Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1936, Page 5

DENGRATS PLAN FGHTINMIEHGAN Representative Brown and Murphy Make Sacrifices for Party. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The announcement by Representa- tive Prentiss M. Brown of St. Ignace, one of the leading lawyers of North- ern Michigan, that he will be a candidate for the Senate, opposing Senator James Couzens, following closely the decision of Frank Murphy to resign as high commissioner of the Philippines to run for Governor of Michigan, indicates a strong ad- ministration fight for control in that State, now regarded by observers as doubtful. Brown has been rated as one of the ablest of the new Democrats in the House, was selected as a mem- ber of the special committee on re- organization of the executive depart- ments, and is the first Democrat to represent his eleventh district in the House. This district is normally strongly Republican. Both Murphy and Brown were hand-picked by Campaign Manager Farley and yielded to his insistence and that of other administration leaders. Brown was virtually assured of re-election to the House. Nomination Certain. It is a certainty that Brown will get the Democratic nomination. The two opposing candidates in the Democratic primaries, Prof. Peikins and Louis Ward, formerly representa- tive of Father Charles E. Coughlin in ‘Washington, will not be serious threats, according to those who know the situation. Brown's real fight will come in No- vember, when he will be pitted against either former Gov. Wilbur M. Brucker or Senator Couzens. Observers be- Heve it will be Couzens, but several cross-currents are at work. First, there is the report that Couzens does not stand well right now m‘(h‘the Republican party in Michigan. * He has not attended the party councils or conventions and has always played a lone hand. As a matter of fact, the Michigan Democrats in conven- tion at Grand Raplds last May in- dorsed him for the Senate and it is understood that Democratic ofticials o with authority attempted to get him to run on the Democratic ticket this | year. Couzens has supported many New Deal measures. In his customary Benztor Couzens rejected the Demo- determined way | cratic overtures and announced he | would run on the Republican ticket. Has Shaped Organization. Brucker has been swinging around the State in recent weeks with State officials, including Gov. Frank Fitz- gerald, and has been shaping up an active organization. Brucker is an ex-service man and former State commander of the American Legion. He would have good support from the veterans. He is also supported by the old line, regular Republicans. Should Brucker get the nomination from the veteran Senator Couzens, the going would probably be easier for Brown because it is generally conceded that Couzens will throw his strength to Brown as agcinst Brucker, after the primary. If, however, Couzens wins the nomi- nation, Brown will have to muster his own following and look to the admin- istration to throw its full support into the fight in an effort to wrest the anti- Couzens Republican vote. Both Murphy and Brown have made | personal and political sacrifices for the national ticket in entering xhes Michigan fight. But Murphy has the advantage of being able to go b_ack 10 his $18,000 post in the Philippines should he be defeated. Brown, on the other hznd, would have to pick | up his law practice. He is one of | the leading &ttorneys and bankers in | the Upper Peninsula. He is chair-| man of the State Board of Law Ex- aminers. He was chairman of the Democratic State conventions in 1924, 1032 and 1934. Besides being presi- | dent of his home town national bank, he is pr ent of several important industrial concerns. Townsend (Continued From First Page.) placed on the board of directors and | that there be youths on State bolrfl!.: “Full of Dynamite.” One which recommended a com- mon cause alignment with groups | that would include an unqualified | indorsement of the Townsend plan in | their platform was sent back to the Resolutions Committee with the state- | ment by Townsend that the resolu- | tion appeared to be “full of dyna-| mite.” Another resolution calling for the | Citizens Miximi, an advisory org!ni- gation composed of representatives | chosen by the clubs of each State, to have the power to choose the board of directors of the organization was also sent back to the Resolutions Com- mittee at the suggestion of Dr. Town- send, who said it was “hastily drawn.” In Chicago today, Representative Lemke said, “That doesn't hurt my| candidacy a bit,” when informed of the convention resolution against presi- dential indorsements. “The resolution doesn’t say anything about individ- uals.” He interpreted the resolution to mean “that those few Democratic can- didates who feel they can serve two masters will now continue to straddle.” Of his speech before Townsendites here tomorrow Lemke said, “My speech will be an exposition of my views on old age security, on regaining and re- establishing representative government and on the money issue.” Thomas Points to Banner. ‘Thomas appeared before thousands of delegates who were still in the midst of a camp meeting, enthusiasm to which they had been stirred by calls to rally 'round their leader. ‘Thomas began by saying he thought it proper that the convention not in- dorse any candidate for President or Vice President. 