Evening star., 1935-04-22
.LEW|S)ANSWERS
FLETCHER'S BLAST
Declares G. o. P. Chairman
Will Be 0uSted by West.
ern Group.

By the Associated Press.
A charge by Henry P. Fletcher that
the New Deal has been sowing the
seeds of socialism and an answering
prediction by Senator Lewis, Democrat
of Illinois, that Fletcher will be ousted
from leadership Of the G. o. p. stirred
interest today in a Capital that Is
looking forward to 1896.
Fletcher said last night that I'VE
must stop the definite movement to-
ward state socialism" Lewis replied
today that Fletcher's reign as chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee will be ended by Western dele
gates at the party's next convention.
"The liberals of the West saw their
party beaten all over the United States
last year on the same platform and
accusations now being advanced by
Chairman Fletcher" declared Lewis,
who was chairman of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee in
the 1884 election.
They are lining up against the
eastern wing that wishes to turn the
party back to the financial control
ment."
Attempt to Save Himself.
An assertion by Fletcher that "the
planned economy Of the Wallaces,
Warrens and Tugwells is merely a
New Deal version Of the MARKHAM
philosophy was described by Lewis
as an attempt to arrest attention and
save himself and his associates from
being thrown out of control"
F1etcher'S four-pronged thrust at
the Roosevelt administration. made in
an article written for the Associated
Collegiate Press, was one OF the
sharpest since the President took
ofice.
Mr.. Roosevelt must be responsible
for the actions Of his aides and must
approve their public utterances "or
he would dismiss them,' Fletcher
said
Sketches Platform.
The Republican chairman sketched
this platform:
81. We must return to stable cur
rency.
90 We must bring our Federal ex-
penditures down to within reason
able distance of our Federal income,
and the people, through their legls-
lative bodies, must keep control OF the
public purse strings.
"3. We must stop using Federal
funds to set the Government up IN
L., xrifh nriNQ ta
enterprise.
-. We must stop the definite move
ment toward state socialism which
has for its purpose. If not the owner
ship, at least the rigid governmental
control and operation Of agriculture,
finance, business and industry"
People Should Learn.
Meanwhile Senator Capper, Repub-
lican. of Kansas, remarked in a radio
address that 1.-The American people
should learn" from the new deals
experiments. Capper said the Re-
publican party through "well-earned
adversely" should emerge as a bal
anced representative of various regions
and divergent interests.
"The New Deal of today is working
the trial and error method on large
scale" he said. such large scale
that it seems beyond comprehension,
but in the long run the American
people should learn from these expert
ments, learn as much from the fall
ures as from its successes
Lewis said that western Republicans
for the most part want to praise the
administration for what they have
approved in its relief and recovery
program and change only that which
they feel can improve"
"They will hold to the principles OF
relief even as the present admins
traticn," he added.
Urges Larger Publicity Staff.
Fletcher's denunciation Of what he
termed the administration radical
ism" came shortly after he had ad-
vised Republican leaders at a con-
ference here that the national COM
mittee's activity should be broadened
speedily, its publicity staff built up
and field workers sent out to pave
the way for the next presidential
campaign. He said the Democrats
in control of the Government had
at their disposition million dollar
publicity bureau.
In his article he declared it could
not be denied that the New Deal has
sown the wind of socialism"
"They are now reaping the whirl-
wind" he said. Their followers are
getting out of hand. Their Specious
promises have encouraged the lunatic
fringe and the demagogue."