Evening star., 1937-11-05
Policy Group Is Expected
to Be Named in Com
promise Move.
DEFEAT FOR HOOVER
DENIED BY SUPPORTER.
Provisions of Agreement Cited.
Daniel Pomeroy Elected Body's
Vice President.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
staff Correspondent OF The Star

about to be abandoned by the Repub-
lican National Committee, which is
meeting here today. This was con-
f1dently predicted by opponents of
the plan.
AS compromise, authorization of q
policy committee to draft a set of
principles on which the Republican
party mayor may not-take its
stand is expected.
This is a sop to the Hoover fac
tion. for Mr.. Hoover's plan for a mid
convention contemplated the forma-
tion of policy committee to draw up
statement of things the Republicans
should stand for.
Refuses to Admit Defeat.
supporters of the midconvention
plan refused to admit that adoption of
the compromise resolution would be a
defeat. Col. r. B. Creager, Texas COM
mitteeman, said that the resolution
calling for the appointment Of a Policy
Committee would. when finally pre-
sented, provides the National Commit
tee. after receiving the Policy Com
mittee report, should then decide
whether a midconvention should be
held. He said, too, the resolution
would direct an early report by the
Policy Committee.
Col. Creager also insisted the term
Hoover convention" was erroneous,
in that it was being supported by
many Republicans not of the Hoover
faction. He did not see in expected
action of the committee any defeat"
for Mr.. Hoover
Opponents of the convention idea,
on the other hand, predicted that the
adoption of the resolution now pro-
posed would sound the death knell of
the midconvention idea. Certainly,
they said, no convention of national
conference would be held. until after
the congressional elections in 1888.
Oppose Strong Arm Methods.
Supporters of the convention plan
said that they had enough votes in
the committee today to force through
a resolution calling mid-convention.
They explained that they did not wish
to use strong-arm methods and there
fore they had agreed to compromise.
How large the Policy Committee
will be still is to be determined. 1t
has been suggested that it should have
as many as hundred members and
be representative of all groups and
elements in the G. o. P.
Pomeroy Succeeds Roraback.
Daniel E. Pomeroy of New Jersey
was elected vice chairman of the Ma
tional Committee to succeed the late
j. Henry Roraback of Connecticut.
Chosen as new members of The
committee were:
Daniel Hastings of Delaware. in
place of C. Douglass Buck. resigned.
Frank o. Horton of Wyoming. in
place of E. v. Robertson, resigned.
Mrs. Doris K. Reynolds of Wvomng,
in place of Mrs. Bryant Brooks, re-
signed.
Charles r. Enos of Colorado, sue
ceeding Lawrence c. Phipps. resigned.
Samuel F. Pryor, jr., of Connecticut,
succeeding Roraback.
William S. Linnell of Maine. sue
ceeding Daniel F. Field, deceased.
Will G. Irwin of Indiana, succeeding
George A. Ball, resigned.
The opposition to the mid-conyen-
ton turned up in full force hereto
greater degree than had been ex-
pected by the friends of the conven-
ton plan. The heat was turned on.
A letter from former Gov. ALT M.
Landon of Kansas, the party standard
bearer in 1886, throwing cold water
or the Hoover plan and demanding
that if a convention is held it shall
be made up of newly elected delegates
was made public. The Chicago Daily
News, published by Col. Frank Knox.
Landon's running mate last wear.
warned the Republican against
"hasty action" and insisted the Re-
publican National Committee lacked
full authority to call the kind of a
convention that might be really
effective.
Blast by Borah.
The blasts against the convention
idea, issued by Senator Borah of
Idaho and Senator Townsend of Della
ware. chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Committee, had their ef-
feet, too. Representative Martin of
Massachusetts,, chairman Of the Re-
publican Congressional COMMITTEES
and one of the Bay States repre-.
sentatives in the National Committee.
continued his fight against the con-
vention.
As far as could be learned, there is
no present intention to ATTEMPT to
force Chairman John Hamilton out of
his job, although there is opposition
to him in some quarters. The opposi-
tion, however, has centered on no
one to succeed Hamilton. If the issue
is to be forced, it will be later, it pre-
dicted today.