Evening star., 1934-02-24

Continued From First Page)
latest move of the Republican con-
gressional leaders is not entirely ap-
parent.
In their statement Of the plans
for joint congressional committees
action in the coming campaign, Hast
ingS and Bolton said the Joint Com
man Of the Senate and House Com
mittees, with the cooperation Of an
Executive Committee of five members
Of each house, headed by Senator
McNary, Republican leader of the
Senate, and by Representative Smell
of New York, minority leader of the
House.
Offices Of the Joint Committee are
to be maintained in the Barr Build
ing. where the National Committee
and the Congressional Committee are
now located, and these offices will
be in charge Of Earl Venable, execu-
tive secretary for many years Of the
Republican Congressional Committee
The Joint Committee has appointed
Warren Wheaton, for 10 years a
Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, as director
of its publicity bureau. In announc-
ing the appointment Hastings and
Bolton said:
THE Joint Committee recognizes it
to be the duty of the minority party
to advise the American people from
time to time of the actions Of both
parties in Congress, as well as to
criticize fully, whenever any of the
policies or actions of the majority
party are believed to be inimicable TO
the public interest"
What this publicity bureau will do
will be watched with much interest.
From time to time the Republican
National Committee has issued PAM
phlets attacking President Roosevelt
and his new deal" Some Repub-
lican members of Congress have de-
plored this activity on the ground it
was not timely" Either they have
now reached the conclusion that such
attacks are timely or they plan a
different kind of attack on the
Democrats.
One of the great difficulties Of the
Republicans in Congress has been
their lack of cohesion, with some OF
them voting with the President and
some of them voting against him. 1t
does not yet appear that they are any
better together, although there have
been indications that the coming fight
over sugar-quota legislation might
cement them, and perhaps fight
over the tariff, if the President finally
determines to send a recommendation
for tariff legislation to the Congress.
Indeed, the great difhculty of the
G. o. P. has been to find a path OF
opposition to the Democrats over
which they could travel in harmony.
And the jealousy between senatorial
Republicans, and between senatorial
Republicans and the Republican Ma
tional Committee, which has existed
for months; has not made the going
any easier.
To Conduct Research.
The new Joint Committee is to con-
duct a bureau of economic research.
Indeed. the statement issued says:
This bureau already has been
functioning several weeks, under the
direction of a committee Of Senators
and Representatives. The bureau
has been established to meet what
we believe to be a real need for COM
plete and careful study of the many
and various economic problems con-
fronting the Nation, as well as Of
the unusual policies advocated and
instituted by the present administra-
tion. Suggestions which have been
made and legislation proposed or
enacted dealing with present-day
problems will be analyzed, correlated
and weighed to determine their eco
nomic value. There will be no politi-
cal bally-hoo in the findings Of this
bureau They will be fsctual.
I'VE anticipate this research work
will contribute to the American
people, in helping to remove much Of
the apparent confusion existent today.
The determination of the bureau
will be found useful also in enabling
Republicans in Congress to foster
only such proposals as are believed
sound and of certain benefit to the
Nation"
Senator Hastings is giving a dinner
tonight In honor OF Wheaton at the
Shoreham Hotel. Members of Con-
gress and Of the press galleries will
be among the guests.