3 He pointed to a banner in the back “The Townsend goal, training for youth, work for maturity, security for age, it reads,” he said. “That is our rogram 100 per cent.” “T'd like to ask Mr. Gerald L. K. Smith how he expects his candidate, Mr. Lemke (Representative Lemke of North Dakota), to get on the ballot in his own State of Louisiana with the election laws that were set up by that State’s boss, the late Huey Long.” States Not Big Enough. Continuing, he said the State's weren't big enough to handle social legislation, but that it had to pe achieved through -a constitutionsl amendmen v . it. 3 “You and I both know ‘thkf we live Gomer Smith in action at t THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 19, 1936—PART ONE. Booed and Applauded Townsendites Contribute Ford B. Green of New York holds up part of a shower of currency contributed at Cleveland yesterday by Townsendites. The money is to be used as a defense jund in fighting court y place in Pennsylvania at the hands action against Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. he convention. He praised Presi- ent Roosevelt and ran into a storm of criticism from other d delegates. —A. P, Wirephoto and Wide World | to live in poverty.” he continued. “Yet, even as I stand here, I can see the hovels of the cotton land share croppers. those 'n the slums of the steel districts. “Now let's talk a little bit about what the Socialist party thinks is nec- | essary to get an abundant life. We think that the prcfits upon which the capitalist system rests depend upon | the work of labor. “We are promising you that if you will organize your unions, your po- litical parties, you can win the coun- try. “We believe that capitalism can pay a much bigger old age pension than the present insecurity law calls for.* “If I thought that it was as simple as your plan, I'd be for it. You can get well, but you can't get well under work. Cannot Indorse Plan. “As a candidate for the presidency of the United States, I cannot in- dorse the principles of the Townsend plan and the principles of the $200,- a month pension plan. “I listened to the attacks the other day that Father Coughlin made, against the President. Iam not fight- ing the Democratic party. Iam fight- ing the Republican party. Why hasn't Father Coughlin talked more con- structively. It is Father Coughlin’s feeling that President Roosevelt did behalf of the Catholic church. “I wouldn't have to tell you that I didn't agree with you. I could tell you that I agreed with you and you would cheer me to the echo. But I want to deal frankly with you. “I think you can attain the security you want, but you can't do it under the capitalist system.” As Thomas waded straight through his speech, he was interrupted by fre- quent boos. Witp apparent uncon- cern, he smiled back at the delegates. “Now what do you think of that?" he demanded once, standing tall and straight above the microphone, toss- ing his fraying head at the audience. A reverberating boo was the re- sponse. “Now you have told me what you think of me, I will tell you what I think of you,” he threw back at them and was going ahead but the shouts became so loud that the chairman had to pound for order, and finally Dr. ‘Townsend arose and held up his hands with an appeal for the audience to grant the speaker at least a hearing. Politics (Continued From First Page.) support of Lemke. But the conference has balked, so far. There is no par- ticular reason to believe that it will change its mind and give Lemke an indorsement. Lemke, however, has had a lot of advertising at the confer- ence, through Father Coughlin, Rev. Gerald Smith of the Huey P. Long share-the-wealth movement, and Townsend. himself. Today he must step out for himself. The Lemke third party ticket—the Union ticket—may make trouble for the Democrats. If Coughlin, Town- send and Gerald Smith campaign for the ticket, as they have agreed to do, they may lead many potential sup- porters of Rposevelt away. Democratic supporters of Roosevelt in the Townsend conference have been in the minority. Gomer Smith of Oklahoma, who has been vice presi- dent