THE EX-PRESIDENT

Evening Post, Issue 89, 17 April 1933, Page 8

THE EX-PRESIDENT

RECORD OF MR. HOOVER

AMERICAN BEMsQCRAGY

NATION TRAMPS ON

(From "The Post's" Rspnesentativc), NEW YORK, March 10.

In his-first message to Congress, eai'ly in 1929,. President Hoover,, dpplor.iug : thq ■development., of- o.rgaßis.e.4 cr.imfi>, said: "Otm#-loundatiionsihistw subsided,," Ift.his last, message, a,-waete-bef-fltor. li.es surre.ndei!o.d o_ffi«.e, he; skos» d.es.pi?i:ai.t.ej'y' to, halt universal^ isfsx. ofifinancisl dia,--aster, with battkiftg-b.usin.e.ss: suspended; iiu tvKesty-o.i).e. State.?; la.' th.c- f obx- years that, lay- between;,, tjtf? simple reeoiid Qf. has, aceonip_l:i'sb.m-<»ts. will; ranlt more, thaji fayo.urably- w,itli. ajiy of: hisy-piie.-de.cessors. Yet,, lightly,,w|.th,out regret,^ he. is.. relfigat.Qd tp, the sexap heap>; Fon such, is, the;- system;' in; tha Aineuiftanpatter.a, Qf democracy. . -, : ~ 1 When. Mr. Hooyec ■ en,tei:Qd; Wliite. House, aiound h-im, iv. the Unite,d. S.tates,. was thp highest tovel. "(ifi. piiQS--pm-ity his coufttay or the; w.holQ, wbi;ld" had ever, known. "When he welcQm.Qd, his. incoming successor, it, is. doubtfvjl if, one. could, eonsgivV a. lower level of. depcession, than \v?as prevaiJing.v-.'Ehe sQrcalie.d world.- slump was- well,, iato; th.c tljii;ct yqai., T.h.e>, gold suspension; ■period, which is^ no,w hover.ing. dang^ •ously neai f.Q^ United, State.% yvais in. its. sScon.d year* ■ ~ .'■ : ,

.Mr. Hoover,, w.h.Q. brought to, his.: pi;.e.-. s.i.de.ucy- a w,id,er, a3<paiMan<?e-,..w"ith th.q woild than. hi& p_rQ.dece.ss.Q,rs.; iiQalise.4 fuUy, the incidence, of events, h.agpeuing around him,: How, '.often,' . durj»g: th.ose.fpuK yeais, Cjmgr.es.s, that.. cjj,ang.e.d hoises, in. the stxsmx midway during his., i&cumb,eney,,',ttt.war.te.d. plans/he; devised, to. resfcoce, his, country to, an. eve.n economic kp.st 'o> to . assimilate-■ his. forcigu, policy mth,, tliat, of. the OKI W.ojddt One, w«ider>. if. Mr,; Hoover. ever, sighed for Mussolini's p.o,wejjs... Dicr tatorship, never...npp.ular in./Amejican, tradition, is now freely canvassed as.a cure foii.the: ailing body, poli'tie. "•'-".'■ WHAT HE: ACCOMPI-ISHEBi Uiider- Mi% Hoover's lead, the status, of the gangster was. amended from social herb to public enemy. Chicago-,' the city' that; made §1111111.611 famous^ issued a list of twenty-two :"pul!>lic enemies,"' aiut today proudly- points: to the fact that not one-of them is, at lange. Mr. Hoover'Bi spirited advocacy brought to fruitfon: the. Kell'pgg-Bri&nd-peace pact, and an acceptedl method; of providing a yardstick to, measure naval strengtfh. Ho implsmented his promise, given to Liitin-Ameriean countries duringl his. pjje-inauguration tQur, to withdraw Uaitcd States Marines from their territory. A month, befoa-c he. left White House, Sandino laid down his arms.. In his, war on crime,' Mr. Hoover left the nation a legacy, in tho form of- the most..comprehensive examination yet made into law enforcement in this, country. The Wickcrsham Commission, aside from its Prohibition inquiry, issued twelve fulllength reports, on crime statistics, prodeportation, third degree, and foreign: born offenders.

JVliv Hoover is no*- so, staunch an advocate of Prohibition and high tariffs; aa when he took office. Yet ho was • sincere throughout, in his, advocacy, believing that his country could work out its destiny- through temperance and that industry, and agriculture would, benefit, as they did- formerly, ftom the tariff. 'He leav.es th.o scene with an assurance of the "Wets" that, with the repeal' of Prohibition,, organised crime will disappear.