National Affairs: Senators v. Hoover

Campaign speeches are written to mean a lot of things to many men. Candidate Hoover's were no exception. Last week the more incongruous of his campaign sup porters arose in the Senate to decry what they called "inconsistencies" between the Hoover position on farm relief before the election and after.

Candidate Hoover discussed husbandry and its problems in his closing campaign speech, at St. Louis. President Hoover recommended to Congress a farm relief plan, consisting of tariff revisions and the creation of a Federal Farm Board with...

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