NOT FRIGHTENED

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3758, 29 June 1932, Page 4

NOT FRIGHTENED

Hi IOVER v. RtIOSEYEDT statement BY SECRETARY CAust. and N.Z. Gable) Washington. June 27. President. IToover lias evi lentl\ becoim- fearful of tin- nomination of Governor Roosevelt -by tile Demooratic j (’(.iive-iition. ( *ne of bis secretaries liti issued tin following inspired tatement: "Roosevelt is rlie easiest candidate to defeat.** After a lon.a* White House Confer]enee to-day. Harry S. New. of IndiJana. formerly Postmaster-* Jeuoral jand Senator, sail: "If Roosevelt is j nominated. Hoover is elected.” j The general opinion of <*orresiM)iuljciil.s in Washington is tliai I*resident j Hoover is trying* to defeat Governor j Roosevelt’s nomination by tliese in- [ spired statements. He is doin.s: this jeitlier because lie is afraid of Roose--1 veil or because he is actin.ar in rejs]K)ijse to the urjje of the Morgan injterests an 1 the general Wall Street dictation, which lie usually heeds. It is understood that the candidate President Hoover favours most is Xewton D. Baker. Sinjrularlv < ni'iish. Baker is. also Wall Street's fax f'tirite.