Evening Star Newspaper, September 26, 1928, Page 4

1 3 e DENIES HOOVER SET * RCE OF WHENT G. 0. P. Pamphlet Defends ! Record as Wartime Food Administrator. By the Associated Press. A vigorous denial that Herbert Hoover, as war-time food administrator, fixed | maximum prices for farm products was | contained in a pamphlet issued today | by the Republican national committee. Such charges were declared to have | been “willfully or ignorantly” made. Further, it was asserted that Hoover's | record reveals a “consistent friendship | for the farmer” and that he did “his utmost to protect and secure fair and generous dealing to the wheat growers. hog producers and other farmers of the country for their war-time efforts.” How Price Was Set. ‘The committet declared that with the allied governments preparing to use their concentrated buying power to fix wheat prices at $1.50 t» $1.80 per bushel and the Government price for the 1918 crop already set st $2 per bushel by Congress, President Wilson appointed a committee to look further into the sit- uation and that this body. at a meeting which Hoover did not attend. arrived at $2.20 per bushel as a fair return to the farmer. T> substantiate this President Wilson was quoted as saying in a statement is- sued August 30, 1917: “The price recommended by that com- mittee, $2.20 per bushel at Chicago for the basic grade, will be rigidly adhered to by the food administration. Mr. Hoover, at his expressed wish, has taken no part in the de'™erations of the committee on whose recommenda- tion I determined the Government's fair price, nor has he in any way intimated an opinion regarding that pr: c.” Hoover's record, it was declared, re- veals him as a “close student of agri- culture 2nd a true friend of the farm- ers of the Nation” through the fol- lowing activities: “Through personal efforts during 1919 and 1920 to develop measures of enlightened reconstruction to hslp the farmers to maintain their economic position. “Friend of Farmer.” “Through creation in the Depart- ment of Commerce of a special division in the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- tic Commerce with a larger staff in foreign countries to promote the sale of our agricultural products abroad. “Through taking a leading share in the Summer of 1921 in reviving the ‘War Finance Corporation at a critical moment, which was instrumental in hlltlnl“the decline in prices of farm ducts. “Through obtaining in December, 1921. a congressional appropriation for purchase of corn for Russian famine relief, bolstering up that market at a dark hour. “Through his leadership in the move- ment for a seaway to connect th» Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, and for completion of the Mississippi waterway system to cheapen transpor- tati-n costs for farm products. “Through helping to solve the prob- Iems of prompt and adequate rail trans- portation for farm products. “Through his great program for elim- ination of waste which was undertaken by the Department of Commerce and by means’ of which costs of .manafac- tured commodities are being lowered for the farmers as well as othar con- suming groups. L “Through hundreds of minor serv- ices rendered by the Department of Commerce to the agricultural commu- nity and through his concern for the needs of the farmers as revealed through his addresses and reports. “Through his struggle to break the grip of foreign monopolles and control of prices of commodities which Ameri- aln farmers must have in their opera- BORAH SEES LIQUOR ISSUE BIG iN SOUTH Two Main Topics of Campaign Are Farm Relief and Prohibition, Idahoan Says. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 26.— Senator William E. Borah, ardent sup- porter of the ecandidacy of Herbert Hoover for the presidency, last night said the South, stronghold of the Demo- cratic party, is quivering over the prohi- bition issue. “There are only two real issues in the Dpresent cam ," he said. “They are rohibition and farm relief. If one could regarded as more important than the other, farm relief is paramount. “The line is drawn as tight as it cm‘x‘ld be on prohibition,” Senator Borah sai Senator Borah has completed a tour of Kentucky, Tennessee and Oklahoma. Conditions there, he satd, are “much | better,” than he expected. He termed the Republican chances for victory in those States as “excellent.” | “There is unrest In the South over the prohibition ouestion,” the Senator reiterated, “and the reports I have re- ceived have been gratifying.” Senator Borah who arrived last night |Governor Hammill Grain By the Associated Press irgly novel in character, was given yes- terday to the correspondents at Herbert Hoover's general headquarters by Gov. John Hammill and Representative Cyre- nus Cole of Iowa. Hammill was piloted into the lair of the newspaper men by George Akerson. with Hoover. He was well on his way hat Jowa will go for Hoover and that the Dakotas also are saf: for him,” Hemmill explained. “Now you don't