Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-23
Would Elect Enough Pledged
Delegates to Dictate to
1886 Convention.
REVOLT is REVEALED
IN KANSAS CITY SPEECH
Country Divided Into Regions Of
Three States Each for Pur.
poses of Organization.
BY the Associated Press


revolt of Young Republicans from
present party leadership thrust into
the open by speech at Kansas City
of their National Committee chair
man, George Olmstead of Des Moines,
the plan for seizing control was dis
closed today
Briefly. said Letcher Lusby of Chi
cago, regional director of Young Re-
publican activities for Illinois, In
diana and Wisconsin, it is:
Elect enough delegates pledged to
Young Republican liberal" parties
to gain control of the party's national
convention in 1886.
Concentration of efforts leading I'D
to the election of delegates at next
years primaries will get under way in
month or six weeks, LuSby said.
with the establishment of national
headquarters for the Young Repub-
licans, probably in Chicago.
The present membership OF the
Young Republicans is estimated by
Lusby at 100000, based on honor
rolls" sent out prior to the 1882 ma
tlonal election and returned signed.
Cannot Fail in Goal.
Figuring that 40 per cent, or g.
100000 of the electorate, is under So
years OF age, hoping to recruit vast
numbers from that group not now
members and asserting MANY dissat-
isfled Republicans and Democrats in
terested in a liberal constitutional Re-
publican party would join up, Lusby
declared the Young Republicans could
not fail to reach their goal.
Tracing the history of the Young
Republicans, Lusby, who is 81, &C
tive, forceful and typical representa-
tive OF his group, said Olmstead was
selected in August. 1882. by Everett
Saunders, then chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, to or
ganize young voters.
In the very short interim before the
democratic landslide in the following
November. Olmsted organized 10000. :
600 young Republicans in 40 States,
and the powerful group has remained
intact.
Came July. 1894, Lusby continued
and the Republican National Commit
tee. by then under Henry P. Fletcher.
It's present chairman, called a meeting
OF the young Republican National
Committee and inquired as to its
policies.
Recommendation Scorned.
Lusby asserted the younger group
advocated liberation of Republican
policies, but that none of its recon-
mendations has been needed.
The young Republicans waited until
the November elections. he related.
then decided action was necessary.
So with Olmsted as temporary chair
man. the Executive Committee of the
young Republicans National Commit
tee met in st. Louis last month.
Ten State-WaShington, Utah. Iowa
Illinois. Missouri, Indiana, Ohio. New
York, New Jersey and Alabama-were
represented.
The policy report conceived was.
We recommend the rehabilitation
OF the Republican party through the
elimination of selfish. predatory. re-
dictionary interests; the organization
d the citizenry who believe In a liberal
philosophy OF government by laws and
not men; maintenance of the economic
system which preserves the rights of
the individual, and the honest profit
motive in agriculture and industry
but fulfills its social obligations, the
PRONUNCIATION Of a program of national
recovery through Unemployment in
private industry and the elimination
OF wholesale expenditure of public
funds resulting in an ever increasing
burden OF public debt; the return to
constitutional government as between
the individual, State and Nation. tn
the end that free institutions and in
dividual opportunity may be pre-
served"
Platform to Form Naturally.
The committee decided, Lusby said,
upon no issues or platform. feeling
that those were subjects not to be hur-
riedly attacked, and that the proper
platform would form naturally in the
ensuing year.
The committee favored, said Lusby,
retaining the identity of the organiza-
ton as the National Organization of
Young Republicans, to exist independ-
emily of the Republican National Com
mittee but free to cooperate with it.,
and invited citizens of all ages to CO.
operate in the younger groups pro-
gram.
It proposed that the Young Repub-
lican National Committee be composed
of a chairman and co-chairman for
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