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AMOUS . . , nnc By WASHINGTON wecI1INGTON Carter C CORRESPONDENT Held Field - . . . . . - - - WashfngtonTexas WashingtonTexas Washington Washfngton Washingtonpcndcnce -Texas Texas - Texas Importance see seee seetevbbee seems e tevbbee tevbbeeenjoying to even eventhan beenJoymg be beWashington more imp impthan enJoymg enjoying 1I1de- 1I1de mde 1I1dependence - its one-tune one tune - than Its urea area would wou1d or seem to 10 warrant wim . . , in inthIS inthis . . .this this . pcndcnce pendence presidentRoosevelt's Roosevelt'sproposal Roosevelt's Roosevelts Roosevelt'sproposal ' President Pres1dent thIS fifiht fight over presidente e " " - - f ftffAmo tffAmo tffAmoirang to enlargeone enlarge the Supreme Supremecourt proposal The questIon everyone every resident one has hasbeen hascourt . residentbeen court . been askIng Since the thesprang PresIdent PresIdentsprang message 18 is 18was iswas sprang irang hIS ii-io ii io surprIse ow * . - - - Garner con con- consulted con- con consulted consulted - President -was was - was Vice sulted m in advance advance9 advance9The ? " The answer seems to be noThe no noThe noThe reason the folks are askmg asking askmgthe askingthe askingthe The significant oWash- oWash oWashington's of Wash Wash- WashIngton's Washington's - - ington's ingtons ' the ington'sreaction question ' reaction is to the proposal proposalThey proposalThey proposalThey seem to think thmk that this pro pro- proposal pro- pro proposal proposal - They m in view of ofthe ofthe ofthe is rs very puzzling puzzlmg posal cleverness clevemesc : WhICh WhIChhas whichhas whichhas the extraordinary extraordmary has characterized other Roosevelt RooseveltcongressIonal Rooseveltcongressional Rooseveltcongressional congressIonal maneuversTake maneuversMaver maneuvers maneuversTake MaverTake Take the case of MauryIck Maury Maver Maver- Maverick Maverick - much pubhcized publIcIzed T Texas xas cow cow- cowboy cowboy cowboy - ick , the He lIe rushed in inand inand inand congressman and boy introduced the President's Presidents Pres1dent's Pres1dents ' b1ll bill b1llVithOUt billC billvithout consulting anybody . 11us 11uswas Thiswas VithOUt C ithout was little short of gall gaU and wormwood worm worm- wormwood wormwood - also ofTexas of ofTexas oTexas ( wood to Hatton W . Sumners , Texas , , but who happens to be chair chalr- chalr chair- chalrffian chairman chairman - commit commIt- commIttee commitfee committee - man ffian of the house judiciary tee fee teeSo feeSo So that now it's its ' ' the Maverick Maverzck bIn bill billwhich bInWhICh billwhich ' commIttee commItteefor committeefor WhICh goes to Sumner's Sumners for consideration cons1deratIon ' ' Of course there was no such rush rushlor rushfor rushfor without regard for forthe forthe forthe lor for the spotlight the seniority of statesmen on the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate side The bill there was solemnly sol- sol solemnly sol solemnly - emnly introduced mtroduced by Senator Henry HenryF F . Ashurst of Arizona , chairman ofthe of ofth ofthe th the judiciary Judlclary committee . Legislature OpposesBut Opposes OpposesBut But the thc Texas angle in m the up- up upper up upper upper - per house was not confined to Cactus Cac Cac- Cactus Cactus - tus Jack Garner . The " "two two " Texas Texassenators Texassenators Texassenators senators figured in as amusing a abI abi bI of timing tinning as has occurred for forsome forsome forsome some time Senator Morns MorrIs Shep- Shep Sheppard Sheppard Shep-pard Shep pard - - pard , who has been getting gcttmg nom nom- nommated nom- nom nomand nominated - - inated mated and elected to the senate senatewIthout senatewithout senatewithout wIthout opposition oppos1tIon enough to really reallyworry reallyworry reallyworry worry him since smce 1912 , rushed out outa outa outa a statement approving the Presi PresI- PresIdent's