Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-18

Senator Borah once rallied that the
trouble with the Republican party Is
that 1t remains static" going neither
forward nor backward. He SAID IL
hadn't had a new idea since the Eman-
cipation Proclamation, or words TO tnat
effect. The opening gun fred by the
nimeograph battery OF BOD Lucas,
newly crowned executive director OF the
Republican National Committee, seems
to bear out Borah's theory. Lucas not
test shot at the Democrats and their
calamity bowling is that people don't
call in a uuack in a crisis but rely on
the old family doctor. Wasn't 1t Abe
lincoln in person who advised the
country, in the midst of another Jam
in national affairs, mot to swap horses
when crossing a stream? And isn't
Iucas' ullip, as 1t were, a horse OF
exactly the same color? Lucas, ike
lincoln, originated in Kentucky. Per-
haps that geographical fact has some
thing to do with the coincidence thaC
the G. o. P. in 1880 has gone oacK
couple of generations for campaign
battle cry.
BE that as It may, the Democrats in
Lucas are Enthusiastically faced by two
listed political swordsman, If his initial
thrust is any criterion. There is no lack
of punch in his jabS. They seem
destined to strike home on many an
occasion before the November election
puts an end to the duel Of words. Inc
Republicans argumentative strategy Is
now revealing itself. For more than q
year they let the Democrats utterly
dominate the publicity field. The STU
alton recalls the campaign on the west
ern front in 1915 and 1916. Durlhg
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away at the allies with apparently
irresistible fury All that the French
and British could do was to take pun
ishment But they were getting ready
to strike back. Then came the battle
of the Somme. It found the allies in
possession, for the first time, OF over
whelnine artillery force, which pro-
ceeded to deal destruction to the enemy
in devastating fashion. The Germans
never definitely regained the upper
hand. 1t looks as II the G. o. P. had
at last modified all the guns 1t needs
and that counter-attack Is now the
order of the day.
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One of the favorite charges of the
vets is that the drys put prohibition
over in the United States while 2,00O,-
600 Americans were fighting in France.
A militant organization known as the
American Veterans Association" re-
Gently launched, has adopted the slo-
gan, 1--WE Veterans Working Together
Can Do Something About It." What
they purpose doing about it" Is to
secure the repeal OF the eighteenth
tional chairman is Lieut. Col H:
Edmund Bulls of Washington, well
known American Legionnaire. He has
issued a stirring appeal to all living
veterans of Americas wars to apply
the lessons war has taught us-or-
ganization, strategy, determination to
win and take our objective" The
newest wet crusaders are moving
modestly at the outset AS first trial
complish the defeat OF two OutStand-
ing dry members of Congress-Repre-
sentatIves Louis c. Cramton and Grant
NJ Hudson, both Republicans, OF Mich
igan--who ere up for reelection this
year.
Henry r. Pringle of New York, whose
biography of Alfred E. Smith attracted
national attention three years ago, has
arrived in Washington at the outset
of some Rooseveltian researches. They
concern Theodore, not Franklin D.
Pringle has pitched his tent in the
Library Oh CoIsieSS IoI oeNeIai nloItAis'
while he delves among 1T. RS" State
papers, with a view to discovering new
sidelights OH the most famous Re-
publican President of our time. The
Roosevelt cult Prngle feels, is on the
rise, rather than the wane, with the
passage Of time, and he hopes to turn
unsupported light on the colorful
colonel's career.
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Mrs. Ellis A. Yost of West Virginia,
the w. G. T. u. lady who was recently
appointed chief OF the women's divi-
sion of the Republican National Com
nittee, isn't going to be lonely in WASH
ington, anyhow. Coincident with ar
rival in her new job, her husband, Q
distinguished Huntington lawyUu. wae
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