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Show THECITIZEN HOOVER NOT ANOTHER COOLIDGE. IF HERBERT HOOVER has developed a serious fault as a campaigner, it is one of false loy- Q alty to the Coolidge administration. He has gone out of his way to praise the president, to credit him with our prosperity and progress, and to describe the Hoover platform as a Coolidge plat- form. When he identifies his platform with Coolidge he means obviously those administrative acliieve-men- ts to which he himself has contributed economy, public debt requirement, tax reduction, flood relief, opposition to McNary-Haugenisblocking of excessive naval and military expenditures, voluntary industrial simplification and increased efficiency, multiplication of foreign trade, friendlier relations with Mexico and China, and the like. These are not necessarily Coolidge policies, but human wisdom for which Hoover shares Qthe credit with the President. As a matter of fact, Coolidge, and many other party leaders, have no special claim upon Hoover. He was named Secretary of Commerce that he might be shelved politically, an attempt similar to that made on a previous day when Roosevelt Both efforts failed because of was the capability of the men. Between Coolidge the conservative and Hoover the liberal, there has been more or less friction, which at times has been a subject of widespread discussion in Washington. Hoover was a real asof some of the set to the Cabinet, a counter-activ- e more sordid phrases of the Coolidge adminism, , vice-preside- nt. . tration. Hoover doesnt owe his nomination to Coolidge, who hindered rather than helped his nominating campaign. He has not helped Hoovers election campaign. No one can prevent Hoover continuing his quixotic procedure, but' it is the publics right to see the truth which Hoovers modesty and loyalty have helped obscure that there is no close personal or political connection between of Commerce. the President and the Whatever Hoover may be, he is running on an platform. It could not be otherwise with a strong man, and even his enemies call him strong. If voters elect Hoover and the inthat dications today throughout the country a they will it will be because they trust him personally, because they have confidence in his ability and purpose, and expect him to be President in his own right. They will not vote for him because they believe him another Coolidge. Pittsburgh Express. ex-Secret- ary all-Hoov- er HOOVER APRON OFFSETS BROWN DERBY. HOOVER APRONS have come back to take part in a political campaign. Not quite so romantic perhaps as when they were worn in service to men in military camps, American men marching across France, men lying in hospitals, and hungry men, women and children in war tom CLountries, but a political campaign has its thrills. The first woman to see the possibilities of putting the Hoover apron to work in this campaign was Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy of Washington. While many women had hung their Hoover aprons in the attic or cut them over into rompers for their kiddies when peace was declared in 1918, Mrs. Du Puy had continued to wear them in memory of her experiences during the war. The day when she decided to form Hoover Apron Clubs, in the Presidential campaign, she communicated with a manufacturer and had her aprons brought up to date; with the long waistline and the short sleeves of today, dropping the Cluffs, caps and other frills of war service. The result was an attractive overall apron of Marine blue broadcloth with white collar. The style varied in different states. New England women clubs have selected a single breasted instead of a double breasted garment. California women chose soft wash silk and crepe as fabrics. 5 g Mrs. Du Puy is a Democrat and her defection from her party lent special interest to the revival of the Hoover aprons. Hundreds of papers all over the country printed the story and letters from apron wearers began to pore in on both Mrs. Du Puy and Mrs. Alvirf T. Hert, of the Republican National Committee. Mrs. Du Puy was asked to form clubs in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, North and South Carolina and Arkansas. New York women formed their own organization. Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine workers fell into line. Irrespective of party the women went back into the Hoover aprons and into the Hoover campaign organizations. Some of their letters are most interesting. An office manager in a New York publishing house We women are substituting Hoover wrote: aprons for the smocks we have worn in the office of late years. They are not so gay or so picturesque, but they hearten us for the presidential campaign in the Smith stronghold. A woman in Kentucky said: I thought I never wanted to see a Hoover apron again. All my life I have had to economize, and conserving food for Mr. Hoover during the war was, well, like rubbing salt into a wound. But I find the magic of his name as strong as ever. My Hoover apron has come out of the attic and into the kitchen once more. A California woman contributes this sentiment: Yes, we are wearing Hoover aprons, but not in our kitchens. We are making gardens in them; washing our cars: dyeing our curtains; painting our houses. Thank God