President's President's - dent's dents ' proposal proposalA A few hours later word came camefrom camefrom from Austin Austm that both houses of the theTeas theTexas theTe\as theTe as Teas Texas \ " ( legislature had gone on rec- rec record record rec record - - ord heavily heavlly against agamst the enlargement enlargementof of the Supreme court courtWithin Within a few more hours Tom TomConnally TomConnally Connally , the other United Umted States Statessenator Statessenator senator from Texas TeAas Tetras , , made a state state- statement statemerit statement - ment merit deploring the PresIdent's PresIdents PresIdent'sIdeas President'sideas Presidentsideas ' Ideas about the high court , and andpromlsmg andpromising promlsmg promising to oppose any such legISla legislation legis- legis legisIlation - - Ilation la lation tIon ' There is 1S still another Texas angle angleIn angleIn In the President's Presidents Pres1dent's Pres1dents ' ' message sendmg sending sendmgthe sendingthe the bill b111 to congress he said- said saidWith - ' . 'WIth WIth ' With the opening openmg of the Twen Twen- Ttven- Ttven Twentieth Twentieth - tieth tieth tieih century , . and nd the great 10- 10 in- in in - crease in popuiauon poptllatlon ana and commerce commerceand , and the growth of a more complex complextype complextype type of litigation , similar slmIlar proposals proposalswere proposalswere proposalswere were introduced in the congress To Tomeet Tomeet Tomeet meet the situation , in 1913 , , 1914 1914,1915 19141915 , , 1915 and 1916 1016 , . the Attorneys Gen General General General eral then in office recommended to tothe tothe tothe the congress that when a d1StrzCt district districtor d1StrzCtor or a circuit judge tailed faIled to retIre retIreat retireat retireat at the age of seventy , . an addItIonal addItIonalJudge additionaljudge additionaljudge Judge be appointed in Older order that the theaffa1rs theaffairs theaffairs affa1rs affairs of the court might m1g11t be beI bepromptly bepromptly bepromptly I promptly and adequately dls- dls dis- dis dlscharged dis discharged discharged - ' charged " The first of ot these attorneys general gen gen- general general - eral , , President Roosevelt disclosed disclosedas disclosed\\as disclosed as , \as as ttias \ ' \ Thomas Watt Gregory of Tex Te- Te Teas Texas Teas . - - as , close friend of ot Colonel E M MHouse House , and recommended by him to toV tolToodrow to1"oodrow \lToodrow lToodrow 1"oodrow 1oodrow \ " odrow Wilson ' The second was James wasJames Clark McReynolds , now the Supreme theSupreme court justice whom the New theNew Dealers would ra rather rater er see re- re - - | tire retire than tban anyone any one else on the bench And Andincidentally benchAnd incidentally Inc1dentally he is more than thanseventy thanseventy thanseventy seventy . I Making ComparisonsComparisons Comparisons ComparisonsComparisons Comparisons of the Roosevelt pro pro- - . posal proposal to enlarge the Supreme court to courtto the Woodrow Wilson League of ofNations Nations fight are the order of tile the wnt-ers wnt ers waiters day theday tileday , especially espec13Jy . ] on the part of Wllt wait- wait - . ers hoping hopmg this takeon struggle will take on the importance of the former . former.Actually formerActually Actually the comparison themore is the more differences interesting mterestIng because becIuse : of differ dIffer- - . ences encesAt At the Ule outset , however mightbe , , it 1t might be recalled that the outcome of the League theLeague of Nations battle is bemg being spectacularly beingspectacularly bemgspectacularly distorted in 1D the ofthe comparisons most of I Had it not been for the stub . I bornness ot of President refused whorefused to permit Wilson who the of crossingof " " crossmg crossing a "t t or the " an"i ani "i i " 1 , , " Wilson would dotting dottmg of ot an that wonthat have Won Hght fight He lie would have It wonit despite tlie