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Show Interim Parley Favored . "B&O.PrCoiiimitteemen CHICAGO. Oct. 29 (UP) A majority of the Republican national committee members who will meet here November 5 and 6 favor i , former Preiident Herbert Hoover'i propoul for an interim national convention, a United Press nation-wide aurvev showed today. Many Republicans aaw In the convention con-vention proposal Hoover'e bid to recapture re-capture the leadership of the Republican Re-publican party, although the former president made it plain in a apeech In Boston. Mass. Wednesday that he aeeke no public office Failure of Governor Alf M. Landon of Kansas. 134 Republican presidential presiden-tial nominee, to indorae Hoover's proposal lent credence to the belief that Hoover and Landon were struggling strug-gling for control of the party. Whltla la Dissenter E. R. Whltla, Idaho Republican national committeeman, waa the only member oppoaing the meeting openly. His attitude waa considered significant alnre he represents the home state of Senator WiltiHm E. Borah, veteran progressive Republican, Repub-lican, who haa often opposed the present party leadership. "Unlesa all factions are satisfied to call the meeting and are represented repre-sented and participate therein 1 do not think it advisable to hold one," WhiUa said. Fifty-one members from 34 states and the District of Columbia replied I Una. way to -tha United JrMui-J qulry: 1 In favor of the "Hoover plan" ,- 32 . Opposed to the "Hoover plan" 1. Noncommittal it. Some leader estimated that Mj per cent of the committee would vote in favor of the convention next j year. Queetiene Asked Committeemen and women were polled on two questions: 1. Io you favor Hoover's proposal for a national convention of the He- i publican party In l3a? I X Do you favor the proposal of former Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey for a "free-for-all" anti-1 new deal convention, including not only the Republican party, but "la-bor.-agriculture. induatry. the American Amer-ican Legion and practically all permanent per-manent phases of American life, young and old"? Few committee members favored the Edge proposal, although W. 8. Hallahan. West Virginia, said he could "see substantial merit In Senator Sen-ator Edge's proposal and I am In favor of blending" It with the Hoover plan. R. B. Creager of Texas thought the Edge plan "Impractical." Obstacles Cited "Neither the American Federation of Labor nor the Commltte for Industrial In-dustrial Organisation would officially offi-cially participate." Creager aaid. "Agriculture is not organised and haa no universally recognised leadership. lead-ership. The sams is true of Induatry. Indua-try. Ths American Legion consists of Republicans, Democrats and othera, so thers is no possibility of it as an organisation uniting on any program." Senator Daniel L. Hastings. Delaware Dela-ware national committeeman, aaid he favored both the Edge and Hoover Hoov-er proposals with a atrictly Republican Repub-lican conference first, which would decide the best method of holding a later meeting to include othera besides be-sides Republicans. Some eastern Republicans objected object-ed vigorously to discussing the proposed pro-posed convention aa "Hoover's plan." Idea Barked '"I'm In favor of ths Interim convention con-vention if they will keep personalities personal-ities out of it," said Mrs. F. G. Tall-man. Tall-man. Delaware. "They must take a stand on mattsrs of policy and do some constructive work instead of merely attacking the new deal. The Interim convention is not Mr. Hoov-! er's Idea. Although I like Mr. I Hoover personally, the people hate ' him." - , |