The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-04-11
LEFEvRE CALLS FOR RETURN TO
 6. 0. P. WISDOM
Republican Keynoter Hits New Deal = Nerland Im-
 pressed, Harmony Arch

CnlQl0g the New Deal TOT lnelll- ciency, for extravaganza and gener- l al incapacity to act in the emer- | gency facing the nation, Judge H. B. Le Fevre, pioneer Juneau attor- ney, delivering the keynote speech last night at the Territorial Repub- lican convention and called on his party for a vigorous attack on the New Deal and return to the 'cour- age and wisdom" of the Republi- can party.
 This is no time for compromise no time for doubt" declared the speaker Victory is in sight, but we will have to fight for it. Principles are principles we'll un- derstood by the people. This is no time for middle of -the-road tactics. No real Republican can afford to sit on the fence The nation is fac ing a crisis-the most momentous since the Civil War"
 And while giving a rock-ribbed Republican speech that every Re- publican should feel proud of, the Judge made an appeal to youth, and the coming young Republicans.
 Appeal to Youth Tn a number of respects, but through deliberate and constitution al methods, the Republican party, to breast the times, may need recon struction,' he declared That will be the job of present youth. But the oldsters of the party with all it's l faults must love it still and turn steadfast faces to the grand old ele- l phant and say to him as said tc. i Naomi: 'Entreat me not to leave 1 thee, or to return from following af- ter thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God where thou diest, will I die and there will I 1 be buried
 Urging the harmony in the con- vention that has been featured by lack of harmony, Judge Le Fevre urged, forget your local differences and your personal ambitions and merge yourselves in a patriotic unity , that will enable our nominees to make their campaigns without apol- ogy Though we have no franchise in the Presidential election you may send three delegates to our National convention with full privilege of voice and ballot and perhaps opp ortunity to have the platform con- tain matter that will benefit AL aska."
 Hits NeiU Deal
 Hitting at the Roosevelt Admins tration, the speaker said:
 We are approaching the cross roads. Either a period of sweeping retrenchment promised by the party in power or four years more of class legislation, sleuthing into the per sonal affairs of reputed free Am orleans, the invasion of state and constitutional rights and saturn alia of unheard extravaganza and wastefulness that will stand as mortgage against the nation for generations to come for the spend ing machine is running at high gear with increasing momentum to cause want and misery to the children of the unborn.
 Tt is patent that these many bil- lions of money are being principally spent by Tammany methods to car ry the coming election. New bur eaus. commissions, authorities, con- mittees, trusts and what-not are being created with breath-taking rapidity by Congress, the Presi- dent and by individuals and organ izations delegated by the President to invent or devise ways and means of adding more and more of the el- ectorate to the machine
 Judge J. Lindley Green of An chorage was accorded the honor of introducing the speaker after Temporary Chairman E. E. Eng strom had outlined the program for the evening.
 Mayor A. E. Goetz of Douglas well comed the delegates to Douglas and extended the hospitality of the city.
 Territorial Representative An drew Nerland of Fairbanks gave the response in especially timely and potent words, referred to the "har- mony arch" that stood at the gate way of the city, and congratulated the Mayor and the citizens of Doug las on erection of the harmony arch" to welcome the delegates to Douglas.
 T may attend other conventions" he said, but nothing will remain so fixed and such a pleasant mem- ory in my mind as the hospitality that has been extended by the city of Douglas"