know anything about | North and Scuth Dakota,” Coie objected. “Well, that’s my opinion of what they | will do, anyhow,” Hammill retorted. The governor then launched into a discussion of what he considered had | been the effect of the speeches of Gov. Smith in the West when the Repre- sentative interposed. “That’s just a bunch of generalities,” secretary to the Republican presidential | candidate, after the governor had talked | into a prognostication of what will hap- | nen in the corn belt in November when | Cole arrived upon the scene. | “I was just telling the boys, Cyrenus, | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26, 1928. IOWANS, IN DUAL TALK, GIVE OPINIONS, DESPITE JOVIAL TILT and Representative Cole Discuss Political Outlook in Belt. Cole said, as he began a dissertation of A double-barreled interview, exceed- | his own views on the subject, fingering a deck of well thumbed cards on the table in front of him. Driving home a point, he threw the cards upon the table. against one end of which leaned the imposing figure of the governor. ‘The Representative paused for breath and the governor picked up where he had _left off, declaring that the pzople of Jowa had confidence that Hoover would be able to solve the farm prob- lem through the application of sound eccnomic principles. As he ended Cole started an explana- {ion of the position that many lowans had assumed upon the McNary-Haugen bill and the equalization fee. “Now the governor and I don't azree upon everything.” he b-gan, with a bread. good-natured smile, adding that he had considered that the equalization fee was but one of the means that might be employed to pay the expenses of farm relief. The governor returned the smile, and when the interview terminated the two Ieft and posed together for photogra- phers on the front steps of the Hoover headquarters. HOOVERCAPAGH PLANS HLD OPEN Nominee Awaiting Develop- ments Before Arranging Itinerary of Second Trip. By the Assoiated P Beyond the commitments he already has made for speeches in the South and East, Herbert Hoover is holding open his campaign program awaiting developments in this unusual struggle for the presidency. Future events will influence to & large degree the decision as to the route the Republican presidential candidate will follow in making his second - trans- continental trip since his nomination just as they will influence the question of enlarging his itinerary in the East before he starts for his California home late next month to vote. Invitations for the nominee to make addresses in various parts of the coun- try continue to. pour into his head- quarters, but decisions regarding them will_be-allowed to wait. Of course, it would be physically impossible for Hoover to accept even a small percent- age of them if for no other reason than the time element in the campaign. In Palo Alto November 5. Before he reaches Palo Alto on No- vember 5, election eve, Hoover will have covered a wide range of territory even if his prof is held to its present intended limitations, as he will have been up and down the West Coast and across the country by three different routes, as well as into the East and a few places in the South. His running mate, Senator Curtis of Kansas, also is covering a vast amount of territory East and West, and many others prominent in the party ranks and outstanding as orators are carrying the Republican message into various parts of the Nation both by personal visits and by means of radio hook-ups. While his Democratic opponent, Alfred E. Smith, is winding up his first campaign tour, during which he has hurled challenges at both the Republi- can party and its standard bearer, Hoover is busy finishing un his fourth oratorical effort of the campaign. It will be made on October 6 at Elizabeth- ton, Tenn., in connection with an his- torical celebration there. Satisfied With Outlook. Meantime, the Republican nominee is keeping his finger on the political pulse through reports from the various State organizations and from the party lead- ers and speakers in the field. His 2dvisers say he is well satisfied with the general outlook at this stage end has as yet discerned no situation which might result in any immediate decision for an enlargement of his program for personal participetion in the battle. Republican leaders concede that there are some spots where conditions are not as satisfactory 2s might be hoped for and concerted efforts are being made in those places both through speeding up the organization machinery and in- creasing the number of speakers. This work is being left largely to local man- agers, with the national organization furnishing the speakers. So that he might give as much time as possible to his Elizabethton soeech, Hoover again today had limited the number of his engagements. He in- tended to_confer with former Repre- sentative Frank Mondell of Wyoming, one time Republican leader. of the House, and in the late afternoon he had an engagement with William Whit- ing, his successor as Commerce Secre- tary, to insvect the site of the new Commerce Department Building to he erected as & part of the huge triangle of new public buildings on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue. Miss Siecele, daughter of Sir Timothy O'Brian of England, is teaching young from Tulsa, Okla, will speak here tonight. | women to fly and uses her own airplane for the lessons. You May Lose Your Home or Investment! 