Evening star., 1934-12-02
sizes and the offer Of substitute propos-
ais that are sound and constructive
Sees Confidence Won.

sizes and the offer of substitute propos-
ais that are sound and constructive
Sees Confidence Won.
"a revolutionary overthrow OF
normal American Government has
been proceeding for more than a
year without reaching its peak and
the brunt of the opposition must
still be borne by the Republican party
If Republicans will give assurances
that their basic principles will be
maintained and their course Of action
will be consistent they will merit con-
fidence. The Republican party can
not initiate the New Deal; cannot
vacillate between two opinions; can
not stagger toward the left.
The vote of confidence in the PreSi-
dent does not alter the fact that many
things in the New Deal are wrong
The people voted to continue pro-
posals they know are wrong. A sys-
tenn of free government has been sup
, pressed and substitute has been
! erected on subsidies shamelessly sup
piled from the public treasury. There
is an American interference with prl-
vate business and corporate business
Personal government has taken the
place of law The authoritarian con-
cept of government has superseded
the constitutional concept. 1t was &C
complished without the knowledge OF
consent of the electorate, but the
action Of the administration has now
been ratified by the electorate.
Urges Party to Stand.
But all that is temporizing In an
emergency. Our people much prefer
the traditional orderly processes. The
stability of our system of government
is due to the fact that If the roliti-
cal party which was momentar'ly
entrusted with power contravened the
laws of good governmental 1t went
seriously amiss or became perverse and
unsound-the party in opposition
would come to the rescue and thus
, correct what the people didn't like
That was our national anchor te
windward.
The Republican party should con-
IlIluC W 81 ObiA AiA SiAAo ~
mendouS crisis. 1t is not time fol
it to lose its equilibrium or change its
character. Within twelvemontf
the National Committee will be
moving on Washington to begin the
| preliminaries for a national conven-
ton. Prior to that meeting candi-
dates will have been developed and
tested out. The attempt to set up a
new party in the meantime as sue
cessor to the Republican party will
not be pressed by practical persons
because the formation Of new party
in the brief interlude would be at
tended by an impossible confusion OF
, tongues respecting a name, creed
, and personnel.
Scores Third Party Idea.
"The many elements of the party
as now constituted lack a homoge-
! nous quality, and the whole electorate
is congeries of separate geographi-
cal sections, separate interests and
separate economies. Even though we
were to concede the imperiousness OF
| the need and craving for virile new
national party, no man OF my ac-
quaintance is wise enough to find at
| this time the least common denomi-
nator. My conclusion is that the Sug-
gestion OF new party to absorb the
Republican party is without material
characteristics 1t is longing di-
rected toward the unattainable. The
child that such proponents hope to
bring into being might we'll turn out
to be triplets-to be chaos-and a
multiplicity of party factions and
party instruments makes responsible
party government impossible.
Sincerely yours,
CHARLES D. HILLES."