the Won ranging rangIl1g of every ra- ra - - c1al cial rac1al racial prnup group raprnup in 10 America Amerzea won It desp1te despite himespite the against aga1nst him , tion ties dIrection of the direc-iic direc iic Republican masterly dIrec- dIrec three - . Senator Henry byHenry Cabot sena senators tOl'S tOlS ' by won andwon _ It . Lodge , and ? ? espite despIte the electIon 1918electIon 1918eicotino had tw shonn shown - ' fact - - - that - - the 1918 the , , - Country wK was tnjf tuning ttrning wasu-rning wasu rning - against agllnst : him h1m himMost h1mMost Most commentators haveoverlooked haveoverlookcd seem to have overlookcd overlooked the [ fact act thai that . the th v Ver- Ver - I sulles sailles Versulles Versailles ; : - tre trety , ity 'would would trould ' ' have blocn been fled raU ratI by the United senate , and that the States wot.ld wotld would . have Jomed joined the League of NatIons , if ifVlson WIlson \Vlson Vlson \ not SCI\ SCI SCIa senta sent \ - ( a . . had ? command w.miuua wmiuua to 10 all his lo loyal followers alfollowers to , . vote .rte rte ote agaInS agamsl against al ratification as long J0ng as the werc We reservationswere : < : ' " included Lodge reservations V/hereas V hereas Whereas includedVhereas IncludedWhereas / Lord afteru longafteru afterwards aflcn"ards aflcnards " ards admitted Robert Cecil Cecll long that the re Lodge crvabons ervations crvalion s Annuls WOt would d - not have tlw thi ' slIghtest made difference ' That is almost Unalllmous unanimous the dents of OPIniOn of ofall all allstu stu League . . . of - Nations . historytoday nistoryloday historytoday today For ror Tor .ciiiuns ciiiuns history instance , , the ' ' the ofthe covenant , " President Wilson Wllson heart hert he \rt rt < \ in 1D of sisted was Article Articlc X . X . . Thiswas This was the theartIcle thearticle thearticle artIcle requiring the member na . tIons thous na.tions nations of the league to use force ( orce to tollTpose tourpose toin-pose toin pose llTpose urpose - its decisions dec1sions . Never Inv Invoiced Invoked InvoicedIts InvokedIts ked Its power has never been invoket lnvokeZ invokeby ! . by lnvokeZby the league . In fact fact . , no member membernatIon membernation membernation natIon has ever proposed that it be bemvokcd beinvoked beinvoked mvokcd invoked . Not even against aga1l1st Japan Japanin In the tbe famous Manchunan ManchurIan case , . Not Noteven Noteven Noteven even against agamst Italy m 1D in the Ethiopian Ethiopiancase Ethiopiancase Ethiopiancase case . The nearest approach to . It itwas itwas " ' " "sanctions sanctions 'sanctions was against Italy , an anevery and andeveryone andevery a everyone every one knows that the sanctions sanction sanctionwere sanctionswere s werc were made a joke by the very nations na nations . tions , , particularly parhcularly Britain and an anFrance a France andFrance , which wruch proposed themOf them themOf Of course commentdtors commentators really reallyfamiliar reallyfam111ar fam111ar familiar with the League of Nationfight NatIons Nation NatIonsfight Nationsfight s fight are really wonder ng It if u ! Presi President presi.dent president . dent Roosevelt wiU WIll prove as stub stu stuborn stub.born stubborn b- b . + - born as President Wilson did It j itmay I Imay may be that he will , , but no one onewhh on onwh onewith e wh talkedthinks whh h whom the writer has talked talke talkethinks d thInks thin thethin ks kspoint so On the contrary , they theypomt the theypoint y pomt point out that Mr , . , itoosevelt d.oosevelt doosevelt toosevelt . is al always al.ways always . + asking askmg for more than ways he ex- ex expects ex.pects expects ex expects . - pects to getThere getThere get getThere There is another vital d1flere differenceIn differeirceIn differeirce e eIn In the league fight the sentimenagainst sentIment sentimen sentImentagaInst sentimentagainst t agaInst American Amerzcan entry grew