of the Townsend organisation, however, attacked bitterly the plan to have the Townsendites support Lemke. During the course of his re- marks, Gomer Smith charged that Gerald Smith was in the pay of the American Liberty League. That, by the way, seems to be a favorite meth- od of attack by the Roosevelt Demo- crats. They believe that they have so painted the Liberty League as an organ of the millionaires that if they can link the Republicans and the Lemkeites to the league they will have accomplished something. Jouett Shouse, president .of the in & country where it is unnecessary ! hJ Liberty League, thought emough of not intervene sufficiently in Mexico on | | the Gomer Smith speech. as reported, to issue a statement characterizing |as a “baseless falsehood” the sugges- | tion that Gerald Smith was in the pay | of the league. “Apparently,” said Shouse, “vour province at the Townsend convention is to defend the New Deal adminis- tration. In such circumstances it is perhaps not surprising that you should ; make false and defamatory statements | about the Liberty League. That is |the considered policy of the New Deal” | The effort to stir up support of & third party presidential ticket at the 'Townund conference has brought angry protests from some of the men | who are seeking nomination for the | Senate or the House in Republican | and Democratic primaries as Town- |the capitalist plan. Your tax won't Send candidates. They fear that any | | declaration by the Townsendites for ;Ifimke. for example, would queer them in their own races. Byron Defenbach, | who claims he was drafted by the | Townsend organization in Idaho to {run in the Republican primaries for :he senatorial nomination against Sen- ator William E. Borah, has let out a squawk. In a telegram to the Town- send conference. Defenbach claimed that his election to the Senate in place of Borah was far more important than |any attempt by the Townsend people | to follow a third party national ticket. | And so it would be—if it ever hap- | pened. : | _The anti-Roosevelt New Dealers got | plenty of ammunition from Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, when he made a speech at Ashland, Va., Friday, at a celebration in honor of Patrick | Henry. Glass attacked the New Deal | Jovernment.© The Virginia Senator has done it before. But this time it hap; pened to be during the national cam- | paign. Also, out in Topeka, J. R. Mc- { Carl, who until recently was controller general of the United States, has come don. The people have come to look up to McCarl as a watchdog of the Treas- ury. What he says will not hurt Lan- | don. At the same time, it may be re- | membered that McCarl is a Republican {and was actively engaged in politics | before he was appointed controller | general. The Democrats have been incensed because of the publication of news- paper polls showing that Landon is going ahead of Roosevelt in the elec- toral votes. Charles Michelson, direc- tor of publicity for the Democratic National Committee, takes a shot today at one of these polls. He said: “Among the most entertaining fea. jubilation of the of American voters. This poll pur- of the voters’ opinion as giving Pres- ident Roosevelt a popular majority of over 2,000,000 and Gov. Landon a preponderance of six votes in the electoral college. The announcement further states that these results were obtained by a canvass of 105,000 voters, “Suppose somebody, anxious to as- say the political sentiment of a village { with a voting population of a thou- | sand, should interview thres voters and from their replies should an- nounce how that village was gomng in the election, how much importance coulc be attached to that announce- ment? “Yet that is approximately the proportion on which the absurd con- | Wheel Brak Relined GUARANTEED! ! Material and Work. FREE ! ! Unlimited testing and sdjustments, MWL LW, Phose DL G402 ¢ out with a strong indorsement of Lan- | tures of the political campaign is the | Republican high | command at the announced results of | what is described as a sample poll | ports to describe the present status HAMILTON DEFINES | CAMPAIGN [SSUE Basis Common Sense, Says G. 0. P. LChairman, in Pennsylvania Address. By the Associzted Press. HERSHEY, Pa., July 18.