I hope to see him some day playing Santa Claus in a children's
Christmas celebration at a village church!
HERBERT HOOVER
One reads in the press daily of Hughes and Hoover, or Mellen and
Hoover, or Davis and Hoover, or Wallace and Hoover. If it is a
question of foreign relations, it is the Secretary of State and
Hoover. If it has to do with using our power as a creditor nation
to compel the needy foreigners to buy here, in spite of the tariff
wall we are going to erect against their selling here, it is the
Secretary of the Treasury and Hoover. If strikes threaten, it is
the Secretary of Labor and Hoover. If the farmers seek more direct
access to the markets, it is the Secretary of Agriculture and
Hoover.
It is always "and Hoover." What Mr. Hughes does not know about
international affairs--and that is considerable--Mr. Hoover does.
What Mr. Mellen does not know about foreign finance--and that is
less--Mr. Hoover does. What Mr. Davis does not know about labor--
and that is everything--Mr. Hoover does. What Mr. Wallace does not
know about farm marketing--and that is nothing--Mr. Hoover does.
Herbert Hoover is the most useful supplement of the administration.
He possesses a variety of experiences, gained in making money
abroad, in administering the Belgian relief, in husbanding the
world's food supply after our entrance into the War, in helping
write the peace treaty, which no one else equals.
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