Show GRASSROOTS Wh When n Herbert Hoover Hooper Talks All Al America Listens By Wright A. A Patterson WIlEN WHEN HERBERT I BERT HOOVER talks v all aU of 01 America listens When the people of the nation have the opportunity ty of both listening and seeing the they take advantage of both They bad had both on January 27 when the man whom the people recognize as a. a national leader lead lead- er fr was on 00 both radio and television Then ben millions of Americans regardless re re- ardle of political affiliations both looked and listened Those Thole letters letten that tha Hoover appreciated most were from front the homes bomes of the nation written writ writ- ten tm In to longhand on an plain stationery nearly 1000 of them Those letters indicated a t to accept the leadership of the former president en on so 0 vital a subject as IS our OW national defense For Tor him those 1000 lettera letters let let- letters tera constituted a warming heart experience enee but t there were man many others othera coming from those recognized as experts in to defense lines and expressing ex cx pressing firm Ann approval to IQ what he be lied hed said F From the tho ann army there were lettera letters let let- tars tera from tron Lt 11 General Albert W. W We Lt G General Leslie LeU B. B Groves Lt LI Gen Oen Harold L. L George Major General Hugh Knee Knerr rr and Gen General emit eral Brice Brico P. P Bisque Fr From m the top br bras bran of CIt the navy there theN were letters letter of approval and ana commendations wt with the privilege cf et l quoting them from such ucb officers as so Admiral William V V. l Prett Admiral Ad mint miral William Ji IL L Standley Admiral Barry B. B e Y Yarnell rn ll and sad Capt J Jm James m s E. E vu vane ZAndt Z now v o a congressman From the realm of or diplomacy Maury I Hew P. P Fl former lonner under und of and ambassador to Chile Mexico Belgium and Italy William R. R Castle former lormer director European division department of af state under state under ambassador ambassador am am- ambassador to Japan Hugh Gibson former ambassador to Belgium Spruille Braden former assistant secretary cf of state and ambassador to Argentine Colombia and aad Cuba Joseph A. A Kennedy former ambassador ambas odor to Great Britain Arthur DUll Buss Lane minister to Estonia Latvia and Poland Jesse Jones Janet former secreta secretary I of commerce c chairman reconstruction finance corporation AU All of the tho above endorsed Hoovers Hoover's statements that the nation should concentrate on the construction of more moro sea ea and air power rather than on 00 additional ground forces as a defense defense de do tense against Russia sod and that we wo must also protect our economy and ana not waste our resources In to Europe It was wu the agreement with and the approval of those statements to IQ the long hand band written letters letten received received re re- calved by Mr Hoover from American Ameri Amen can homes which be he so ao much ap apo ap- ap predated f It would be b. well for those of I us who are interested only to m provable fa fads facts t. t that we prepare In to advance for tor the storm torm of ot invective mud filth PUh and generalities that tha will wUl be showered lowered upon us by political era ora tore ton of ot both parties through the period period pe pe- of the coming presidential cam am of July August September and aDd October The ne coming one will nu be such uch a amud amud mud slinging campaign as a has ius not been b eo known since the days dals of ot t the e i lO and SQ of the last century and end both parties will indulge in to the same type of Invective President Truman set lIet the keynote of the campaign In to hi his bj address before before be be- fore the national Democratic Woman Woman's Womans Wom Worn arts an's club at t Washington to IQ Novem ber bee He H was greeted with applause because he was talking to an audience audi audIo ence once who have bave voted Democratic because father and ana grandfather vc voted ted that ticket His HI genera generalities Utica did not change any votes nor will wID the ora orators ton of 01 either party who Indulge to IQ the same ame type of generalities Those wh 1 votes can be changed want pf t hoe hie facts For example the president charged the Republicans with the expenditure of vast sums contributed b by a small maU minority for foe purely selfish self tab ish reasons in to an effort eUort to attain a result In to which they failed The fact tact is the Republicans spent pent pentIn In to that campaign a total of 1444 In the same the tha Democrats spent pent The figures are those submitted to congress con gress cress as required by y law b by the national chairmen of the two pare par ties In the Ohio senatorial campaign cam cam- palen he be charged clareed that Senator Taft Tart received vast sums from special Interests in to their attempt to Influence influence in In- fluence legislation for corporate wealth but he be said nothing about the th assessments levied against all aU members of ot organized labor and nd spent pent to defeat detest Taft Tart that organized labor bosses beaus might benefit from leg illation to lx behalf of a t minority |