The Washington times., 1932-11-10
new LEADERS
! TO REPLACE
| I DEFEATED
Extent OF Disaster Means
4, Hoover Will Be Shorn
of Leadership
BY GEORGE r, HOLMES


NEW YORK, Nov. 10
U.N.S. .-Far-reaching politi-
cal changes that will vitally
affect the future Of the coun-
try are at hand as a result
of Tuesdays cataclysmic re-
volt, which. restored the Demo-
Gratis to power and admins
tered to the Republicans the
worst defeat in their party
history.
Until March 4, the government
remains in the Republican hands
In this interim Of four months,
expectation is there will be a con.
siderable degree of cooperation be.
tween the parties. following the
sspirit of the exchange Of messages
Ebetween President Hoover and
Presidentelect Roosevelt.
MIR. Hoover told Mr.. Roosevelt:
"'Tn the common purpose OF
81 Vls Ill, I shall dedicate myself to
Il every possible helpful effort"
And Mr.. Roosevelt answered:
Bl 81 join in your gracious ex-
preston Of o common purpose
H IN helpfuI efforts for our cOun-
try"
It is not unlikely there will be
L@ymeeting between the President
i and the PreSident-elect between
now and March 4. An opportu
i nifty for such q meeting will be
Safforded when Governor Roosevelt
passes through washington en-
route to and returning from Warm
sSprings, Ga.
Hoover Wont Quit
Speculative rumors to the effect
that MIR. Hoover might retiwe from
the Presidency and Mr.. Roosevelt
kassume it at once have been pretty
@well discounted. Governor Roose.
welt declared his intention Of
working at the governorship OF
New York" right up to January l
AS for President Hoover, he is a
stickler for the proprieties and
the precedentS of the Presidency
President Hoover's immediate
task is the preparation of his
annual report to Congress.
s Governor Roosevelt's immedi
ate task Is to wind up his gov
ernorShip, select his cabinet, and
decide whether he is to inaugu'
rate his administration by calling
"a Special session of the Demo
ecratic congress to enact prohibi-
tion and tariff reform as prom
sdsed in his campaign speeches.
Although President-elect RooSe.
veat has stated that he will give
u little thought to national QueS.
Eions before January /, it Is in.
ievitable that he must at once set
about the business of considering
his Cabinet. There is no dearth
Of material.
Young Prominently Named
Chief interest centers in his Sc
& section of a Secretary Of State
Y and a Secretary Of the Treasury,
stllN two most important posts in
d the Cabinet.
4 Four names stand out most
prominently for the State Depart
i1eflt Owen D. Young, John w.
Davis, Norman H. Davis, and
Frank L. Polk.
Y0ung'S name also has been
mentioned in connection with
the Treasury, along with Bernard
EsM. Baruch.
Smith Unlikely to Accept
The impression obtains that
II Smith, to whom Governor Roose-
welt owes great deal politically,
could have abouG any post at
/ Governor Roosevelt's disposal. But
/ the impression equally obtains
b1that Smith would not accept any.
The future will decide that.
While the victorious Democrats
lsate planning for the next four
years. the Republicans are con-
! fronted with the task Of building
| ~ the party anew from the ashes
i OF the worst defeat in history.
That there will be new and rad
i acNl changes in the party struc-
! tlSre goes without saying. The
Hoover leadership is gone. Had
| the election been close, probably
| 1T would have survived. But q
1 Lea Adership that was given such O
| thorough repudiation at the polls
Il cen hardly reaSSert itself.
and the "Old Guardsmen," who
slice the turn Of the century have
exerted vast influence in party
g uncils-they are gone, too.
Three Of the best known of them,
Senator's Reed Smoot of Utah,
JaneS z. Watson Of Indiana and
George H. Moses Of New Hamp-
shire, went down to defeat on
Tuesday.
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