for peace and for a candidate like Herbert Hoover who will continue the Republican partys sound policy on international relations and world peace. life-lon- vice-chairm- an ex-w- ar of the California Taxpayers Association that in that state the pooling of the purchasing for thousands of elementary school districts will result in an annual saving of a millon dollars. The pooled purchasing power of many schools is naturally greater than that of a single school. Outside of the important economies effected, it would seem that this will, as well, further improve education. The best possible teaching and equipment can be furnished at a lower cost. Education is one of the largest items that take the tax dollars. Plans such as this, that effect economies without lowering the efficiency and quality of education, should be seriously considered by progressive states, and public officials. PAMPERING THE LAW BREAKER . SAMUEL ORR, a New York Socialist, says Hoover will win, and that Governor Smith has no more chance of being elected than Norman Thomas. Therefore, he says, If a vote is to be thrown away, a progressive and a liberal should throw it away for a party and candidate that is working for the common good. Why not have all the forces of progress unite this year as never before and roll up a tremendous vote for Norman Thomas and James H. Maurer, the Socialist candidates? If this New Yorker knows what he is talking about A1 is just wasting his time, but he couldnt convince A1 of that until November 7th. . AN HOUR ON THE RAILROAD IN ONE hour 5,903 cars are loaded with revenue freight on the railways lines and 146,240 tons of freight are loaded in the cars. Passengers numbering 94,731 board trains, and the passenger service accomplished in one hour is equivalent to hauling 3,841,106 passengers one mile. The freight service performed is equivalent to hauling 48,929,387 tons one mile. In an hour, the railways earn $700,491 from their transportation operations. They spend $522, 166 for operating expenses, $332,102 for wages, and $42,935 for taxes. Present rail transportation service is the best we have ever had and the be&t and most reasonably priced in the world. The railroads tremendous activities are the backbone of our industrial and social life. . CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL IN THE majority of states there is a great waste because of the duplication of school facilities and teachers. A modern, progressive trend is showing the possibilities of economy by consolidating small school districts, and reducing overhead by large scale operations. It is estimated by Vance H. Evans, Secretary MAUDLIN SENTIMENT that makes martyrs of criminals and turns them loose to prey upon society results in encouraging crime. More than that, it would almost seem as if crime were a safe profession if only the criminal is sufficiently dramatic and vicious to dnlist the sympathies of misled reformers. A California criminal presents a case in point. He was first sent to the penitentiary as a desperr. He proved this by participating in ate a prison break in 1914, in which he was wounded and four were killed. The guards in prison found him an unusually vicious character to handle. Yet he was turned loose, to be given another chance. What might have been expected happened. He used his chance; to go on a murder fest that resulted in the murder of four and the wounding of a fifth. On being apprehended he said that he was merely squaring matters for what had been done to him. And it is an actual fact that some reformers are now claiming that he is insane and should not be held responsible for his acts. Recently Senator John J. Blaine of Wisconsin remarked, while the Senate District Committee was considering a new pistol law, that professional Salvationists were the cause of too many laws, creating crime after crime, heaping sin upon sin. We will not have crime reform until our laws are simplified and enforced, and criminals are given their due as ravagers of society. Passing citlaws restricting more anti-pistizens and infringing on their constitutional rights to own small arms, will not reduce crime or restrain real criminals who can as conveniently use knives, hatchets, axes, clubs, poison, etc. Such laws make more laws to break. evil-doe- ol law-abidi- ng RESULTS SEEM DISAPPOINTING COMPULSORY automobile liability insurance has been advocated because it is alleged that it will assure the financial responsibility of drivers, reduce accidents, and lower insurance costs. While 38 states have voted down proposals for such compulsory insurance, only one state, Massachusetts, has established state wide compulsory automobile liability insurance. The value of such a law is questionable. It makes many citizens buy insurance unwillingly. It makes insurance companies issue insurance on undesirable risks. It makes insurance agents do more work for less pay. It affords no protection to citizens against the recklessness of drivers of cars from their states. It prevents no accidents, as more people were inin 1927 than in jured and killed in Massachusetts licensed. II 1926, although there were fewer cars has caused the insurance companies such serious losses that no decrease in insurance cost can be expected rather the reverse. |