The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-12-15
STEERS G.0.P.
TOWARD HOOVER AS
CHOICE FOR NOMINEE
Ohio Senator Declares Party
Must Make Nation See
Him as Big Figure
CITES NEED OF PUBLICITY
Has no Doubt of Success If Pub.
lie Envision Executive in
Right Light

washington, Dec. 15.-(P-Chicago
a selected Tuesday for the Repub-
lican convention in June.
The national committee made the
decision Tuesday. The vote was little
more than a formality. Detroit, after
figuring briefly as a potential con-
tender, withdrew an hour or more
before.
Atlantic City wa the only contest
ant. One ballot decided.
Senator Fess of Ohio steered the
Republican national committee Tues
day squarely at the denomination
next year of President Hoover.
The national chairman, In an adj
dress opening the session called to Sc
lect the 1882 convention city, told the
committee its job vas to place Hoover
In the public mind on the eminence
which Ibis stupenduous efforts and
brilliant leadership justify"
This stage reached" he added,
there will be no doubt about the re-
suits of the contest next November"
The nomination has been consid-
cred all but foreclosed ever since
former President Coolidge urged his
party to continue supporting its pres
ent leader. There are powerful OPP
ponents, but Fess and an imposing
list of Republican leaders have been
On record a long time.
In Tuesdays address Tess traced the
origins OF the current economic upset
to the World q He credited tho
president with having displayed, in
its handling, a leadership without
precedent in American history.
"Were it not that we are approach
ing a presidential campaign, Mr..
Hoover would be the most widely sup
ported public mar In his efforts for
relief ;" asserted the chairman.
Raps Party Politics
1T IS regrettable that in the ex-
igencies Of party politics POLITICAL
leaders are inclined to employ q de-
preston as q basis for utilizing the
unthinking disaffected who have been
taught to look to the government for
relief. It offers an opportunity, on =
partisan basis, to seize upon the de-
preston as the one chance Of riding
into office.
ut is the purpose Of this commit
tee to assist in convincing the dtaf-
fected the president Is not responsible
for the spots on the sum-. the storms
at sea, the droughts on land. nor the
numerous epidemics that frequently
sweep sections Of the country. Our
business is to place MI. Hoover In the
minds of the public where his stu
pendous efforts and brilliant leader
ship justify. This stage reached there
will be no doubt about the results Of
the contest next November"
Fess reviewed In detail everything
that has been done by the admins
tration toward restoring confidence
and stability. II Hoover succeeded
only in preventing suffering and pre-
venting adoption Of the dole system.
he would have done enough to dis
tinguish him in history. said the SEN
atof.
Discusses Debt Situation
1.-THE INTERROGATION between govern
ments today is 50 close, . default on
the part OF one government would be
felt among the people OF all govern
ments. This would especially be true
in the case Of q breakdown In Ger
many, to whom American funds were
loaned for purposes Of readjustment
after the war. A default In meeting
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