5 the ordinary tit! Serious title defects are not covered by le certificate. Is Your Title Insured? THE CAPITOL TIT PAXY is the only company Maryland with an Insuray & GUARANTEE COM- in Washington, Virginia and nce Fund of $45,000,000.00. DENIES DAN G. SMITH IS UNION SPOKESMAN Chicago M‘nn Who Attacked Gov. Smith Not Authorized to Speak for Body, Director Says. By the Associated Press ‘Thomas G. Meaney of Buffalo, N. Y., a director of the Switchmen's Union of America, in a statement last night said that Dan G. Smith of Chicago, director of labor of the Western Republican campaign headquarters. was not auth- orized to speak for the Switchmen's Union. Mr. Smith was quoted in dispatches as saying that the election of Gov. Smith “would be a menace to organized labor.” Mr. Smith was characterized in the dispatch 2s a leader of the Switch- 's Union of America. “Mr. Smith is a member of Lodge 36 in Chicago,” Mr. Meaney declared, “but he has not done any railroad work since 1920. He has no influence in labor circles and is not authorized to speak for the Switchmen's Union. In addition he is a henchman of ‘Big Bill' ‘Thompson.” CHALLENGE CHARGE MADE BY BROOKHART Leaders in Farm Relief Agitation Deny “Double-Crossing” and Ask Debate of Issue, By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Minn., September 26.— Two leaders in the movement for farm relief legislation—Frank W. Murphy of ‘Wheaton, Minn., and William Hirth of Columbia, Mo.—sent telegraphic_chal- lengss to United States Senator Brook- hart, Republicen, of Iowa to meet them in de!ate on the farm question. ‘The challenges were the result, Murphy said, of statements attributed to the Jowa Senator charging Murphy, Hirth and George N. Peek of Illinois with “double-crossing” the farmers. “I feel that the farmers of Iowa ar entitled to the full facts with réferen to your recent statement that I was in- volved in ‘double-crossing’ the “farmers, of tae country in connection with the McNary-Haugen bill in the last session of Congress,” said Murphy's telegram to Senator Brookhart. ‘“Therefore. I chal- lenge you to face me in joint discussion at four points in Iowa at dates to be determined, but prior to October 24.” Hirth's telegram was in th- same vein, specifying that the debates take place within the next two weeks. Hirth, a leader in the corn belt com- mittee movement, is at present in a Rochester hospital, Murphy comiim here to confer before issuing the chal- lenges to Senator Brookhart. Cream” Bread. flavor. Ready Monday Our ‘New Loaf N Monday, October 1st, we will introduce to our thou- sands of patrons Holmes “Honey A new shaped loaf with a deliciously different Made of the finest in- gredients, the principal being TARIFF BIG ISSUE INROCKY STATES G. 0. P. Fights to Keep Colo- rado, Nevada and Wyoming. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Staft Writer. DENVER, Colo, September 26— That old-timer of campaign issues, the protective tariff, is finding its place in the sun this year n the Rocky Moun- tain country. It is the chief reliance of the Republicans against a rather im- pressive Democratic attack on the Re- publican normalcy of the tier of States Iying just inside the Pacific s>aboard. For several political generations this séction has been immensely interested in tariff subjects affecting the products of the rench and mine. In recent vears there has been a great increase in sugar beet production, especially in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, and this year the Hoover managers are using an assurance of continued pro- tection against Cuban sugar imports as A rallying point among the farmers. The Democrats counter with an assur- ance that the sugar industry will be Just as safe under the Democratic tar- iff plank of 1928 as it could hope to be under the Republicans. Boulder Dam Plays Part. Of course the prohibition and religious issues also are present, and some votes may be lost or won over the Boulder Dam. The Boulder controversy is pretty much submerged ovar the mountain te ritory, however, and prohibition and re- | ligion do not cut as deeply as in some other tions. Wets and Catholics are by no means strangers here. In 1926 Nevada proposed modification of the eighteenth amendment by a popular vote of almost four to one and in the same year Montana repealed her State dry act by a narrower margin. Mon- t#ha has a Catholic Scnator in the person of Thomas J. Walsh, and Arizona has another in the person of Henry F. Ashurst. ‘The presumptive historical back- ground of most