Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-16 | Page 1 | Robinson's Death to Widen Bourbon Rift, Says Moley

Democratic Figure Invited to Wagon Days r , : " " 1 ' ' "" j DIGNITARY INVITED TO ATTEND COVERED WAGON DAYS Raymond Moley, former Roosevelt "Brain Truster," is given invitation by Bernlce Janet Robinson's Death to Widen Bourbon Rift, Says Moley Ex-Brain Truster Gives Views on Party Strife in Salt Lake Interview Death of Senator Joseph Robinson, senate majority leader, will "tend to accentuate the rift in the Democratic party," in the opinion of Raymond Moley, editor of News-Week and a former Roosevelt These men, however, hav not yet come to ths point of an open permanent break with President Roosevelt," he said. 'They know that his hold on ths rank and file of votsrs, while considerably diminished dimin-ished during ths last few months, is, nevertheless, still strong." Ths editor expressed ths opinion that party members are profoundly worried over the economic, social and political implications of the new desl. Their concern Involves mors than ths scheme to pack the supreme court," he added. They see In President Pres-ident Roosevelt's semlpolitlcal alliance alli-ance with the C L O, in the talk of a third term, in the continuation of executive control over relief funds and farm bounties, in ths at-tsmpts at-tsmpts to control Independent commissions com-missions snd in an effort to govern wages and hours through a federal board, two central purposes a desire de-sire to punish and Impoverish privets pri-vets business, and to create executive execu-tive leadership powerful enough to dispense with them entirely and to build a strong party of extremists," j hs concluded. "brain truster." Mr. Moley arrived In Salt Lake City Friday morning aboard the Union Pacific streamliner en route east from Los Angeles. As soon as' Mr. Moley stepped off ths train he was roped by Bernice and Margie Janet and given a special invitation to attend Salt Lake City's Covered Wagon Days, July 22 to 24. Anothsr official greeter.waa Maurlne Me-Kensle, Me-Kensle, Miss Utah of 137. Ths man who ones helped President Presi-dent Roosevelt guide the destinies of the country csn now see party lines gradually cracking. Mr. Moley said President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's troubles with congress now do not differ in character from his troubles with congress during the summer of 1935. They differ only In degree," he asserted. The moderates in both houses balked then at his holding company death sentence and his share-the-wealth tax program, just as they are balking now at his supreme su-preme court proposal, his sympathetic sympa-thetic attitude toward the C. L O., his disposition to sponsor further reforms and ths continued laxity In balancing the budget." Mr. Moley pointed to the open resistance re-sistance the preeident has sncoun-tered, sncoun-tered, not only from members of his party who hava been hostile to Roosevelt since 1933, but from generally gen-erally moderate leaders of the party. '