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Show jj THE HOOVER MYSTERY fKf Our neighbor the World said on Sun- iBal ." dayjmorning: yK' "Mr, Hoover finds that the Republican H( platform and candidate are progressive. PM "Either Mr. Hoover or Senator Pen- ' JK rose is being buncoed, and it's not Pen- Bj ipse." ,, (s l4iy, , . The Mr. Hoover whom the World thus J, slightingly disposes of as a dupe is the B' me Mr. Hoover wohm the World nomin- IH a ted, as its candidate for President of the PH United States a few, weeks ago. The wjft World then declared it would support him ffl! ' as the candidate of the Republicans or a 3 3n the candidate of the Democrats, or as PHI , ' . the candidate of a third party. 19 To promote Mr. Hoover's chances of ZM Retting a set of Presidential electors on ' B the ballot this fall the World printed col- urn unins of news matters and numerous ed- j itorial articles. It repiesented the Hoov- I er boom as growing hale and strong in all If parts of the country, ajtnong men and wo HI ; men of all political parties. Rjl It" particularly described the fear it al- ehj . leged had been created by the Hoover hm ' . boom among experienced politicians, who nn wree represented as trembling in their Pfi' boots lest Mr. Hoover should run away J With the party organizations they had lu- n ' borioously built up. Bf In those days the World pictured Mr. wm Hoover as a Mian of rare intellectual gifU II great power of analysis, profound know'- H edge of human nature, almost uncanny IE wisdom, a man no politician would be ab- II le to fool or use or deceive. II) , And now the World prints a fling at i . . ) r i - - -. Mr. Hoover, proecting him before, the public as a simple gull, the vict&n of those same politicians who a months ago were represented as trembling at his name. Which does the World want its readers to accept as the Hoover of it real opinion? The aptriotic, wise, fearless gentleman of. a few Weeks ago, or the stupid gudgeon of this not generous attack? Mr. Hoover has not changed. He remains re-mains what he was. Did the World seek to deceive its readers when it named him as its choice for President? Or is the World nojw trying to deceive its readers because Mr. Hoover is supporting Senator Sena-tor Harding?The Sun and N. Y. Herald |