Evening star., 1932-09-09

H|NDENbURG FIRM
IN POLITICAL ROW
Insists on Cooperation With
Won Papen or Dissolution
of Reichstag.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 9-President Won
Hindenburg talked for 10 minutes today
with Hermann Goering president of the
Reichstag. and the three vice presd-
dents, indicating Enthusiastically that he
has no intention of divorcing himself
from Chancellor Won Papen's cabinet.
The reception was conducted on the
NEST friendly terms. but the President
indicated he is unwilling to yield one
inch in his determination to free the
country from domination by political
parties. He challenged the National
Socialists and the Centrists, who have
been trying to form a coalition, to CO.
operate with the cabinet or submit to
dissolution of the Reichstag.
He is expected to receive the various
party leaders in an effort to exhaust
all the constitutional possibilities fol
cooperation between the government
and the Parliament, but political oh
servers do not expect any concrete
results from those meetings Rather
they count on dissolution.
Would Call Elections.
In case the Reichstag is dissolved, it
was said. unofficially, elections will be
called within the 6O-day period stipu-
lated by the constitution, unless ex-
traordinary circumstances should make
postponement advisable.
The major Political parties, particu-
lsrly the Centrists and Socialists, looked
ruetully into their depleted campaign
war chests today as they faced the
prospect of a fifth major election this
year.
Other financial considerations raised
by the prospect of the dissolution OF
the Reichstag we're those of the newly
elected members, whose pay checks
would be cut off by a dissolution al
most before they had begun to receive
them.
Has Cooling Effect.
All these considerations. it was said
were having a somewhat cooling effect
on some of the most active opponents
of the Won Papen regime. 1t was
added that the chancelior's tactics
would probably be TO delay the election
as long as possible with the hope his
new employment program would wir
him support.
Adolf Hitler's National Socialists
however, who constitute the greatest
single threat to the chancellor, were
represented as delighted with the pros
pect of new campaign and confident
that in another election they would
extend their wide gains which they regis.
tered in the last voting
Hitler was back in Berlin today tC
take personal charge of the negotia-
tions aimed at upsetting the Won Paper
regime.
Chancellor Holds Firm.
The chancellor held firm to his plar
to dissolve the Reichstag next week be.
fore 1t could reach non -conf1dencs
vnte, and in some quarters it was said
the government hoped that after tht
Parliament had been dissolved ane
another election held, the Hitleritei
might be willing to participate in ths
present government in nop-pivotal po'
SitionS
President Won Hindenburg allowed
only 10 minutes today to the courtesy
visit" of the Presidium Committee o.
the new Reichstag. A huge crowd
grouped in front of the chancellory
where the president Is living while re-
pairs are being made on the presidential
palace. saw the two cars drive up, opt
flying the Nazi flag and bearing GoerinG
and another with the Republican en-
blem, carrying Vice Presidents Esser
Graef and Rauch.