Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1938 — Page 3

SATURDAY, SEPT. 17,

1938

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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British Cabinet Studies Hitler's Near-Ultimatum

Demanding Cession

Berlin Hints Explosion Possible Before New Conference.

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would feel herself impelled to make a supreme effort to force the Czechs to meet Herr Hitler's demands—and even more important whether she could browbeat the Czechs into further concessions which would mean the virtual dis-

FRENCH TO FLY

T0 SEE BRITISH

Mussolini Suggests Prompt Acceptance of Hitler Demands.

memberment of the Czech nation. So far there was every indication that the Czechs would fight before they agreed to cede Sudetenland. There seemed just a bare possibility that France if insistently pressed by Mr. Chamberlain to go to extreme limits to avoid the catastrophe of a general war, might indicate to the Czechs that they would have to yield. The situation today looked darker than at any time since Herr Hitler made his Nuremberg speech Monday.

today I cannot subscribe to suggestions that Herr Hitler is pulling the most monumental bluff in diplomatic history. I am told that just before he saw

Mr. Chamberlain he told a friend: | without

“Never in my life have I been so sure that I was right.” I am convinced that he is unshakeably determined to absorb the Sudetens into the Greater Reich one way or another, sooner or later, It looks today as if it would be sooner. Correspondents Ready Certainly the atmosphere is more ominous than at any time during the present crisis. Foreign newspapermen have suit cases packed, ready to jump to the Czechoslovak frontier. Embassy staffs remain on duty late and return early. On the

roads one can see Sudetens, who| have fled from Czechoslovakia, with |

their cars loaded with possessions. Spic and span Army units march

‘ | support After testing the atmosphere at

Berchtesgaden Thursday and here]

PARIS, Sept. 17 (U. P.) —France moved directly into the British negotiations over the Czech crisis today when Premier Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet decided to fly to London to confer with the British Cabinet chiefs. It was announced that the ministers would fly to London tomorrow from Villacoublay Airdrome. The plane will take off at 1 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). They will be given a complete ac{count of Britain's deliberations and plans of procedure and asked to them. There was little doubt here that France would go along with Britain,

War Fears Alleged

It is believed in well-informed quarters here that Germany's chances of absorbing Sudetenland war are increasing, althis opinion may be changed if reports of Czechoslovakia's determination to resist a plebiscite are confirmed in London. There were no expressions of official opinion. It was anomalous that the French had lost control of diplomatic operations, at least temporarily, deI spite their vital connections by military alliance with Czechoslovakia. The press mirrored the impatience of the French in the delay in learning the exact details of the Berchtesgaden talks. Some quarters expressed annoyance that Brit-

though

before informing France.

slong the great new highway to the! border. Tank trucks in convoys car- | ry airplane gasoline. There were at least 100 Army airplanes on the line at the military airdrome outside Munich yesterday, It was learned today that Herr Hitler expressed complete satisfaction with his conversation with Mr. Chamberlain and already is preparing for his trip to Godesberg for a second meeting, although Government quarters understand Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, 1ay represent Britain. It was noted that Herr Hitler's

Duce’s Suggestions

‘Go Beyond Hitler's

ROME, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—Mussolini holds that prompt acceptance of demands made by Fuehrer Hitler in connection with Czechoslovakia is essential, reliable Fascist sources said today. Political quarters paid close attention to the four-point plan which Herr Hitler was said to have submitted to Prime Minister Chamberlain. They said that the plan incor-

ain was taking her own decision]

Youthful soldiers of Europe's

of Sudeten Area by

armed camps, to whom the 1914-

1918 “war to end wars” is a blurred childhood memory or a classroom

history lesson, are drilled daily in

on the brink of another catastrophe. youthful recruits are those pictured here.

the arts of war as Europe teeters Typical of these lighthearted, Top, left to right, soldiers

of Germany, Czechoslovakia, Russia; lower, France, Britain and Italy. 2

Czechs to Resist Partition; eported Forming

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Territory,” Foreign Minister Says.

