The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-05
Es'-c Frazier Hunt HewS Out c. O.P. Platform PIankS
 From Views Of His "COmpOSite Candidate
Mythical Nominee Is Arrived At By
 Averaging Seven In The Race

is e formal candidate, but none of the three would dodge if the nomif- ation were tossed in his lap.
 Now as to the political beliefs of this imaginary standard bearer of the republican forces. Tn a broad way they probably anticipate more or less accurately the outlines of the party platform that will be adopted at Cleveland next week. It is this that gives them double irl- portance.
 The ten questions that each of these leaders has answered cover rather thoroughly the important po- 1itical issues that will be presented during this campaign. And while none of these men will actually be on the. platform committee, their views certainly represent the repub- lican attitude towards the various aspects of the New Deal and the Roosevelt administration.
 Here, then, in black type, are the composite views of the Composite republican candidate, as nearly as the answers can be reduced to one ore two sentences. Following the composite replies, which are num- bered to conform with my now familiar questions, I have, in some instances, explained in a little more detail the percentage of divergent views making up the composite ar- swer.
 The Composite Candidate says: T Balance the budget as soon -A' as possible by reducing ex- penses, including relief expendi- lures.
 9 Relief should be administer. As ed by the states and local com EnunitleS, but should be paid for partly by the federal government. The form of relief is uncertain.
 The Composite Candidate is a lit- tie undecided as to the exact form this relief should take-direct cash payment, or by distribution of goods or by wages. The one-seventh of this mythical candidate that is the flesh and blood of Senator Borah, would leave this problem to the va rious needs and demands of local communities. Colonel Knox and Dark Horse Wadsworth would in one stroke do away with everything but direct cash payments. Sena- tor Dickinson's idea, however, is for relief Sin the form of the proper necessities of life to provide sus- tenance."
 2 There should be old age pen- Oe sions administered by the state, but paid for partly by the federal government.
 Our Composite Candidate Is a lit- tie hay on solving the problem of permanent unemployment, but he comes out strongly for old age pen- sons, administered by the states and the federal government-al- though Wadsworth believes that 1t is exclusively Q state affair.
 
 4 There should be mo imitation :fs of any kind. The dollar should be stabilized as quickly as possible probably at the present gold con- tent.
 There is unanimity in the oppo- sition to imitation of any kind. Broadly speaking, this imaginative figure of ours believes in stabilizing the dollar as quickly as 1t is possi- ble--and there is some demand that it be done at the present gold con- tent.
 E. There should be no program O to control or fix wages, but working hours and the work week may be regulated.
 The important question involving these issues left our Composite Can- didate slightly dizzy and bewild- cred. Borah's share in this figure of uncertain destiny demands only Q shorter work weeks. Vandenberg and Landon, for their part, come out for minimum wage laws, child protection and collective bargaining. < There should be no amend Os ment to the Constitution, nor should the rights of the courts to pass on laws be changed.