Evening star., 1949-01-16
Republicans 10 Meet
In Omaha Next Week
With Eye on 1850
By Gould Lincoln

RepuDllcanS Will mold their first
post mortem" get together since
the election in Omaha next week,
when the party's National Commit
tee meets January 26 and 81.
Under the plans of Chairman
Hugh Scott, however, the commit
tee will look to the future rather
than to the past. One of the prin-
cipal subjects for consideration will
be the chairman's proposal for a
national Republican conference on
party policy, to be held probably
after President Truman and the
Observation-Disclosures Congres
have developed their program fully.
This might take the conference into
the summer or fall.
While some Republicans in Con-
gress have been lukewarm to the
project, Chairman Scott has re-
ceived approval from many leaders
throughout the country and also
from members of the Senate and
House. One sproblem will be the
method of selecting members of
the proposed conference. Presum-
ably such a conference would in
clude members of the National
Committee, officers of State Re-
publican organizations and Repub-
lican governors and members of
Congress.
Plan Aimed At Next Election.
The declaration of policy will be
written, if the conference is held,
for use in the congressional elec-
tions of 1850, when cne third of
the Senate membership and the
entire House membership must
come up for election again. A dec
laration of policy was written before
the 1946 congressional elections by
the Republicans in Congress and
Gohcurred in by the National Com
mittee.
The Republicans regained control
of Congress that year.
The early uprising in some Re-
publican circles against Mr.. Scott
continuing as chairman seems to
have quieted down Mr.. Scott, who
was reelected to the House from
Pennsylvania, has declared his in
tention of continuing as head of
the National Committee, an office
to which he was named when Gov.
Dewey was nominated in 1948. Re-
ports are to the effect he has PROM
ises of support from 10 to 80 of
the los members of the National
Committee. The protests against
Mr.. Scott as chairman have come
mostly from Republicans of the
Middlewest.
Wherry to Be Toastmaster.
A tentative program for the meet
ing in Omaha was issued by Mr..
Scott yesterday. The first meeting
will be luncheon in the Fontenelle
Hotel January 26. Chairman Scott
will be the presiding officer and will
be introduced by Abel v. Shotwell,
Nebraska's national committeeman.
The toastmaster will be Senator
Wherry of Nebraska, Republican
floor leader in the Senate. Speakers
will include Mayor Cunningham of
Omaha, and Gov. Peterson of Ne
braska. Immediately after the
luncheon there will be business
meeting of the committee, to be
followed by a reception rendered by
Nebraska members.
There will be a banquet that eve
ming with Senator Butler of Ne
braska as toastmaster. Speakers
will include Gov. Lee of Utah, Mrs.
Cecil M, Harden, representative
from Indiana, and representative
of young Americans under IS,
veteran. whose name will be an
nounced later
January q will be devoted to
continuation of the business ses-
sions of the committee.
Finance Committees to Meet.
Arrangements have been made for
meetings of the Republican National
Finance Committee and Republican
State Finance Committee on Janu-
ary Is and on the morning of
January 26. A luncheon for women
members of the National Commit
tee will be given January Is, and a
buffet supper that night for men,
bers of the committee and finance
members.
Plans will be laid for financing
the national organization during
these sessions, and a budget laid
down for the coming year. The
committee lis in the black and