Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-16

Mrs. Mabel Walker Withdrawals
charge, in the course of her series OF
articles dealing with her experience in
prohibition enforcement, that the Re-
publican national committee approved
a speech she delivered to gathering OF
churchmen in Springfield, Ohio, pro-
duces varying opinions. The TACT that
she appealed to a religious gathering 70
support the Republican candidate IS
widely interpreted as introducing re-
ligion into the campaign. Her StaIe,
ment as to party approval is accepted
as establishing an entirely new slGua-
ton. Some comments hoio tnaI sucl,
approval exonerates her from any
blame, while others would stlu holo heI
responsible for the speech. 49,
A. to her protest against making the
sneech. the Worcester Telegram (lnoe-
pendent). argues: THE speech was
either fair, proper and wise, or the
sneech was not fair, proper and wise. II
it was fair, proper and wise, why o iu
Mrs Willebrandt object to making II!
WHY did she write to the Republican
national committee to protest against
making a speech which was far, proper
and wise? If the speech was not ian'
proper and wise, why did MRS: wife
brandt finally consent to make 1t? why
refuse to make a speech which was not
fair. proper and wise? If the speech was
fair proper and wise, Mrs. WlllepranoI
was in error in protesting to the COM
mittee against delivering it. II the
speech was not fair, proper ana WISE
both the committee and Mrs. Wllie-
brandt were to blame; the commitIee
was to blame for urging her 10 oellVel
it, and she was to blame Tor ylelonle "
its wishes" ~.
iect is taken by the Ell Paso Herald
Gndependent), which makes the state
nent that "She is intense in her repuol-
alton of any charge of bigotry" and tna1
her statement would seem to clear MRS;
Willebrandt." Her review OF polltlcal
history is welcomed by the Des MONIES
Tribune Capital independent Repuo-
lican), which suggests: "One thng Is
certain: The whole, situation Is gon ,iii
to be clearer when she is done. 1t VIII
be a case of getting inside facts from
one who concededly knows them ana
has before her the letter and page OF
the official record"
X X y y
'Mrs. Willebrandt, being lawyer OF
experience." assumes the Chicago Daily
News (independent), "knows better than
to make such charges unless she Is pre-
pared to prove them. Her post-cam-
paign revelations indicate that the Re-
publican national committee, acting IN
opposition to the wishes of the partyS
presidential candidate, sought to gam
votes by inviting a religious alliance ana
then allowed its agents to be the scape-
goa& when strong protests arose In many
Quarters. Such conduct must be re-
garded as distinctly unSavory. voters
should be armed against tolerance OF
similar tactics in another campa1gn!"
The Charleston Is. c. Evening Post (1n-
dependent Democratic) is convinced that
her statement stamps the Republican
party as deliberately promoting reli-
giouS antagonism and brings the cam
paign of bigotry which was rampant
last year to the chief pundits OF Re-
publicanism."
Denying implications Of bigotry and
fanaticism, and stating that she was
not even a practicing prohibitionist I'M
til the law was passed." says the Phlla-
delphia Evening Bulletin Independent
Republican,, Mrs. Willebrandt reveals
that she was not a volunteer crusader
in the Hoover Smith campaign. The
speech that put her in the limelight
early in that contest was delivered at
the solicitation Of the Republican ma
tional committee. The inference is
that her party did not subsequently re-
gard her as an embarrassing liability;
and the encomiums bestowed upon her
by the President and the Attorney
General at the time of her resignation
were not polite political platitudes, but
sincere estimates of her services"
X X x
"She is going to cause q mighty fiut-
ter in official circles before she gets
through" predicts the Texarkana
Gazette CDemocratic), and the Man
chester Union Independent Republic
CAM, referring to the demand of Sem
ator King of Utah for a senatorial in
vestigation, declares: In view of the
renewed interest in that piece OF cam