of these States is Re- publican, but party lines are distributed here as elsewhere. The Republicans still count the whole West as safe, but the Democrats are extraordinarily hopeful. particularly as to Montana, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. There are elements of concern for both sides in this Colorado situation. taken as a whole, but it is disputed whather there s any real prospect of Colorado tumbling out of the Republican column. - Democrats Hopeful. Denver recently has elected an out- and-out wet to Congress and the Demo- crats count on impressive majorities here, in Pueblo, and in the southern tier of counties, where there are meny voters of Mexican extraction and many Catholics. They also hope w0 make serious inroads on the ordinarfly Re- publican farm sections and among the coal miners. The president of the Sfate Federation of Labor, who was La Fol- lette’s Colorado manager in 1924, is working for Smith, and the head of the Farmers’ Union is a Democrat. Much faith is placed in the leadership of the Democratic governor, William H. Adams, a candidate for re-election, who always heretofore hes been able to attract many Republican votes to the Demo- cratic ticket. ‘The Republicans have been quarri ing in this State, while the Democ appear united except for the fnev d defections on prohibition and religion. The Methodist ministers and tn- Anti- Saloon League are well organized against the Democratic national ticket. The ‘Klan, once a real power in the State, is attempting a comeback. George A. Collins, the Democratic national committeeman, who is just be- ginning an inspection trip throughout the State, is making no predictions, but he seys he sees hopeful signs. The Republican commitieeman, Clarence Hamlin, is in the East, and the party chairman, John R. Coen, concedes that Hoover faces a fight in Colorado, but predicts that he will win handsomely in the end. In 1924 Coolidge had a lead of 50,000 over the combined vote of Davis and La Follette. Harding car- ried the State in 1920 by nearly 70,000, but Wilson carried it in 1916 by 76,000. This picture of conditions is dupli- rated, with some variations, in most of the other Mountain States. In W E have devoted the past six months to the production of a new loaf of bread—a loaf distinctively different irom any other bread in the city, and we are pleased to say that our efforts have been rewarded. 3 extra slices: to the loaf it “Honey Cream” Bread, but the price hreads—nine cents a loaf—and delivered fresh from the ovens direct to your door every week day beginning Monday, October 31 Broadcasters Will Carry Smith’s Speech Tomorrow! By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—The radio bureau of the Democratic national committee announced last night that 31 stations would broad- cast Gov. Smith's Minneapolis ad- dress tomorrow from 9 to 10 p.m., central standard time, including WEAF, New York; WRC, Washing- ton; WCAE, Pittsburgh; WT. Cleveland; WWJ, Detrof Cincinnati; 3 Chicago: KWK, St. Davenport: WHO, Des Moines: Denver; KSL, Salt Lake City: W Omaha; WDAF, Kansas City; WC Minneapolis; _WTNJ, Milwaukee: KPO, San Francisco: KFI, Angeles: 3 KSMO, Seattle; KHQ, Spokane. ming. also carried successively by Wil- son, Harding and Coolidge, the Repub- lican State convention declared the tariff the issue, while the Democratic committeeman, Patrick J. Queal; I the State chairman, H. that the issue is farm relief. Colorado, the Democrats claim wet spots | and the Republicans dry spots. and they | are fighting over the vote of the farmer and rancher. The great hope of the ‘Wyoming Democrats is Senator Ken- drick, up for re-election and active for Smith. He al gets the support of many Republicans. The uncertainties clustered about these various issues may be illustrated by the opposite courses adopted by two outstanding Republican members of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. One of them, C. B. Rich- ardson, vice president of the Consoli- dated Royalty Oil Co., writes the Asso- ciated Press that he and other Wyoming voters of his acquaintance who favor modification of the dry laws will sup- port Hoover because they consider pro- hibition a secondary consideration to business prosperity, and predicts that “Hoover will be elected by ‘wet' voters.” The other, Spencer Penrose of Colorado Springs, millionaire brother of the late Republican Senator from Pennsylvania has come out for Smith. . YOUNG REPUBLICANS TO BE ORGANIZED Boys and Girls’ Unit Planned to Teach Principles of Party and Citizenship. Plans have been completed by the officers of the Hoover and Curtis Club for forming a boys and girls’ unit of the organization, which contemplates teaching the young members the prin- ciples of the Republican party, the rights and duties of citizenship, and particularly the important duty of vot- ing to uohold these principles. Each group of the junior units will be asked to form their own member- ship committee, elect its chairman