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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.
X3IUWI1 llOO UCCU inwu ao i/wv
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. Brueker
or Senator Couzens. Observers be
lieve it will be Couzens. but several
cross-currents are at work. First,
there is the report that Couzens does
not stand well right now with 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 Rapids last May in
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understood that Democratic officials
with authority attempted to get him
to run on the Democratic ticket this
year. Couzens has supported many
New Deal measures.
In his customary determined way
Bens tor Couzens rejected the Demo
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
veterans1. 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 agrinst 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 w rest the anti
Couzens Republican vote.
Both Murphy and Brown have made
personal ana pouucai savi ™
the national ticket in entering the
Michigan fight, rfut Murphy has the
advantage of being able to go back
to his $18,000 post in the Philippines
should he be defeated. Brown, on
the other hand, would have to pick
up his law practice. He is one of
the leading attorneys and bankers in
the Upper Peninsula. He U chair
man of the State Board of Law Ex
aminers. He was chairman of the
Democratic State conventions in 1924.
1932 and 1934. Besides being presi
dent of his home town national bank,
he is president of several important
Industrial concerns.
Townsend
("Continued From First Page t_
placed on the board of directors and
that there be youths on State boards.
••Fall 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 organi
eation 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
(U...
masters will now continue to straddle."
Of his speech before Townsendltes
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.
He pointed to a banner in the beck
"The Townsend goal, training for
youth, work for maturity, security for
age, It reads." he said. "That is our
program 100 per cent.”
‘Td 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 De
achieved through - a constitutional
amendment. • , ■
"You and I both know thfct we live
in a country where it is unnecessary
*
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 fund in fighting court >.
action against Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd.
Gomer Smith in action at the convention. He praised Presi
dent Roosevelt and ran into a storm of criticism from other
delegates. —A. P. Wirephoto and Wide World
j
to live in poverty.” he continued.
"Yet, even as I stand here, I can 1
see the hovels of the cotton land share
i croppers, those in the slums of the
' steel districts.
"Now let's talk a little bit aboi.t
what the Socialist party thinks is nec
; essary to get an abundant life. We
think that the profits upon which the
capitalist system rests depend upon
; the work of labor.
"We are promising you that if you I
will organize your unions, your po- 1
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
the capitalist plan. Your tax won't
work.
Cannot Indorse Plan.
“As a candidate for the presidency
of the United States, I cannot in- j
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. I am not fight- i
ing the Democratic party. I am fight
ing the Republican party. Why hasn't |
Father Coughlin talked more con
structively. It is Father Coughlin's
feeling that President Roosevelt did
not intervene sufficiently in Mexico on
behalf of the Catholic church.
“I wouldn't have to tell you that I
UiUll v ngict rail juu. * vvmu wi-u juu .
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 j
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. Witjf 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 Prom 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
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 Roosevelt 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
Liberty League, thought enough of
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, "your
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 a
third party presidential ticket at the
Townsend 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
send candidates. They fear that any
declaration by the Townsendites for
Lemke, for example, would queer them
in their own races. Byron Defenbacb,
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
'overnment,- The Virginia Senator has
done it before. But this time it hap
pened to be during the national cam
paign. Also, out m lopeica, j. k. Mc
Carl, who until recently w as controller
general of the United States, has come
out with a strong indorsement of Lan
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
nembered that McCarl is a Republican
and was actively engaged in politics
before he was appointed controller i
general.
The Democrats have been incensed
because of the publication of news
paper polls showing that Landon is
foing ahead of Roosevelt in the elec*
oral 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
tures of the politic*! campaign la the
jubilation of the Republican high
command at the announced results of
what is described as a sample poll
of American voters. This poll pur
ports to describe the present status
of the voters’ opinion as giving Pres
ident Roosevelt a popular majority of
over 2.000,000 ana Gov. Landon a
preponderance of six votes In the
■lectoral 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 three voters
md from their replies should an
nounce how that village was going
n the election, how much importance
:ould be attached to that announce
ment?
“Yet that is approximately the
proportion on which the absurd con
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Basis Common Sense, Says
G. 0. P. Chairman, in
Pennsylvania Address.
By tbr Associated Press.
HERSHEY, Pa., July H —John D
M. Hamilton. Republican natlona
chairman, said tonight the Issues lr
the presidential campaign are "base!
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 con'
ferences with Pennsylvania part;
leaders, Hamilton assailed Demo
cratic campaign methods, criticise!
the Roosevelt administration and pre
dieted Pennsylvania, as well as "al
the New England States,” would g<
Republican in November.
"That Mr. Roosevelt’s party intend
to make a desperate effort to win thi
3« electoral votes from your State i
as evident as the character of thi
campaign they intend to conduct,'
he said.
Ruthless Party Machine.
“It is unnecessary for me to recal
to you the political preversion of un
employment relief that has taker
place in Pennsylvania at the handi
of a ruthless party machine. In in
stance after instance, the corruptior
you have long suspected has beei
proved by Incontrovertible evidence
The published history of the de
truction of non-partisan relief admin
istration by political opportunities ha
yet to be disproved.
“The voters of Pennsylvania am
the voters of America are in no mooi
to tolerate new Instruments of po
litical power created by any sucl
methods. Both are foregoing to thi
American system—the system mil
lions of citizens demand be restored
Constitutional Method.
“It is the method that has been use<
In every crisis of American history. I
is the method that the Republicai
party will follow in this campaign
It is the constitutional method. I
is the method of laying the fact
before the people that they ma
make their own decisions. Durim
this campaign the Republican part;
will not shirk from stating thes
facts clearly and fearlessly.
