HOOVER'S BID.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 260, 2 November 1932, Page 7

HOOVER'S BID.

WOOING NEW YORK. Democrat Policy Would Ruin Economic System. HIGH TARIFFS AGAIN URGED. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) NEW YORK, November 1. In an effort to win New York's 47 electoral votes for the Presidential election to be held on November 8, Mr. Hoover came to the city last night after brief halts throughout the day in the industrial sections of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. There he had again emphasised the necessity for high tariffs.

Speaking in Madison Square Garden, New York City, the President told a cheering crowd of 22,000 people that the election of the Democrat candidate, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, would "destroy tho very foundations of America's economic and social system," whereas his (Mr. Hoover's) Administration had overcome depression through strict adherence to traditional principles.

Mr. Hoover spoke encouragingly of the improvements in employment and in business. He said a victory for the Dermcrats would mean lowering the tariff and the complete stagnation of industry.

It was necessary to call upon the mounted police to handle the thousands of people who were unable to enter the garden. A small Communist protest meeting was quickly dispersed.