Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-05-28

| picked by the so-called "OId Guard" of
eastern Republicans. Some observers
still hold the belief that the selection
of Senator Steiwer was not wholly
pleasing to the Landon forces but be
that as it may, there has been no par
ticular ill feeling created by it. If it
represents piece Of strategy by the
eastern Republicans who were dealing
with their problem by remote control,
they apparently have played into the
hands of the more liberal wing of Re
publicans. 1t is being predicted rather
freely that the Oregon senator's key
note speech will lean strongly to the
liberal side but that it will stress sound
economics.
The best advance information obtain
able on Senator Barkley's plans is that
he will devote the bulk of his time on
the convention platform to review of
Roosevelt accomplishments in the be-
lief that such a review will take his
presentation out Of the class of "de-
Tense" speech. Those with whom ]
have talked concerning the Barley
speech believe he has adopted smart
political course; that he feels there is
no need to defend anything that has
been done and that the record itself is
the thing upon which the Democratic
party can make plea for reelection
Of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Having observed Senator Barley in
action in the senate for number of
years, believe am justified in saying
that he is a square shooter and a
fighter. In this respect, he and Senator
Steiwer, the Republican keynoter, are
much the same type of man and, there
fore, if either convention gets off on a
wrong foot the fault will lie with the
convention managers rather than with
the proposals offered by the men who
are supposed to lay before the dele
gates rough outline Of their respec-
tive party's campaign policies.
Concerning the record Of the key
noters in the senate, each stands four
square. Senator Barley has consis-
tently battled in behalf of the Presi-
dent and New Deal policies throughout
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration. Senator
Steiwer has been just as consistent
in his opposition. Certainly, Senator
Steiwer has been much more outspoken
against New Deal policies than most of
his Republican colleagues, and much
more so than Senator McNary,
For many months Washington has
heard the plant of business leaders
who wanted to fight
Fear socialistic schemes
tCrnck Doun' and unsound eco
nomic policies given
birth by New Deal brain trusters but
taliation" Almost constantly, informa-
ton has filtered into Washington to the
effect that If corporation undertook
to oppose New Deal plans vigorously,
there was danger that some agency Of
the government would "crack down" on
them. Much of this information has
been taken by Washington observers
with a grain of salt but different as
pect has been placed on the situation
lately.
1t was in the senate that New Deal
Democrat, Senator Homer T. Bone of
Washington, broke loose with state
ments that seemed to substantiate the
fear voiced so frequently by business.
Senator Bone charged that there was a
veritable and pudding OGPU" organ
lied within the government. The
OGPU, as most persons realize, is the
secret SPY system of the Russian Sow
ct and think no one in this country
has complete knowledge of. it's vi.
cious character So, when Senator
Bone likened the espionage system In
our government to the OGPU, he was
making, to my mind, one Of the most
serious charges yet leveled at the
Roosevelt administration.
OF course, Senator Bone was attack
ing this espionage system because OF
feeling that it might be used to CO
cree members Of congress and ever
executive or administrative officers Of
the government who were opposed tt
plans propagated by Presidential ad
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; the political phases Of such system
but the fact that he brought the mat
ter to public attention serves, in {
: measure, certainly, to substantial,
some of the claims that business inter
ests have made.
am unable, however, to reconcile
Senator Bones position respecting tn,
OGPU which he charged was in opera
ton within the government and his ut
ter silence when the obnoxious senate
lobby committee, headed by Senate
Black, Democrat, Of Alabama, engaged
in the wholesale seizure of private tel
egrams. 1t will be recalled that re
!. ported in these columns how Senate
Black and agents of the Federal Com
munications commission went into tn
files of the Western Union Telegraph
company and carried off literally thou
sands Of private kilograms. was con
: vinced then and l repeat it now tina
the Black seizure was nothing NOR
i than an attempt to dig up dirt on any
y body against whom they could find dis
: crediting information. Yet, Senate
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