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Leaders Indorse Plan at
Luncheon to William
Allen White.
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road. We must stick to funda
mentals, and modify them in the
light of conditions existing.”
Senator Vandenberg. who has been
mentioned as a leading figure in the
coming race for the presidential
nomination, told the gathering that
the less said about presidential can
didates. the better.
”1 wish we could never have heard
the word for another 12 months,"
said Senator Vandenberg. "If we
start breaking up into armed camps
instead of dealing with the funda-1
mental questions, there will be no
Chance of party unity."
At the same time he paid a high
tribute to Gov. Alf M. Landon of |
Kansas, who also has been mentioned
as a presidential possibility.
The Michigan Senator emphasized
the wisdom of Republicans uniting on I
a philosophy of action, based on the
ability "to think things through." He
continued: “If ever this country
needed a leadership capable of think
ing things through, it needs such a
leadership today. When the country
once realizes that Us affairs are in
the hands of a party capable of such
thought and action, all forces now
pent up will be released for an on
ward march.”
Education of Voters.
Former Vice President Curtis
strongly urged that the Republicans
go to work, organizing and educating
the voters. There must be no further
delay in party activity, he said. Sen
ator Capper of Kansas predicted that
Kansas next year would give a 50,000
majority to the Republican presi
dential ticket and that the State
would increase the Republican repre- ;
sentation in Congress. He said that j
he had traveled over nearly the entire !
State befbre coming to Washington !
and found that the Republican party *
was in excellent condition there.
Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War
In the Hoover cabinet, predicted great
achievements for the G. O P.
When Mr. White was introduced by
Representative Guyer, who presided at
the luncheon, he disclaimed the au
thorship of the regional conference
Idea.
"The first I knew about it,” said Mr.!
White, "was when a newspaper man '
told me X had drawn the ‘little black !
bean.’ After the mention of my name i
in connection with such a meeting of
Republicans, I received a flood of let- j
ters. honestly, I can say more than !
250, and the majority indicative of
tne kind of person who might be able
to write a check to support such a
movement.”
Cross Section of Opinion.
He added that the letters were what
might be called a cross section of Re
publican opinion, with emphasis on j
the fact that the party must stand for !
the type of leadership and action
which had marked its history for the
last 75 years.
"Not necessarily a conservative
party,” said Mr. White, "but a party
whose leaders have a habit of mind of
thinking things through. The Re
publican party is facing a new world
as the result of conditions resulting
from the war and mistakes made by
our adversaries here in Washington.”
Mr. White said that if the problems '
are to be solved the younger genera
tion should have a hand In the solu- '
tion. He suggested an age limit of 50
years for those attending the regional
conferences.
"I don’t know just how these con
ferences should be held,” he continued, j
"but it seems to me there should be
no discussion of particular candidates
or the revival of claims of any par
ticular candidate. My suggestion is
that the conference should have some
sort of authority, that they should not 1
be just mass meetings. If a mass j
meeting is held, it means you will J
have to let them all in, even the Wild j
Men of Borneo.”
Chairman Should Aid.
He said that it would be as well
that the Republican national com
mitteemen, the State chairmen and
the county chairman should have a
hand in the organization of the con
ference, with delegates chosen and
quotas allotted.
While Mr. White said that two
rules should govern—that there be
no selection of candidates nor any
writing of platforms, it might be
possible to draw up a list of prin
ciples or an indictment of the
present administration.
Representative Christianson of
Minnesota suggested that out of the
regional conferences might come raw
material for a Republican platform.
He Insisted that it was necessary to
have something beyond the mere i
criticism of* the Democratic . ad
ministration.
Mr. White said that while he had
been in New York he had heard talk
whlcb indicated the country was on
the eve of a revival.
"I am not afraid of a Democratic.
Victory when revival is under way,” he
said. “I am afraid of Democratic
victory when the animal's tail is
down.”
Face Spending Program.
The gathering was warned that the
G. O. P. would have to face a huge
spending program by the Democrats.
The President, it was said, had been
(tiven $4,880,000,000 to sprinkle over
the country for relief. That meant a
• 100,000,000 for each State, if it were
so divided, or more than $10,000,000
for each congressional district.
Others attending the luncheon were
Representatives Englebright of Cali
fornia, Mapes of Michigan, Crowther
of New York. Mass of Minnesota, Lam
bertson of Kansas, Carlson of Kansas,
William S. Culbertson, former Am
bassador to Peru; Earl Venable, execu
tive secretary of the Republican
Congressional Committee, and Roy A.
Roberts, managing editor of the Kan
sas City Star and former Senator
Henry Allen of Kansas.
