, 1935-04-21
WASHINGTON
Nv Genrre Dunno

NAV come n definite tlpOfE g 10
the 1886 @. Q. P. presidential
nominee.
Take hat idea with q grain Of
salt say men who haven't failed
IN recent years 10 be IN on n
final decision.
Those in the republican party
who really should know say that
when a man finally Is selected as q
best bet To oppose President Roose-
welt II vii be done In q complete
ly u~nadvertised meeting Of key men
and this huddle probably will be
held in a New York city hotel
iuite.
Paving-The idea is that at a
meeting Of the real wire-pullers
some time in the next few months
a man will be agreed upon quietly
who will be built up slowly under
cover to Get a majority OF conven-
ton del Ntes.
Meanwhile some Of those who
first accepted the invitation TO
come together are beginning 70
have some private doubts as 10 the
/ wisdom of such an early and
| we'll ballyhoode meeting. This par
ticularly is true of the boards Of
strategy backing candidates. OF
I republican aspirants which already
have leaked into the open.
Kansas Republican Committee
man John Hamilton called the May
meeting with the announced idea
Of recognizing the minority party
and putting q biz Of fighting blood
into il. Their els a suspicion among
Y republicans from other sections
that Hamilton and his associates
want 70 . re the way for selection
Of a candidate from the middle
west.
BOomS Those In charge may
have called the Kansas asSemblage
pointed out. but all the kings
horses won't be able TO stop the
political writers covering it from
speculating on possible gains or
losses for the reputed candidates.
Of such as Col. Frank Knox. the
Chicago publisher: Senator Arthur
"A. Vandenberg Of Michigan: Gov
I ernor AL Landon OF Kansas and
I others.
While the men in attendance are
talking publicly about revitaliZing
the G. O. P. it is a safe bet you
will find the reporters writing
about presidential booms.
And nothing kills a boom quicker
than early watering.
Leaders-As for recognizing the
I republican party. wheelhorses laugh
silently. They sum up the answer
in one sentence: 1T isn't reorgan-
ization we need it's leadership"
Thumbing past performances.
they poiII out succinctly that Her
bert Hoover polled over 100000
votes in 1882 and the G.. o. r. con-
OCCASIONAL candidates polid over
Is. 1000. 900 last November. That last
figure is an irreducible minimum
which represents the real organ
lied threat TO the democrats, they
, say.
Also. when the veterans talk
about lei 'rship. they don't mean
a man VINO Is stamped as a 1886
/ candidate Obviously he would be
a magnetic target for the Qpposi-
ton
Cautlon-General Hugh johnson
started off as boss Of NRA with an
4 ultra-roSv prediction Of the num-
Der Of men he would have drawing
pay by the following Labor Day.
/ Secretary Of Interior Harold Ickes
tackled Public Works Adminlstra-
ton with 8 forecast he never was
able 70 meet.
As IL stands now. there is no
deadline for unemployment. The
idea has been stressed that there
are 100000 employableS and that
the program is working toward a
big creScendo in November-but
no guarantees are being given.
Anything you may read which
would give you the idea those g.
100000 will all be back in Jobs by
November may or may not come
true. Unemployment is a slow. up
hill fight. But il you check what
+. d. r. has said. he didn't pro-
mise to get them all on the payroll
So soon.
TaxeS-Analyze Secretary Nor
genthauIs report TO the people on
finance. II Is reasSuring IN spite Of
immense emergency spending.
Roughly. about 81. 300. 000. 900 will
have been spent for emergency
purposes by June 80 next. Of this
about one-fifth has gone into
public works. one-half into actual
relief. and the rest into lending.
Of which more than one-half will
be repaid. The RFC has a trick Of
recovering much OF its lending,
and Ickes says public works pro-
jectS will pay back about a billion.
Morgenthau points out that all the
money stays in the country any,
way. BY refunding the public debt
ne Is paying less in interest than
when the debt was smaller.
The administration hopes TO
avoid tax increases at this session.
Hard-boi'si members Of the ways
and means committee think a few
taxes should be put on. just TO be
on the sic side. Senate sentiment
has not developed-taxeS are al
ways put off till the end Of a ses-
sion.
Scheduled-Social security. which
means old age perNions and unem-
ployment insurance. is reported
reliably 10 be THE No. l bill on
the administrations legislative pro-
gram to such ar extent that sew
eral others on the so-called must"
list may eventually be offered up
as a sacrifice.
President Roosevelt Is banking
heavily on the House TO get him
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