Show WEEKLY WF EKLY washington NEWS HEWS SUMMARY A transcontinental round trip at the very outset of the presidential campaign has put herbert hoover in touch with the nations point of view en route to and from california he met and conferred with party leaders from froin more than half the states in ta the ie union with the result that he enters the home stretch prepared to concentrate on those issues which the voters have decided shall determine the outcome of the present contest for the present the republican nominee is devoting all of his time to conferences at his new headquarters in washington hi his recognized penchant for coordination of all divisions within an organization again is manifesting itself in the careful working out of the details of a nationwide nation wide campaign program there will be no hitches when the drive starts if herbert hoover can help it and all al of his experience in carrying out huge undertakings is being devoted to that purpose the eastern states are frankly admitted by republican leaders to be a battleground because the opposition is centering its light fight there with this in mind mr hoovers first move gince his return to washington has been to talk over all phases of the contest along the atlantic seaboard in that section as in the others the republican nominee has the extra advantage d of a tremendous popularity among women voters and hundreds of neighborhood clubs are arc being formed by women leaders to encourage enco women to take an active part in the hoover curtis campaign history seems to be repeating itself in the determination of the tariff issue to push into the front rank in spite of democratic efforts to keep the tariff out of the campaign limelight it becomes indrea increasingly angly apparent that the old but healthy question of protection for american production is ia the pivot upon which hundreds hundred of thousands of votes 1 will vill turn most of them to hoover and curtis the studied manner in which both democratic platform and the acceptance speech of governor smith have avoided the use of the word protection is generally accepted as proof that the theory unde underlying flying republican tariff makin making that it is written purely to protect home industries is not recognized by democratic leaders in spite of the high sounding phraseology of their tariff plank the effort of the democratic platform to adopt the difference in in cost of manufacture at home and abroad as the measure of adequate tariff protection emalls that leading democrats at the time of the adoption of the underwood tariff in 1913 during the wilson administration asserted that the cost of production theory has been absolutely rejected as a guide to making in 1913 the democratic ways and means committee repudiated repudiate the very tariff theory the democratic party of 1928 assumes to be the only correct one says francis A adams well known economist of new york city governor Gov einor smith would administer to american Amei ican business the same sleeping potion as cleveland and wilson used in in 12 and 1912 both those denio demo biats le commended tariff reform forni re im nedia mediately tely after their e election resulting in a lowering of all duties which made it harder for american manufacturers rs to do business anti and to employ labor at good wages and for american farmers to market their pio duce at a profit the tariff issue is sue is figuring fig u n i ng more and more in the clash of 0 f the two parties in the eastern states the pro gi giess ess and prosperity then they have experienced perien ced for more than 50 years under republican tariff policies is not likely to be forgotten in the effort 0 of I 1 the damoc democrats ats to stress more sensational issues organization leaders in a number of states where registration regi has either taken place or is near at hand report that th at the intensive follow up campaigns among voters are increasing the total of those preparing to vote by a considerable sid erable percentage over any pr previous figures fi guies this encouraging sh show ow of interest inte int iest elest is attributed in no small degree degre a to the efforts of local republican leaders both men and women on whom the national campaign directors have constantly impressed the importance of a full registration senator charles curtis republican nominee for vice nice prez president ident is fulfilling his promise that his would be a travelling tra velling campaign he has already delivered speeches in kansas rhode island new york and pennsylvania his next engagements acre ere in maine where he spoke in banger on september 7 and at portland on september 8 the speaking program of the republican nominees will be coordinated when air hoover resumes active campaigning pai gning and they plan to divide states in which there is is any doubt as to the outcome between them for the final drive |