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proximately 150 miles of Rumanian

{soil between Russia and Czecho-

slovakia.) Divergent Views Given Ernst Kundt, Sudeten leader de-

porated 80 per cent of suggestions ; : ; made by Premier Mussolini in his tailed to remain here, said today newspaper Popolo d'Italia yesterday. in a proclamation to Sudeten GerDispatches outlining the four-imans: .

point demand were conspicuously | “Under political pressure by short displayed in ROmMe NeWSPAPers.|qonteq elements which still do not The German official news agency | However, official comment was not ;cajize hefore what grave decisions asserted that 23.000 Sudeten Ger-|&vailable. “ : | Europe stands today, the Governmans, in all, had fled the “terror”| Sig. Mussolini's suggestions were: |, ot has considered it wise to terin Czechoslovakia and the number| 1. Cession of all districts with a, inate activities of the Sudeten was increasing rapidly. Refugee clearly defined nationality such as Party. Do not let yourselves be miscamps were being established in| Sudeten, Hungarian, and Polish jag = 1t is not “important today Germany and in Austria. minority. whether there is a party organizaReports Inflammatom 2. Cantonization of districts with jon in Czechoslovakia. For us, the Reports blazoned in newspapers]? mixed nationality. lonly decisive thing is the further were calculated to enrage all Ger-| 3: Reduction of the present Czech! fate of our Sudeten Germans in the mans, regardless of political affilia-| State to the proportion of the his-| homeland.” tion toric Kingdom of Bohemia. Herr Kundt and Foreign Minister A German news agency dispatch| Commentators pointed out that;gahil Krofta gave in interviews the from Chemnitz. for instance. re- | Herr Hitler's demands went beyond | givergent views of the Sudeten sorted that a Sudeten German|Sig8. Mussolini's suggestions, woman and her five children were | ever, they believed that Great Brit- |

HoWw-' party and the Government. : A Minister Krofta, while denouncshot dead by Czech frontier guards|?in would ultimately agree because!ing the idea of a plebiscite, suger ignoring an crder not to try| ine only alternative would be war. | gested some sort of regional pact to leave the martial law area. [guarantee Cezechoslovakia's integ- _ There were reports that Sudeten Hungary Protests rity. He hinted strongly that such German army reservists were . a pact would make it unnecessary Iountien Ib a 8 pistol poing and Czech Policy for Czechoslovakia to continue its orcec C espona to & Ca ior \ i i i Czechoslovak or duty; that rel-| BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. 1 Ga atives of reservists who escaped to (U. PJ).—The Hungarian Govern- | . AY were shot by firing ment protested to Czechoslovakia Dares Government gendarmes searched 2SRINSt military measures taken by| peputy Kundt criticized the Gov»untryside for hiding |the Czechs along the Hungarian | pu : pr : sts and fired shots border, it was learned officially to- ernment for banning the Sudeten { haystacks and such day. Hungary also protested against Party and said: the violation of her frontiers by | Czech planes.

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farewell was especially cordial. He presented Mr. Chamberlain with a painting by the German painter Karl Spitzweg, which Mr, Chamberlain admired in Herr Hitler's library.

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j parliamentary mandate on the decision of the Government. They will have to use force to prevent me from fulfilling my duties as a Deputy.” % ho. Perhaps the most direct public e. gastro enteritis. : {denunciation of dismembership was Ce inn, 35, at Coleman, cerebral made by Rudolph Bechyne, Deputy Smith, 57, at 749 N. California, | Premier, in a newspaper article. lesley Ulery. 33. at 927 “No Czech Government would ©, pulmonary tuberculosis. iever consent to a plebiscite,” he Mutter, 81. at 3208 W. Michigan. said, “and if ever such a governKritsch, 80, at 2608 Broadway, ment were found it would be swept rosis. at 190 Columbia. away within an hour by the nation, ial nephritis. which chooses death rather” than 82, at Methodist, pul-|gjsmembership of the country. am Thomas 79, at 211| “A plebiscite would solve nothing. Traut, At least one million Germans would : flee from the plebiscite area to the — | interior, thus creating a new Ger{man minority which would he used as a pretext for a new Sudeten | question, until the republic was de- | stroved.