—John D. M. Hamilton, Republican national chairman, said tonight the issues in the presidential campaign are “based upon the question of whether com- mon sense still is common sense.” In a speech for delivery at a din- ner in his honor after a series of cons« ferences with Pennsylvania party leaders, Hamilton assailed Demo- cratic campaign methods, -criticized the Roosevelt administration and pre- dicted Pennsylvania, as well as “all the New England States,” would go Republican in November. “That Mr. Roosevelt's party intends to make a desperate effort to win the 36 electoral votes from your State is|hopeless ruin. as evident as the character of the campaign they intend to conduct,” he said. Ruthless Party Machine. “It is unnecessary for me to recall to you the political preversion of un- employment relief that has taken of a ruthless party machine. In in- stance after instance, the corruption you have long suspected has been proved by incontrovertible evidence. The published history of the de- truction of non-partisan relief admin- istration by political opportunities has yet to be disproved. “The voters of Pennsylvania and the voters of America are in no mood to tolerate new instruments of po- litical power created by any such methods. Both are foregoing to the American system—the system mil- lions of citizens demand be restored. Constitutional Methed. “It is the method that has been used in every crisis of American history. It is the method that the Republican party will follow in this campaign. It is the constitutional method. is the method of laying the facts before the people that they may make their own decisions. During this campaign the Republican party will not shirk from stating these facts clearly and fearlessly. “The facts of this campaign are simple; the issues fundamental. They common sense is still common sense; whether integrity in public life is somewhat different than integrity in It rest upcn the question of whether | ROBINSON HAILS BENEFITSOFA.AA “Even Judges Liable to Err,” He Says, Discussing Act’s Invalidation. By the Associated Press. ., July 18.—Sena- tor Joe T. Robinson, discussing S preme Court invalidation of the agri- cultural adjustment act, told a farm- ers’ mass meeting tonight, “Jucges, like other men, are liable to err.” The Democratic Senate leader de- icribed the act as “The most important ever passed by Congress for the bene- fit of the farmers.” He said he had no apologies for sponsoring the meas- ure. “Nothwithstanding the adverse deci- sion of a bare majority of the Su- preme Court that the act was uncon- stitutional,” he sald, “it accomplished its purpose and saved agriculture from “Let me supplement this remark with the statement that I have great respect for the courts, and recognize the binding force of their decisions even though rendered by a bare ma- jority. “Nevertheless, judges, like other men, are liable to err. Their opinions are subject to fair analysis and sound reason. No one is under obligation to accept a conclusion from whatever source if he regards the conclusion as not sustained by logic, justice and the preponderance of argument. “‘When the Supreme Court based its holding- that the agricultural adjust- ment act was unconstitutional because it dealt with a purely local problem it invited the criticism of all who have recognized agriculture as a subject of national concern and who know that it can’t be dealt with adequately by the States and their subdivisions.” - Robinson said the Supreme Court “shocked many members of the Amer- ican bar” when it held in the New York minimum wage case that the States cannot prescribe maximum hours and minimum wages. T — ticular poll. W. J, Funk, editor of | the Literary Digest. which has made quite a thing of political polls in the | past, in an open letter just made pub- lic, shows that Dr. Gallup, who con- | ducts the poll criticized by Michel- son, has gotten under the Funk hide. Said Mr. Funk: “I am beginning to wish that the | esteemed Dr. Gallup would confine his | | private life; whether arithmetic ceases to be arithmetic merely because fig- ures run into billions; whether scarcity makes abundance; whether too much debt is cured by more debt; whether thrift and prudence have suddenly become a sin against society fand w a virtue. clusion of last Sunday's publication is based. It is about as accurate as would be determining the complexion |of a thousand chickens cistributed unevenly in 48 coops into which some- body reached a hand and found that | the first chicken withdrawn was black, | the second white and the third spec- | kled, with a slight preponderance of dark spots, and so should announce | gravely that while the result indi- | cated that the white chickens in all the coops were 40 more than the | black chickens the reports from 48 icoow indicated that the percentage was the other way about. That deduc- ‘non would be something approach- | ing the conclusions drawn by the re- | cent poll. | “According to this calculation, Mr. | Landon is safe only in 13 States, with an aggregate of 99 electoral votes, | while Mr. Roosevelt is safe in 24 States, with an electoral vote of 229. In order to figure a Republican vic- tory. there had to be included as “probably Republican™ 11 of the | States