"The facts of this campaign ar
uic jbqucb iuuuituiriiuii. me
rest upon the question of whethe
common sense is still common sense
whether integrity in public life i
somewhat difierent than integrity ii
private life; whether arithmetic cease
to be arithmetic merely because fig
ures run into billions; whethe
scarcity makes abundance; whethe
too much debt is cured by more debt
whether thrift and prudence hav
suddenly become a sin against societ;
and waste a virtue.
elusion of last Sunday's publicatioi
is based. It is about as accurate a
would be determining the romplexioi
of a thousand chickens distribute!
unevenly in 48 coops into which some
body reached a hand and found tha
the first chicken withdrawn was black
the second white and the third spec
kled, with a slight preponderance o
dark spots, and so should announc
gravely that while the result indi
rated that the white chickens in a!
the coops were 40 more than th
black chickens the reports from 4;
coops indicated that the percentagi
was the other way about. That deduc
tion would be something approach
ing the conclusions drawn by the re
cent poll.
"According to this calculation. Mi
Landon is safe only in 13 States, wit!
an aggregate of 99 electoral vote;
while Mr. Roosevelt Is safe In 2
States, with an electoral vote of 22S
In order to figure a Republican vie
tory. there had to be included a
"probably Republican” 11 of th
States styled as doubtful, while allow
ing the President only 3.
"included in tne states in wniei
the Republicans are accorded an ad
vantage are every one of the mas
populous States In the East and al
of the most populous States of th
Middle West. In all, the calculatioi
gives 173 electoral votes on the doubt
ful list to the Republicans and onl
30 electoral votes on the doubtful lis
to the Democrats.
"Needless to say. the figures do no
at all accord with the estimates mad
from Democratic sources. Those wh
gamble on elections would be quit
willing to bet that the 13 "safely Re
publican” States will not be In t£a
column on election day and to giv
still larger odds that the eight doubt
ful States classed as "Republican
will not show any such advantage
on election day. To put it mor
bluntly, the Democrats will only hav
to carry any one of six of thes
"doubtful” States to win the elec
tion—that is, if they win in New York
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois. Indian;
or Minnesota, Mr. Roosevelt goes li
for a second term."
Mr. Mlchelson is not the only on
who has been Irritated by this par
BENEFITS OF A1 A.
“Even Judges Liable to Err,”
He Says, Discussing Act’s
Invalidation.
Bj tt.» Associated Preia.
PINE BLUFF, Ark., July 18Sena
i tor Joe T. Robinson, discussing 8u
i preme Court Invalidation of the agri
1 cultural adjustment act, told a farm
. era' mass meeting tonight, “Judges,
like other men, are liable to err.”
The Democratic Senate leader de
i icribed the act as “The most important
> ever passed by Congress for the bene
flt of the farmers.” He said he had
i no apologies for sponsoring the meas
ure.
1 "Nothwithstanding the adverse deci
, slon of a bare majority of the Su
preme Court that the act was uncon
; stitutlonal,” he said, "it accomplished
• its purpose and saved agriculture from
i hopeless ruin.
uet me suppjcmeni mu remarx
1 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 it*
holding- that the agricultural adjust
I ment act was unconstitutional because
l it dealt with a purely local- problem it
. invited the criticism of all who have
t 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
1 lean bar'' when it held in the New
' York minimum wage case that the
1 States cannot prescribe maximum
- hours and minimum wages.
s _
r ticular poll. W. J. Funk, editor of
[ the Literary Digest, which has made
r 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,
r Said Mr. Funk:
; "I am beginning to wish that the
i j roirrmcu ui. uauup wouia connne ms
1 : political crystal-gazing to the offices
5 ! of the American Institute of Public
. Opinion, and leave our Literary Di
r ' gest and its figures politely and com
r i pletely alone. Last week, lot instance,
a statement of his was put on m.v
■ desk. 'If.’ said he, 'the Literary Digest
r were conducting a poll at the present
time the actual figures would be in
the neighborhood of 44 per cent for
i Roosevelt and 56 per cent for Landon."
; Mr. Funk said that in this state
i ment Dr. Gallup had "speeded right
i by us.” He continued. "We have been
. through many poll battles. But never
t before has any one foretold what our
poll was going to show before it was
. started.”
[ j Mr. Funk said the Literary Digest
, would continue to rely in Uncle Sam's
. mails for conducting its polls, despite
I the advice of Dr. Gallup to use can
, vassers. It would, he added, carry
t along with its 1936 presidential poll
. i 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
j - 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 week and
. drive out to Wisconsin. He may hold
, some conferences in Chicago, on his
! way out, with reference to the Pro
gressive Conference. The Wiscon
, sin Progressives, headed by Senator
j La Follette and his brother. Gov.
, Philip La Follette, have a problem
( of their own. Wisconsin elects a
Governor this year. Philip La Follette
. is planning to run to succeed himself,
j. The La Follette Progressives, with the
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Booed and Applauded
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.
t —Copright, A. P. Wirephoto.
1 aid of the Democrats, have domin- ,
i ated the State in recent years. Their j
problem this year is to continue an
alliance with the Democrats.
Senator La Follette will remain for .
—
about 10 days in Wisconsin and then
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.
Close Advisers and Staff
Aides Are Scheduled
for Conferences.
hi 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 notin
cation ceremonies.
The Arrangements Committee looked
xui upward ox ou.uuu viators.
During a morning at the office to
day. Landon discussed State matters
with the Kansas Tax Commission.
He received also Clark M. Eiehel
berger, director of the League of Na
tions’ Association, and Walter W. Van
Kirk of the National Peace Confer
ence.
Van Kirk reported to newsmen that.
Landon "shares our view that a wa"
can be found to maintain peace.” Hr
advocated a national defense policy
adequate to repel domestic invasion,
strong neutrality legislation, member
ship in the World Court, a reciprocal
trade program, currency stabilization,
control of the munitions industry and
co-operation with League activities.
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