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SEEN SEENand SEENandIlAR SEENandIlARaround and HEARaroundbe HEAR HEARarouncft [ around/be around be arouncft around the theNATIONAL / e eNATIONAL PJ ' NATIONAL CAPITAL- CAPITAL CAPITALBy CAPITAL , - By By Carter FieldfAMOUS FieldFAMOUS Field FieldFAMOUS FAMOUS WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT WaslungtonA WashingtonA Washington Waslungton -A A - A breakdown of the thestate thestate thestate state delegat ons in congre congress s on the thevote thevote thevote vote on the government reorganlza rcorganiza rcorganizat reorganlzat t on b11l1S bill is of unusual interest if I1 conc con c ; dered in connection with the much muchtalked muchtalked muchtalked talked about purgethe purge -the the - the proposal proposalto to defeat in Democratic Democratle primarIes primarIessuch primariessuch primariessuch such members of the he house and sen senate senate senate ate as have opposed the Presldent President Presidenton Presldenton on important 1SSUCSAlmost issuesAlmost issues 1SSUCS issuesAlmost Almost of paramount 1mportance importance 1mportancepol importancepol importancepol pol tically hcalIy is New York No purge purgehas purgehas purgehas has been proposed there but one of ofthc ofthe ofthe thc the most loyal of the 77 Democratic Democraticsenators Democraticsenators Democraticsenators senators Robert F Wagner bucked buckedthe buckedthe buckedthe the Pros Pres dent on this tlus thus issue to every everyone everyone everyone one s surprise Of course Sen Roy Royal Royal Royal al S Copeland also voted against agamst the thePresldent thePresident thePresident Presldent President on this thlS bill blll but it is Wag Wagner Wagner Wagner ner \ who ho is up for re election tlus thus tlusear thusyear thisyear year ) ear not Copeland whom the Presl Presi Presldent President President dent wolid wo\1d wo 1d world wolidery \ \ery ery tery \ ery much . hke l.1ke l1ke like to see seeretired seeretired seeretired retired to private pnvate life We WeIn lifeIn lifeIn In the house Rep John J 0 O Con Connor Connor Connor nor chairman chalrman of the powerful rules rulescommlttee rulescommittee rulescommittee commlttee committee lias has been troublesome to tothe tothe tothe the 1\ew 1 ew Aew \ I ew Deal for some time hme As Ascha Ascha Ascha cha rman of that comm ttee he has hashad hashad hashad had much to dolth do \ with \\lth lth blocking blocklOg the thewages thewages thewagts wages and hours regulation regulatlon bill bllI He HeIssued Heissued Heissued Issued a blast against agamst the reorgam reorgani reorgamzabon reorganization reorgamzation zabon zation bill as soon as it had passed passedthe passedthe passedthe the senate and then voted againstit agamstIt agamst against againstitBut It ItButso itButso But-so But so But - so did dld nine nme other New York YorkDemocrats YorkDemocrats YorkDemocrats Democrats of whom all but one oneAlfred oneAlfred oneAlfred Alfred F Belter Beiter come from the theGreater theGreater theGreater Greater City Clty And an addit addlt onal onalNew onalNew onalNew New York c ty Democrat MartinJ MartmJ Martm Martin J Kennedy was paired agamst agalOst against the theb theb theb b U II ll So it is rather difficult dlfficult to fig figure figtire figure ure tire the organization orgamzahon leaders help helpmg helping helping mg ing to organize orgamze a move to el mmate minate mmatethe minatethe mmatethe the insurgents msurgents msurgentslhen \ when \lhen lhen primary pnmary day daycomes daycomes daycomes comes Especially Especlally when it is re remembered remembered remembered membered that several Important Importantfunchonanes importantfunctionaries importantfunctionaries funchonanes functionaries in m this thlS group of lead leaders leaders leaders ers particularly partlcularly Ed Flynn of the theBronx theBronx theBronx Bronx bucked the PresIdent Presidents Presidentswishes Presidentswishes s swlshes wlshes wishes rather forcefully forcefu1ly when he at attempted attempted attempted