Evening star., 1933-12-17
SANDERS BLOCKS
SHAKE-UP IN c. O.P.
Reed and Moses Named as
Leaders in Attempt to
Make Edge Chairman.
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and anti-Hoover lines. sympathizers of
the apparently successful group insisted
that the opposition drive was directed
not against Mr.. Edge or the former
President, but against the principle Of
permitting the Executive Committee to
do the reorganizing However, the op-
position group, in organizing a major
ity Of the Executive Committee, is said
to have made a point of the fact that
Senator Reed recently visited Mr.. Hoo
yer on the West Coast
Friends Of Mr.. Hoover emphasized
that the former President was adher-
ing rigidly to his rule against active
pa. ticlpatlon IN political moves, and was
in no way involved in the attempt to
supplant Chairman Sanders. who was
elected to his post at Mr.. Hoover's re-
quest. and managed the Republican
presidential campaign as the former
Presidents officer of the deck.
The plan to act through the Ex-
ecutlve Committee rather than through
the National Committee in reorganiz-
ing the high command is said to have
been justified by its sympathizers on
the ground that the Executive Com
mittee had established a precedent in
the case Of Claudius H. Huston. It
Committee accepted his resignation
and appointed his successor, Senator
Simeon D. Fess, who served UP to the
time of the last national convention.
The outcome Of the struggle is taken
to mean that national headquarters will
remain as it is at the opening of the
January session Of Congress and pre-
sumably at the opening of the mid
way congressional elections next Au-
tumn and that the party members in
Congress will take their sense of di-
rection from their organizations in Sem
ate and House.
Sanders Denies Request.
Among the many conflicting reports
was one that after Mr.. Moses had as
certained from Mr. Edge that he would
consent to take the craftsmanship If
it came to him without a fight, Senator
Reed sounded out Chairman Sanders
and found him unwilling to resign.
Mr.. Sanders last night denied that
either Senator Reed or Mr.. Moses had
approached him. The most that ne
would say, and that was in response to
a question, was to deny that he had
any intention of resigning.
The mobilizing of an adverse ma
said to have been aided by circulation
of a report that the opposition group
had decided that the new chairman must
come from State west of the Hudson.
Several of the Western members are
said to have resisted the suggestion OF
Mr.. Edge not only because he hailed
from the East, so far as they were con-
cerned, but also because of his rela-
tionship to Walter I. Teagle, president OF
the Standard Oil Co. Of New Jersey.
It was objected that the party, in its
revamped status, should avoid any ap-
pearance of standing for corporate in
terests.
The fight within the committee mem
bership, scattered as it is from coast
to coast, was described as most in
tensive. with women members being
fully as active as men members.
Many of Mr., Moses conferences were
held here in Washington. leaders say.
Senator Frederick Hale was mentioned
as one who had supported the plan
to make Mr.. Edge chairman.
Walter F. Brown, Postmaster, Gen.
eral in Mr.. 4Hoover's cabinet, is mem
ber of the Executive Committee. Mr..
Moses and Senator Reed were repre-
sented to have urged that 1t was most
important for the party to get organ
lied without delay In ANTICIPATION OF
the congressional elections and to meet
demand for a strongly organized OPP
position party.
Senator Reed is among the members
Of Congress who come up for re-elec-
ton next year. Assured of the opposi-
tion Of Gov. Clifford Ptnchot, and in
view of the tide against the '1ns' dem
onstrated in recent tests of public SEN
timent, Senator Reed is regarded as
facing a hard struggle.