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WASHI D, 0., 1935—PART ONE. HOOVER QUTSIDER AS "S5 POSSIBILITY Influence Toward Conserva- THE SUNDAY STAR. NGTON, MARCH 24, A5 not be the candidate of his party in | Republicans to become militant in |statement of principles will tend to 1936, and the more this decision be- | their cause. hold theé Republican forces together comes apparent the greater will be| It will be noted that the press an- | by crystallizing the issues, his influence with his own following. | nouncements of the Hoover message | The Hoover document is not the ‘The Republican loyalists, those who | yesterday, as given out by the Califor- 1klnd that appeals to the masses, for voted in 1934 as well as 1932 against | nia Republican Assembly, refers to it is unemotional, though forceful. It the Democratic party, are estimated at | him as the “titular head of the Re- |is plain spoken, however, and will be Yrom 13,000,000 upward. This is & |publican party.” This title, or posi- | carefully scrutinized by every leader sizable bloc. If Huey Long and |ticn of leadership is, of course, more [of Republicanism throughout the Father Coughlin and Dr. Townsend | traditional than real but it always|country. The leaders will take their drive votes out of the ‘Democratic | has been customary to regard the[cue from it and dramatize and emo- party to some third party group of |standard bearer of a party in the |tionalize the opposition, for that's the radicals, the reasoning of the Re- |preceding election as the nominal head | political method. of the party till a standard bearer is (Copyright NEW DEAL LASHED BY COL. ROOSEVELT Joins Hoover in Charging Receive Degrees in California Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. 1935.) Spending Policy Leads U. S. to Bankruptcy. By the Assceiated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif,, March 23.— Former President Herbert Hoover and Col. Theodore Roosevelt launched caustic attacks today on the national administration and called for a re- birth of the Republican party. Both said the Democratic Roosevelt regime was pointing the country to- ward bankruptcy. They urged the Nation to reject the administration brand of “bureaucracy” and “regimen- tation.” ‘Whether the Hoover pronouncement signified the prepartion for his active appearance in the 1936 political arena was the subject of varying opinions. He left one possible clue, however, when he said: “s ¢ * Rebirth of the Republican party transcends any personal inter- est or the selfish interest of any group.” At another point he said: “The productive genius of our people, which is the sole road to re- covery and increased standards of living, is being stifled, the Nation im- poverished instead of enriched. The theories of this administration do not work.” “Inexperienced Bureaucracy.” Col. Roosevelt, a distant cousin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, charged in an address prepared for celivery beiore the California Repub- lican assembly today that the present administration is “hampering recov- ery by an insensate mass of regula- tions imposed on farming and busi- ness by a narrow, inexperienced political bureaucracy.” The Hoover statement was a letter to the annual convention of the as- sembly, & group of young party mem- bers who applauded it fully five min- utes. The former President did not attend, being in Berkeley to take part in the University of California's char- ter day program. There he was given an honorary degree and applauded as “champion of American individ- ualism.” A vote of “deepest appreciation™ was given the former Chief Executive after Sherrill Halbert, presiding, shouted: “He never had a fair chance when he was Prosident.” ent would comment on v considered the message a bid for consideration as a 1936 pres- idential contender. Merriam Silent. Gov. Frank F. Merriam, head of the party 1 California, did not attend the first sessions and made no com- ment The former Chief Executive's mes- sage charged that “the most solemn Government _obligations have been repudiated. The Nation is faced with the greatest debt ever known to our country. The currency has been ren- dered uncertain.” The attack of Col. Roosevelt, presi- dent of the National Republican Club | of New York, was no less severe. “Our national policies today predi- | cate national bankruptcy and there- fore the destruction of the Nation and the ruin of the people,” he said. “Two years have passed since the | present administration took office and conditions are little better than they were then. One-sixth of our people, about 20,000,000 are