Evening star., 1935-08-19
THE POLITICAL
MILL
By G.. Could Lincoln.

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ference in carrying on the headquarters.
AS a matter of fact, the alliance will be
very close, and the three men desig-
mated to have charge Of the Chicago
headquarters are at one and the same
tee and of the Executive Committee OF
the Midwest Conference. which was
held at Springfield, ILL.,, in June. They
are Harrison E. Spangler Of Iowa. John
Hamilton OF Kansas and George A. Ball
Of Indiana.
The opening Of Chicago headquarters
as early in the game as this Is indica-
tive of several things. In the first place,
it shows q real revival of Republican
hope, and with that hope a willingness
of Republicans to spend money for head
quarters and organization purposes. In
the second place, it lays more emphasis
on the thought that the G. o. P. is
turning its face toward the West both
for a presidential nominee and for elec.
toral votes next year. Any one who
recalls the morguelike atmosphere Of
the G. o. p headquarters in Chicago
during the campaign Of 1894 will un-
derstand that the Republican high
command must believe that very dif-
ferent spirit has come over the Mid
die West and the West to make those
people willing TO open again Republican
headquarters and to open them more
than year before the national election.
The joint Chicago headquarters, ac-
cording to Mr.. Fletcher, will, until fur
har nF ivtf hxy ha Na
tional Committee, serve the Pacific
Coast States and all the States which
normally comprise the Western divi-
sion. However, there Is every indica-
ton that the revival Of Republican
hopes will bring before long q demand
for headquarters still farther West. The
talk OF Senator William E. Borah Of
Idaho for Republican nomination for
President Is stirring more and more
interest in the Far West. Furthermore,
the Republicans took the Democrats
into camp pretty well in the California
election last year.
Former President Herbert Hoover, It
Is reported, has told friends in the East
that the G. 0. p. should look to the
West for candidate next year. In this
he seems to be in agreement with nearly
all other Republican leaders of national
prominence. They do not see the ad-
Vlsablnty OF choosing an Eastern man
for the G. 0. P. nomination. Perhaps
they fear that the East Is too closely
identified with the old guard OF the
@. 0. p. in the public mind certainly
in the States of the Middle West and
the West, which must be won if the
Republicans are to succeed next year.
This will be bad news to the friends OF
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman Of New Jersey,
who performed the feat last year Of
carrying New Jersey in an election that
was clearly Democratic the country over.
Unless there is distinct change in pres
ent opinion in Republican ranks how
ever. the party's next candidate will
come from the West.
While certain anti-Hoover Republican
leaders from the West feel sure that
the former President will not be the
party nominee. they voice fear that
Mr.. Hoover may give Hoover tinge
to the Republican platform and also, II
he gives his blessing to the party's can
didate, have him known as a Hoover
candidate. These leaders have not yet
been able to get away from the idea that
this coming campaign may be made an
other 1882 campaign. with Hoover and
the depression of 1929 1892 as the issues
Sooner or later they may come to be-
lieve that the issues in this campaign
will be Franklin D. Roosevelt and the
New Deal. Already there are signs that
the President and the New Deal are on
the defensive. Once that has been
clearly established, the Republicans will
give less thought to the Hoover issue.
which the Democrats are seeking to
bring to the fore
The American Liberty League, in q
pamphlet made public today. calls at
tention to the fact that the New Deal
laws have been dragged into the courts
on many counts. Indeed, never have
so many acts of Congress, in so short
time, been assailed in the courts.
and aSSailed with as much assurance.
The league calls its publication "A Re-
view OF Decisions by the Federal Judi
ciary and Their Effect in Checking At
tempts to Subvert the American Con-
Stitutional System"
While the American Liberty League
and opponents of the New Deal will
consider the decisions of the courts
and their attacks upon New Deal legis-
lation indicative Of the failure Of the
New Deal, the New Dealers are inclined
to insist that the courts have been the
great stumbling block to their plans for
the people. Even in these closing days
OF the present session Of Congress, the
President. head and forefront of all the
New Deal. Is demanding that bills be
put through which will be attacked
beyond question in the courts, particu-
larly the Guffey coal bill.
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The list of pertinent decisions OF the
courts on New Deal laws so far given
by the American Liberty League Is
Illuminating as a summary. 1t shows
that the N. r. A, the A. A. A., the
P. w. A., the laws affecting oil, the T.
V. A., the gold clause law, and other
acts affecting both industry and agri-
culture under the New Deal have been
attacked in the courts as unconstitu-
tional. The Supreme Court by unani-
nous decision has held the NJ r. A.
unconstitutional. The inferior courts
have in number of instances decided
against other New Deal laws. In the
end, however, the New Deal laws must
reach the Supreme Court. The league
says:
Study Of the cases affecting New
Deal legislation will show that they do
not involve meaningless technicalities.
Principles Of Government are at stake.
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