Show S HOOVER 11 atell ELL mr J H who owns property hore and Is a somewhat frequent visitor writes us from palo alto calif enclosed Is a very interesting clip ping recently published in the palo alto tames which should receive extended publicity let me preface the article by saying that I 1 know ec e president hoover better than I 1 know you time will tell the true story ot or this great man of quaker belief he ile never accepted any remuneration whatsoever tor for till or any of his work while engaged for bis his country in the capacity of president of the united states or from any of his other very important positions during the ex tr emely trying times that this coun try experienced before and during his term as president this has been a very personal mat t ter er with him and although known to the influential men of this coun try he has asked and demanded that no mention of it be given out to be used as political propaganda on his behalf the news has gotten out at this late hour I 1 feel that his friends and enemies should know the FACTS the clipping follows herbert hoover never took tor for his 1 personal use any of the nearly he received as salaries as prest dent secretary of commerce or tood food administrator of the belgian relief charles P scott a close associate said here today scott is publisher of the lola iola dal ly register and closely associated with hoover scott asked hoover in an editorial what his belgian relief work in the world war cost him personally and quoted the prest dent s reply I 1 made up my mind when I 1 en public life that I 1 would not make it possible tor for anyone ever to say that I 1 had sought public office tor for the money there was in it I 1 therefore kept the money that came to me as salary separate from my personal funda and distributed it where I 1 thought it would do the most good part of it went to supplement the salaries sa laries of men who were work ing under me whom the government paid less than I 1 thought they were worth and I 1 distributed part of it to various charities in which I 1 wag was interested hoorer received for his four years as president and about 75 tor for seven years as secretary of commerce he devoted four years to the food adminis tra tion and european relief work |