Show Bru charts washington digest genuine strain ba being ina placed place upon administration control of senate presidents A appointments till ell ts to public office upsetting to sonic some followers roper virtually fore forced cd out as see secretary of commerce to make alacce room for Il by WILLIAM BRUCKART service national press washington 1 I C washington president noose volts followers in the senate of tile the united states are finding it increasingly difficult these days to stay oil of a hot hoi seat scat indeed Inde edIt if I 1 read the signs rightly they are arc getting rath er cr restive arid there is a genuine strain being placed upon tho the administration control in that body of congress whereas it appeared a month ago that tho the antl tion senators would break out of control only on major issues Is sues it now seems that there Is a real threat of danger to the president on minor as well us as major questions the now new developments have come and are arc continuing to come from what some believe to bo be tin on unwise course on the presidents part in the matter of nominations to public onice appointments that must have approval ot of the senate whether the president Is to blame personally for placing these distasteful names in the mouths of senators or whether as heretofore the condition results from the ilia activities of t the he inner circle the effect Is the same it is a very real problem for the administration advisors to ponder and it Is entirely possible that mr roosevelt will get a slap in the face by senate rejection of some of the nominees for judgeships judge ships rind and other ither public offices it I 1 is just possible that some senators will gag at swallowing several of the names nar rice it if that happens what will be left mr Roosevel ts mastery of the senate thereafter will be meaningless observers 06 servers here in washington heard many private remarks of a very uncomplimentary character last fall when mr roosevelt named gov james V allred of texas to a federal judgeship it was so plainly political that some individuals who are very close to tn mr roosevelt were disgusted they did not speak out then but they are arc bolder now shortly thereafter mr roosevelt roosevel I 1 named floyd roberts to a federal judgeship in virginia now apparently mr roberts Is about as well equipped to be a judge as I 1 would be if we are to believe the public statements of senators carter glass and clarry byrd both democrats democrat ts aad both acquainted with the life rind record of judge roberts hoesr R op ar virtually forced out As secretary of commerce subsequently daniel C roper was virtually forced out as secretary of commerce in order to make room tor for removal of professional reliever Relle vcr harry hopkins to a cabinet job hopkins thereby was taken out of the line of red hot fire about Ws his spending policies homer S cummings quit as attorney general and frank murphy lame duck governor was given the post former sen james P pope who was licked in the idaho democratic primaries was named to the directorate of the tennessee valley authority from which dr arthur morgan was so unceremoniously dismissed rumor has it that former sen fred 11 brown lame duck new hampshire democrat Is to be given iven the juicy job of comptroller general of the united states as soon as it Is evident that congress will not vote abolition of the general accounting ounce rep T alan goldsborough of maryland lately has been named a federal judge for the district of columbia it will be recalled that it was mr goldsborough who invited president roosevelt into maryland last summer in the attempt to purge sen millard tydings from the democratic ranks in fact it was at denton md mr Golds boroughs home town that the president made his most vicious attack on tydings and delivered his eulogy of praise for david J lewis in the senatorial primaries there have been other appointments mixed in here and there some som a important some just run ot of themire the mire mine jobs and they have not met unanimity even the selection of professor felix frankfurter as a justice of the supreme court of the united stites states did not arouse enthusiasm thusia sm among the senators who voted approval of the nomination 1 I personally heard several senators remark that the frat frai I was so much better than that of dlugo bugo black a year igo that it wo was 3 refreshing to vote tor for him yet they added a quallie lil ration cation justice frankfurter has ti rains a fine mind but he Is looked dpn dpn a as s the father of so much of the new nev deal that his presence on the highest court appeared none too pleasing norbina Nor nomination nina lion of amlie of wisconsin creates fuss but till all of these appointments now seem to have been only a build up 0 10 o a climax they were to be followed by an appointment that caught the senators in the ribs it was the nomination of former rep thomas F amite wisconsin progressive gres gress sive lve and also n lame duck to bo be a member of the interstate commerce commission that nominee nomina tion went to tire the senate without even the great progressive senator la F Fol ollette lotto knowing about it and there tire are those in the senate who believe that senator lafollette would have advised against it had he been consulted there Is a very real possibility although not conclusive t that hat tho the senate will reject tho the amite appoint ment tho ilia pressure against him Is quite unusual even the legislature of his home state adopted a resolution tho ilia senate in opposition POs to confirmation whatever virtues mr air amile may have his qualifications to be a mom bar of the interstate commerce commission cannot be numbered in that list ile he knows nothing about transportation por tation he Is not nn an economist and if his record as a member pt the house of bf representatives here Is a proper criterion ho he Is as lacking in judicial characteristics well lie he simply does not have the them M ills work in the ho house was distinguished by the tact fact that ho he headed a con group which was attempting to ordinate coordinate co liberal thought in tile the nation dut apparently the folks in wisconsin rather doubted his value for they refused to s select elect him as aa the progressive senatorial candidate who incidentally was doomed for a licking anyway in the november election appointments upsetting to followers of president dent ono one never can tell what trades may be made within the great club known as the senate but surely mr amile will be discussed fully before he Is confirmed and as I 1 said above he may not be approved at all the appointment may be the straw that breaks the camels back when mr roosevelt began making appointments three or four months ago that were upsetting to some of his followers they had to decide between their loyalty to him and their convictions the bulk of them stood by him he was the head of the democratic party party unity was and Is essential and they ju justified stifled the votes in tion in various ways the Il and murphy appointments were confirmed because it always has been the philosophy of senators that cabinet jobi are intimate associations with the president lie ho Is entitled therefore to have whom he desires to sit with him at the cabinet session and to advise him when he seeks advice I 1 think there was an inclination to accept mr murphy too because it was known he wanted to crush the sit down strikes at their inception and was confronted with white house refusal of sup port there were fewer votes against him tor for that reason than against secretary hopkins on the other hand senator the michigan republican said he voted against the nomination because the issues were the some same as in election last fall when mr murphy was repudiated 11 when it gets to cases like ta alie he allred appointment for texas judge and the roberts appointment in virginia there simply Is no explanation available unless as I 1 said the inner circle Is leading mr roosevelt into a morass senators glass and byrd are going to ight the roberts robarts nomination senators sheppard and Conn connally affy were not consulted about the judgeship in their state As tar far as it has leaked out nobody was asked whether the amite appointment would arouse enthusiasm or hatred congress shows disposition to assert independence the proposition thus settles down to only one possible answer since the last election removed the rubber stamp from the hands of the new dealers and tle the congress has shown a disposition tu to assert its in dependence of the ancl acted inner circle they are resorting to a new strategy they con can not always control congress but they have access to the appointive power vested in the hands of the president they have this because they have the presidents car and they take pains to see that none of the practical politicians itic ItI ians blans like vice president garner or sen pat harrison or speaker bankhead Bank licad wield any influence the strategy may work it may put into numerous governmental posts arid and judicial positions men who will continue to execute new D deal cot plans that of course is a brilliant move if it works there is however more to think about than that the trend fiend toward tile the middle of the road emphasized in last falls voting cin can bo be given greater momentum by the tactics of forcing upon the country policies against chih tm electorate expressed themselves them selve S in ati that event the democratic party willbe tho the victim it 6 western newspaper paper union |