FRANCE: Herbert Hoover v. $2.36

Mr. Hoover is offering to surrender $257,000,000 if France will surrender $97,000,000. Crudely stated, he is suggesting that every inhabitant of France put $2.36 into the pot while every inhabitant of the United States puts in only $2.11.

New York Herald Tribune Editorial.

If the leading U. S. Republican Party newsorgan could thus see clearly last week that President Hoover has asked Frenchmen to make a greater sacrifice than he has asked U. S. citizens or anyone else to make, how much more clearly and with what flashing...

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