Evening star., 1936-04-22
STE|WERKEYNOTE
TO RIP NEW DEAL
G. O. P. Leader Is Likely
to Ask Liberalism at
/. Same Time.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


Oregon, the newly selected keynote
speaker Of the Republican National
Convention, is expected to handle the
Roosevelt New Deal without gloves
and at the same time to give more
than hint of liberalism on the part
of the 6. o. p.
The action of the Committee on Ar
rangements for the Republican Ma
tional Convention in Cleveland yes
terday did not come as an entire sur
prise to the Oregon Senator. He had
been sounded out on the matter sew
eral days before by Ralph E. Williams.
national committeeman from Oregon
and for years vice chairman of the
National Committee.
The decision of the committee to
make Steiwer keynoter and temporary
chairman of the national convention
was well received by Republicans here.
The published reports that the forces
back Of Gov. ALI M. Landon of Kansas
for the presidential nomination would
demand the appointment of c. Way
land Brooks, newly nominated by the
Republicans of Illinois to run for
Governor, had caused q little resent
ment in certain quarters. That the
Landon people did not make a drive
for Brooks at the Cleveland meeting
has tended to allay this feeling.
Definite Rebuff Seen.
Despite the statements to the effect
that the Iapdo,, r,aorJa ara eatis6od
with Steiwer, the failure of the COM
mittee to pick Brooks has been inter-
preted in some quarters as a rebuff
to the Landon candidacy. justified or
not. As a matter Of fact, the selec-
ton Of a keynote speaker has nothing
whatever to do really with the contest
for the presidential nomination. How
ever. had the Brooks appointment
gone through it would have been said
that the Landon forces already con-
troll the machinery of the national
organization. In the pre-convention
campaign, candidates, managers and
the public are all catching at straws,
hoping to tell which way the wind is
blowing.
Senator Steiwer was the keynote
speaker for the Republican State Con-
vention in Maine April 2. He did
rather complete job on the Roose-
welt administration in that speech,
which was very we'll received by the
Maine Republicans and others outside
the State.
In the course of his address Steiwer
said: The paramount political issue
at this time may be stated in one ques-
ton: is the retention of the So
called New Deal, as distinguished from
governmental administration by either
the Republican or Democratic parties.
a good thing for American"
He charged President Roosevelt with
having built up huge bureaucracy
and with having minimized the power
of the peoples representatives in Con-
gress and with having concentrated
that power in the hands of executive
agencies. THE incumbent national
administration" he said, was inaugu-
rated with Tammany's benediction.
The Tammany creed has permeated
the organization set up for the relief
of the destitute. In many cases where
political support is wanting the admin
istration has threatened Congressman
and whole communities with reprisals
and withholding of benefits"
May Breach New Plan.
Steiwer, in his keynote speech at the
national convention. is expected to
deal particularly with the administra-
ton of relief and to offer a more
satisfactory and a more permanent
plan in place of what he considers
temporary makeshifts. He is expected
also to hit hard at the reciprocal trade
agreements. which he considers have
been unfair to American agricultural
and forest industries.
AS he pointed out in his address in
Maine. Senator Steiwer believes that
steps must be taken to make agricul-
ture self-sustaining. In this connec-
ton he said:
THE following program, as an r-
reducible minimum, is justified:
81. A Nationwide land-conserva-
tion plan which is both permanent
and practicable.
2. A guarantee that the American
producer shall enjoy the American
market to the extent Of his ability
to supply that market.
3. Government aid in disposing Of
farm surpluses.
4. Lower interest rates on farm
mortgages.
Let it be our effort to insure that
the Republican Party will meet these
problems sincerely. They can be
solved and ought to be solved with
out violation of the Constitution;
without any program of scarcity and
destruction; and without any process
ing tax to add to the cost of bread
and meat"
Oregonians For Borah.
The Oregon delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention will be
instructed for Borah in the primary
which takes place May Is. However,
there has been no report that the
Borah people were active in demand
ing that Steiwer be made the key
noter. Indeed, the reports from Cleve-
land are that the committee meeting
was rather dominated by the Old
Guard, which is distinctly hostile to
the Borah candidacy.
Steiwer himself has been mentioned
now and then as a possible presiden-
tial or vice presidential nominee. If
the convention should nominate Ian.
don or Borah, it is reasonable to sup
pose that the East would be given the
vice presidential nomination. This is
not necessary, however. The last Re
publican national ticket was taken
from California and Kansas.
CARD PARTY PI AIMED