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Arms Decree Extended

The Government extended to Pressburg and two other districts its decree requiring the surrender of {arms within 24 hours under penalty of imprisonment. The Pressburg district is on the Hungarian frontier. Conversations today with several members of the Czech high com9 mand gave the impression that the 8.23, Czech military point of view is that MIDWEST WEATHER unless a complete peace settlement Si! Indiana—Unsettled tonight and tomor- | CaN be reached, guaranteed by an row. probably occasional rain in north | international pact, it is better to lon; not Quite so cool tonient in | NEHt NOW than later. east-central portions, cooler] The high command appears to bewae eve that if the strategically-im-3 | portant mountain ranges of the Su-

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CAR FALLS FROM BRIDGE, 6 DROWN

MANITOWOC, Wis, Sept. 17 (U. P.) —Six persons drowned late last night when their automobile crashed through the railing of an old wooden bridge and carried them to the bottom of the Manitowoc River. Police were investigating the possibility the driver had been distracted by a smouldering cigaret on the rear seat. The dead were Martin Witzak, driver, 32, and his wife, Helen, 21. married only a month ago; Louis Vande Castle, 42, Mrs. Witzak’s fa-

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ther, and his three other children, Lorraine, 8, Joan, 7, and Donald, 5. tion.”

Refugees in Germany Near 25,000; Airplanes Waiting.

LONDON, Sept. 17 (U. P)—A Daily Mail dispatch from Berchtesgaden, Germany, said today that a fighting corps of Sudeten Germans was being formed in Germany ready to march into Czechoslovakia when and if Fuehrer Hitler gives the word. The dispatch was from G. Ward Price, the Mail's special correspon'dent who has interviewed Herr Hitler a number of times and is considered an intimate of Nazi officials. A German DNB agency dispatch from Asch confirmed Mr. Price's dis- | patch. Mr. Price declared that if out- | breaks in the Sudeten region could [not be halted it was feared that the next meeting between Herr Hit[ler and Prime Minister Chamber‘lain might be preceded by strong |action which would change entirely | the situation. Mr. Price said it was expected that 25,000 Sudeten Germans would (have fled into Germany from | Czechoslovakia by tonight. He said [they would be formed into a Sudeten Free Corps for the purpose of | marching back into their home dis|tricts to aid their racial brothers | remaining there, should Germany ‘decide to send its own soldiers to | “restore order” in Sudetenland.

‘Sudden Grder’ Hinted He said official Germans with {whom he had contact, declared that

‘a general war brought about by the a handful of

incidents

iven. Mr. Price said he had talked to Karl H. Frank, parliamentary leader of the Czech Sudeten German

{ Party, who spent yesterday after{noon conferring with Herr Hitler.

Looking drawn and haggard, his eves pouched with fatigue, Herr ! Frank said to Mr. Price: “Things could not be worse. While shooting is continuing in Eger at {the present moment from all sides, the total number of Sudeten dead {cannot even be guessed at. I haven't (slept or even taken off my boots |since Tuesday night, “I spent the night of Tuesday and Wednesday in conference with Ash-ton-Gwatkin (Frank T. A. AshtonGwatkin, member of the British Czech mission), in the Victoria Hotel. our party headquarters in Eger. Twelve hours later the Czechs attacked the hotel with armored cars and machine guns, even using a piece of field artillery. I was the last to leave the building.

“Slipped Across Frontier”

“Ten minutes later it was a mass of ruins. I escaped to Asch. A warrant for my arrest and that of all other leaders of the German party on a charge of high treason and attempted rebellion was out. In Asch I lay hidden with Henlein until Thursday. If we had been caught, there would have been no escape. “Thursday, we managed to get over the frontier into Germany unseen. We slipped across at the same place, among fields and' woods, where Benes during the world War finally was smuggled from what then was Austro-Hungary territory into Germany on his way to start among the Allies his campaign of propaganda which finally brought about the creation of the Czechosiovak republic. “Henlein sent me here to report to Hitler.”

Henlein Reported

Back in Sudetenland

BERLIN, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—The newspaper Zwoelfuhrblatt said today that Konrad Henlein, Sudeten German Party leader, sought by Czech police secretly visited Eger, unoffiial capital of Sudetenland, yesteray. He slipped across the border from Germany, the newspaper said, accompanied by two Sudeten deputies to the Czech Parliament. They conferred with a number of party functionaries during the afternoon. then left for “an unknown destina-

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Chamberlain Reported in Favor of Accepting Harsh Terms.