tempted to get appro\ appro approt approal \ al for Robert RobertH H Jackson s gubernatorial gubernatonal amb1 ambi amb1bons ambihens ambitions ambitionsIrritating bons hens hensIrritating Irritating Thorns ThornsIn In Maryland where the Pres dent dentv dentw dentwould v w . ould 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e to see Sen Millard Mlllard E ETydmgs ETydings ETydings Tydmgs Tydings replaced by a New Dealer DealerTyd DealerTyd DealerTyd Tyd ngs togs having havmg sided slded against agamst the thePres thePres thePres Pres dent on every controvers al alIssue alissue alissue Issue of any importance four of the theSLX thesix thesix SLX six Democrats voted against agamst the thePresldent thePresident thePresident thePresidentIn Presldent President PresldentIn PresidentIn In Ohio OhlO OhlOlhere \ where \lhere lhere there are all sorts sortsor sortsof sortsof or of anti anh New Deal rurnbl rumbl ngs and andho andwho andwho \\ho ho who \ e a senator Vie VIC Donahey was the thefirst thefirst thefirst first named of the TVA invest mvest gat gatmg gating gating mg ing mgcenators ingsenators senators cenators 12 of the 21 Demo Demo- Democrats Democrats Democrats - crats voted agamst against the Pres dent . . In Texaslhere Texas where \lhere lhere \ Sen Tom Connal Connally Connally Connally ly was among the first to msurge insurge msurgeon insurgeon on the Supreme court enlargement enlargementproposal enlargementproposal enlargementproposal proposal eight elght Democrats refused refusedto to follow folIow their thelr own Sam Rayburn Rayburnmajority Rayburnmajority Rayburnmajority majority leader leaderV V rg n a whose senators Carter CarterGlass CarterGlass CarterGlass Glass and Harry F Byrd have been beenthe beenthe beenthe the most irritating 1rntatmg thorns on CapItol CapItolH.l CapitolH H.l Hl H J 1 . so far as the \ White Shite \ hlte House IS ISccncerned isconcerned isconcerned ccncerned concerned ccncernedas \ was \\as as even worse Sev Seven Seven Seven en of her nine nme Democratic repre representatl representati representatnes sentatl\ sentatl sentati sentatles \ es voted against agamst the Pres1 Press Pres1dent Pressdent President PresidentEven dent dentEven Even in m South Carol naI na \I I \ whose whoseSenator whoseSenator hose hoseSenator Senator James F Byrnes led the thefig thefight thefight fig fight t tor for the reorganization reorgamzatlon bill blll in m the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate d d not do so well we1l Three Threeof Threeof Threeof of her six SLX Democrats voted wrong wrongfrom wrongfrom wrongfrom from the White House standpomt standpoint standpoint'fth standpointfth . . Vb ' \ ' h ch oh may not be so d spleasing spleasmg to toSen toSen toSen Sen Ellison Elhson D ( Cotton Ed ) Smlth Smith Smithwhom Smithwhom whom \ hom the White House would l.1ke l1ke like l.1keto liketo . liketo to see beaten th s fal1The fallThe fall fal1 fallThe The one senator who comes up upth upth upth th s year that the President Presldent is most mostanx mostanx mostanx anx ous to save is Dear Alben AlbenBarkley AlbenBarkley AlbenBarkley Barkley of Kentucky who defeated defeatedPat defeatedPat defeatedPat Pat Harnson Harrison tor for senate leader by byone byone byone one vote due entirely enhrely to White Whlte House Housepressure Housepressure Housepressure pressure He is now serlOusly seriously serlOuslythreatened seriouslythreatened seriouslythreatened threatened in m the primary pnmary Bjt B.lt Blt Bat . four fourof fourof fourof of the e a ght Kentucky Democrat c crepresentatlves crepresentatives crepresentatives representatlves representatives voted aga nst the thePIes thePies thePies PIes dent on the reorgan zat on billAnd billAnd bill billAnd And so it goes through most or of orthe ofthe ofthe the delegat delega tons ensA ons ens onsA A Chuckle HereJust Here HereJust Just a few days before the house houseso houseso so surpns surpris ngly scuttled the Presl Presf Presldent Presfdent President dent s pet government