Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-16
Reece Asks District
COP Funds 10 He|p
Win Control ON Hill

The Republican State Committee
for the District of Columbia
launched its 1916 Embarrassing cam
palgn yesterday with luncheon at
which Republican National Chair
man B. Carroll Reece declared "the
Democratic donkey has turned into
a Trojan horse because it contains
so many subversive influences that
might eventually become a directing
force in our Government.
Mr.. Reece told the rs men and
women of the organizations finance
group that, although they lack the
suffrage, they nevertheless are
closer to the scene of danger" He
explained that the 1916 emphasis
is on winning control of Congress
and that the raising of a substantial
amount of Dollars for Freedom"
here would allow better distribu-
ton of money for campaign ex-
penses in the approximately rs
critical congressional districts.
Sees 100000 for Foes.
The District committees quota
is $4,000 of a total national COP
goal of 81 ,925 900. Chairman Reece
declared, however, that the Repub-
lican party this year must far ex-
coed these goals because it faces
a 100000 Democratic National
Committee campaign fund as well
as a $4,000, 900 quota which the CO.
PAC proposes to raise.
If we do not win control of Con-
gress this fall and gain the national
administration in 1948," Mr.. Reece
said, none of us can have any as
surance that we can leave any Sc
curity to our children. If we don't
win this year and if the CIO-PAC
again demonstrates it's power to in
fluence the electorate, the opposition
to the Democrats and the CIO-PAC
might disintegrate in the future to
a point where an effort might not
be made again"
House Control Stressed. n IA.
Mr.. Reece did not say directly
that the CIO-PAC was a subver-
sive force.
Lewis T. Breuninger, chairman of
the Republican State Finance Com
mittee of the District, presided at
the luncheon in the Carlton Hotel
and spoke briefly of the personal
solicitation campaign which the COM
mittee will conduct from headquar-
tiers in the National Committee
Building on Connecticut avenue.
James c. Wilkes, State committee
chairman, stressed the Importance
Of a COP control of the House dur
ing the next two years. He said such
victory in November might be more
effective in the long run than would
the election of a Republican Presi-
dent because Republican members of
Congress in 1947 would dominate all
committees.
Women Aides Listed.
Mrs. Thad H. Brown, chairman of
the Women's Finance Committee,
announced the following list of
prominent women who had agreed
to serve: Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long,
worth, Mrs. Eric Johnston, Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Gam, Mrs. Frank VAN
derlip, I'd; Mrs. Davis Elkins, Mrs.
Frank E. Mason, Mrs. M. Robert
Guggenheim, Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. William E.
Borah, Mrs. j. Breckenridge Bayne,
Mrs. Harry Grant Meem, Mrs. Will
liam Culbertson, Mrs. William F..
Burdick, Mrs. Cary Langhorne, Mrs.
William R. Castle. Mrs. Robert "
Fleming, Mrs. McCook Knox, Mrs.
William p. McCracken.
Also Mrs. Sutherland Mayo, Miss
Elizabeth Howry, Mrs, Gilbert Gros-
venor, Mrs. Francis w. Hill, jr.: Mrs.
Edward L. Hillyer, Mrs. Charles S.
White, Mrs. William H. Doak, Mrs.
Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Seth Rich
ardson, Mrs. Roy st. Lewis, Mrs. A.
Burks Summers, Mrs. Emery A.
Wheeler, Mrs. George Y. Wheeler,
I'd; Mrs. Warden Wilson, Mrs. Ernest
E. Norris, Mrs. Leo B. Norris, Mrs.
Forrest Rutherford, Mrs. Chester
Beck, Miss Mildred Rees, Mrs
Thomas R. Cowell, Mrs. Harold
Marsh. Mrs. John B. Martin, jr.;
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