h'l hl hive h'le have ' \ e studied tudled tudied the Rhode RhodeIs1and RhodeIsland RhodeIsland Is1and Island situation-so situation so situation - so disastrous to the theNew theNew theNew bring"back bringback Implicationsbringbach implicationsbringback New Deal in Its Implications-bring Implications bring implications - bach back " a remarkable remarb.nble remarbnble . story Ihey r.J.hey rJ.hey rJhey They . say that saythat the price of him h\m h m ham " \ and bacon had hadmore hadmore hadmore more to do \ with lth the result than even eventhe eventhe eventhe the althoughthe cotton processing tises t'lxes tlxes taxes ' , , although the litter htter are blamed , together "Ith Ith with "IthJapanese withJapanese " withJapanese Japanese Imports , for the closing loslng of ofso ofso ofso so many textile mills mllb milli These reports flabbergasted the ad admInistration administration administration mInistration and delighted deUghted the tbe nepubll Republi nepubllcans Republicans Republlcans cans Both the New Dealers and G 0 0P 0P 0P P . leaders had figured that th.1t th1t . while the thecondlUons theconditions theconditions condlUons conditions affecting the first Rhode Is Island Island Island land district extended to 'Iassachu Iassachu llassachu 'Iassachusetts llassachusetts ' Massacbusetts setts and New Hampshire , they the were wereDot werenot werenot Dot not general On the other hand , resentment re- re resentment re resentment - - sentment against high prices for pork porkproducts porkproducts porkproducts products , it Is figured , would w\uld w uld ( \ be just justas justas justas as apt to be strong In California CaUfornia orWc1l1gan orMichigan or ! : Michigan Wc1l1gan as In Rhode nhode IshndIn IshndIn Islind Ishnd IslindIn In this connection connectlOn there was much Interest muchInterest In the apparent healing of the bre.lch brelch breach the'breach thebreach thebre.lch ' . bet between " een Governor Goyernor Davey of ofOhio Ohio and the New Deal All AU the bitterness bit- bit bitterness bit bitterness - terness against D\ D Divey Dvey Davey " \ vey following his hiscau hiscaustic hiscaustic cau caustic < : tic comments on Relief HelIef Adrnlnibtrator Adminl Adminls Adminlstrator ! ; , trator Hopklns IIopkIns Hopkins was carefully caretuUy concealed Da\cy Da cy Davey concealedDavcy concealedDacy concealedDavey \ had in his power to force a astate astate astatewide state wide " ide election in Ohio to fill the theacancy thevacancy thevacancy acancy vacancy , caused by the death of Rep Represcntatlve Representative Representativc rescntatlve resentative at large Truis Tru"lx Trulx Truax " , , and most mostpeitical mostpolitical peitical \lltlcal lltlcal ( \ mostlltlcal observers believe beIle.e beIlee . that If an anelection anelection anelection election were held today in Ohio the the.state thestate thestate .state state . would go strongly strongl ) Republican Republ1can . . . Must Cut Food Prices PricesIn In the first place , Ohio was never neverver neververy nevervcrv very delegatlon delegat10n ver ; } strong tor for Roosevelt . . Its delega t10n tlon did not even vote for him on the thefinal final ballot at Chlca Chicago o On election electionday electionday electionday day , , when most states were "ere ere " piling plllng up uprecord uprecord uprecord record breaking majorities majorlUes , Ohio gave Rooscelt Roosevelt gaveRoosevelt gaveRooscelt , only about nbout 73,000 73000 , More More- Moreover Moreover Moreover - - over , resentment In Ohio , which has hasconsider'lbl hasconsiderable hasconsldenble consider'lbl considerlbl considerable ' state pride , Is 18 rather ratherEtrong ratherstrong ratherstrong Etrong strong ovpr over the failure of ot the President Presidentto to put an Obloan Ohioan in an Important place . The administration is now faced facedwith facedwith facedwith with