The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-16
LAND0N IS PUT
in NEW YORK
1896 RACE

Iue OTSdIllGdC1OA4 Va q NS" Ava n
State committee to push his
candidacy.
This was the first real move
to place the Kansan'S name
before the Republican convention
I'M Cleveland next June. 1t fol-
lowed a conference between
Landon and Ottinger in Topeka
last week, and was prompted by
Landon's remark to his visitor ::
IF the people want me for
President, 1 am not afraid TO
tackle the job"
HAND-PICKED AIDES
'Ottinger, who was the Repub-
liean opponent of Franklin D.
Roosevelt in the gubernatorial
contest Of 1928, was not ready
today to name the members Of
the "Landon For President" COM
nittee. He said he would make
q thorough survey of the State
first, choosing his aides carefully.
This committee, Ottinger said,
will determine whether or not a
fight will be made in this State
to send a Landon-instructed dele
CATION to the G. o. P. meeting.
.Ottinger went over almost every
current political problem with the
Kansas governor, and returned
from that questioning to say:
HE, in my estimation. is the
only candidate that all factions
Of the Republican party can
conscientiOusly support. He Is
the type of American who will
appeal to the thinking voter.
His simplicity, straightfOr-
wardneSs and his plain horse
sense in tackling and solving
problems are refreshing depart
ures from the ballyhOO, boon
doggling, browbeating bureau
cracy form of government under
which we have labOred for the
last three years"
Ottinger explained that he did
not Jump to the support OF Ian
don without careful study.
Interview Necessary
Any number of friends, he said,
approached him to head the
movement for Landon, but delay
was necessary until an interview
with the governor could be ar
ranged. He added:
81 visited him at Topeka last
week. We had long confer
ence, during which we discussed
the most important national is
sues. am convinced he is the
ideal candidate for the Repub-
lican party for President.
"GOvernOr ALT LandOn made
promises to the voters of Kan
sas when he "sm7aigred for
office. Immediately after his
election, he proceeded to fulfill
those promises, a practice which
we must admit has become quite
obsolete of late. He managed
his business successfully and he
is now managing his State sue
ceSsfuIly.
ADMIRED BY CITIZENS
Ottinger then said the Cover
nor is the type Of man the Amerl-
can citizen admireS, representing,
as he does. those true principles
of craftsmanship that have made
this great country" The only
ism" to which Landon is devoted,
he said, is Americanism. Then he
added:
One Of the first things that
came up for discussion was the
question of money. and to Of
finger, the governor said:
"The very structure of Gov
eminent is in jeopardy when a
country's money becomes un-
sound. We have witnessed
that since the signing of the
peace treaty.
Ottinger quoted him as con-
WINGED the "orgy of spending" in
Washington must cease lest the
dollar be deprecated to point
where it will be deprecated to the
danger point.
The governor said to his visitor:
can unbalanced budget is
nothing else than initiation"
RETURN OF CONFIDENCE
He then added that confidence
must return before there can be
realization of normal conditions.
On the matter of a balanced
budget, Ottinger reviewed the his
tory of Landon's governorship as
follows:
"When you stop to consider
that under Governor Landon's
administration the State of
Kansas has not only balanced
her budget but has liquidated
22 million dollars worth of
bonded Indebtedness, and that
the per capita cost of govern
ment has been reduced from ST.
to S51, we must admit that he
is a real executive.
"He not only erased a deficit
of S2,S0O,OOO in the State high
way department but reduced
automobile license fees so per
cent. He created what has be.
come famous as the cash basis
law which undoubtedly played
a most important part in bal
ancing the budget of Kansas.
"In 1888, he reduced taxes
over 10 per cent. In addition
to this saving, within the local
units some direct taxes and in
diract faxaS and foes UerA re-