"Text of Hoover Speech Attacking Communism and Answering Criticism of G.O.P"

"Text of Hoover Speech Attacking Communism and Answering Criticism of G.O.P"

Evening Star

Sunday Star (for sunday publications)

Hoover Addressing Backlash Regarding the Republican Party and the Great Depression

Evening Star was one of the nation’s premiere afternoon newspapers. During the Star’s 128 years of publication, it was considered the “paper of record” for the nation’s capital. Reaching its peak in circulation and national influence by the early 1950s, its pages were full of ads, political cartoons, and bylines from around the world. Between 1944 and 1981, Star writers, reporters, and cartoonists received 10 Pulitzer Prizes.

This particular article written in 1952 covers a speech by Herbert Hoover defending the Republican Party and responding to criticism during the early years of the Great Depression. This article was published on Sunday, October 19, 1952.

Washington, D.C

1930 - 1960

Newspaper, found in LOC database

In Library of Congress database, can be viewed as an image, PDF, or image with side text.

Library of Congress Control Number
sn83045462

https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1952-10-19/ed-1/?sp=6&q=the+great+depression&r=-0.31,-0.005,1.415,0.763,0

English

late 1920s - early 1930s