on relief in one form or another “Other countries of the world have made great strides toward recovery, though handicapped by foreign dan- ger and internal dissensions to a far greater extent than we are. “Flashes of Activity.” “All we have seen in this country are occasional flashes of activity brought by Government expenditures as brief and as useless as the rally of a dying man under drugs. * * *.” Col. Roosevelt said the Government had crippled confidence by tampering with the currency; destroyed “a per- centage of the value of the savings accounts of forty to fifty million Americans and of the life insurance policies of 65,000,000 American policy- holders.” He charged the administration had “piled up a gigantic and largely un- necessary debt that will cling to the shoulders of our people like the old man of the sea.” He called for balancing of the budget by abandoning the N. R. A, the A. A. A. and other such agencies; by the discharge of more than 100,000 people “who are now living off the public”; of works funds and by deporting thou- sands of aliens now on relief. “As even the most drastic action of the type I have outlined will not suf- fice,” be said “we should carefully consider and revise our taxes up- wards.” “It is the eleventh hour,” he added. “Let the words go through the Nation. Let the minutemen rally!” i L Rings Given to Buy Mines. Since the result of the Saar plebis- cite became known, the German gov- ernment has been inundated with gifts of gold rings and other jewelry, with the request that the offerings be used | in forming a fund for the repurchase of the Saar mines. y curbing of “colossal waste” | Sproul, president of the university, Former President Herbert Hoover and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins received honorary degrees of at the University of California charter day exercises yesterday at Berkeley, Calif. rter day address. Photo taken yesterday in California shows, left to right, Mr. Hoover. R. G, and Miss Perkins. tism, However, Helpful to His Party. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Herbert Hoover’s decision to re- enter the arena of public dlscusslun} | of national affairs is hardly a surprise, | because it is the inevitable sequel to ' | his appearance at the Lincoln day | dinner in New York. The fact that the former President | states current issues a® he sees them | publican leaders is that the election of 1912 may be repeated—only this time the split or division would be | in the Democratic party, while the rival party retained intact its pre- vious strength. Influence Important. More important than the winning of the 1936 election to the Republi- cans is the influence toward con- servatism which the Hoover attack is expected to make. | If Mr. Roosevelt argues that he | must pay attention to the left wing, then the Hoover bombardment from | dressed to Republicans. |is to solidify the Republican ranks rather than to convert Democrats. all “liberalizing” | have been under discussion, some of | which, lead to factional strife. Mr. Hoover's chosen in a subsequent election. The Hoover message is plainly ad- The strategy It is important because at the moment sorts of plans for dividing or the Republican party it has been thought, would Kidney Trouble Now you can restore kidneys to mormal [ ks s s a8 22 :’\“0“‘“"’0“' S axexd ** & o Perfect DIAMONDS Also ccmplete line of standard and all-American made watches. Shop at the friendly store— yorre always greeted with o Smile—wish 10 obligation to buy. Charge Accounts Invited 4 2 3 & e X e X R g 'Sy . o ogestesdes %, e’ Miss Perkins HOOVER’S LETTER ENLIVENS START __ (Continued From First Page.) party is centered in Washington among the Republicans who differed with him during his own administra- tion, those who disassociated them- selves in the early days of maximum New Deal popularity and those in the third group, the insurgent Repub- licans, who went off the Republican reservation early in the Hoover ad- ministration. In the spirit now abroad in the country, a minority of Republicans classify themselves as ‘“‘conservatives.” This label, like the “liberal” label, covers a wide range of political shades. The group formerly identi- fied as the insurgent Republicans, namely, those who were openly hostile to President Hoover while in office and who reiused to go to Republican caucuses though elected in their own States on the Republican ticket, have been hoping to form the nucleus of a party reorganization around “youth- | ful” leaders. | While Mr. Hoover also urged the | need of youthful leadership, along | with his declaration that the