Evening star., 1935-12-12
THE POLITICAL
MILL
BY C. Could Lincoln.

stories of Republicans trouping to Topeka
to call on Gov. Landon appear daily.
Nor is the list of important guests con-
fined to Republicans. Doubtless these
visitors are making the pilgrimage to get
flrst-hand information and first-hand
impression Of the Governor. The truth
Of the matter Is that Gov. Landon 4s not
widely known. To the great mass of
Republicans, leaders and rank and file,
he is only name. 1t is true that much
has been done to build up a Landon
tradition already. He is spoken OF con-
stantly as the man who balanced, or
kept in balance, the Kansas budget
while the Roosevelt administration and
many Of the State governments were
running haywire in the matter of
finances. An effort has been made to
picture Landon as q kind of Calvin
Coolidge of the Middle West. The truth of
the matter is that lot of Republicans
have become more and more curious
about the Kansas Governor. They want
to be shown.
For some reason or another some Of
the Landon boosters for the presiden-
tial nomination prefer to keep him in
the shadow, for the time being at least.
They do not want him to go about the
country making speeches. They did not
like the idea of his visiting Ohio a few
weeks back to deliver an address. They
want no more of it. But how on earth
are the Republicans and the people gen.
orally to learn anything about Gov.
Landon If there is to be a clustered atti-
tude out in Kansas? After all, the
voters are entitled to see the man and
to hear him, il they are to nominate him
for President. 1t may be, of course, that
the LandoniteS are merely waiting and
will put the Governor forward q few
months later, although some of them in
sist that he should conduct dignified
front-porch campaign, and travel little.
The point is, however, that six months
from now the Republican National Con-
vention will make it's nomination for
President. And six months is little
enough time for the Republicans from
coast to coast to get to know what the
Governor of Kansas is like, and what he
has to offer.
Rumor has had 1t that former President
Herbert Hoover Is coming out for Gov.
Landon as his favorite candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination; that
he will make a statement to that effect
shortly. This rumor, according to close
| friends of the former President, is in
correct. They do not say that Mr.. Hoo
YER would not approve ultimately of the
| nomination of Gov. Landon. They mere
ly insist that Mr.. Hoover is not at this
| time or in the immediate future. COM
ing out for any candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination. Why
should he. they ask.
Mr. Hoover is the titular head of the
Republican party. He has many friends
in many parts of the country. But he
also is the target OF attack of those who
look back to the early depression days
and who are inclined to blame him and
| his observation-disclosures that is un-
fair. For him to come forward now with
Endorsement of a candidate for the pres
idential nomination would seem to be
tantamount to announcing that he him
self had given up all idea of being
candidate. Furthermore, his indorse-
ment might be regarded as a mixed
blessing. Probably what the friends OF
Gov Landon are hoping fer Is q tacit
understanding with Mr.. Hoover and his
friends that Landon is regarded in a
friendly way, without having the Gov
ernor labeled at this time as the Hoover
candidate. MI. Hoover, meantime. is in
tent upon carrying the war to the Roose-
velt New Dealers. He is to speak in
st. Louis on Monday, December l6. This
will be the third in series of ma jor ad-
dresses by the former President attacking
the New Deal. The first was delivered
in California, the second in New York,
and now the third is to be given in the
Middle West 1t is understood that the
former President will punch hard in his
coming address, which is to be broad
cast over the radio at 10:30, Eastern
standard time.
Senator Tydings of Maryland. militant
Democrat, takes another crack at the
spending policies Of the Roosevelt New
Deal in New York in an address before
the Southern Society. In the opinion of
the Maryland Senator, the Roosevelt ad-
ministration must stop borrowing money
to meet deficits and that it must stop
spending so as not to have to borrow.
With an election coming on in which
the spending of Government funds for
all kinds of relief, for checks to the farm
ers for not growing crops and for work
pIOJcCCS al over tile country, Is expected
to have a favorable effect on the re-
election of President Roosevelt, the
Marylander'S speech probably has a sour
note for bandwagon Democrats. Calling
attention to the fact that when the ad-
miniStrationS program has been carried
out the public debt will reach the huge
sum Of $4,000. 900 0O0-it is within strik-
ing distance of that noW-TydingS said
that it might be well for Americans to
realize that the Federal Government
today has an average 81 900 first mort
gage on every home and farm in the
country. The Governments claim always
comes first. 1t will get its money through
the tax route. Tydings' way of putting
the situation to the American people Is
novel, at least.
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If there is no other way to halt the
spending of the Roosevelt administra-
ton, aided and abetted by a willing Con-
greSs, Senator Tydings would have q law
passed to clip the wings of both the
President and the Congress. This may
be difficult, since the law has to pass
Congress and be signed by the Presi-
dent. However, his proposal Is to have
law under which the President would
submit a budget to the Congress with
an estimate of revenue and with a
proviso that no increase could be made
by Congress in the appropriations unless
accompanied by tax provisions to raise
the additional money needed. To meet
an emergency, sums might be Subtracted
frnnn the amnIlntS annronria tad from opv