Revolt Against Bricker

The Republican strategy has been consistent: don't rock the boat. So thinking, most Republicans have laid off attacks on their leading candidates, have concentrated on larruping the President.

Last week, from a stanch old Republican oak with roots deep in the soil of the Midwest, dropped the first rebellious acorn. In his Emporia Gazette, Editor William Allen White attacked Ohio's Governor John W. Bricker resoundingly:

"[Governor Bricker] is a man who is trying to capitalize the tremendous discontent among Republicans and among Democrats who hate the New Deal. He is trying to use that discontent to rally a majority in the election of 1944. In that election, he hopes to get by without saying anything, without getting on either side of the momentous questions of the hour--domestic and foreign.

"Surely the Republican Party . . . cannot be so craven that it would conspire to sneak into victory with no issue but Bricker and a bellyache!

"Bricker is an honest Harding. Thumbs down!"

The editorial gave Republican leaders plenty to think and talk about last week. G.O.P. tongues also wagged when Bricker and James A. Farley, onetime chairman of the Democratic National Committee, attended a lunch given in their joint honor by a Cincinnati businessman--and were photographed arm around shoulder.

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