Evening star., 1938-02-28
US. STALLED"
DR.. FRANK STATES
"SWeeping Re-education' of
Nation Asked in Talk
to Policy Group.
BY the Associated Press.

u rOIiCy 0rOup.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 28.-Dr. Glenn
Frank. chairman Of the Republican
Committee on Program, declared to-
day the Nations Economic machine
Is stalled" and called for sweeping
re-education Of the Nation in political
and economic realities"
AN alert and statesmanlike political
opposition must see in this need one
of its major obligations" the former
president of the University OF Wis.,
consin said in an address prepared for
delivery before the committee at its
first meeting.
DR.. Frank said the Policy Committee
was mot a brain trust" or a group of
yes-men to the National Committee
nor body Of "cloistered experts" but
were a body of laymen intended
to be representative OF the basic in
terests of the mine-run of Americans" "
The committee will. he said, "take
soundings State by State" to deter
mine just what the rank and f1le''
Of men and women are thinking.
Calling its work two-fold. factual
research and a referendum. he said
the, referendum aspect 'precludes the
issuance of any tentative document
of principles, policies or program by
this commission at this organization
session"
Audit Of New Deal.
DR.. Frank charged the committee,
however. with these three specific
tasks:
D This commission must make
an utterly honest and objective audit
Of the New Deal, beginning with
March. 1888, and coming down to
date.
t2) This commission must re-
think. restate and reinterpret to the
Nation the political and economic
philosophy with which the Republican
party faces the new circumstances
Of this new age.
90 This commission must, as its
contribution to the councils of re-
publicanism, create a comprehensive
report of policy respecting the long
array Of stubborn problems confront
ing us as people-labor, agriculture,
business. social security, taxation, po-
litical and economic foreign policy.
unemployment and so on"
Speaking Of the present administra-
tion's economic policies, DR.. Frank
said:
After five years Of unprecedented
assumption of Federal authority over
the Nations enterprise and five years
Of unprecedented prodigality of Fed
eral expenditure for the relief Of dis
tress and the restoration of EMPLOY
ment. our economic machine is stalled
and about the same number of mil
lions OF workless men and women
haunt the council of craftsmanship
as haunted them five years ago"
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of
the Republican National Committee
asserted the work of the party's new
committee on program might deter
AAiAfN tAiC AatdiC VI gOul SOuIllIy.
He said in an address prepared for
delivery:
For many years, and particularly
during the period of President Roose-
Velts administration. the relationships
between the people Of this Nation
and their Government has become
more extended and more involved
ana complicated.
"As a result Of this change. party
platforms increasingly deal with the
basic economic and social and even
cultural life Of our country. 1t is
therefore apparent that the methods
under which platforms have been de-
veloped and adopted in the past are
no longer suited to present-day needs.
If party platform is to be in
telligently drafted. it can no longer be
produced in q day and a night at a
convention. AS this fact became ap-
parent to our party there came to be
a widespread demand for a more or
derly and deliberate approach to the
problem"
While no limitations on procedure
were set tor the two-day meeting the
committee was expected to determine
whether it would submit an interim
report and recommendation for party
action prior to the congressional elec-
tions next Fall.
About $50 to Attend.
Mr.. Hamilton said that when the
program planners get down to work,
they will be at liberty to exercise their
own Judgment as to organization and
adopt their own methods of study and
research into whatever subjects they
choose.
Mr.. Hamilton said he expected "at
least $50" of the 217 committee men,
bers to attend the sessions.
Scheduled speakers at a dinner to-
night include former Gov. Robert p.
Bass of New Hampshire. Edward Corsi
assistant director of public welfare of
New York City: Grove H. Patterson
editor of the Toledo Blade, and Rabbi
Louis Wolsey Of Philadelphia.
As curtain raiser to the Program
Committees meeting, national Young
Republican leaders conferred here yes-
terday and recommended informally
the removal of divisional barriers in
the party and the formation of social
and athletic programs to stimulate