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Hamilton Would Like
Roosevelt AS Nominee
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I'LL the presidential chair longer
than eight years"
High on the agenda Of the COM
mittee's meeting, but low in the es-
timation Of some Of the party'S
standout congressional leaders, in
submission of q 10000 to 10000
word report by the policy commit
tee of which DR.. Glenn Frank is
chairman. The committee was set
up IN 1887 as a compromise to pre-
vent the calling Of an off-year Re-
publican national convention which
was proposed by former President
Herbert G. Hoover to take stock OF
the debacle Of 1886 and plan for
the future.
Landon, Knox Refused
Congressional leaders opposed the
convention proposal and both ALI
M. Landon and Frank Knox, who
were the 1886 Republican nominees
refused to serve on the compromise
committee which finally evolved.
House Republican Leader Joseph
w. Martin, Jr., told the United
Press that the policy committee re-
port would have scanty influence in
shaping the party platform and
Senate Republican Leader Charles
L. McNary expressed regret at Its
bulk.
But the United Press was In
formed it contained a detailed at
tack on new deal policies, notably
labor, relief, budget and spending,
and would provide campaign am
munition If not platform material.
The report is not expected OF pro-
pose immediate abandonment OF
farm subsidies nor to repudiate the
administrations reciprocal trade
program despite the fact that con-
gressional Republicans are almost
united against the latter.
The Frank committee undertook
to make an utterly honest and OBJ.
jective audit Of the New Deal" Pres
idential campaign year developments
to date indicate that such a report
on the sequence Of Roosevelt deficits
will be a factor in the Republican
effort to turn the administration out
of office.
Spanked BY Results
Republican enthusiasm Is spanked
this time by 1888 election results
the hope that there will be liberal
conservative dissention in the Demo-
cratic party and loudly and uni.
formly expressed insistence that the
Republican trend Of 1888 has con-
tinued and will pile up q national
Republican majority next November
National committeeman Wallace
Townsend, Arkansas, reported strong
opposition there to q third term fol
President Roosevelt but forecast q
"hand-picked" delegation to the
Democratic National convention
which would be pro-Roosevelt.
r. B. Creager, Republican Nation.
al Committeeman from Texas, also
was counting third term possibilities
as factor which might enable Re-
publicans to repeat their 1928 VIC
tory in that state. He said Texas
was "the home Of anti-third term
sentiment" an evident reference tC
the fact that Vice President Johr
N. Garner is the leader Of the DEM
ocratic bloc endeavoring to prevent
Mr.. Roosevelt's denomination b.
draft or otherwise.
Martin and others estimate thai
q five per cent shift could transfer
control Of the house to the Repub-
lican party and q. o. p. statisticians
claim enough electoral votes practi.
cally In the bag to win the White
House provided New York can be
won over. The senate where Demo
Gratis have SO seats, Republicans q
and minor parties four, doubtless
will remain Democratic because only
one-third Of the sentae comes up
this year and many Of those seats
are safe In the solid south or bor-