The Washington times., 1935-12-17
6. @. P. PUSHES
ITSCAMPAIGN
FUND DRIVE
Dy WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
international News Service


A supremely confident Repuh
Ncan National Committee today
launched a campaign to win the
support of Constitutional Jeffer'
sonian Democrats" next year
raise its campaign funds from the
masses and defeat President
Franklin D. Roosevelt next Novem-
ber.
These were the mandates Of the
committee, after it chose Cleve-
hand for its 1896 convention site
and fixed June Q as its convening
date.
A new mintancy in its leader
ship was displayed by the COM
mittee, in drafting this program.
It was shown in sharp contrast to
the diSheartened sessions held dur
ing the first two years Of the
Roosevelt administration.
Bid to JeffersOnianS
The decision to invite "ConSti'
tutional Jeftersonian Democrats"
to Join the Republican party in
defeating Roosevelt was reached
unanimously amid cheers. The
committee went so far as to prom
iSe these Democrats a place in the
next Administration II a Repub-
Ncan is elected President.
This pledge was made in reSo-
luton, declaring:
I'VE appeal specifically to the
millions of constitutional Jeffer-
Sonian Democrats for their aid.
We believe that they can most ef-
&ectively safeguard their beliefs in
American fundamentals through
such cooperative action. We ask
this aid and cooperation not only
In the coming election and in the
campaign preceding it, but also
after the victory Is won and dur
ing the trying times that will fol-
low when present conditions are
being corrected and the nation Is
being brought back to government
under the Constitution"
In favoring the raising of cam
paign funds from home-owners
and workers, the committee ap-
proved . report from its finance
committee declaring: 1--WE must
look to the thousands Of Ameri-
cans who have jobs and own
their own homes and to whom
security means safety and happi-
ness and who are afraid Of the
prospect Of having their employ.
Grs taxed out of existence and
themselves facing the relief rolls.
Our campaign funds Is based
entirely on q wide general appeal
for contributions from one dol
lar up"
"Old Guard" Defied
This same resolution revealed
one Republican campaign issue
by declaring for widespread con-
tributions as necessary ''in order
to offset Farley's five-billion- dol
lar campaign fund which is the
greatest wholesale buying of
votes in the history Of the world"
Surprising development Of the
committees session was the de-
feat Of the Republican "Old
Guard" on several major issues.
It seemed q new Republican star
was on the aScendency in the
red-headed person Of John Hamil-
ton. the committees new general
counsel from Kansas. This young
man twice bearded the "Old
Guard" lions in their den and
twice came off victorious.
Once he clashed with Mark L.
Requa, California friend Of form
er President Hoover. It came on
q; question Of deciding matters
IN executive session. Hamilton
had quite a bit of help from 9TH
erS but he led the fight and won.
There was no executive session.
Later, he battled with Charles
d. Hilles. Of New York, former
Postmaster General Walter F..
Brown, and Walter A. Hallahan,
6f West Virginia, among others,
on the question of awarding
bonus" seats in the Cleveland
convention to States, voting Re-
publican in 1928 or 1924. He
had plenty Of help on that issue,
but his legal opinion that such
. step was improper was the
basis Of the fight. Again he
won.