Evening star., 1936-02-10
.ESS AGAIN HITS
. BORAH CANDIDACY
Ohioan Declares Standard
= Bearer Must Have Record
: Of Supporting G. 0. P.
Ha the Associated Press.

The tilt between Senator Borah,
Republican, of Idaho, and Simeon D.
Fess, former Republican Senator for
Ohio, continue today, affording Demo-
cratic leaders no small measure OF
delight.
The latest development was a state
inent, published today. in which Fess
again implied that Borah had New
Deal leanings. The man chosen for
the Republican nomination must be
one, he said, who had supported
more Republican measures than
Democratic measures"
Borah, hearing that Fess had
threatened to take a walk If the
Idahoan won the presidential nomina-
ton, mad challenged Fess to say what
candidate he stood for and whether
he favored the "Old Deal"
Democratic leaders maintained ST.
lence on the feud, but it was no Sc
cret that they were happy over it.
Since Alfred E. Smith threatened to
take a walk" if the New Deal were
Endorsed by the Democratic conven-
ton, they have been hoping for SIM
liar signs of schism in Republican
ranks.
: Symbolic of G. o. p. Differences.
The Borah-Fess argument was gen.
orally considered symbolic Of Borah's
: differences with what he calls the
t"old guard" Republican leaders in
Ohio had planned to send an un-
pledged or "favorite son" delegation
to the national convention, but OBJ
servers believed Borahs decision to
enter that State in quest of delegates
would spell abandonment of these
plans.
Borah, in a statement Saturday, at
tackled the "favorite son" or unpledgeo
delegation plan and called for open
candid" declarations by candidates for
delegates as to their presidential
choice. He said he understood Fess
was for Herbert Hoover and chal-
lenged him to say so.
Fess denied this, but said he coulo
be for Hoover without having to
make an apology"
Fess outlined his ideas as to quail.
fications for a good nominee.
He must stand for the open dool
Of opportunity for industry as against
planned economy" he declared. ''Ht
must stand for private industry al
against Government competition il
all industry. He must stand for sounc
money of a stabilized value as agains
the managed currency folly Of irre-
deemable paper.
Bureaucratic Dictation" Hit.
"He must permit a citizen to live
his own life as against bureaucratic
dictation from Washington. He must
stand for the increased purchasing
power through increased production as
against the increased cost of living
through scarcity
He must stand for a protective
tariff to preserve the home market for
the American farmer and in the in
terest of the American laborer. as
against the opening of that market
for foreign importations."
Fess declared he would be "the
happiest man" to support Borah If he
would stand for these things"
The former Senator's stand for
Sound money" was parallefed by q
statement from Republican Chairman
Henry p. Fletcher, who discussed what
he termed "the evil influences Of
threatened imitation" and attacked
the administrations fiscal policy.
- Father Charles E. Couglin, Detroit
radio priest, devoted himself to the
@money question in his broadcast yes
terday, declaring sound money must
be Government money"
Says Defation Causing Want.
To-day we are suffering from de-
fation," he said, mot imitation, and
we must put up with this nonsense
about imitation. We are suffering
from financial heart disease and we
must listen to the quack doctors dag
nosing the malady of chilblains, as
their real object is to protect and pre-
serve their so-called sound money
system which has done little else than
breed depressions and create want in
= the midst of plenty"
SO The priest also announced members
ssof the House and candidates for Con-
2 sress are barred from membership in
s.lais National Union for Social Justice.
Further repercussions of Alfred z.
Smiths Liberty League speech came
from Albany, N. Y, where the Knick-
erbocker Press quoted Senator Pope,
Democrat, of Idaho as saying the
speech was most unfortunate" Coin
cidentally, San Francisco County Re-
publicans invited "Al Smith Democrats
and anti-New Deal Democrats" to Join
them at Lincoln day luncheon.
This is the time when we should
all stand together and fight for consti-
sstutional government as against au-
sstocracy," said Marshall Hale, chair
4nan of the Republican County Gen.
sstral Committee
- E. P. 1. C. Makes Demand.
= = In California also the e. p. I. C.
Democrats awaited an answer today
ss-from President Roosevelt on a de-
man dthat the End Poverty Leaguers
shave dominant voice in the Califor-
mia national convention delegation.
They want the delegation picked from
a list Of 1913 E. P. L c. compiled names
Other developments:
The American Liberty League is
sued statement describing as mot
only impractical, but utterly impos-
sible," all "Utopian plans" for sharing
the national wealth.
'Quack schemes for a redistribution
of wealth threatened a destruction of
both wealth and income" the league
statement said. Problems bearing
on wealth and income remain to be
solved, but economic ills will not be
cured by remedies Of political medi-
cine men"