Evening star., 1933-12-20
c. 0. P. LEADERSHIP
FIGHT UNSETTLED
Edge Entertains Party Men,
but Denies He Wants
Sanders Post.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Reports that the endeavor to supplant
Everett Sanders OF Indiana as chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee had by no means been aban-
doned, spread about Washington again
today.
Former Senator Walter Edge of New
Jersey, whose name recently was put
forward as the selection of the new
insurgents in the party, but who yes
terday issued a statement that he was
not a candidate for the Craftsmanship,
entertained several Republicans at his
home here today at luncheon.
In some quarters it was insisted that
this was merely another get-together
meeting to talk over plans for revamp-
Edge. hf ho4eReP, empha faaaeaf denied @
that his luncheon party had anything
to do with politics, He had invited,
he said, some Of his former colleagues
serving as American Ambassador to
Germany at the time MIR. Edge was
Ambassador to France, during the
Hoover administration.
Not After ChairmanShip.
Il am not a candidate for the chair
rnanShip Of the Republican National
Committee and I have so stated pub
licly in a statement to the press" SEN
ator Edge said. Il am not engaged
in any effort to remove Mr.. Sanders
as chairman"
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Ogden Mills of New York was in Wash
ington today and in conference with
some of the Republican leaders. that
fact adding to the gossip that fresh
plans are being made for the national
organization of the G. o. P.
Despite the reiteration by Mr.. Edge
that he is not a candidate for the chair
menship and that he expects Mr..
Sanders to remain as chairman, it is
known that some of those who have
been active in the movement for re-
vamping the committee are still intent
on continuing their effort. 1t is said
that they have the signatures of at
least 16 members of the National Com
mittee who stand ready to sign a re-
quest for call Of the National Com
mittee. in order to force the hand of
the chairman. They do not plan to
circulate this demand for a cali of the
committee, however. unless they are
rather confident that they could swing
a majority of the committee their way
Sixteen is the requisite number to force
o call of the committee.
Difficulty of Uniting.
The difficulty of the insurgents has
been to unite on the man they wish to
head the National Committee. Several
potential candidates have their sup
porters and some of them have been un-
willing to give way up to the present time
When Mr.. Edges name was discussed
a week ago, 1t was hoped that they
could all center on him. Former Sena-
tor Phipps of Colorado was suggested
in some quarters. and Ralph williams,
national committeeman from Oregon,
not to mention former Senator James
E. Watson Of Indiana, and Frank Knox,
publisher Of the Chicago Daily News.
The purpose of continued conferences
Will be, it is said, to unite all the fac
tons who believe that the Republican
National Committee should be reorgan-
lied
Back of the talk of reorganizing the
committee is said to be the desire OF
raising more funds so as to carry on a
much more active campaign against
the Democratic administration. Such
proposed activity, however does not
meet with the approval of a lot of the
Republicans and some of their leaders,
who believe that the best thing the Re-
puohcans can do now is to sit tight and
give the Democrat administration all
the rope it needs in the hope that
eventually the tide will turn against
the Democrats.