Milford chronicle., 1936-03-13
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The officers to be nominated and
elected consist of a president, two
vice presidents, treasurer, secretary
and assistant secretary and six ex-
ecutive ehairmen.
More than one hundred persons
attended the meeting on Thursday
evening, March 5, when the founda-
tion was laid for the formation Of
the club. Thomas E. Jefferis, Jr.,
was named temporary chairman and
DR.. James r. West, temporary sec
retary.
John G. Leach, of Wilmington, |
State chairman of the Young PeO- /
pies Republican Organization of |
Delaware, made the principal aG-
dress Of the evening in which he
compared conditions today with
those Of the colonial period in 1886. /
He showed how Delaware led the
way toward recovery through the
efforts Of its leading statesmen. Il
have a feeling that as the people of
Delaware we're the first in the long
and recorded history to ratify the (
they also will be the !
first to spring to its Defense" Mr.. 4
Leach said. He commended Sena- {
tors Daniel o. Hastings and John G. {
Townsend, Jr., for their activities at
Washington.
The following statement was read
by Mr.. Leach at the meeting: "The
Young Peoples Republican Organi-
satiOn of Delaware is AFFILIATED with !
he National Federation Of Young !
and has been approved /;
~ the National Republican Com !
nittee. We seek a common ground !
lpOn which young Americans \
'Oung in age and young in spirit Il
an unite in their efforts for social, y
economic, and political betterment .
t the community, the State, and L
he nation. +
I'VE do not ask OF seek control or n
OminatiOn, nor do we discount the 3
alue of wisdom and experience.
We are content with the privileges
nd fully understand the RESPONSE
ilities and obligations Of a junior
Our organization must not di
e the organ IF any faction nor the M
lbsidized medium of propaganda in
ubs must be kept open to all "a
1ung Americans who seek the at Do
inment Of our detectives. and our kl
committees must be broad w
representative of all members. Mi
I'VE believe that the American az
iOple are Interested in the real is IN
les of the coming campaign, and
It in vituperative personal recrim- pl
ations. We appeal to all Of our
therefore, to be prepared
state our position simply and
nestly and above everything else
keep the 1886 campaign clean" Se
Caleb Wright, Sussex County
lung Republican chairman, pre-
led at the meeting. Speakers, in
ditiOn to Mr.. Leach, included: al
lte Senators Samuel NJ. d. Mar Ma
al and James L. Davis, former dit
John w. Burris, reC
lte Treasurer Warren T. Moore, ste
mes Stanton, a member of the Re- igi
blican State Central Committee; Ma
mer Postmaster William r. Muir pla
y, Magistrates William E. Lank eaC
! Harry Thaw. Davis Watson and His
ward X. Moore. ing
senator Davis, speaking of the
b, said: "The more Republican rOa
bs we have the stronger we will pre-
to fight the Democrats" Senator Clu
rshall said he was pleased to find is
interest among the young Re ena
llieans and offered his assistance. mol
te Treasurer Moore termed it role
sndid idea to have clubs Of the pre-
Q proposed in any district Of the Ora
.e. nOu
II. Stanton said "It would be P
= and ruinous to bring faction dral
m into this club or any other but.
}. This club is to be for the theT
tion Of Republicans" to v
r. Wright traced the work pos Moo
3 for the Young Mems Republic
Club. He pointed to the issues AM
he campaign and said they are