Chapter 531 Hoover's Dying Struggle
"My friends! When I learned about this incident, I felt very heartbroken..." Roosevelt stood on the tank with the help of Patton and others, looking at the people below and said in a deep voice: "In fact, we can have a better solution."
"Authentic! Your demands are reasonable, but now the entire American Federation is in crisis! Everyone is waiting for relief. If everyone comes here to petition, what will our Washington become?!"
The people below remained silent, and they watched the governor standing on the tank listen to his speech silently.
"We can express our wishes, but we also need to understand the difficulties of the Federation! The Federation is not without its actions. In fact, we have been deepening cooperation with Manchuria during this period and sending everyone out to work, and trying our best to provide everyone with positions, right?!"
The people standing on the wetlands couldn't help but nodded, and Roosevelt shouted at them: "I don't want to criticize anyone, but this time the treatment is indeed the worst. I think we can do more and we can do better!"
"The Federation has already known your request! Here I will assure you that I will work hard to complete it!" Roosevelt looked at the people below and said solemnly and firmly: "With my reputation and personality, I will try my best to solve everyone's problems!"
As he said that, Roosevelt paused and continued to smile and said, "Just as General Pershing said, this time I discussed with our old friend "Tiger of the Far East"! He decided to provide us with the first batch of 20,000 positions, and the positions will gradually increase. But I hope you can make a list, and I hope the first batch of people who go there are the most in need of positions!"
"After these positions are provided, we will provide loans to those who go to him in the name of the New York State Government to fund his life. They will then be gradually deducted from his salary for working in Manchuria." Roosevelt looked at the person below and said in a deep voice.
"If all the salaries that were not paid until 1945 are now paid, it will definitely not be completed. All we can do is to try our best to provide everyone with jobs, and then use their salary as collateral to ensure everyone's life..."
Although Roosevelt's plan did not satisfy these retired soldiers, it was better than the president who squatted in the White House and sent troops to expel his own army?! And if you think about it carefully, what Roosevelt said is not unreasonable, and it is definitely impossible to fulfill all of it in the current Federation.
Provide work and life loans to ensure everyone's life. As long as you have this promise, will you achieve your goal?!
"Let me say a few words!" At this time, Tu Qianjun stood up and smiled and said in a deep voice to the crowd below: "I can tell you in a real way that my Manchuria is now under development. We need staff from all walks of life. After learning about your news, I will ask the governments of the three eastern provinces to conduct research and verification and communicate with colleagues from other provinces."
"After research and confirmation, except for the three northeastern provinces, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia all need infrastructure construction. The areas of these four provinces plus the three northeastern provinces have a total of more than 7 million square kilometers to be built! You can think about how many jobs we need!"
After hearing Tu Qianjun's words, the people below couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief! Although the United States is not small, they can naturally guess that they will need a lot of people to participate in infrastructure construction when hearing such a vast area!
"I have entrusted Zhigongtang to help recruit. Please prepare a list of the first batch of 20,000 people. We will attach our specialties. We will make work arrangements based on our specialties. By the way, it is best to prepare the second batch and the third batch of lists. After we arrange the work of the first batch of people, we will arrange the second batch one after another, and the third batch of people will go to China to do work!"
The petitioners finally felt relieved. The "Tiger of the Far East" who represented the three eastern provinces personally confirmed with the guarantees of Governor Roosevelt and veteran General Pershing, who were running for the election, were extremely convinced by this matter.
Then Tu Qianjun and Roosevelt jumped out of the car, explained some related issues to the people surrounding them and informed some details, and the people automatically dispersed slowly.
At this time, Patton stood respectfully in front of the old general he respected the most without saying a word.
"Barton! I know you are an excellent soldier. In fact, although Mike is also, I insist on thinking you are better!" Pershing looked at Patton and said in a deep voice: "But this incident will definitely become a stain on your military career!"
Listening to the words of the general he respected the most, Patton was silent for a while before responding: "I am a soldier! General, soldiers should take obeying orders as their duty! The federal army must obey the will of the federal president!"
"So I said you are an excellent soldier!" Old Panxing smiled and patted Patton on the shoulder and asked softly: "If you were given another chance, would you choose to bring troops here?!"
"I can do it! General!" Patton responded in a deep voice: "I said that because I am a soldier!"
Old Panxing smiled a little relieved. He helped Patton pull his collar and said in a deep voice: "Do it well! Young man!"
