The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-03

TAKE STAND
AGAINST CAL
Decide to Stump State for
McNary-Haugen Farm
Measure.
OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT
One of Senators viii Speak
in Each County.
OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT

Indiana's Republican Senators
and congressional nominees today
decided to make their campaign for
re election on an anti-Coohdge farm
relief stand.
The candidates, at the suggestion
Of Senator James E. Watson, laid
plans to sturdp the State with a plea
for re- e-election because they support.
ed and will make another fight for
the defel tied McNary- -Haugen farm
relief bill, which was frowned upon
by President Coolidge.
All the candidates voted for the
measure despite the Presidents dis.
approval and they decided at a con-
ference at the SEVERN, that it would
be wisest to continue firm on this
stand to please Hoosierdom' dis
couraged farmers.
The bill appropriates S150,000, 900
for use of a Government export cor
poration to buy up surplus farm
products to stabilize prices.
In Every County
The Republican State committee
decided to send either Watson or
Senator Arthur R. Robinson into
every county in the State during the
fall campaign in an effort to quiet
rumblings of revolt against the G. o.
P, because of Congress- failure to
enact farm relief legislation.
The committee also decided to
work the thirteen congressional
nominees overtime speaking on the
McNary- -Haugen theme.
Every Congressman's got a diff
Chairman Clyde A. Walb declared,
land we wanted to get them all to-
gether on the right track"
Both the Senators and each Re-
publican Representative in Congress
except Will R. Wood Of Lafayette
and Ralph Updike of Indianapolis
attended the council of war held by
the committee and the candidates.
Both In Some
Frank >Bozelle Of Lagrange. chair
man of the speakers bureau, de-
clared it would be necessary for both
Watson and Robinson to speak in
some Of the counties.
The campaign, as outlined to the
candidates by the committee. will be
one of the most intensive conducted
by Republicans of Indiana for many
years.
1t will begin Sept. 1 and gather
momentum during the subsequent
nine weeks. The various bureaus of
the State committee will begin
functioning even before that time.
Appointment of chairmen for
these bureaus was to be made for
mally by the committee this after
noon.
Those appointments expected to
be made were; John Kramer, La
fayette, legislative bureau chair
man; George M. Poland, Crown
Point, Business Bureau chairman;
Perry Reeves. labor bureau chair
man; 1. j. Matthews, farm bureau
chairman, and Harold McClelland.
registration bureau chairman.
Committee Named
The personnel Of the executive
committee was completed at a con-
ference of leaders and announced as
follows: Lewrence r. Cartwright,
Portland, chairman; Charles B. En-
loe, Evansville; David r. Scott, Lin
ton; Ronald A Foster, Indianapo-
lis; Ora Davies, Kokomo; Walter ].
Riley, East Chicago; Lawrence
Lyons, Brook; John Motto, Warsaw;
John L. Norman, Knox; Mrs,
Thomas Brooks, Bedford; Mrs. Neil
Batesville; Mrs. Ada
Hunnicutt, Rockville; Mrs. Harriet
Pierce, Clinton; Mrs. Arthur Stage.
Knightstown; Mrs. Ralph Todd,
Mrs. Grace Grass, Hunt.
ington, and Mrs. Carrie Weaver,
Auburn.
The candidates, committeeman
and party leaders had a luncheon
at the Columbia Club