Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-09
"Save the Constitution to
Be Battle Cry at G. 0. P.
Session.
STERILIZATION OF MONEY
AND BUDGET ARE GOALS
Candidacy Talk, Despite Soft
Pedaling, Thrives Prior to
Opening Farley Tomorrow.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. June s.-Dele-
gates to the Republican Midwest
grass roots conference are coming
here in special trains and automobiles
to take President Roosevelt for a
horse and buggy ride-if they can.
Save the Constitution is one OF
their slogans. II is clear that the
Republicans intend to make as much
as they can of the rebuff which the
President and the New Deal suffered
recently at the hands Of the Supreme
Court.
So the talk tonight is OF two main
resolutions. or sets OF resolutions, TO
be adopted by the conference when
it gets into action Monday and Tues
day. The first of these will be plain
indictment of the President and many
of his policies.
Remedies Proposed.
The second will offer Republican
remedies for the depression and the
financial fix" in which. the Repub-
licans say, the President has placed
the country. 1t will demand stabili-
zation of money and that something
be done about balancing the govern
mental budget.
The Republicans, however, are not
going to turn their backs on the
farmers. Certainly not at this grass
roots conference Of the representa-
tives of 10 of the great agricultural
States of the Middle West. They are
going to demand that the farmer
get is" while subsidies are being
handed out to other groups. This
does not necessarily mean an indorse-
ment of the Presidents A. A. A. In
fact, the Republicans are intent upon
presenting a plan of their own.
Center Blame on Roosevelt.
In the resolutions attacking the
President, his economic and financial
policies are expected to be condemned
as unsound, un-American and uncon-
stitutional. The effort will be TO put
the responsibility for errors on the
President himself. ard not on the
brain trust or any of the cabinet
m embers.
The Republicans are coming TO the
shrine of Abraham Lincoln to talk
policies. Every effort has been made
to ft-pedal discussion of presi-
Dental candidates. There is a grand
undercurrent. however. which has to
do almost entirely with possibilities
for the presidential nomination. The
Republicans are old hands at politics
and they know that it Is impossible
to beat somebody with nobody" The
gossip, therefore, is on the increase
about candidates. One thing has
been accomplished in the effort to
soft-pedal candidates-all known po-
tential nominees have been warned
off the premises. None is expected
here. That goes even for Illinois
foremost candidate. Col. Frank Knox.
publisher of the Chicago Daily News
Boosters on Hand.
Many of these candidates will have
their boosters on hand. and observers,
There has been feeling that the next
Republican nominee should come
from this section of the country. AL
ready there is quite a crop of pos
sibilities. including Gov. ALT NJ. Lam
don of Kansas, DR.. Glenn Frank Of
Wisconsin. Senator Arthur M. VAN
denberg, Senator Dickinson of Iowa
and, of course Col. Knox.
Michigan. the home of Senator VAN
denberg, was not included in the list
(See REPUBLICANS, Page A-3D