Show Inspection Committee Puts Okeh on Landon By RAY TUCKER WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Sept 23 A 23 A self-appointed self inspection committee commit tee of business men stopped off at Topeka recently to look over Governor Alf AI M. M Landon of Kansas the 1935 model Coolidge who 15 is touted as G. G O. O P. P presidential candidate in 1936 They lik liked d mm They exchanged confidences with ith big business buddies when they reached Washington the the directors' directors meeting of the U U. S. S chamber of commerce commerce and and they reported ted as follows Governor Landon is a I practical l hardworking man with no flourishes and ruffles He has no I flair or personality that w would uld capture capture capture cap cap- ture public interest or Imagination but he has done a lidy tidy job of ot running running running run run- ning the states state's finances and squeezes a penny before he spends it personally and officially He might be they whispered the Ideal opposition for Roosevelt next year year year-a a plowman against a show show- man maui They reached the conclusion so many practical politicians have come to namely that as in 1920 the Republicans' Republicans strongest nominee will b be a colorless figure who can attract to his standard all aU of the grudge and grudge and vote plus the Rep Republicans I There is no news vs in the fact tact that almost eve every y private inter interest the interest the st-the the bankers manufacturers retailers and public utilities will utilities will line up agal against st President Roosevelt in in 1936 But the scope of their v ntine deal campaign already der way astonishes astonishes astonishes aston aston- ev even n the new v dealers I IThe The National Association of ot Manufacturers Manufacturers Man Man-I rs has established a a n new w propaganda headquarters in iii New NewYork York City While its Washington office distributes p pamphlets assailing assailing assail assail- ing the new d deal al the New York managers will launch an attack with speakers magazine articles and private meetings The U. U S. S chamber of commerce will cover another sector with three great sectional sectional sec see conventions and almost daily denunciations by bv President Harper Sibley Their s song ng will vill be that the people should place their trust for a full dinner pail pall in business rather than political leaders Silas Strawn Chicago attorney pulls the levers With the troops taking to the trenches already political experts anticipate the most bitter presidential campaign since the Bryan Mc Kinley brawl in 1896 The 1928 Smith Hoover-Smith duel wont won't match the 1936 1036 affair according to the prophets for next years year's battle will wUl willbe be a pocketbook melee After two years of famine lamine the Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans anticipate a larger campaign campaign campaign cam cam- fund than they had when Will wm Hays collected to elect Warren G. G Harding G. G O. O P. P collectors received word this week that a leading automobile maker once fri friendly to the president president president dent has offered to contribute 1 to the opposition What's more he has guaranteed that two friends trie one a a. banker the other a manufacturer will come across with the same amount apiece These of course arc are purely political contri contri- They hey dont don't take into account account account ac ac- ac- ac count the funds which the American Ameri Amen can Liberty league the U. U S. S chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of ot commerce and the National Association Association- of Manufacturers will spend the defeat Mr r. r Roosevelt onto or on orto orto to elect an unsympathetic housa of oC representatives But the new new dealers dealers' have a trick up their sleeve that was never used before They may require supposedly sup sup- sup sup-I to tofile tofile I nonpolitical organizations file their contributions and expenditures expenditures expenditures with the clerk of the house of ol representatives That's a a. counter counter counter coun coun- ter thrust Wh which h free s spenders s must count on Copyright 1935 for tor The Telegram I |