Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-27

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ization and gathering the neees-
sary legal data"
Would DR.. Townsend be the
candidate?
II don't want to commit sui
eide" he smiled. There are lots
of stronger, ADLER men. No, we
are not ready to announce who
the candidate will be, but several
are under consideration"
The man who becomes the TO
Gus of political attention through
out the nation in recent months
was gracious, easy to talk to. Be
tween sentences he answered long
distance telephone calls, or nod
ded to Imperial Valley Townsend
club leaders as they entered or
left the room. He seldom smiled.
DR.. Townsend does not believe
the old line parties will include
his plan in their platforms. He
believes a Townsend third party
movement will be necessary, and is
ready for the necessity Neither
does he believe that the plan will
be approved at the coming session
of Congress.
1T will be introduced in Con-
gress," he declared, and probably
will come in for lot of discussion.
The present senators ana repre-
sentatiyes, though, are old line men.
They have two or three years left
in congress. No, I don't think they
will approve the plan"
Assure SO Passage
The coming elections will assure
the plan of passage in 1896, the doc
tor believes. He thinks the Town
send movement will muster enough
votes to shake the major parties to
their foundations.
"They are we'll entrenched," he
declared. They are well financed,
and sure of their position. They
don't care much what the people
want-but thank the Lord we still
have the ballot"
1t was evident that DR.. Townsend
has supreme faith in the work
ability, as we'll as the eventual sue
cess, of his plan. Opposition he does
not regard seriously. Questioned
about challenge to debate framed
Thursday at San Francisco head
quarters of the California Crusaders,
non-partiSan organization viii C h
has declared war on the Townsend
plan, Dr.. Townsend refused to be
perturbed.
Won't Debate
Il don't think I'll debate those
fellows he said. There is nothing
to be gained. Their minds are all
made up, and you couldn't change
them"
The California Crusaders would
have been represented by Samuel J
Hume, San Francisco regional direc-
tor of the organization, had the
challenge been accepted. A telegram
bearing the challenge was received
yesterday at Los Angeles Townsend
headquarters. The telegram said:
THE California Crusaders are il
sympathy with any workable pro-
poSal which will bring security tC
the aged but after exhaustive study
of the Townsend plan by our re-
search and intelligence council We
are convinced that your plan, il
put into operation, would result ir
economic disaster"
Answers Report
Another report, carried recently in
the News Behind the News column
of The Morning Post, was called tt
DR.. Townsends attention. 1t told OF
a purported conversation between
DR.. Townsend and a senator, whose
name was not given, in which the
senator was said to have pointet
out that, Judged by the standard,
of 1929, II per cent of the wage
earners IN the United States receive
less than $500 a year, and that thu
Townsend transaction tax would
fall heavily on these people through
increased prices. DR.. Townsend wa
reported to have left the senator
with the remark, you figure out {
way to make it work"
DR.. Townsend read the report in
| tereSted.
81 don't sec why the devil some o
these people can't think logically,
he remarked. Presumably h
lived through the World War days
when prices were sky high, We
everyone had enough and more"
you mean," the interviewer ask