reducingfood reducIngtood almost the necessity of reducIng tood food prices before election On the theparticular theparticular theparticular particular items on , which . hlch there Is now nowthe nowthe nowthe the most r rea resentment Iltment ntment , pork products , no nQ - - nnilclpatcd nnucIpatcd Pigs are nsu nsualIy nsually difficulty isally Is alIy ally slip marketedticatatthe marketed marheted at the ages agesofd age ofd ofdnio of nIne nio nioslip nInemontbs ninemonths to toh'1ve tohave tohive montbs months slipmonths , so It should be possible supply of pork for the thenation's thenation's thenation's thenations h'1ve h1ve have ' a n plentiful plentltul before No- No Noember Noember No November - nation's nations ' bousewh housewives es veil .eU eU cell . , vember ember , 1930ReductIon 1030Reduction 1930 1030 1930Reduction Reduction of benefit pa\ pa payments paments \ ments on onhogs Onhogs onhogs hogs would naturally nutural1y have the effect effectof effectt effectof effectof of enormouslIncrcsing enormously enormousl\ enormousl \ ' Increising Incrc\sing Incrc sing increasing " \ ho hog r iroduer " t produc production roduc- roduc irodue- irodue iroduetlon roduction - tion tlon Simllnily Slmllally Similnily , reductiont reduction ( \ of \t t proces processing processingtakes processingtaxes < : lng lngUl"res Ul"res Ulres takes " dn do n pork porh would help to reduceprices reduceprices reduce , prices on him h'lm hlm lram ' , , . b bicon bacon J.con Jcon < . and other pork porkBut porkBut porkBut But dinger d1nger danger threatens from se\ se seera several severalother severalother \ era I Iotber blll bill blllis billis billis far tar as the grocery otber other angiesc angles angies is \c c as " \ ; is concerned Reports Hep\rts Hep rts ( \ ( from rom the North Northwest Northwest Northwest west and nnd C Canada lOnda about the ravages nnages of ofblack ofblack ofblack black rust on the \ wheat , heat crop 'It It ' lie ate e alurm alarm alurmIng alarmlag alarming Ing lag Some of the AAA . experts e'tperts etperts ' are arc areferfu1 arcfearful arofeirful 5150 5150This 150 150ThIs 150This fe\rfu1 fe rfu1 fearful " \ that whcit whe\l whe l Svhc'tt Svhctt " \ ' may touch ThIs would be fine for farmers . , not af at affected atfected atfected fected by rust 'but but ' ' * but would bring brtng the thesame thesame tisesame same kind 1.lnd 1lnd . of clamor ' ' Yrom 1'r\m 1'r 1r m 'from from ( \ hOllsewh housewl'Cs housewlCs housewivesSo housewl'CsSo ' es of the wheat wheatreduction wheatreduction wheatreduction soft pedaling S\ S So Sa ( \ a sharp reduction prognm progr'lm progrlm program ' , accompimcd accomp\Dled accomp Dled accompanied " \ by a areduction areduction areduction reduction In 1n the processing proceeslDg : tas tai ta . , on on"heat onwheat onwheat "heat heat wheat " . , Is in or orderIn order orderIn er erIn In fact fnct It miy m'lY mlY may ' be tal taken en for gr'1nted gr1nted granted gr'1ntedtIl'lt grantedtjrlt gnntedtint ' tIl'lt tIllt tjrlt ' regardless legardless of all nil pist p"lst plst pest " theories theNies , the theadmlntstratlon theadministration theadministration admlntstratlon administration , will ,11l 11l do its best to have havefood havefood havefood food prices down by next ne-t ne t neat , - summer I I I I I ! , I To Make ConcessionsPresident Concessions ConcessionsPresident President Roosevelt RooseveU will make male { con concessIons concessions concessions cessIons In the pi piesent present esent labor \ war ar on onrel1ef onrelief onrelief rel1ef relief projects The concession will willnot \ willnot ill illnot not be to pav pay union scile sc\le sc le scale " \ wa wages es on onworl onwork onwork worl work relief relleC projects The President's Presidents President'sj'l President'sjaw President'sjiw Presidentsjiw ' j'l jl jaw ' " Is fumly fiimly fil mly |