The Hoover Week

Nineteen guests last week went off with President Hoover for a Friday-to-Tuesday outing at his Shenandoah National Park camp. Many of them went mountain-climbing. President Hoover kept behind six of them--members of the Federal Farm Board-to tell him what the Board had accomplished in its month-and-a-half existence.

P: To the White House to be congratulated by President Hoover went Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin just back from .its round-the-world flight (see p. 42). The President said: ". . . The spirit of high adventure still lives ..." and returned to his desk.

P: President Hoover last week sent a message to the Zionist Organization of America, under the auspices of which a huge Manhattan demonstration against Arab outrages in Palestine was held (see p. 26). Declared President Hoover: ". . . My profound sympathy . . . good citizens deplore. . . . Our government is deeply concerned ... the fine spirit shown by the British government. . . . American Jews . . . have demonstrated fine sentiment and ideals. . . . Out of these tragic events will come greater security and greater safeguards for the future under which the steady rehabilitation of Palestine as a true homeland will be even more assured. . . . The fine sympathy of the American people is already evidencing itself in their purpose and it should receive the most generous support."

P: For three hours on end last week President Hoover and Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson sat facing each other in the White House. Solemnly they talked about the progress being made toward another conference on the limitation of naval armaments (see p. 25).