The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
fINGE OF OIL TO BE SLIGHT
 THINKS BUTLER
c. O. P. Manager Has Heard Little Scandal,
 He Says

NEW YORk, July 19.-On scandals will play aA insignificant part in the presidential campaign, William M. Butler, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, declared yesterday.
 Mir. Buffers opinion was expressed in a statement prior to his departure for Boston for the weekend, after several days in New York establishing eastern headquarters for the campagn. He expects to go to Washington next Monday for conferences with President Coolidge and to Chicago on Wednesday, to remain for perhaps a week.
 'Oil scandals?" Mir. Butler repeated the question of reporters. I've heard almost nothing of them in connection with this campaign. Of course, there was a great deal in the newspapers last winter, but most of that has blown over. don't think oil will be the shred of an issue"
 When It Comes
 Asked how he would combat oil as an issue if the Davis and LaFollette forces chose to make it one, Mir. Butler said he would meet that contingency when and if it arises"
 The chief issues will be Coolidge and Dawes" he continued. Of course, there will be other issues. But they will arise as the campaign progresses.
 "A campaign of personalities? he repeated another question.
 Well, hardly that. We must remem- Der that this is contest of parties and that these parties have platform"
 It was the first free speaking Mir. Butler has done since he reached this city last Wednesday. Whereas he has painstakingly avoided answering any general questions of reporters in his semi-daily interviews with them, he dis carded his reticence tonight to comment guardedly on most topics brought for ward.
 The subject to Senator Wheeler's an- nouncement that he would support the LaFollette candidacy and the state ment that accompanied it, received little comment, however. Mir. Butler said he had not read the statement until today and it made little impression on him." He pooh-pooed the thought that 1t might adversely affect President Cool idge's chance of reelection.
 Mir. Butler was asked his opinion of a statement attributed to Isador Dock weller, democratic national committee man from California, that many wes- tern republicans would switch to John W. Davis, under the impression that the democratic nominee was most like ly to command sufficient votes to hold down LaFollette and keep the cleo tion out of Congress. Mir. Buffers reply was:
 Vastly Overrated
 Its a warm season and every once in a while some one is bound to ex- press himself in a fervid manner. Then he laughed. T think the LaFollette candidacy is vastly overrated," he added as an after thought.
 It was recalled to Mir. Butler that Mir. Davis when asked the other day for his definition of a progressives re- piled "a Democrat" Again the repub- lican national chairman laughed. Il shouldn't agree with Mir. Davis," he said.
 Choice of a director for the eastern Headquarters of the K. o. U. has not 3een made despite Mir. Buffers state 5nent throughout the week that he boped to announce the name of the man tonight. It had been definitely de. ided, however, that Charles D. uilles New York, vice chairman of the .ational committee, would not be the astern director because he would be :nable to devote his whole time to it.