Show THE SMEAR HOOKER PLAN AN eastern political writer says tiie the propaganda propaganda bureau of the democratic national committee received a public accolade recently at the hands of none kotlier than former governor alfred E smith the democratic standard bearer or 19 18 mentioned the lie tactics which a democratic journalist la belled as lie smear hoover hoaxer plan to all intents and purposes titular leader gale gaNe these tactics his its full fall and wholehearted ap app proal roial in his inimitable manner mr smith burlesqued the prot protests ets litie hue arken arisen as a result of these attacks upon the chief Exec uthe and by satire sarcasm and eloquent gesture made it quite evident lie is one of alio those e atho believe that neither the president nor tile hie presidency should be protected front from the malevolent brick bats of politicians inspired by tills this generous and affectionate pat on oil the hold head the lie democratic propaganda min hilll can be expected to turn to its nork mark mith freh enthusiasm and renewed zeal in fact it has already responded F to the prane praise of the standard bearer mith celerity in a statement purporting to haic been mitten by kepic sl mutative mita tive jo joseph joeph eph W iorns of tennessee tennesee issued through the publicity bureau of tile lie democratic national committee the attack upon tile the president ident is renew rene vied cd the author implies that if not directly responsible for the depression the drought and the world economic recessions mr hober did in sonic some mysterious may help to bring them about Fi lither more the statement IMS has the brazen effrontery fron tery to delare that tile the hoover administration lias has not made a single constructive tive effort on oil its own part in ny degree lessened the seriousness of he situation T the ie branley smoot tariff derno deino cratic handled through the earn corn last summer and mitch has been in maintaining american arm prices 30 to 40 per cent above the beels of foreign countries is iren it a verbal lashing in the arns in this despite the fact that the r real R I 1 leaders of 0 the democratic party are committed to a tariff so like unto the republican tariff that democratic senators say it cannot be front roni the polley policy of the party now in power there li Is nothing amazing in the fact that ebat the smear hoover campaign Is to continue but it Is a cause of some sur sor prise that the he recent democratic presidential nominee should pub publicly liely commend n end a program which consid considered e r ed not roni am an ethical but only front from a psychological c ch and political standpoint shows signs 0 it being overworked worked 11 |