G. O. P. Takes a Lesson

It has been a long time since Democrats have been able to teach Republicans anything about national politics. But from the last congressional campaign the G. O. P. learned from the Democracy two tricks: 1) having the national party organization function continuously, instead of just before a campaign; 2) employing a smart, persistent publicity man. To staunch the flow of crack anti-Republican propaganda which emanated from the office of Democratic Director of Publicity Charles Michelson, the Republicans hired James West from the Washington bureau of the Associated Press. Last week steps were taken to make the Republican campaign headquarters permanent and potent, like the organization built and operated by Jouett Shouse, Executive Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (TIME, Nov. 10).

To Washington went all the officers of the Republican National Committee save Chairman Simeon Davison Fess. After being closeted with President Hoover, they announced their intention of more vigorously disseminating G. O. Propaganda. Publicist West will be retained. The Republican replica of Jouett Shouse--Executive Director Robert H. Lucas of Kentucky--will be retained. Contributions will be solicited at once, for after the congressional campaign only $8,000 remained in the party till.

Any other matters the Republican chiefs may have discussed were not made public. But observers could guess that Chairman Fess had absented himself from the meeting in case his colleagues wanted to discuss his successor.

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