Repub- | lican party offers the sole medium of | effective opposition to the New Deal, it was recognized that he had no thought of rallying the erstwhile “in- surgents” to the standard he raised. It was significant, however, of the insurgent Republican drift away from the New Deal that Senator Gerald P. Nye, a member of that group from North Dakota, looked to New England for Republican national leadership. Nye Suggests Winant. Senator Nye suggested former Gov. Winant of New Hampshire for the Republican presidential nomination. Observers believed that this was not without a thought of a place on the national ticket for Senator Nye him- self, either as the presidential or vice presidential nomination. Gov. Winant, meet the traditional requirement of a geographical separation. | Insurgents under Senators Nye and | William E. Borah of Idaho, have in- dicated an attempt from that quarter to seize control of the Republican party from the regulars who now | control it and who even erased the | influence of the so-called Hoover group as the motivating force last Summer. It has been felt that tae | regulars, through their control of the party machinery, will have a head start on all other groups in the fight for party control. This will be settled by the election of delegates to the | national convention in June, 1936. The group that controls a majority of the 1,100-odd delegates from all | the States will control the Republican | party for the fight on the New Deal and very likely will dictate the presi- [ dential nomination. iR The group which exercised control | in the reorganization of the Republi- can National Committee at Chicago | last June was largely responsive to | the leadership of Charles D. Hilles, member of the committee from New | York and himself a former national chairman. This group is for keeping | the field wide open throughout this | year at least. Control Group Sits Tight. For the time being the controlling | group is sitting tight awaiting a more | propitious moment to begin its oper- ations. In improving its fences, | meanwhile, it has disposed of the deficit of the 1932 campaign. It has repelled by an overwhelming pool of the National Committee the Borah | proposal for a housecleaning in favor | of a “liberal” leadership. It apparently knew nothing about Mr. Hoover's dec- laration of today until it was made available to the newspapers. Mr. Fletcher, it is understood, received his copy in the mails from the publicity | organization of the California Re- | publican Assembly, which sent it to all Washington correspondents. Mr. Fletcher did not hesitate to commend Mr. Hoover's declaration. | He issued the following statement FOR DEMONSTRATION! Immediate Delivery ALL MODELS 1935 PLYMOUTH AND DE SOTO Mid-City 1711 14th St. N.W. Auto Co. DE. 5050 De Soto—Plymouth Dealers Sol Stern, President Open 8:00 A.M. to 10.00 P.M. Wm, A. McGuire, Sales Manager Sundays—0:00 AM. te 6:00 P.M. OF ’36 CAMPAIGN | as a running mate, would | Hoover and Smith | Listed for Talks || On Same Program By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 23 —For- mer President Herbert Hoover and Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith are scheduled as principal speak- ers at a mass meeting in behalf of the Salvation Army in New York April 8, is was announced | | tonight. The rival candidates for the presidency in 1928 will appear on the same platform in a program opening a fund-raising campaign for the army. from Republican national headquar- ters: “The letter of Ex-President Hoover to the president of the California Re- publican Assembly, an association of young Republicans of that State, is & call to arms of all who believe in our American system of government and who realize that the New Deal has failed to bring us out of the de- | pression. Conditions throughout the | country are worse than ever and there is no real hope of improvement as | long as the administration persists in | following its present confused and | confusing policies.” | Representative Bertrand H. Snell, | Republican floor leader of the House, | also taken by surprise by the slnre~‘ ment, accepted the principles wuh-‘ out hesitation. “I thoroughly agree with Mr. Hoover in what he says, but I dont think he’s gone far enough,” he said. Two Troubles Cited. “I think two of the main troubles with the present administration are the reciprocal tariff agreements they are trying to negotiate and recogni- tion of Russia. “As for excessive governmental costs, | we haven't yet begun to pay for the | New Deal. When we do, it will bring up a real issue. “We've passed about $7,500,000,- | 000 of appropriations in the last couple | of weeks and haven't made any pro- | vision to pay for it. The people will wake up pretty soon, and when they do you’ll know something has hap- pened. | “If the President had followed out his original program as he proposeclI in his first message to Congress, and | had carried out the spirit of the econ- omy act I believe we would have been | well out of the depression by now.