Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-01-28 | Page 4 | A Washington Daybook

I IiA iA AW A Washington Daybook By HERBERT PLUMMER lER WASHINGTON Jan Jon 28 It 28 It was not the he actual announcement of President President dent lent Hoovers Hoover's candidacy for nation on the Republican ticket that interested Washington observers so much but rather the man chosen to tomake tomake tomake make it It has been known for a long lone while that hat Hoover seeks a second term The Theamous famous amous Who Hoover question has las been settled in the minds of almost everyone True the formal announcement was news for all nIl the papers But the fact tact that hat a certain gentleman Postmaster gentleman Postmaster General jeneral Walter F. F Brown gave Brown gave out the he statement may mean that a vexing vex vex- in ing ng problem of the G. G O. O P. P has been solved That problem is a new chairman of the tho Republican national committee WHY wiry BROWN Why was the postmaster general delegated to announce formally that President Hoover was a candidate for tor on the Republican ticket Such statements usually are arc voiced either by the candidates themselves or orY orby ory by y the party committee chairman The latter happens to be Senator Fess of Ohio The senator tor was in the capital capital capi capi- I Ital tal at the time time just just a few tew blocks away in the senate chamber chomber If not Fess then why shouldn't it have been the second in command Robert H. H Lucas executive director of the party Or Pat Hurley secretary of war SPEAKS LIKE A CHAm CHAIRMAN IAN It begins to look as though rumors are arc true that Brown will take over the committee and engage in rounding up convention delegates for Hoover A paragraph in his Hoover announcement announcement an seems to bear this out The only way President Hoover can be is to get delegates to the convention There are about 20 or 30 20 different methods by which these delegates are selected and the presidents president's friends will conform to these methods in the thc different states For quite a while it has been regarded re re- as a certainty that revamping the Republican national committee for 1932 campaigning purposes could be expected momentarily Browns Brown's announcement spoken like a chairman may chairman may mean that revamping revamping re reo re- re vamping has arrived