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P. Kennedy visited the Foreign Office and was given an outline of developments. The Cabinet's main thought was that whatever was done must be done with the most urgent speed. Not only had Fuehrer Hitler pressed Mr. Chamberlain for early—and absolutely compliant—agreement to his demands but there was danger, increasing every hour, of an incident which would make war certain. Responsible non-British diplomatic sources even spoke of the possibility of a deliberate incident in Czechoslovakia calculated to force Germany tc move, :

Chamberlain Ready to Yield

It was understood that Prime Minister Chamberlain, on his return, personally favored accepting Herr Hitler's terms as the alternative to war. This knowledge caused astonishment among Cabinet members. As the night passed and the implications of a rejection of the demands became plainer, some Cabinet ministers wavered—and came round to his view. The Cabinet was, however, expected to confirm its stand that if Germany made war on Czechoslovakia and France went to Czechoslovakia’s aid, Britain would support France. Hence the idea was conceived of an immediate compromise plan which Mr. Chamberlain might present to Herr Hitler—provided that meantime the German Army had not moved to aid the Sudeten Germans on the plea of Czech aggression. It was this danger that caused the Cabinet to agree, above every(thing, that haste was necessary. The Ministers were faced with the {choice of satisfying Herr Hitler or sending Europe to war. There seemed no alternative. It was not even certain that surrender to Germany would prevent an explosion. For the Czechoslovak Government —alone unconsulted in the gigantic game which Great Britain and Germany were playing—had indicated that it was prepared to fight even if Britain and France yielded. It was reported that Mr. Chamberlain was prepared to accept Herr Hitler's terms if the Cabinet would, as the only alternative to war. The reason he made no commitments to Herr Hitler at Berchiesgaden was that he wanted a Cabinet vote.

Montreal Paper Asks

Definition of Stand

MONTREAL, Sept. 17 (U. P)— The Montreal Gazette in a front page editorial asked the Canadian Government today to define its position in the European crisis. The Government, the Gazette said, should issue “a precise statement as to the degree in which this dominion, officially, is supporting the Government of Great Britain in the greatest crisis since 1914. . “f Britain has to fight, this country has to fight. . . . It cannot survive if Britain falls.”

Moscow Attacks

Chamberlain Policy

MOSCOW, Sept. 17 (U. P)— Pravda, official Communist Party organ, today bitterly attacked Prime Minister Chamberlain's policy and sincerity in visiting Fuehrer Hitler. “Mr. Chamberlain's trip represents an effort to deceive world public opinion and the peoples of the world and under the pretext of a peaceloving gesture, to make an agreement,” the paper said. “There is no doubt that if Mr. Chamberlain wished to declare on behalf of his Government that England, together with other peaceloving nations, would not tolerate violation of the independence and integrity of Czechoslovakia, it would not have been necessary to make such a ‘dramatic gesture.’”

JAPANESE BLOW UP YANGTZE BARRICADE

Loyalist Peasant General Reported Captured.

SHANGHAI, Sept, 17 (U. P) —A Japanese communique said today that Japanese troops had occupied

Matowchen, Japanese artillery previously had demolished the boom, permitting warships to proceed upstream in the steady advance on Hankow. The Japanese said they expected to cut the Peiping-Hankow railway during the week-end.

New Chinese Envoy To U. S. Named

P.).—The Foreign Office today announced appointment of Dr. Hu Shih, internatioanally known educator and philosopher, to be Chinese Ambassador to Washington, succeeding Dr. C. T. Wang, who has resigned.

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Rebels Report Capture

Of Peasant General

HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 17 (U. P.)—The Spanish Rebel radio said today that “El Campesino,” (the Peasant), idol of the armies of Loyalist Spain had been made a prisoner. He is a high Loyalist officer.

RINGLING EXECUTORS GIVEN MORE TIME

SARASOTA, Fla, Sept. 17 (U. P.) —Executors of the estate of John Ringling, circus magnate, had two months extension in which

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to file objections to claims against the estate totaling approximately

JUDGE BAKER WITHDRAWS IN VOTING CASES

of Three From Which to Select Trial Judge.