very veryslowly ver verslowly veryslowly slowly Developments of any slg slgmficance si sinificance significance mficance nificance did not begin beg1I1 until months month monthsafter monthafter monthsafter s after the senate debate was In full fullflare fu fuflare fullflare 11 flare Whereas , , there was a whole wholecrop who wholecrop ) e crop of developments v/ithin v ithin wlthm within / a weeh wee weeafter weekafter Iti . after the Roosevelt Supreme court courtproposal cou couproposaL courtproposal rt proposal . proposalNo No legislatures rushed into mto the thebreach th thbreach thebreach breach in the early months of the theleague theleague th thleague e league fight In fact , . the group that thathas th thhas thathas at has been known since smce as thetolr the tolr tolrreconcIlables "Irreconcilables Irreconcilables "I I "Ireconcilables " ata reconcIlables , " and of which Sen Sentor Sena Senator atg a . tor William WIlham E Borah andram and H1- H1 H1ram Hi Hiram - ram W . . J Johnson ohnsoD were outstandmg outstandmgmembers outstandin outstandinmembers outstandingmembers g members , did not form until untll the thefight th thfight thefight e fight had been under way tor tormonths fo fomonths tormonths r months . In fact , it was not clear-even clear even clear - - even to toNew t tNew toNew New York editors-that editors that editors - that any senator senatorreally senat senatreally senatorreally or really hoped to defeat ratIfication ratificatio ratificatioof ratificationof n of the trea treaty ty until something somethmg Uke Ukethree ilk ilkthree Ukethree e three months after the fight start star started stared started t ed ' So that up to d date te the present presentfight prese presefight presentfight nt fight , , in m tempo , , compared with the theLeague th thLeague theLeague e League of Nations battle is like l1J.e l1Je likehorse . a ahorse ahorse horse race compared with a the thegame chess chessgame chessgame chessgameIt 5S game gameIt 5So It is little wonder that such l1 Ii Iiorals liberals o crals orals as Senator George W Nor NorriS No Noris Norns r riS who have talked with Dr Ar Arthur Arthur A Athur . thur E Morgan are against hIm hImand hi hiand himand m and with David E Lilienthal in 10 the theTV t tTVA theTVA he mhe TV TVA A controversy The point pomt is 15 th thDr that thatDr thatDr at Dr Morgan does believe beheve ir it far more moreliberal mo moliberal moreliberal re liberal tI tieatment treatment ea tment of the prIvate privat prIvately privatly privately e ly owned utilities than the Noms Norri NomsLilienthal NornsLilienthal S SLilienthal Lilienthal Rankm Rankinjy'ouDjapproves RankinjyouDjapproves group ' appro\es appro es appro ' \ es I ' Seek Public OwnershipRepresentative Ownership OwnershipRepresentative Representative John E Rankm Rankmbehevesto Rank Rankbelievesto Rankinbelieves m beheves-to beheves to believes-to believes - to state the most extreme extremeVIew extremeview extre extreview m e VIew expressed from the Llllenthal Llllenthalgroupthat Lilienth Lilienthgroupthat Lilienthalgroup at group-that group that - - that the fight should shoula shoulaOn go goon goon g on practically without w1thout quarter until untilall unt untall untilall d dun all the electric electnc bus business mess in 10 the co cotry coun country country un try is under public pubhc ownershipwould ownership und He Hewould Hewould would pay for the thc privately owned ownedutIlIty owne owneutility ownedutility d utIlIty systems , , but on the basissecond basis of ofsecond ofsecond second hand clothes "Not Not " worthmuch worth as asmuch asmuch much as new clothes " He would al allow a alow allow ashe asI asg I low nothing noth1l1g tor for franchises in 10 firm firmthe fixmg fixmgthe fixingthe g the price przce to be paid m 10 in taking takmg the theutIlItIes t tutilities theutilities he utIlItIes over , nor for any ' 'profit profit * ' profit'element profitelement hen ' ' |