Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Washington politicians of both
parties are busily engaged in trying
to determine the true inwardneSs of
Herbert Hoover's current trip across
the Middle West. Democrats say
| that whatever its object, it's of no
importance. In Republican quarters
two views are forthcoming. One
| theory is that the former President
| is bent upon assuring G.. o. P. lead
ers that he has no objection to any
| reorganization of the Republican Ma
tional Committee as long as it in
wolves no reflection upon or repudia-
ton of himself. Another explanation
is that Mr.. Hoover is anxious to have
Everett Sanders retained as national
chairman and through him remain in
titular command of Republican party
fortunes. Those who attribute this
plan to the Californian insist that
! no matter how persuasive his denials,
Mr.. Hoover is in fact a receptive cam
didate for denomination in 1886 and
that his present travels are undoubt-
eddy concerned with that lurking am
bition. Certain Republican old
euardsmen. especially in the East
ern wing of the party, are openly out
for Sanders scalp, insisting that no
party reorganization worthy of the
name is possible until there Is a
change in the national craftsmanship
Although former Senator Jim Wat
son Of Indiana disavows any aspira-
tons, he continues to rank as the
old guard candidate for Sanders job
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There are Democratic national lead
ers who concede confidentially that it
tainty that they will hold in Novem-
Der all Of the so Senate seats now in
their possession. They acknowledge
there are weak spots both East and
West, and that a real fight will have
| to be put up in several States. Fac
! tional squabbles within the party are
responsible in most cases for this peril
Gus state of affairs, Democratic
strength in the Senate is not expected
to be altered materially, no matter
what happens, because the Democrats
count confidently on capturing at
least one seat now held by the Repub-
licans for every Democratic seat that
may be lost. Much depends on the
state of the times and the prestige OF
the Roosevelt administration with the
country by the time November rolls
| around.
| Alleged brain trust intentions etc
prolong the country's restitution is
the charge upon which it Is mainly
important to throw light, according
to Representative Bulwinkle, Demo-
crat, Of North Carolina, who will d.
rect the impending House investiga-
ton of DR.. Wirt's revelations. The
North Carolinian admits 1t will be in.
teresting and valuable to find out just
what was said by brain trusters about
Roosevelt being merely Kerensky
stop-gap for a Stain, but what it is
, really essential to discover, he thinks
is whether. as DR.. Writ alleges, there
| are actually persons within the Gov
eminent who would bring on the over
| throw of the established social order
BY continuing economic misery and
distress until in desperation the people
are ready to turn to blood-red COM
munism and dictatorship. Mr.. Bull
Wrinkle intends dragging to light the
truth on this particular score, con-
sidering it the paramount issue in the
whole Writ affair.
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It's suggested that when DR.. Wir'