Evening star., 1939-08-03
~ the Associated Press.

Attorney Thomas E. De,Dey.
., the Associated Press.
Senator Taft of Ohio expressed
q willingness today to become
candidate for the Republican presi-
dental nomination in 1910.
The son of the former President
and Chief Justice stated his position
In a letter to George F. Eyrich,
chairman of the County Republican
Executive Committee at Cincinnati,
which had Endorsed him for the
presidential nomination.
Il shall be willing when the time
comes" Senator Taft said, Ito give
my consent to have my name deslg-
mated as the first choice by candl-
dates for delegates (to the National
Republican Convention) throughout
the State"
Senator Taft told Mr.. Eyrich that
his work as Senator was extremely
interesting" and that he preferred it
to any other job He added, how
ever, that he would not run away
from harder job"
Whether I am a candidate for
any other Office" he wrote, lis en-
tirely up to the Republicans of
Ohio
Sees Unpleasant Job Ahead.
The unpleasant job ahead of
the next President, he said, is such
that mo sensible man could be eager
to assume it."
Unless the whole present tendency
of the Government is redirected,"
he added, I'VE cannot long maintain
financial solvency or free enterprise
or even individual liberty in the
United States, but the leaders of
the movement against New Deal
fallacies must have the courage to
incur the unlimited displeasure OF
every vested interest whose selfish
purposes conflict with a radical
policy of reform"
Furthermore, Senator Taft con-
tinued. they must work out the very
difficult problem of continuing an
adequate provision for the less for
tunate people through relief, old-age
pensions, subsidized housing and
the like, on the one hand, while on
the other restoring financial solvency
and the spirit of business Initiative
and expansion which alone can cure
unemployment This is not going to
be easy or pleasant"
Pleased by Action.
Senator Taft told Mr.. Eyrich he
was greatly honored and pleased by
the action of the Hamilton County
Republican Executive Committee In
indorsing him for the presidential
nomination.
Senator Taft's letter, made public
by his secretary while the Senator
was in Cincinnati, follows:
"Of course, 1 am greatly honored
and pleased by the action of the
Hamilton County Republican Execu-
tive Committee in asking me to per-
NIT my name to go before the voters
of Ohio as the first choice for Presi-
dent of delegates to the Republican
National Convention.
THE unpleasant job which lies
before the next President OF the
United States is such that no SEN
sible man could be eager to assume
it. Unless the whole present ten
dency of the Government is redi-
rected, we cannot long maintain
financial solvency or free enterprise
or even individual liberty in the
United States, but the leaders of the
movement against New Deal fall
lacies must have the courage to incur
the unlimited displeasure of every
vested interest whose selfish pur-
poses conflict with radical policy
of reform. Furthermore, they must
work out the very difficult problem
of continuing an adequate provision
for the less fortunate people through
relief, old-age pensions, subsidized
housing and the like, on the one
hand, while on the other restoring
financial solvency and the spirit of
business initiative and expansion,
which alone can cure unemployment.
This is not going to be easy or
pleasant.
LAS to my own position, the work
Of Senator from Ohio is extremely
interesting and I prefer it to any
other office. I will not run away
from harder job, but whether I am
a candidate for any other Office is
entirely up to the Republicans of
Ohio.
Cites State Constitution.
II realize. however, that the
peculiar provisions Of our State con-
stitution require that no man can
run for delegate without designat-
ing on the ballot his first choice
for the presidency, and he cannot
designate any one without that per-
sons written consent. To refuse
(See TAFT, Page ABB