Show By Ray Tucker and National I Whirl Wh- N tlona Whirligig Ir Albert Ibert L Leman an V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Fiery and formal revolt by congressional Democrats against Franklin D. D Roosevelt's leadership may serIously seriously seri serl- jeopardize the presidents president's term fourth-term chances Not evenIn even cven evenin in Herbert Hoovers Hoover's darkest days was t there ere delivered such sucha a smashing vote of no confidence confidence confidence dence as the par party y lieutenants have registered against the White House Sunny Jim Watson Vatson of ot Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana who was Mr Mr Hoovers Hoover's senate majority leader frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre raged against the CalIfornian Californian Cali- Cali in the cloakroom But Buthe Buthe Buthe he never announced openly as did Alben W. W Barkley of Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky that he could no longer carry the flag lag of his chief ex ex- Not in modern times have the members of th the upper chamber including all but four highly unpopular Democrats arisen and any speech The rebellion is directed against new dealers and new as well as against Mr Roosevelt personally Between the lines Jines of the Kentuckians Kentuckian's oration and the joint Doughton- Doughton Knutson blast there were vicious thrusts at Willkie Roose- Roose pinkish newspaper and magazine writers and owners own own- ers erg C CIO I 0 labor chiefs radical farm spokesmen treasury theorists theorists theorists the the- and the faction represented represented by Henry A A. Wallace The vice president squirmed in his chair but did not dare to gavel down the demonstration in accordance with the rules Despite these attacks on F F. D. D R. R he can probably dictate his if he wants it now The convention will be dominated by postmasters and other federal officials rather than by legislators But the ill feeling generated by the taxation commodity credit and soldier ballot bills and the devastating a analysis of the tile presidential veto may tend to weaken the Hyde Park man with the court of last resort resort- the electorate Almost every Democratic member will return home as a critic of the commander commander com corn mander in chief Capitol Hill Democrats have handed the GOP several powerful powerful powerful power power- ful issues for lor use against the president if he r runs ns again They did it deliberately and with malice aforethought Senator F. F Guffey of pf Pennsylvania one of the fou four who did not applaud the Barkley address evidently recognized this danger when gazing at his associates lined up to congratulate the majority leader he remarked There they go to compliment the man who has wrecked the Dem Democratic cratic party Now in the campaign G GO GOP 0 P spellbinders will be able to argue that F. F D. D Rs R.'s reelection will promote disunity in Washing Washing- ton in the nations nation's gravest crisis They will be able to ask whether the citizens want to entrust entrust entrust en en- trust the handling of postwar problems domestic and foreign to an administration as divided as would be one headed by Mr Roosevelt Hostile orators will also point out that in their opinion Mr Roosevelt alms aims to discredit one of the worlds world's few representative tive parliamentary bodies at a time when he has mobilized the country against dictators They will recall that Hitler and Mussolini Mussolini Mus Mus- seized power only after th the they e y had undermined the peoples' peoples faith in legislative proc proc- esses At least a score of members members mem mem- bers hers are now writing speeches in which they develop that theme Wall Street bankers describe British postwar plans as being more radical than those yet broached here Lord Woolton recently announced the financing financing financing ing by the exchequer of large- large scale home homo building projects His unorthodox advisers suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest that to secure full employ employment ni ment nt it vill will be necessary that the ministry control raw materials materials materials mate mate- rials and investments Beveridge's Beveridge's Beveridge's Bever- Bever idge's scheme for national medi cal care is widely approved Sir William Willlam told an American friend that the English are not so afraid of the word government government govern ment as are Americans I Imagine your dislike of the term dates from George III and the Boston Tea Party he chuckled The social worker frankly acknowledges acknowledges acknowledges ac ac- ac- ac that the United States bases its economy on free enterprise Russia on collectivism collectivism collectivism ism and Great Britain on a a. system somewhat n nearer the way half-way position The expressed pessimism of ot London and Washington on the wars war's progress and prospects is generally interpreted here as psychological strategy Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt have hoisted warning signals so t. t that at initial reverses reverses reverses' or even a a. long delay in launching launching launching launch launch- ing a European invasion will not dampen home spirits or encourage encourage encourage age the enemy Military leaders including General Ike Eisenhower and Admiral Chester W. W Nimitz have raised expectations of far far- reaching successes in 1941 Allied Allied Allied Al Al- lied gains in all aU sectors especially especial especial- ly In the Pacific and in Russia have instilled a widespread feeling feeling feeling feel feel- ing of cheer Commentators in particular flash radio reporters have exaggerated local advances to the magnitude of major victories vic victories vie vic tories to the disgust of fighting men on the spot For a a. while the statesmen acquiesced In this policy Now they fear that the optimism they have built up may result in an alarming letdown if it our forces cannot uphold their prophecies They are muting the orchestra of hope which they themselves once led It is irony today to classify the Germans and Japs as allies their marriage of convenience is ison ison ison on the rocks The nazis tried to use securities in Netherlands East Indies properties which they had stolen in Holland but the Nips' Nips response to the transaction transaction transaction trans trans- action was So sorry we do not recognize obligations to share share- holders German newspapermen I in n Shanghai send long accounts of ot the corrupt practices of their erstwhile partners in occupied China and the resulting scan scan- dals dais When Hirohito's commander commander com corn mander of ot the Second army was arrested for stealing funds Boche editors blazoned the story through the reich Their Oriental buddies retaliated by seizing cotton bales owned by Germ German traders |