styled as doubtful, while allow- { ing the President only 3. “Included in the States in which the Republicans are accorded an ad- vantage are every one of the most populous States in the East and all of the most populous States of the Middle West. In all, the calculation gives 173 electoral votes on the doubt- | ful list to the Republicans and only | 30 electoral votes on the doubtful list to the Democrats. “Needless to say, the figures do not | at all accord with the estimates made from Democratic sources. Those who | gamble on elections would be quite willing to bet that the 13 “safely Re- | publican” States will not be in that | column on election day and to give | still larger odds that the eight doubt- ful States classed as “Republican” will not show any such advantage {on election day. To put it more | bluntly, the Democrats will only have |to carry any one of six of these | “doubtful” States to win the elec- | tion—that is, if they win in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana | or Minnesota, Mr. Roosevelt goes in for a second term.” Mr. Michelson is not the only one who has been irritated by this par- to come. We are comple without obligation. See the “American” AUTO-HEAT OIL BURNER 275 heating eonverts to a plea: Automatic Winter int werlod tree trom the con ant ‘(yranny of heating fre the advantage of these substantial sa: of the American Institute of Public Opinion, and leave our Literary Di- | ated the State in recent years. | political crystal-gazing to the offices ' gest and its figures politely and com- | Pletely alone. Last week, fot instance, a statement of his was put on my desk. °If. said he, ‘the Literary Digest were conducting a poll at the present | time the actual figures would be in | the neighborhood of 44 per cent for ! Roosevelt and 56 per cent for Landon.” Mr. ment Dr. Gallup had “speeded right by us.” He continued. “We have been | through many poll battles. But never before has any one foretold what our poll was going to show before it was started.” Mr. Funk said the Literary Digest' would continue to rely in Uncle Sam'’s mails for conducting its polls, despite the advice of Dr. Gallup to use can- vassers. It would, he added, carry along with its 1936 presidential poll with those *old-fashioned methods that have produced correct forecasts for years past, exactly 100 per cent of the time.” Well. if there is to be a fight among the poll takers this campaign, it will add to the excitement any way. | Senator La Follette of Wisconsin ' now is reported to have postponed his “Progressive Conference” until well into August or later. The Senator is still in Connecticut on a vacation. He plans to leave there this wesk and drive out to Wisconsin. He may hold ,some conferences in Chicago. on his way out, with reference to the Pro- gressive Conference. The sin Progressives, headed by La Follette and his Philip La Follette. of their own. 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Ave. Nat. 8421 Funk said that in this state- | Wiscon- | The Townsend Convention at Cleveland yesterday heard Norman Thomas, Socialist presidential candidate, say he could not indorse their plan. There were many boos, but when Thomas had finished the delegates applauded. —Copright, A. P. Wirephoto. aid of the Democrats. have domin- problem this year is to continue an alliance with the Democrats. Senator La Follette will remain for !abuut 10 days in Wisconsin and then Their | come to Washington. He is a mem- ber of a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Manufactures. which is to have a meeting here then. s A—S LANDON PREPARES OPENING ADDRESS Close Advisers and Staff Aides Are Scheduled for Conferences. By the Associated Press TOPEKA, Kans., July 18.—Seeking what respite the yellow-bricked execu- tive mansion offered from baking Kan- sas heat, Gov. Alf M. Landon worked today on the address which simultan- eously will accept the Republican pres- idential nomination and formally open his offensive against the New Deal. The week end was reserved for this task of polishing the acceptance speech Landon will deliver Thursday night. Only close advisers and staff aides were scheduled for conferences. Friends said it was the Governor's desire to have his address complete, down to the last punctuation mark. before the vanguard of distinguished guests begins to arrive for the notifi- cation ceremonies. The Arrangements Committee looked for upward of 50,000 visfiors. During & morning at the office to- day, Landon discussed State matters with the Kansas Tax Commission | He received also Clark M. Eichel- berger, director of the League of Ni- tions’ Association, and Walter W. Van Kirk of the National Peace Confer- ence. 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