Evening star., 1946-04-02

sentative Clarence Brown, nationa
committeeman for Ohio, immedi-
ately after the Colladay vote wa.
cast. Mr.. Brown. who had beer
prominently mentioned for the
chairmanship himself, had placed
his House colleague in nomination
thus assuring Mr.. Reece the advan-
tage of Republican congressional
support.
Mr.. Reece takes the chairmanshir
held until yesterday by Herbert
BroWnell, jr.. of New York. who was
elected Immediately following the
nomination of Gov. Thomas E
Dewey OF New York for President
in 1914. Mr.. Brownell five weeks
ago announced his resignation ef-
fective April l, at the same time
issuing a call for meeting of the
committee TO elect his successor on
I that date.
Secret BallOting Rejected.
Before the balloting began an eff
/ fort was made by supporters of Mr.
! HaneS to have the election by secret
ballot. This was strongly resisted
! however, and the committee voted
by open roll call.
| AS soon as the third roll call had
been completed, and it was appar-
ent Mr.. Reece had been elected, Ma
tional Committeeman j. Kenneth
Bradley of Connecticut, who had
placed Mr.. Danaher in nomination
moved to make the election unan1-
nous. National Committeeman Sim
clair Weeks of Massachusetts, who
had nominated Mr.. Hanes, second
| ed the motion which was carried by
acclamation.
/ At the close of the second ballot
an effort was made to recess the
committee for Is minutes-presum-
ably for further electioneering te
break the deadlock 1t was re-
sisted, however by the Reece forces
and the third ballot ordered.
Chairman Reece is Sc, and a vet
eran of the World War He served
overseas with the 26th Division ano
eventually commanded the Sd Bat
talon, 102d Infantry Regiment
He won the Distinguished Service
Cross, the Distinguished Service
Medal, the Purple Heart and the
Croix de Guerre with Palm, and
was cited for bravery by Marsha
Petain and Gen Pershing.
Administration Criticized.
! The new chairman. it is under
stood. will serve without salary, al
( though there has been drive tC
make the full-time Craftsmanship q
paid job at S25, 900 year
Before the committee adjourned
it adopted resolution approved by
its Policy Committee. attacking the
administration handling of foreign
affairs as incoherent and ineffi-
cient. 1t also approved resolution
offered by Delegate Joseph Earring
ton of Hawaii favoring statehood fol
| Hawaii.
The Republican Committee topped
off its meeting with a dinner last
night at the Statler Hotel at which
many prominent Republican mem.
bers of Congress were present
Speakers included Chairman Reece
Mr.. Brownell, Minority Leader
White of the Senate and Minority
Leader Martin of the House, anc
Miss Marion Martin, assistant chair.
man of the committee.
/ In his address, Chairman Reect
said the country must be rescued
from the New Deal political mo.
nopoly,'' which for more than l.
years has had secret government
1T is simply not possible Mr.
Reece said. TO continue this Natior
!; free and prosperous and still pi
class against class. race against race
section against section"
| Mr.. Stassen. who was q guest a
the dinner, issued this statement tt
the press:
ut should be emphasized that tn
chairman election by the Nationa
Committee does not constitute a de
, cision by the Republican party a
to its policy or platform. That viii
be decided in the primary election
and conventions of 1916 and 194e
1T is, of course. we'll known tina
I do not approve of Chairman
Reece's stand on many issues in tn
past. I will cooperate with hin
as the new chairman in Republi
can congressional elections, and
will carry on the debate within tn
party on issues and principles"
!. Praise for the new chairman cam
from Senator McKellar of Tennes
5 see, Democrat and president pr
tempore of the Senate. who said
.. Carroll Reece is as staunch a Re
publican as I am staunch Demo
crat. He is able, he is honest, an
in my humble judgment his part
: could not have picked a better mai
for chairman"
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