and conduct a drive for new members in co-operation with the officers of the club. Fach member will be given a distinctive Hoover and Curtis button, w;;lch will be his emblem of member- ship. A charter membership roll has been established, to be hold open for 30 days following the announcement of the selection of the junior member- ship committees. A meeting of the juniors will be held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at head- quarters, 823 Fourteenth street. Boys and girls interested in Republican poli- cies are invited to attend. The prin- ciples of Republicanism and the pur- poses of the club will be explained in short talks by S8amuel J. Prescott, chair- man of the Republican State commit- tee: John Lewis Smith, president of the Hoover and Curtis Club, and Mrs. Mav D. Lightfoot, assistant secretary of the club. Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Repub- lican national committeewoman for the District of Calumbia, announces the or- ganization of a young women’s unit of the Hoover and Curtis Club, which already has 50 members enrolled. The young women at a meeting held at the | club headquarters yesterday elected the following officers: Florence Keys; presi- dent; Bettv Ridgdale, first vice presi- dent: Marjorie Mondell, second vice president; Eunice Lee Evans, corre- sponding secretary; Louise Albers, re- cording secretary, and Dorot! Lane, reasurer. October 1st costs us more to make Il be the same as other CURTS O ENEN PLEATO FARER Tells His Audience Protective Tariff Is “Real” Issue Between Parties. By the Associated Press EN ROUTE WITH SENATOR CUR- TIS TO SPRINGFIELD, Mo.. September 26.—Going into Missouri today, Senator Curtis, the Republican vice presidential candidate, was prepared to renew his farm campaign. He declared in Omaha last night that the “real difference” be- .{tween the Republicans and Democrats on agricultural relief was the protective tariff. Tonight the Republican vice presi- dential nominee speaks in Springfield, Mo., and tomorrow he opens a three- day tour of Oklahoma This is the ! eleventh State to be visited by the Sen- ator on his opening tour of the West, which began 11 days ago. Referring last night in Omaha to thé' address made there a week ago by Gov. Smith, the Kansas Senator declared that “while the distinguished Demo- cratic candidate left the impression here that he indorsed the farm bill vetoed by President Coolidge, he in- 4 formed newspaper men later that he had not indorsed the equalization fes provision of the McNary-Haugen bill and would appoint a commission to work out the principles of that bill.” Senator Curtis then said that Her- bert Hoover had promised to place ag- riculture “on & position of equality with the industries,” and he shouted that “Mr. Hoover will keep that promise.” He sald the “real difference” between the poriies on agriculture was a “pro- tective tariff.” In the first six months of this year Colombia sent to the United States products valued at $54,022,000, a gain | of nearly $5,000,000 over the same pe- riod of last year. It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow. Easy to Pay Moltl? THE MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Traasury 1408 H STREET, N. W. | MRS. NORTON CALLS _ SMITH “HUMANITARIAN® | Woman Representative Asks Own Sex to Support Democratic Candidate. Bv the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 26.—Rep- resentative Mary T. Norton, Democrat, New Jersey, in an address broadcast | over th: WEAF network today appeal- ed to women to vote for Gov. Smith whom she termed “the greatest hu- manitarian this country has ever pro- duced.” Mrs. Norton reviewed Gov. Smith's record and asserted the welfare poiicy he inaugurated and carried through “Justifies every woman in the coun'ry to vote and work for him.” Credit fur the war reitef work of Herbert Hoover, said Mrs. Norton, should go to the Democratic party. as- serting that the fact that Mr. Hoover succeeded was not so much due to him personally as to Woodrow Wilson, who provided the necessary machinery. She also criticized Hoover's the Mississppi flood and said in place of edvancing a flood control plan the | Government, should have provided re- work 1n | BORAH WILL SPEAK IN EASTERN STATES Denies Report He Will Cancel Tour—May Talk in Mi waukee Soon. By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, September 25.—Wil- liam E. Borah of Idaho, campaigning in the Middle West for Herbert Hoover, isst night denied that his Eastern speaking schedule had been canceled, as 1eported to the New York World. “I will keep my Zastern speaking dates as soon as I conclude my Middle Western tour. Reports to the contrary are er- roneous.” The Senator s:'d he wou'd spe: Minneapolis Monday and might acc: a date in Milwaukee after that. This decision had been left to the Repub- lican party’s Western headquarters at Chicago. with which he communicateq last night. he said. 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