Abstract

Editorials

The Secretary of War's impassioned defense of U.S. President Herbert Hoover at last week's meeting of the Republican National Committee, read, "brought the party leaders to their feet with cheers by his militant thrusts at the Democrats and his confident prediction that President Hoover's leadership would carry his party to victory next year." Far from being a cause for praise, this is a grave indictment of President Hoover, so grave that if the national legislature were aware of its significance and of the enormity of the offense, and the process of impeachment were not so difficult, it could well be made a basis for impeachment proceedings. Hardly a day goes by without its hymns of thanks-giving from industrialists reactionary labor leaders and other public guardians because we are free from the fearsome "dole." This frank jubilation may arise from mixed motives, yet it is assumed that few among the defense corps really prefer starvation, even for others, to unemployment insurance or various forms of state aid.