Evening star., 1940-04-30

The present G. Gould Lincoln.
effort of the administration to be
allowed to expend a billion dollars
for relief in eight months-up to the
time when the new Congress can,
the first Of next year, appropriate
another half billion dollars, is de-
nounced by Representative Barton
of New York as another effort to
buy an election To Mr.. Barton
and other Republicans the proposal
is a brazen effort to use public funds
to get the votes needed to keep the
New Dealers in power
The Republicans are not likely to
go down the line fighting all relief.
What they object to is any plan
which would give the administra-
ton an opportunity to pad the relief
rolls in August. September and Oc-
tober, the three months just prior
to the national election. The House
Subcommittee on Appropriations for
Relief is still holding hearings on the
relief bill. The Presidents budget
originally called for billion dollars
for relief for the next fiscal year.
But now it is different-and the
Chief Executive wants the right to
spend all this sum during the first
eight months. 1t is going to be
difficult to halt this plan. Congress
apparently is casting economy to the
Withstand appropriations for many
purposes, pleasing to many groups
of voters, are receiving approval.
Candidates Claims Heard.
This is looking beyond the ma
tional conventions, at which party
platforms will be adopted and candi-
date, for President and Vice Presi-
dent will be named. The pre-con-
vention campaigns, however, still
hold the stage. With the Republi
can National Convention less than
two months in the future. and the
Democratic convention only two and
half months away. managers for
the various presidential candidates
are busy, extremely busy, claiming
huge blocs of delegates.
The managers for Thomas E.
Dewer, New Yorks favorite entry
for the G. o. P. nomination. insist
the bandwagon is rolling-that Dew
ey is already assured of at least
400 delegate votes on the first ballot,
and that he may we'll have a ma
jority of the 1000 delegates who
make up the convention when the
roll is called.
Frank E. Gannett, New York pub
Usher, who is challenging Mr. Dewey
and other aspirants for the Repub-
lican nomination. is making a
whirlWind tour of the country
flying from engagement to engage
ment. He will be the guest of
honor at dinner in Topeka, Kans.,
tomorrow night, where former Gov.
Alf M. Landon, the party standard
bearer in 1886, wifi play the part of
host. On this trip Mr.. Gannett will
visit South Dakota, and Minnesota
as we'll as Kansas in an effort to
convince the Republicans he is the
man to win in November.
More Being Chosen.
There still remain many delegates
to be chosen to attend the Repub-
lican convention-and also the DEM
ocratic party in Chicago on July
Is. Yesterday Republican State
Conventions were held in Oklahoma
and Rhode Island-and delegates
were elected. Today Massachusetts
Republicans are electing their "a
In1onotnc -
ton in a primary. with the party
leaders favoring an uninstructed
delegation. Mr.. Dewey has declined
to 60 into this primary. for Massa-
chusetts has trio of possible favor
ite-son candidates in Gov. Salton-
stall, Senator Lodge and Represent
ative joe Martin, the G. o. P.