| “Instead of saving and paying, the | administration has adopted a pro- | gram of spending. There is only one answer to that policy and it's nearly | here.” Vandenberg Not Interested. Going over into the middle ground of the party, Senator Arthur H. Van- denberg, Republican, of Michigan, who won re-election on a platform of 50-30 support of the New Deal, and is frequently mentioned as a presidential possibility, said simply: | “I'm not interested in commenting | on Mr. Hoover's speech.” He forbade | former members of the Hoover Cab- | inet to campaign in his State last’ Autumn. | Going a bit farther to the left, | Senator Charles L. McNary, the Re- publican leader of the Senate, and | one who early fell out with Mr. Hoo- | ver when he was in the White House, responded with a degree more of sharpness, saying: “I have no comment to make on anything that gentleman might say.” Senator Borah, Mr. Hoover's star campaigner in 1928, and at present a leader in the demand for a younger and more liberal Republican national leadership, disposed of Mr. Hoover’s declaration with: “I prefer not to comment.” Joseph W. Byrns, Speaker of the House: “Mr. Hoover's letter sounds to me like nothing more or less than a bid for the 1936 Republican presiden- tial bacon. If the Republican party is going to stand by its old conserva- tism and the principles which led us into the depression, it seems to me g{“ml’mlllllllllllllllllIlllmllIII"III!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIllIIIllllmlIlIII||IIIIIIIllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllll" = CASH EVERGREENS : Hemlock Arbor Vitaes Junipers Biotas Spruces Pines Boxwood SHRUBS Hydgangea—Mock Orange—Duetzia— Fo Alac—Weigela— Spirea—Althea Lombardy Poplars, 6 ft., 25¢ Calorado Blue Spruce, 3 ft., $2.50 Orders of $2.50 or more delivered free in Washington and vicinity. Mail and phone orders filled promptly. LEISSLER’S NURSERIES E. Falls Church, Va. ge—t1 ht D e e e every day Wil © » YOUTH SEEN TAKING Organization Priced from 35¢ & up 18in.to 5 ft. into Lee Il%l'l!—fl’l.“.rllu te nursery. LEADIN G. 0. P. FIGHT Puts Principles Above Personalities for 1936, Chief Says. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, March 23.—Former President Hoover's address in Sacra- | mento today “confirms the conviction | held by all younger leaders that the burden of the New Deal's mistakes is falling heaviest upon the shoulders of the younger generation,” George Olm- sted, chairman of the Young Repub- lican National Committee, said here today. | As to his (Hoover's) possible ru-I | ture candidacy, Olmsted continued: | | “Younger Republicans are far more | | interested in what the 1936 candidate stands for than we are in who he | might be.” 1 Olmsted said. “It is most significant | that Mr. Hoover chose a Young Re- publican meeting at which to make his first statement of a definitely po- litical nature. “We are pleased that he has spoken | out in favor of the campaign of the | Young Republican National Commit- | tee to rejuvenate and invigorate the Republican party. We believe in the | importance of a program, but we also | believe it is necessary to have a| confidence-inspiring leadership. If | the Republican party is to return to | power, it must first put its own house | in order.” that he ought to get the nomination | without any trouble. “Ought to Be Expert.” “As for his letter. he ought to be an expert on the sink of which he speaks. because it was under his ad- ministration that our Government was brought to the brink of that sink.” Senator Tom Connally, Democrat, of Texas, said: “It is a thoroughly Hooveresque platitude. If Mr. Hoover in the White House had done only a fraction of what Mr. Hoover out of the White House now says should be done, he would not have to make such a feeble | attack on the Roosevelt administra- tion in his palpable and pitiful effort to get back in the White House.” It was the first utterance from Palo Alto to draw the fire of the Demo- | cratic leadership. Republicans said | that this was partly because the New | Deal had begun to slip and the admin- | istration was becoming increasingly vulnerable. (Copyright. 1935.) 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