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Show 00 California Opponents Liven Up Matters tey Their Statements NEW YORK, May 7. Senator Hiram Hi-ram Johnson and Herbert Hoover have Issued statements making clearer their positions on the league of nations, na-tions, regarded in some quarters as a leading issue in tho coming presidential presi-dential campaign. Senator Johnson, speaking of the recent re-cent California primaries, had this to say in Washington: "I am very glad Mr. Hoover accopts so philosophically the result in California. Califor-nia. Mr, Hoover says his friends in-traduced in-traduced no personal issue but registered regis-tered their protest at. my extreme opposition op-position to any league to prevent war and reduce armament. Neither statement state-ment is correct. His friends introduced intro-duced into tho campaign every con-cievable con-cievable issue, including personal abuse, and I have never expressed opposition to any league- to prevent war and reduce armament. My opposition op-position has been Mr. Hoover'3 English En-glish league which did neither of these things." Herbert Hoover today authorized the following statement: "Senator Johnson is quoted as slating slat-ing that he has never expressed opposition op-position to league to prevent war and reduce armaments. This indication of a change of heart is a matter of great satisfaction. He states that' ho does not want an liinglish league. None of us do. But does the senator mean that the covenant with the Lodge reservations reserva-tions is an English league? This is the covenant and these arc the reser vatlons which I have supported since they were first proposed by tho majority ma-jority of the senate last November. Will the senator speak out plainly on this subject so that the people may know where he stands and what he stands for in this matter?" |