HOOVER TURNS ON WILSON, WILL SUPPORT HARDING
Marion, Ohio (JFK+50) On October 6, 1920, Republican presidential nominee Warren G. Harding was informed that former Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover intended to pledge his support and "deliver a blast against the Wilson administration" in a forthcoming national radio broadcast.
Mr. Hoover's address would "indict the Wilson administration for general incompetency and blundering."
The New York Herald also reported that Republican National Chairman William H. Hays* had predicted Democratic nominee James Cox would not win any state outside the "Solid South" except Oklahoma."**
*William Harrison Hays, Sr. (1879-1954) was born in Sullivan, Indiana. WHH served as U.S. Postmaster General & first Chairman of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America.
**Cox won the "Solid South" except Tennessee, and lost Oklahoma. Harding defeated Cox in the electoral college 404-127.
SOURCE
"Hoover Pledges Harding Support, Turns on Wilson," The New York Herald, October 6, 1920, www.loc.gov/
Hoover with President & Mrs. Harding
Library of Congress Photo (1922)