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Democratic clerk, Precinct 9, Ward 20. William J. Schroeder, 1215 N. Riley Ave. assistant Republican clerk, Precinct 12, Ward 2. Paul Arbuckle, 711 Park Ave, Democratic judge, Precinct 1, Ward 1% John Lyons, 931 S. West St.,, Republican clerk, Precinct 10, Ward 15. William H. Mayer, 666 E. 38th St., Republican judge, Precinct 9, Ward 20. Harry Nieman, 626 N. Pine St. Democratic inspector, Precinct 1, Ward 11. Submits Resignation Mr. Howard, after posting his bond at the Sheriff's office, submitted a written resignation to Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer. Mr. Howard was deputy prosecutor in charge of cases in Municipal Court. All indictments charged the election officials with ‘certifying vote totals with the intent to affect the result of said election for such respective candidates, by so counting, tallying, certifying and returning the votes cast therefor, and with intent to cheat and defraud such candidates and voters of said county generally, then and there being contrary to the form of the statute and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana.” Prosecutor Spencer said the indictments were based upon a law entitled: “Certifying false election returns and knowing same to be false.” The Grand Jury included in the indictments vote totals it tabulated in a recount of ballots as compared with the totals certified by the Election Board. The investigation was started July 5 after a recount of Democratic sheriff ballots disclosed wide dis= crepancies in vote totals of several precincts. Al Feeney was certified as the Democratic nominee after Charley Lutz, originally certified as the nominee by the Election Board, withdrew from the contest. The Election Board had given Mr. Lutz a plurality over Mr. Feeney of 2255 votes. The recount gave Mr. Feeney a 272 plurality over Mr. Lutz. The Grand Jury's recount tabulations compared with those of the Election Board follow:

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PRESIDENT CANCELS CHATTANOOGA TALK

Czechs May Ask U. S. to Act At Berlin.

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where he had planned to participate in a Lookout Mountain celebration had been foreshadowed yesterday when the engagement was placed by the White House on the tentative list. The President previously cancelled a trip to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., today and instead addressed a 150th anniversary of the first state constitutional convention by radio this morning. The White House made plain that because of the continued critical situation abroad Mr. Roosevelt deemed it advisable to remain at his White House desk in closest contact with affairs in Europe. Some high Administration officials believed that tension abroad had lessened temporarily, but there was no indication that the President or his Cabinet members believed the situation was other than “very serious.” Within the next few hours it was expected that the President, through the State Department, would receive from Ambassadors Joseph P. Kennedy in London or Hugh R. Wilson in Berlin definite information about the demands made by Herr Hitler upon Prime Minister Chamberlain during their

momentous conference {@hursday,

BOLT REMOVES SHOE

Will Beat

Makes Plain He Would Approve Defeat of Rules Chairman.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P)). —President Roosevelt hopes that James Fay will defeat Chairman John O'Connor of the House Rules

Committee in next Tuesday's pri-

mary, it was announced today.

In a statement issued by Secretary Stephen T. Early the President's views were represented as follows: “The President believes every voter in the 16th congressional district must know by now how he feels about that particular primary. “He believes, knowing Mr. Fay, that he would truly represent the voters of his district. “Of course, he hopes Mr. Fay will win.” Mr. Early made the statement when asked whether the President would go to New York to deliver an address against Mr. O'Connor. The President's statement today was the most direct he has made although he had made plain previously that he favored elimination of the Rules Committee chairman from the House. The O'Connor statement completed the record of Presidential opposition in a series of four primaries which have tested voter reaction of Mr. Roosevelt's wishes. These tests have occurred successively in South Carolina where Senator Ellison D. Smith was renominated over White House opposition, Maryland where Senator Millard E. Tydings won despite Mr. Roosevelt's objections and Georgia where Senator Walter F. George successfully combated White House opposition.

Attacks New Deal

Foreign Policy

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 17 (U. P.) —William R. Castle, former undersecretary of state and assistant to the chairman of the Republican National Committee, opened the Young Republican Convention here today with a bitter attack on the New Deal's domestic and foreign policies. Delivering the keynote address at the convention called to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution, Mr. Castle accused President Roosevelt and his assistants of following a course in foreign affairs that will involve this country in a war. “Talk of war breeds war,” he said,

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‘Wanted to Muzzle Liars,” Minton Says

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Sept. 17 (U. P).—U. S. Senator Minton in a speech over a national network today, attacked the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers. Defending a bill he introduced in the last session of Congress imposing penalties on newspapers which “knowingly” print falsehoods as facts, he charged that Col. Robert R. McCormick and other publishers had attempted to curb the radio because “the President's fireside chats were a dangerous thing that might lead to dictatorship.” The Senator said that “I did not want to muzzle the press—I only wanted to muzzle the liars.”