reorgan za zat zat zat t on b 11 II Mr Roosevelt was talkng talk ng ngw ngv w \ , th a group of vis tors As they theytold theytold theytold told the story afterward they tbey had hadthe hadthe hadthe the impression ImpreSSlon that the Pres dent dentwas dentwas dentwas was not greatly concerned about aboutlhat aboutwhat aboutwhat \lhat lhat what \ congress m ght do about any anythmg anything anything thmg thing but he fcrew brew crew rail rat rati ! cr er forceful forcefulI forcefulwhen forcefulwhen \I I \ when hen decrying decrymg any real danger of ofd ofd ofd d ctatorsh p in 10 this countryToward countryToward country countryToward Toward the conelus conc1us conclus on of o1 the 10 in 10tervlew interview interview tervlew terview the visitors vlsltors reported rE'ported ' the thePresldent thePresident thePresident Presldent President asked them dramaticallyit dramatlcallyIf dramaticallyif dramatlcally dramatically If they could name any po ver he hepossessed hepossessed hepossessed possessed ngPresidents that the two tv-o tv o - precedng preced ng Presidents Cool dge and Hoover Hooverhad Hooverhad I Ihad had not hadThe had hadThe ' ' The v sitors sltors were not polit poht cally tally tallyminded callyminded mmded minded As a matter of fact , , they theywere theywere theywere were chuckling chucklmg as they came out of o1 ofthe o1the ofthe the White Whlte House about the retort retortone retortone retortone one of the r number had made This Thisgentleman Thisgentleman This.gentleman Thisgentleman gentleman , . had said sald to the Pres Presdent Presdent Presdent dent denthen . , \ nhen \\hen hen when asked what powers he hehad hebad hehad had bad that his hlS two t\lO t lO \ predecessors had hadlacked hadlacked hadlacked lacked Tl Tt TI c e a power ot of expression expressionB B 't t ' t it didnot did not occur to them unt tint I 1 Iseveral 1several 1several several hours later Iater that after all the thepower thepower thepower power to allocate a couple of or billion billiondoIlars billiondollars billiondollars doIlars dollars a year to projects aUover allover all aU over overthe overthe overthe the country with the po ver to say to toSenator toSenator toSenator Senator Blank that he would eIther eIthervole eithervote eithervole vole vote tor for adm nistration mstratlon measures or get no spend ng for his lus statelas state \las las tsas laspower tsaspower \ waspower power of patronage which of course courseboth courseboth courseboth both Coolidge and Hoover had had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been enormously increased Incrcased through throughtile throughthe throughthe tile the tremendous multiplication multlphcatlon of the thenumber thenumber thenumber number of o1 good jobs on the fedcral federal fedcralpay federalpay federalpay pay rollAll rollAll roll rollAll All of which whlch is very sign Slgn ficant now nowbecause nowbecause nowbecause because of the new insurrection msurrectIon on onCapitol onCapitol onCapitol Capitol H II-that II that 11-that 11 11 - that against agamst againstot agamstot \ot ot tot \ ng the thePresldent thePresident thePresident Presldent President huge sums for rchef relief rchefWhlCh reliefwhich reliefwhich WhlCh which he can then allocate a1l0cate as he hepleases hepleases hepleases hepleasesMay pleases pleasesMay May Turn on Heat HeatIt It must be adm ttcd tted that there thereseems thereseems thereseems seems very little httIe prospect of thlS this thlSlatest thislatest thislatest latest revolt succeeding succeedmg But then thenit thenit thenit it seemed rather unlikely unhkely after the theWhite theWhite theWhite White House turned on the heat for forthe forthe forthe the reorganization reorgamzatlon bill blll and was able ableto ableto ableto to get it through the senate that it itwould Itwould would \ ould be upset in m the houseAt houseAt house houseAt At least three times every ever > ) one onewatclung onewatching onewatching watclung watching the situation sltuatlon has been beensure beensure beensure