Evening star., 1936-06-09
OLDSTERS STAGING
YOUTH BALLYHOO
Talk of Reiuvenation of G. O.
P. Comes From Those
As to SIS.
BY CARLISLE BARGERON,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

CLEVELAND, June s.-The Repub-
licans are placing so much emphasis
on young blood out here that they may
ALLEVIATE the Townsendites. 1t is the
dominant note of the convention. In
fact, many a man of As or SO or SIS
would already have gotten a pain In
the neck II, being on the scene. he did
not realize that the men who are
talking so much about youth taking
over the Republicans affairs are As,
so or S. years of age themselves.
This writer has had the repeated ex-
perience of man pounding him on the
shoulders and insisting vigorously that
at is the youngsters who are running
this convention" and then having to
excuse himself because OF fallen arches.
But. 1t is all one hears In this as
semblage. The youngsters who see
they have swept in and as one writer
put It, "streamlned the elephant"
The old guard is no more.
Youth" in the Saddle.
The great youth movement" here
will serve, however. as an effective
answer to the contention that the Re-
publicans have no leadership. In the
analysis Of the party the past several
months and in the analysis the mem
bers made of themselves this lack OF
leadership has been the most serious
complaint.
IF they only had q Mark Hanna"
it frequently has been agreed, maybe
they could get somewhere"
Well, they haven't been able to get
Mark Hanna. but from the publicity
going on here. they intend to claim a
leadership of youth. They are to sub
stitute youth for Mark
At least, this is the picture one away
from here must get, and it is the pic
ture this writer would carry away if so
many of the youths didn't complain
Of fallen arches.
To use the very original expression,
the fine Italian hand of William Allen
White, himself past 70. is seen in this
youth emphasis. One of the first
stories the famous Kansas publisher
wrote was to the effect that the young
sters were controlling this convention.
With that beginning. the youth note
has become louder and louder every
day. If it goes much further it would
not be surprising to see the delegates
going around in baby carriages You
can't imagine just how young the Re-
vOltnIioanc
White has given the Republicans
something. The country was pretty
sore at them and the New Dealers
stock phrase has been do you want
to go back to them, to those outworn
traditions" They have assiduously
worked at creating the impression that
the Republicans are a hide bound old
something that is not abreast of the
times. Old fogies, Prof. Tugwell would
call them
With this background what a blast
1t must be that Is coming from Cleve-
land. Liberalism and youth So
liberal is the party going that it is
with considerable difficulty that the
cooler heads will be able to head of
the movement for the party to commit
itself to q constitutional amendment
to permit the States to regulate wages.
In the light of the youth movement it
might be said that sonny" Hoover is
giving support to the amendment idea.
There is the question. though, as to
whether the youth business may not
be- carried too far. Many men past
IS got indignant about Mr.. Roosevelt's
flaming youth" speech in Baltimore
In which he suggested q system that
would put them on the shelf 1t is
pointed out that the Republicans by
changing their name from the grand
old party to the grand young party, as
they may do il this youth talk isn't
checked, would certainly not endear
themselves to the Townsendites, unless
the Townsendites could see these fel-
fows who are affecting a freshmen
voice, and in many instances, freshmen
ways.