Judge Wins Post As Los Angeles Mayor

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 (U. P.). —Superior Judge Fletcher Bowron, who had the support of a group of church workers and a vice investigating committee, prepared today to replace Frank L. Shaw as mayor of Los Angeles. Returns from yesterday's special election showed that Judge Bowron had polled almost twice as many votes as Mayor Shaw. Voters emphasized their disapproval of the city administration by voting almost two to one for Mayor Shaw's recall. Voters were called upon to decide the recall issue, as well as to vote for a mayor. Mayor Shaw had been re-elected only last year for a second four-year term. The immediate cause of the circulation of recall petitions had been the conviction of Earl Kynette, head of the police intelligence unit, and Roy J. Allen, his aid, in the bombing of Harry Raymond, private vice investigator who frequently criticized the Shaw administration.

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Sun Advocates

Dewey for Governor

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (U. P.).— The New York Sun in a front page editorial today advocated the nomi-

E. Dewey as Republican candidate for Governor. Pointing out that the Republican party had not won the Governorship since 1920, The Sun said Democrats had held the office by nomi- | nating men who “each in his day had popular appeal.” i Mr. Dewey has this appeal, the

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BRUSSELS, Ontario, Sept. (U. P.).~—Mrs. Jacob Fisher sat knitting in her farmhouse near here during an electrical storm. A lightning bolt struck her and tore off her shoes, but she was not injured. |

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G.O.P. Embarrassed

Republican Committee Is ‘Agin’ Laws Voted for By Many in Party.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Republican leaders, especially those of progressive leanings, have shifted their basic philosophy in recent months to include acceptance of

many New Deal reforms. They have chosen to center their attack upon administration of the new laws. This type of approach was best set forth in a speech before the Indiana Republican Convention by Rep. Bruce Barton (R. N. Y.). The party’s 1936 candidate, Alf M. Landon, started this shift of ems=phasis from the frontal assault on everything the New Deal had accomplished to acceptance of the need of many social and economic changes. Now along comes the Republican National Committee, which, it would seem, would take the party back to the “agin everything” or “agin nearlv everything” position and wipe off reforms for which many of its representatives in Congress voted.

Inference at Least

This, at least, is the inference from a booklet just issued by Franklin Waltman, publicity director for the committee. It rakes the New Deal from stem to stern. Most significant, however, in this

booklet entitled “promise and Performance,” is a section devoted to “Control of Business,” which lists 37 specific acts of Congress described as “interfering with the economic functions and private management of American business.” The inference is that the Republican Party doesn’t like them. Among the 37 is the guarantee of bank deposits which was advocated before advent of the New Deal by Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.). He has been claiming it as one of his major achievements ever since Cone gress passed the law. Senator Vandenberg is perhaps the outstanding candidate at this time for the Republican presidential nomination. Most other Republicans supported this reform.

‘Interfering List’ Grows

Many Republicans also supported, and since have praised, two other n the “interfering” list—the Securities Act of 1933, which brought the issuance of se= curities under regulation, and the Securities and Exchange Act, which provided regulation of the stock market. Governor Landon exempted these from criticism in his 1936 campaign. The list likewise includes the 1933 and 1935 Banking Acts, the first a measure to salvage the wreckage of the banking collapse, the second designed to give the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury more authority over banking as a means of controlling credit in the public interest and preventing future banking abuses. The Bankruptcy Act is also listed. Secretary Hull has been come mended by many big businessmen and industrialists for his attempts to open up new markets through negotiations with other countries under the Reciprocal Tariff Act, which is about the only measure that many diehard anti-New Dealers will accept. This, likewise, is on the list.

Must Win Farmers

To return to power, it is generally conceded that Republicans must win back the Middlewestern farm country, once the backbone of their strength. Farmers shifted to the Democratic Party in droves, first because of the promise of measures to assist them, and second because of the performance under the original AAA, nullified by the Supreme Court, and under the later sub= stitutes. All these acts are on the list, as well as the Farm Mortgage Moratorium Acts of 1933 and 1935. So is the Commodity Exchange Act, designed to check speculation and protect the farmer’s prices. Also listed is the Neutrality Act, which Senator Vandenberg helped to frame. Among major New Deal enterprises only the Social Security Act, PWA and WPA escape notice as interferers with business. The booklet is intended for use by Republican candidates, speakers and workers. Many candidates will find it difficult to use the list because they voted for measures included.

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