Evening star., 1932-06-11
AGITATION REVIVED
TO REPLACE CURTIS
Great Difficulty of Foes of
Vice President Is Finding
Suitable Candidate.
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too Old-73 yearS--for another four
year term as Vice President They also
say that he is too dry-an anchoriSm in
these days when it is becoming popular
to be wet But Mr.. Curtis is a young
man, despite his years, and an active
one. And if the Republicans are to
write wet plank into their platform,
they need little dryness in their vice
presidential candidate.
Backed by Hoover.
Strong administration Republicans
here insist that President Hoover and
his friends will go down the line for
Vice President Curtis. They point to
Mr.. Curtis unfailing support of the ad-
ministration and his loyalty to the
President.
At present the delegates have not yel
begun to arrive in large NUMBERS: Wnal
they will have to say about dltcnlne
Vice President Curtis is another tnlng
They may or may not pay any aeeen- oo,n
ton to the talk of the national COM
mitteemen who are opposing curtis.
But the odds are certainly To-Day IN
favor of the denomination OF the wee
President, along with President Hoover:
The name of William M. Butler OF
Massachusetts,, Coolidge'S campaign
manager in 1924. loomed up today more
strongly than at any time IN connec-
ton with the discussion OF a successor
for Senator Fess of Ohio as chairman
of the Republican National Committee
Many OF the older committeeman VINO
served under him in 1924 and there
after are putting in a good word for the
Massachusetts man. President Hoo
yer. however, will have the final say IN
this matter.
Postmaster General Walter Brown,
who has been trying to 'reorganlze' the
Republican party in some of the South
ern States, had slap from the Ma
tional Committee yesterday when 1t
placed temporarily on the roll Of the
convention delegations from South Car
olina and Mississippi headed by "Tieless
Joe" Tolbert and Perry w. Howard, re-
Spectively. Both are veteran members
of the National Committee and have
many friends in 1t. On the other hand
the Postmaster General had his way in
Georgia. where the delegates headed
by James w. Arbold and Ben Davis
we're successful and to some extent in
Louisiana. where the delegation healed
by Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
cdililN NC WdS gwen ONCi tNO
contesting delegations. The contest may
still be carried to the Credentials Com
mittee and to the convention.
Drys See Fess.
Ernest H. Cherrington, head Of the
World Association Against Alcohol. and
Edwin C. Dinwiddie, chairman of the
Dry Board Of Strategy. called on Chair
man Fess at headquarters today to talk
over with him the prospects Of prohi-
bition plank in the national platform.
Senator Fess was unable TO tell them
what the convention would do. He also
said he did not know what President
Hoover's attitude would be on this ques-
ton.
The dry leaders did not indicate who
would be their floor leader and spokes-
man in the national convention. They
made inquiries as to the plans of Sen
ator Borah. Senator Fess expressed the
opinion that the Idaho Senator would
not come to Chicago for the convention.
It is said that II Senator Borah
could obtain a message from President
Hoover on the dry question. which he
could deliver to the convention. he
would come to the convention and lead
the fight for dryS on the floor, pro-
vided. OF course. the Presidents mes
sage was dry enough. But 1t was also
said that so far as is known here. Sen
ator Borah has no such message from
the titular head Of the Republican
party.
Mr. Cherrington and Mr.. Dinwiddie
declared that the dry forces were ''un-
alterably and irrevocably" opposed to
any plank in the Republican national
nj NIT ha -
submission OF eighteenth amendment.
Down But Not Out.
There is lots of talk about the ex-
treme vets writing repeal plank" in
the Republican national platform. 1t
Is still talk, however. The chances are
that the convention will 20 no further
than to declare for resubmission. The
drys are down but not out
For example, there is gentle. white
haired woman from Massachusetts, who
IS thinking, she says, how to handle the
men who are slipping from the straight
and narrow path. 1t is Mrs Henry W.
Peabody.
Il guess we'll just have to do what
mothers have always done to bad boys
in the past" smiled Mrs. Peabody.
Well spank them in November.
The women she speaks for. the Wom-
ems National Committee for Law En-
forcement, are organized UP and down
the country. Nearly every town and
city in New England has its group;
throughout the Middle West they have
been holding loyalty conventions" And
as they meet here for prayer at 10 every
morning within a stones throw Of
where the politicians are trying to de-
eide just how far they dare to 90 in
their platforms, there is a calmness and
confidence about them which is remi-
niscent Of the white ribbon workers
who carried on the fight through the
years that led up to the eighteenth
amendment. Even today they make a
compact, determined group.
They have made their plans for the
present dilemma. First, they will pre-
sent their request for a dry plank in
the Republican platform. Then they
will go before the Democratic Resolu-
tlons Committee and make the same
request.
Must Be Turned Down.
IF they both turn us down" says
the reSolute woman, then we have
our answer. We are not going to give
In until We are turned down. Have
these men forgotten that half the
electorate are women now? Do you
think President Hoover has forgotten
that 100000 women voted for him?
l am not so sure, as your newspapers
seem to be. that Mr.. Hoover is going
to be for reSubmiSSion. John D. Rookie
feller, jr., know him well, and his
mother before him. She was a Won
derful woman. I don't think her son
John Is going to be happy in his new
company. This is all an economic
drive right now. Mr. Mellon had
better come home and balance the
budget"
On Monday, the day before the con-
vention meets, Mrs. Peabody's group is
giving luncheon for 5000 people. at
so cents a plate, in the Naval Reserve
Armory. On that occasion Mrs. Pea
body will give answer to her friend.
Mr.. Rockefeller
Senator Dickinson of Iowa, who will
be temporary chairman of the conven-
tion, has arrived. He talked very
guardedly, as do all the loyal party
statesmen, ready to do what the party
decides"