Show AL SMITH MAY j BARE 36 PUNS PLANS j J j WASHINGTON Dec 23 UP P-A P A major political question question what what role Alfred E. E Smith will play in 1936 1936 i may be answered on January 25 S. On n that day it was announced Ia last lait t night the happy warrior will arise at a R. dinner table here and j make a speech to the American 1 Liberty League ue which has hag tossed J frequent criticism at new deal deal meas meas 1 ures The announcement created more 1 than ordinary interest Smith who is is' on the leagues league's national executive executive 1 tive committee was publicly critical of some some som Roosevelt policies in the administrations administration's administrations administration's administrations administration's ad ad- ministrations ministration's earlier days He de described described de de- scribed the devalued currency as boloney dollars donars J Of late he h lids s been silent on national i issues ues The week-end week saw several other developments bearing on politics 1 1 The death of oC Senator Schall 1 R. R Minn hin created uncertainty Inthe in inthe inthe the Minnesota political situation 2 2 Democratic Chairman James James' JamesA A. A Farley predicted that the Democratic celebration of ot Jack Jackson son day January 8 would be even more enthusiastic than originally expected 3 Gifford Pinchot former Republican Republican Re Re- publican governor of oC Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania wrote President Roosevelt saying work relief had been sold into political bondage Pinchot's charge that work jobs are distributed distributed dis- dis dis lis for tor political p advantage in Pennsylvania brought a denial from Senator Guffey D. D Pa 4 Representative Maverick D. D Tex attacked the Townsend old age pensions plan calling It fantastic fantastic fantastic fan unjust and capable of bankrupting bank bank- bankrupting the nation within two weeks The discussion of ot Senator Borah's chances for the Republican presidential presidential presidential nomination continued today Two prominent Republican senators sena sena- senators tors who are close students of or politics politics politics poli poli- tics predicted that if the Idaho man entered and won a substantial majority majority ma ma- of ot votes in the presidential primary states he probably would be the 1936 G. G O. O P P. nominee They argued that a candidate going into the convention with strong backing in the primary balloting bal would perhaps be invincible against groups wishing to hand handpick handpick handpick pick the candidate It would be dangerous to turn turndown turndown turndown down a candidate favored by the people at t the polls for lor a picked hand man said id one Ignoring such a popular expression expression sion by selecting another nominee he contended would make President President dent Roosevelt's Roose reelection certain A former don at Oxford bears a remarkable resemblance to George Arliss He joins the many historic figures who labor under this parity |