Evening star., 1924-10-01
BROOKHART ASKS
DAWES Be OUSTED
Demands G. o. P. Act-De.
clareS Candidate "PIuto.
gog'' and "InsuIting."

CHICAGO, oct Der 1-United
States Senator Smith w Brookhart
made public last night the text of a
letter he mailed to Chairman William
NJ. Butler OF the Republican national
committee. condemning the record of
Charles g. Dawes, Republican vice
presidential nominee.
Charles G. Dawes has wrecked the
Republican campaign. especially in
the Northwest" Senator Brookhart
wrote.
He detailed his charges and concluded
the letter with this paragraph:
For these reasons | desire to re-
quest that the Republican national
committee take steps to secure the
resignation of Mr.. Dawes as the Re-
publican candidate for Vice President
In his place there should be selected a
farm bloc candidate. not an imitation
farm blocer. but one of the fighting
type, like Senator Norris of Nebraska,
in whom the farmers have the utmost
confidence"
Senator Brookhart is seeking re-
election on the Republican ticket in
Iowa.
Text cf Letter.
The text of Brookhart's letter fol-
lows:
Charles G. Dawes has wrecked the
Republican campaign. especially in
the northwest. He started out like a
bold-faced plutogog,' but his dis
courtesy and ungentlemanly Ian
guage quickly reduced him. in his own
voca bulary, to a mere 'pee-wit pluto
Cog
His 'sulphuretted hydrogen bank
record. as established by the Supreme
Court of Illinois the day he was
nominated. renders him unfit for the
public service, and he should be 're-
moved from office. His official de
fensc in this transaction by noted
Democratic lawyer only makes this
conclusion more emphatic. The
claim that he was ignorant of the
import of his act and only regarded
il is a friendly favor adds color to
the general claim that his own ad-
NertiSed financial ability is only
bluff and that he acts as the agent
of international banking powers. The
further defense that all bankers are
doing the same thing is resented even
by the bankers themselves.
Charges DtsloyaIty.
Under the false pretense of loyalty
he has organized a disloyal group to
conduct an illegal defense of the Con-
stitution of the United States with
the secret purpose of destroying the
l,
while the Pure Oil Company in which
he is interested, is being sued by the
Government for violation of the Grim
mai law. He is an insult to the
whole lahoring world, and his sinister
designs are so well known that hc
will certainly lose the whole labor
vote.
In addition to all this his most
dangerous and offensive act in this
1 q m n.4t Cr il Il
operative movement in aCriculture
He has brazenly denounced as dem
agogues and hypocrites all those who
favor and speak for the increase of
the price of beef on the hoof and the
decrease of its price on the table.
rms amazing statement shows a pro-
found ignorance of the whole CO.
operative idea.
Joint committee of Congress in
NeStgating this subject found that
out of the dollar which the Iaboring
man pays for the products of the
farm, the farmer gets only 81 cents.
Even this report is probabI
WhiteWa ashed. and if the exact facts
could be known the farmer probably
gets less than 25 cents. but whatever
the exact figures may be, every farm
er organizer in the United States, and
every cooperative organization in
the 1Hlten states IS teaching the doc
trine that this enormous expense of
distribution is unjust and is taken
from both the producer and the con-
sumer in excess profits.
Sees Groups Inxulted.
These same organizations teach
that cooperation in credit. in processing
and in distribution of farm products
viii increase the share of the farmer
In this dollar to something like so
cents and at the same time decrease
the cost to the laboring man some
thing like 10 cents or - cents in each
dollar. They back up these conclu-
sIons by citing instances all over the
world where cooperation has actual
iy accomplished these results. In the
face of all this Dawes insults them
and stamps himself as the emphatic
representative of the profiteering
class that preys upon both farmer
and labor.
For these reasons I desire to re-
quest that the National Republican
committee take steps to secure the
resignation of Mr.. Dawes as Republi-
can candidate for Vice President In
his stead there should be selected a
farm bloc candidate, not an imitation
farm blocer, but one of the fighting
type like Senator Norris of Nebraska
in whom the farmerS have tho utp,oc+