, 1935-09-25
WASHINGTON
BY Raw Tucker

by Ray Tucker
PiOwman-A self-appointed IL
specticn committee OF business men
stopped off at Topeka recently to
look over Governor Aft Landon OF
Kansas-the l935-model Coolidge
who Is touted as a COP presidential
candidate in 1886. They Like him.
They exchanged condolences with
big business buddies when they
reached Washington-the directors
meeting Of the u. s. Chamber Of
Commerce-and they reported as
follows: Governor Landon Is a prac-
tical. Woodworking man with no
flourishes and rutfles. He has no
flair or personality that would cap
ture public interest or imagination.
But he has done a tidy job Of run
ming the stage's finances and
squeezes a penny before he spends
1t. personally and officially.
He might be, they whispered, the
ideal opposition for FDR next year
"a plowmRn against a Snowman.
They reached the conclusion 50
many practical politicians have come
to. Namely that. as in 1920. the re-
publicans' strongest nominee will be
a colorleSs figure who can attract to
his standard all Of the grudge-and-
grievance vote plus the rock-ribbed
republicans.
Bitter-There Is no news IN the
fact that almost every private in
tereSt-the bankers. manufacturer
ers. retailers and public utilities
will line UP against President Rose
welt in 1886. But the scope OF their
anti-New Deal campaign already
under way astonishes even the New
Dealers.
The National Association Of Man
ufacturers has established a new
propaganda headquarters In New
York City. While It's Washington
office distributes pamphlets. as
sailing the New Deal, the New York
managers viii launch ar attack with
speakers, magazine articles and pri-
vate meetings. The u. :. Chamber
OF Commerce viii cover another Sec
tor with three great sectional con-
venticns and almost daily denuncia-
tons BY President Harper Sibley.
Their Song will be that the people
should place their trust for a full
dinner pail in business rather than
political leaders. Silas Strawn. Chi
cago attorney. pulls the levers
With the troops taking 70 the
trenches already. political experts
anticipate the most bitter presiden-
tial campaign since the Bryan-Mc-
Kinley brawl in 1896. The 1923 Hocv-
er-Smith duel wort match the
1885 affair. according to the proph-
cts. For next years battle viii be q
pocketbook melee.
Joker-After two years ca famine
the republicans anticipate a larger
campaign fund than they had when
VIII Hays collected 100000 70
elect Warren q. Harding.
COP collectors received word this
week that "a leading automobile
maker once friendly to the presi-
dent has offered to contribute ST.
O00. 000-count 'em-to the opposi-
ton. wha@s more. he has guaran-
teed that two S-ierds-one a banker.
the other a manusScturer-will come
across with the same amount apiece.
These. Of course. are purely politi-
cal contributions. They don't take
into account the funds which the
American Liberty League. the u. ..
Chamber OF Commerce and the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacture
ers viii spend 10 defeat Mr.. Roose-
welt or-choice half-loaf-to elect
an unsympathetic house OF repre-
~sertatives.
But the New Dealers have a trick
up their sleeve that -as never used
before. They may require supposed
Nv nrn-political organizations 20
file their contributions and expen-
ditures with the clerk Of the house
OF representatives. That's a coun-
ter-thrust which free spenders must
count on.
Appeal-A ccertain philosophical.
peace-inclined cabinet member-you
can guess who II is-may soon de-
liver the most sensational speech the
world has heard on the eve OF pos
sible war profits 70 the nation adj
dressed. Whether he begs American
farmers to place peace ahead Of
profits may depend upon Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
IN he follows hts advisers sugges-
tons. he will urge the producers OF
wheat and cotton and hogs TO sub
scribe Fundamentally tc the crusade
10 keep the United States out OF a
possible world war. He will ask them
to forego HIGH prices which NAV re-
suit from foreign demands. espec-
Tally as II appears that their prod
ucts may not Dc placed on the en-
barge list. III short. he win suggest
sacrifice which no growers have ever
made before.
The speech has been outlined but
not written. If delivered and adher-
ed to II may have more effect than
all the abortive peace pacts and