The New York herald., 1922-12-01
REPUBLICANS begin
CAMP AICN TO BLOCK
A RADICAL PROGRAM
Senators Divide as to the
Best Method to Deal
With Insurgents.
OFFER SUBSIDY TRADE
Newly Elected Radicals to
Tell Views at Public
Dinner Tomorrow.
PARLEYS DURING DAY
Samuel Untermyer Will Be
Principal Speaker With
La Toilette.
PARLEYS DURING DAY
spe ciaf Dispatch TO The Nrw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Wahhinxton. d. c.. Nov. 20.

Special Dispatch 10 The NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau
Washington. d. C., Nov. 80
The first public glimpse OF the as
pirations of the newly elected radical
members Of Congress and the hold
over insurgent Senators and Repre-
sentatives, organized under the La
Toilette banner in the peoples legis-
lative service, will be given Saturday
evening at a dinner here after the in
surgent conferences.
The meeting tomorrow of thirteen
insurgent Senators and twenty-five
insurgent Representatives will be be
hind closed doors, and discussions and
statements will not be retaied TO
newspaper men, although much in
formation will leak" out. Prelimi-
nary conferences Saturday of all In
terested in the insurgent movement
and radical legislation are likewise to
be somewhat sub rosa, but at Satur-
day nights dinner the newly elected
radical Senators. Representatives and
Governors are expected to respond to
toasts to their success with sugges-
tions for radical action in the Ma
tional Legislature.
Meantime Administration Senators and
Representatives are going forward with
a sincere campaign of stubborn resist
ance to an ultra-radical program.
Opinion sharply Divides.
Tnete has developed snarg,, sifs
ference OF opinion among Adninistr'a-
ton Senators as to just what should To
done and more particularly what tho
President should do personally to meet
The situation.
One school or opinion said to be
headed by Senator Watson Und). a
close Administration adviser. would
have the President do nothing or ad-
vance nothing which would give the in-
surgents, the farm bloc or other blocs
O. target at which to throw The bricks
with which they are loaded. It is the
philosophy OF this school that the forte
of the insurgents and radicals generally
is opposition. and that If the Admins
tration sticks to the simple AMI neccs-
sary business OF passing appropriation
bills, the ammunition OF the Insurgents
will grow heavy in their hands.
The other school, said TO be repre-
sented more particularly by Senator
Smoot. Utah, would have the President
stap out. his sceptre in hand and meet
every issue squarely. They believe The
time has come for fight and show
down and they are convinced the mo-
ment is very inopportune for any show
OF weakness. Their slogan Is that party
solidarity must be held now IL ever and
the whip should be used whenever
necessary.
President wants Harmony.
Between these two groups the Presi-
dent is more or less pursuing his own
counsel. lie has talked only with Few
leaders. His message to Congress, TO
be read probably TUESDAY Is not fin
ished The President wants harmony
If possible. He is In sympathy with
some of the things demanded by milder
Insurgents in Congress He differs with
them only as to the manner in which
the desired result is to be accom-
plished.
Administration leaders have made
some advances and Indicated wiling
ness to trade a farm subsidy in the
shape of agricultural credits and other
Government aid TO farmers for ship
subsidy. Outside OF this they prefer to
,et the insurgents as represented by the
La Toilette conferences lay their cards
before tho public first. Then with the
insurgcnt program out they believe they
can act more intclllgcntly and with bet
ter -eguts.
Although ,hc meeting tomorrow OF
Tic La Toilette group will be secret
i'm so far as the public Us concerned.
there is no doubt that every interested
Senator and Representative Will have
run and comprehensive report OF tho
declarations made by various partict-
pants. before the meeting has been over
an hour. II Is possible a conference OF
administration leaders may follow.
Plans for the public meeting under
.he auspices OF the Peoples Legislative
Continued on Page Five.