sure within wlthm the last 18 months monthsthat monthsthat monthsthat that the wages and hours regulahon regulation regulahonblll regulationbill regulationbill blll bill would be enacted only to see it itsldetracked itsidetracked itsidetracked sldetracked sidetracked So that predictions predlctlons at atthe atthe atthe the moment seem rather daring daringThls daringThis daringThis Thls This ne v w revolt Just lust ] ust might mlght get some somehere somewhere somewhere \\here here where \ unlikely unl1kely as it seems no vThe vThe v vThe The great importance of it is that that1.f thatif thatif 1.f 1f if . 1 it t should it \ would ould clip cUp the Pres1 Presi Pres1dent President President dent s power so effectively effechvely that It ItIs itis itis Is scarcely likely lIhely he would be able ableto ableto ableto to force any measure through con congres congress congross gres gress for the remainder remamder of his hlS pres present present prosent ent term It would mean that from fromnow fromnow fromnow now on congress would come mlghty mighty mlghtyclose mightyclose mightyclose close to determining determmmg its decisions on onItS onits onits ItS own polit poUt cal and economic eCOnomle Judg Judgment judgment ] udgment , ment It \ would ould mean the end of ofWlnte ofWhite ofWhite Wlnte White House domination dommatIon of Cap1l0l Capitol Cap1l0lHlll CapitolHill CapitolHiU CapitolHiUJust Hlll Hill HlllJust HillJust Just one reservation reservatlon has to be bemade bemade bemade made to this thlS The President Presldent shll still shllhas stillhas stillhas has that power of expression It ItIS Itis Itis IS not imposs unposs ble that his hlS strength strengthw1th strengthwith strengthwith w1th with the people in m certain certam states and anddlstncts anddistricts anddistricts dlstncts districts would be such that he could couldbrmg couldbring couldbring brmg bring about the defeat in the Demo Democratle Democratic Democratic cratle cratic primaries prlmanes this tlus year of a dozen dozenor dozenor dozenor or more outstanding outstandmg figures among amongthe amongthe amongthe the insurgents msurgents That should it oc occur occur occur cur would be apt to bring brmg con congress congress congress gress back to heel very decidedly decldedly decidedlyProbe decidedlyProbe Probe to Be Unique Umque UniqueThe UniqueThe The TVA investigation Investlgatlon InvestlgatlonVlll will \Vlll Vlll \ be beunlque beunique beunique unlque unique among the outstanding outstandmg con congresslOnal congressional congressional gresslOnal gressional mqu nes rles rtes of the last quar quarter quarter quarter ter of o1 a century in one part cular- cular cularIt cularit cular cularit - it will Wl11 not have a prosecutorSome prosecutorSome prosecutor prosecutorSome Some senator or member of o1 the thehouse thehouse thehouse house among the tenlho ten \ who \lho lho compose composethe composethe composethe the committee commlttee may dec de after the thethmg thething thething thmg thing gets started to take a real m in mterest interest interest terest and try to get some vhere vhereWIth vherewith vherewith WIth it There is no such promise pronuse to tothose tothose tothose those who know the men troii frO'll frOll fronn ' look looking looking looking ing over their names but surprises surprisesdo surprisesdo surprisesdo do happen happenBut But in m the pabt it has been the thecustom thecustom thecustom custom when a committee corrumttee was ap appomted appointed appointed pomted pointed to delve into mto something somethmg to toplck topick topick plck pick out the particular partlcular man who whohad whohad whohad had been doing domg most of the crusad crusadmg crusading crusading mg ing on that subject and put him hlm on onthe onthe onthe the invest mvest gatmg gating body if not as ascha ascha ascha cha rman then at least as a mem member membar memher memherFor ber bar berFor barFor For example after Sen Burton BurtonK BurtonK K Wheeler had been attacking attackmg Har Harry Harry Harry ry M |