Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-09 | Page 4 | G. O. P. Forms 'Brain Trust'

G G. G O. O 0 o P P. P FORMS BRAIN WAS WASHINGTON April 9 UP UP- UP Formal organization of ot a n campaign year brain trust headed by Professor Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Olin G. G Saxon of ot Yale and including economists and statisticians lans ians from several other colleges and nd announced to today today today to- to day by Chairman Henry P. P Fletcher of ot the Republican national co corn com Saxon was Introduced to Wash Washington ington correspondents at nt a press presa conference today and Identified himself as ns a ri Harvard alumnus who had taken three courses courses und under r Profesor Profesor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Felix Frankfurter a n power In the new deal brains division But Buthe Buthe I he hG Intimated d he did not agree agre with the Frankfurter philosophy I Both Fletcher and Saxon Insisted tho the committees committee's new research h division division divi divi- I sion Mon would b be arid arid un unbiased iiii- iiii biased in its approach Its to p politico politico- economic questions question II We have men on our staff wh who voted for Mr Mn Roosevelt and men m en who have havo been lifelong been lifelong Democrat Democrats Saxon explained ined Why I voted for Roosevelt myself myself myself my my- self in 1932 I regret It It The Tho division Is not a brain trustIn trustin trust trust- I in the sense sene of at t the e small group of di f personal advisers named by President dent R Roosevelt Fletcher explained This is a ae research staff not nota a n. group of ot politically ambitious college college col cot lege iego professors with preconceived ideas who look forward to getting on the federal payroll in the hope can the they can reform universe I b believe Saxon said in response to a question that wo we already are are in a definite credit inflationary period period pe pe- pc- pc nod and that we already have gonas gone gon as far as Germany with credit inflation inflation in In- bet before re Germa Germany resorted to currency Inflation Saxons Saxon's estimate of the Roosevelt brain trust was as follows follow lIt It writes writes writes' speeches spec he to get ov over r pre preconceived ideas and to get on the public payroll A staff of 50 persons has been assembled assemble at at headquarters The division will provide statistical ammunition am- am am am- n against the new deal for any Republican p candidate for the presidential nomination After the campaign It will become part of oC the nominees nominee's organization