REPUBLICANS: Votes Oct. 29, 1928

Additions to Hooverism included:

¶ John H. Grill, longtime Democrat, Minnesota farm leader. Reason: "Mr. Hoover . . . is the most logical man we have ever had for president."

¶ George Remus of Cincinnati, onetime bootlegger, ex-convict, wife-slayer: "I'm sure Mr. Hoover will be elected. I am for him, of course."

¶ Mrs. Margaret Sanger, famed apostle of Birth Control. Reason: "Most politicians go in for externals but Mr. Hoover has his interest embedded in fundamentals. ... It was Mr. Hoover's regard for child life that won me."

¶ Dr. Francis M. Schirp, President of the New York Federation...

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