Senator Borah left the luncheon be
fore the speaking began. Gov. Nice
did not make a speech but gave a out
• statement in which he said;
“It Is my opinion that the problem
which our party must meet today Is
that of writing a declaration of prin
ciples upon which all elements can
stand and to which those Republicans
who left us during the last presi
dential congressional elections may
safely return. I have no doubt of
their Republicanism. They are will
ing and most anxious, more so now
than ever to reaffirm their allegiance
to the principles of sound govern
ment. The question of candidates may
be held in abeyance. The Republican
party must now make its choice be
tween the New' Deal and constitu
tional government. There can be no
compromise.
Risk of Bankruptcy.
“Costly experimentation can be
continued only at the risk of national
bankruptcy, and the idea that upon
the ruins of a wrecked government
there may be a new order typified as
the ‘abundant life' is so Utopian and
so contrary to every concept of sound
government as to become a menace to
life, liberty and property. It is de
structive of all safe-guards thrown
around the American people by those
who made of this a free country and
the fathers who wrote the document
which has perpetuated that freedom j
through a period of more than 10Q
years.
“We must not be dismayed by the
reverses of the presidential and con
gressional elections. Protest voting
runs in cycles. The pendulum moves
to the right or to the left as a change
is demanded, and this is the inevitable
result of government by parties. Its
only purpose is for a change—never
permanent, but always correctional.
The change effectuated by the past
presidential election has resulted in
broken promises, unbalanced budgets,
a crushing burden of taxation, chaos
in business and industry, infringement
of liberty, confiscation of property,
increased unemployment, hunger and
distress, and the destruction of the
self respect of the people and every
principle of self government.
To the American people, therefore,
this change has proved to be an un
happy and dangerous experiment,
which is causing them to think and !
think seriously, and will compel them
to return to standards of constitutional
government.
“The Republican party cannot sur
vive ultra radicalism any more than
it can survive ultra conservatism. It
must assume an honest progressive
leadership.”
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G. O. P. Leaders at Luncheon
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and Senator Dickinson of Iowa.
Senator Borah and former Vice President Curtis.
Henry P. Fletcher and Patrick J. Hurley.
The Republican leaders were snapped here yesterday as they attended
the Republican luncheon given by Representative Guyer of Kansas.
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AT DMT TOTAL
Says U. S. Can Carry Much
Greater Debt—Fears
Extreme Inflation.
By the Associated Presa.
LEXINGTON. Va., April 20.—Dis
missing the Government's deficit by
saying the Nation is rich enough to
carry a much heavier debt, but ex
pressing fear of "extreme inflation,”
Dr. O. M. W. Sprague of the Harvard
faculty told Washington and Lee stu
dents today that the New Deal has
been more successful In the matter of
reform than In recovery.
The economist, former adviser of
the Bank of England, who quit the
Roosevelt "brain trust” because of
disagreement on monetary policies,
spoke here on "Public and Private
Business in a Changing World."
Admits Problem Difficult.
Referring to present policies of the
administration, Dr. Sprague asserted
that “there has been little impres
sion made on the unemployment
problem,” but admitted that the Gov
ernment is faced with a series of com
plicated problems.
Relief, he said, has been granted
’ because of the absence of normal
business demands. "Assistance to
the distressed has been the keynote
in Washington,” he added.
"It is hopeless,” Dr. Sprague de
dared, "to expect the degree of com
petition that formerly prevailed to
be restored because of technological
developments. We cannot escape
something In the nature of a planned
economy.
"No progress can be made by re
stricting output. We must create a
demand," he continued, pointing to
a large desire for better housing,
which he held up as "an essential
central factor in a recovery plan.”
Sees Action Under Way.
The administration, he held. Is
slowly moving in that direction. He
cited the possibility of opening up
markets for construction materials as
a means of increasing demand for
certain products and so bringing
about a corresponding decrease In
prices.
“There must be a relative change
in prices,” the economist believes.
Washington, he said, has been so
concerned with the general decline
that the need for adjustment of prices
downward has been Ignored.
The New Deal. Dr. Spratue as
serted. has considered each group In
its capacity as producers and not as
consumers.
“We went off the gold standard un
necessarily and devalued the dollar,
but no trade recovery resulted," he
maintained, calling that “a bad
plan.”
SOCIETY PLANS SUPPER
Bhode Island Oroup Committee
Books Entertainment.
The Rhode Island State Society will
hold a spaghetti supper next Satur
day evening In the Nobile Restaurant.
518 Tenth street. Entertainment will
be by pupils of the Maurice Wlnthrop
Studio of Dance. The Committee on
Arrangements Includes Mrs. Arthur
Donnelly, Miss Victoria Ro*al, Mra.
Ada Riley and Alfred A. Plcehlone.
The State’* independence d*y will
be celebrated May 4 at the Waahins
ton Hotel with an entertainment and
dance.
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