Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-12-02 | Page 4 | New Russia on Recovery Path

NEW RUSSIA ON RECOVERY PATH Hoover Predicts Relief Will Cause Lasting Friendship SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 2. Russia today is fast on the road to recovery, Secretary' of Commerce Hoover told tho San Francisco Center, a women'H organization. "Communism has failed fail-ed and its leaders know It," he declared. de-clared. "There la indeed a nope th it we will sue a new Russia revived In apirit and based on a new economic system." ENDURING GRATITUDE. "Russia now has a spirit of bopo that could come from no Quarter but America," ho added, after reviewing tho accomplishments in that country of American relief actlvltie-s. "Last summer Russia received Its most nta-gering nta-gering blow when drought all but wiped out its crop and production dwindled at an alarmlnj? rate. It w im then that Communist loaders realize J the total failure of Communism." Secretary Hoover described how America developed resources of $6.".-000. $6.".-000. 00o to asabrt Russia and establish- d moro than 200 stations to distribute food to millions of needy Russians. "Wo save what two battleships would cost," he pointed out, "and wo have laid the foundation of a frltn.l-shlp frltn.l-shlp that will be more useful than any numbor of battleships. America has attained a namo In Russia that Will endure." AMERICA'S PROBLEMS- The secretary assorted that America's Amer-ica's problems are. not In th' .lln -. t., i of production. "Our trouble." he yaid, "lies mainly 1n providing I properly to care for division and d trlbutlon. Hdwever. we run solve thi'. problem within our own social syv Lam. Th totality oX production us the standard of our living By better service In our communities we can Improve the sharing of that production produc-tion There never was an outpouring of service In history' f s great as America Amer-ica displayed during the war."