Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-22
c. O.P. CAMPAIGN
PLANS TO Be LAID.
High Command Here Wed
nesday With Chairman
ship Issue Up.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Meanwhile, President Roosevelt, head
and forefront of the New Deal Demo-
Gratis, is expected to leave Washington
for the West on Friday on trip that
has many political implications. The
Chief Executive plans to return to
Washington tomorrow from Hyde
Park.
The meeting of the Republican high
command is set for 10 am. Wednes-
day. the first gathering of the kind
since the full committee met in June.
1894, in Chicago. to pick chairman
to replace Everett Sanders Of Indiana,
who was reSigning.
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher, the
Pennsylvania who was elected to sue
eeed Sanders, has a number Of plans
looking to greater Republican activity
which he win lay before the Executive
Committee. The very fact he has
called the Executive Committee to
come to Washington at this time is in
dicative that the chairman believes the
time has arrived for more aggressive
action.
Craftsmanship Question.
At various times, Fletcher has been
charged with failure to lead a militant
anti-New Deal movement. The same
kind of charges were leveled at his
predecessor. There still are rumblings
in some Republican quarters and a
suggestion that the committee replace
Fletcher with a more aggressive
leader.
There seems to be no real sub
stance. however, to any effort to I'M
seat the chairman, and apparently he
has no intention of stepping out of
the craftsmanship. The name of Col
John @. Tilson of Connecticut, former
Republican floor leader of the House,
has been advanced as a possibility for
the Craftsmanship. Col. Tilson, how
ever denies he knows anything about
the proposal.
Republican leaders gathering here
for the coming committee meeting
admit one of their foremost prob
lens is to find some farm relief plan
to offer as substitute for the New
Deals A. A. A. They say he A. A. A.
with it's processing taxes. scarcity Of
some food stuffs and higher living
costs is unpopular enough in the East
already. But they are afraid the
farmers of the Middle West and other
agricultural sections are too fond of
receiving benefit checks from the Gov
eminent for not producing this or
that crop.
The Republicans are giving the
matter a lot of attention. 1t is not
expected that the Executiy Commit
tee will undertake in any way to
formulate party platforms or policies.
But the chances are there will be
very considerable exchange Of in
formation regarding the political stu
alton in the various sections of the
country.
Knox Farm Relief Proposal.
Col. Frank Knox, publisher Of the
Chicago Daily News, a candidate for
the Republican presidential nomina-
ton, who is making I'll the running
just at present in the convention
race, has put forT u a farm-relief
proposal that may appeal to a lot
OF the Republicans. He plans a tariff
that compete with American farm
products in this country On top of
that, he would pay bounty to Amer
lean farmers who produce for the ex-
port market, so as to give them the
benefit of domestic prices. In addi-
ton, Col. Knox believes much may
be done to increase farm income bv
the utilization of farm products in
new ways in industry.
Some such formula, it is believed.
will find its way ultimately into the
next Republican national platform.
The details are yet to be worked out.
s. In the meantime, the press agents
for the Republican and Democratic
parties are rowing over the potato
: control act and whether President
Roosevelt favored the measure. A
howl of protest has gone up from
farmers who do not relish having a
: potato quota wished on them by the
Government. with the Government
: ready to collect tax on every bushel
= o. potatoes they grow in excess of that
I quota. There is no proposal to pay the
= farmers for not growing potatoes.
r They are told not to grow more than
a certain number of bushels. with the
B. Threat to punish them through a fine
II they exceed that limit.
. The Republican National Commit
= tee, through its press representatives,
Issued a statement yesterday declar-
Ing White House pressure forced the
potato act through Congress" 1t in
slsts that only the personal interyen-
ton Of the President at a critical time
IN the life Of the bill made its pas-
sage possible. The measure was in
PRODUCED first as a separate bill by
Representative Warren. Democrat. of
North Carolina. It wound I'D as an
amendment to the A. A. A. bill now
o law
Supported by President.
The Republican Committee state
ment insisted that although the DO
tato Dill was not part Of the Presi-
dents must" program, as originally
announced, Mr. Roosevelt later got
oehlnd the potato bill The President,
according to press reports Endorsed the
potato bill when Warren called on
MIN at the White House and prom
1sed to speak for it to Chairman
Jones of the House Agriculture Com
mittee. Later still, it was said, there
was deal in the House between
the supporters Of The potato bill and
the Guney coal bill, backed by the
President. whereby supporters of the
potato measure would vote for the
Guf1ey bill, provided the administra-
ton was willing to put the potato bill
across.
The Democratic National Commit
tee put forward its publicity ace.
Charles Nicholson, to counteract the
Republican charge that the President
Is responsible for the potato bill.
The most recent of the socialistic
crimes of which the Roosevelt admin
1stration Is accused is the passage of
the bill including potatoes among the
basic farm commodities which benefit
by the A. A. A. enactments." Michel