Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-03
News Behind the News
Republicans Behind the Scenes
Party Strength Their Aim Re-
alignment Still PROBABLE

WASH1NGTON.-The men in charge of the
Republican machinery are far buster behind the
scenes than the audience imagineS.
Concerted effort to establish a party policy
and a definite party record in Congress is being
combined with unannounced efforts to line up
Republican and conservative Democratic men,
berS in an unofficial loosely working alliance
against the administration.
Although it is to early as yet to foresee
new political realignment of parties along lib
eral and conservative lines. recent events in
both Senate and House have at least indicated
that there exist the makingS of it,
Republican senators and representatives meet
every weekend with National Chairman John
Hamilton and experts in the field of political
and governmental problems available for such
secret conferences.
With them sit Hamilton's keen-minded assis-
tant. former Under Secretary OF State William
r. Castle. William Hard, Publicity Director Leo
j. Casey and Research Director Olin Glenn Sax
Saxon is supposed to have been the man
behind Senator Vanderburg's recent assertion
that he believed New Deal estimates of unem-
ployment were about 100000 too high. new
money raising campaign has collected more than
a hundred thousand Republican dollars in the
last two months, and $4,000 more in promises,
according to the Republican record.
The Republican record is a new and inter
esting four-page publication of the committee
which is sent to key party officials, workers and
members as part OF the new activity OF party
leaders, who watch haWk-llke for the flrSt chance
to start on the way toward overturning the
huge Democratic victory of last November. 1t
attempts to trace the general line of COP.
policy, strategy and accomplishment. Hamilton
started it off with message assuring the faith
full that many Roosevelt supporters, hurt and
disappointed" by the Presidents Supreme Court
plan, "are pondering a new political allegiance
He said that he would have the Republican
party fight unfair employers just as earnestly
as it fights the lawlessnesS of the sitdown.
The record boasts of Republican unity behind
the present Supreme Court. 1t explains on no.
bic grounds the effort of Republican leaders to
keep silent on the court issue, while egging on
the opposition Democrats 1t doesn't admit the
Republicans saw that strong, united and articu-
ate Republican opposition might help Roose-
velt 1t says "the Republican party has chosen
with its attitude toward the proposal clearly
understood by all, to put aside any political
advantage"
Great stress is laid recent voting coalitions
CT Republicans and Democrats. Unity OF Repub-
lcans and a substantial Democratic group Is
cited in the vote on the ByrneS amendment to
the Guffey coal bill which would have con-
demned the sitdown strike without mentioning
any provocative tactics of employers.
The record also points with pride TO Repub-
lcan votes against the Guffey coal bill and
Vanderburg's proposals for social security re-
form: also to Republican support OF crop in
s,lrance Vandenburg's child labor amendment,
Republican demands for an investigation OF the
-adio industry and other proposals by Repuoli-
can members.