After saying that, he turned around and left. At this time, the crowd gradually dissipated. Old Panxing slowly stepped onto the car and left here in the respectful eyes of everyone.
Then, Old Pershing, Roosevelt, Tu Qianjun and the other three visited the injured police, soldiers and petitioners lying in the hospital. They left Washington the next day and returned to their hometown.
Although Hoover at the White House was ignorant of the arrival of Roosevelt and Pershing, he was always happy to send those "pig questions" away. Then he led his Republican Party to the states without hesitation and began his speech canvassing journey.
He put on short leather shoes and hard rubber collars, trying to walk among the people with a gentle attitude.
But I have to say that he could come back alive. It was lucky. The worst thing was in Detroit, a place where 250,000 people needed relief. When he arrived at the station with confidence, the people waiting for him would whisper and keep screaming!
In order to ensure the president's safety, the Mounties had to swing batons to disperse the crowd, but as Hoover's car passed by, tens of thousands of people waved their fists and shouted "Hang Hoover!"
Countless slogans held also read: "Down with Hoover! Hoover is the murderer of veterans! Hoover gave billions of dollars to bankers for free and shot and killed veterans!"
A secret agent secretly told a reporter: "Since the days of Teddy Roosevelt, I have traveled around with successive presidents. I have never seen anyone boo the president like this or go out to the streets to make contemptuous gestures to the president. This is so ugly."
During the mass demonstration, Agent Director Sterling looked at Hoover and saw that he was speechless and could hardly speak. His train was driving past the worst area of the crisis. Angry crowd smashed eggs and tomatoes to the train!
But Hoover didn't give up! He told the cabinet members: Americans "hate" the Republican government authorities, so the only way to win is to "scar them and make them worry that Roosevelt would do bad things!"
He said in Des Moines about his tariff policy: "If the protection tariff is lifted, hundreds of towns will become deserted, and millions of farms will be covered with weeds..."
He told the audience in Indianapolis that Roosevelt said "nonsense, wrong words, empty words, lies... words that destroy other people's reputation, stupid words, and slanderous words..."
He promised in Cleveland that he would give him food to any "good" citizen.
In St. Paul, he mentioned the fact that veterans petitioned for compensation and were driven away, saying: "Thank God, we have a good government in Washington who knows how to deal with the rioters."
But it seems that people don't buy his account!
In Des Moines, his speech made the audience laugh at him and he also pushed the "Hoover cart" around, with the slogan written on it: "No matter what Hoover says, we must achieve our goal. This is not a fool."
In Indianapolis, listeners booed and threw eggs and tomatoes at him.
In Cleveland, the audience bellowed him off! Tell him "get out with your lies! Hoover!"
The most serious thing is that in St. Paul, his description of retired soldiers made the audience angry! People roared and rushed to the podium and pulled Hoover down! The helpless agents could only protect Hoover in a mess and escape from the scene.
Fortunately, Coolidge finally arrived at this time. Hoover and the Republicans built a podium for him in Madison Square Garden with hope! Trying to regain some reputation.
Republicans thought Coolidge was appealing and the garden would be crowded. Otherwise, more than two-thirds of the seats were empty on the day of the speech! The angry receptionists ran to the street and persuaded passers-by to go in and listen to the speech of the only living outgoing president Coolidge.
When the speech finally began, the loyal Republicans in the venue applauded him warmly for two minutes! Coolidge took out his watch and suggested that such a drum would inevitably waste 340 yuan of broadcast fees, so the applause stopped.
Someone shouted, "This is how Carl's style is!" Carl is an intimate name for Coolidge, but he didn't know that he had lost his demeanor, and even the audience was not the kind of audience he was familiar with.
He said: "The Republican Party believes that industry and commerce should be promoted. With industry and commerce gained benefits, the welfare of ordinary people will follow." He and others applauded, but there was no response.
He continued, "When I was president before--" People suddenly burst into laughter. He shook his head and was confused. No one had ever laughed at him like this when he gave speeches before! He stuttered and finished reading the manuscript. As soon as he got home, he told his family that he had "dried ashes".
A month later, he said to an old friend who came to visit him: "I feel that I can no longer cooperate with this era..."
Two months later, on January 5, 1933, the 30th President of the United States: John Calvin Coolidge Jr., died at the age of 61.
Chapter completed!