Show 9 National Topics cs Interpreted I by William Bruckart Washington l ashIngton party strat strategy strategy egy In the present congressional sen en atonal campaign G. G O. O P. P Has resolves I It Itself t se I 1 r f Hard Task into inton n fl determined effort b bj- bj the Democrats Dem Dem- to hold holt the t two thirds t o-t I ds majority major majur ity the they have hn In th the i house of ot representatives es and nn an equally determined determined deter deter- mined drive b by the publIcan fie high command to break the strangle strange stranglehold stranglehold hold there of or the New Deal party The holding holding- of or or this majority is of or vital Ital Importance to the Democrats because with a two thirds vote they will be able id lri the next congress to continue gig gag rule whIch was was Invoked In the Ule last congress and under which It was possible to pass n measures with a nn minimum of oC debate and effort In the light of at the Ule outcome In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Maine elections and In In Inthe the face of the size of ot Democratic votes In Iii Inthe Inthe the primaries In a number of sta states tes regarded as rather safely Republican Republican lican before 1932 1032 the G. 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P leadership leadership lead lead- leadership apparently has a hard task ahead In the last congress the Democrats had members or 22 more than a two-thirds two majority and generally were ere able to command command com corn mand mos most of t the five fi votes of the Farmer Labor membership as ns well as zig the vo votes es of several Republicans from Wisconsin and from one ot of the stern states AssumIng Assuming Assum Assum- ing a Labor Farmer Labor membership In Inthe Inthe Inthe the next h h lise- lise se as great grett as that In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last the Republicans would have to register feister a net gain of ot not less than thirty seats In order to hold break brenk Democracy's strangle Even with such sucha a g gain the Republicans Republicans would have to muster their full strength on onery every ery vote In order ai rule ruie to prevent gag The Democrats are certain to tomake tomake tomake make substantial gains In the senate sen son ate and they are by bj no means overlooking over over- looking n single sena senatorial con contest test Democratic leaders In headquarters here have e been mentally kicking themselves ever er since the Maine election that they ej did not put on a n vigorous drive e against Senator Frederick t Hale Hal In that state They explain privately that they did dd not do so so b because ause they never had in an Idea t there lele was as a n a possibility of defeating defeating de do- Mr Hale nale because a Hole Hale HaleIn In the senate senate li has s been l Maine alne tradition tradition tion for for generations The They detect detected detected ed cd a tl flaw fl w wIn s in their reasoning when hen Mr H came through with only a scant majority and this fact net has I caused them to redouble tl their efforts ef er- efforts ef- ef forts In n other states and particularly particularly i In Ohio where Simeon D. D Fess Fess- Fess former chairman pC of the Republican Republican Re Re- publican national committee Is Is- up for for- re election In Maryland West Vest Virginia Rhode Island New Je Jersey ej Missouri Indiana Delaware Connecticut Con Con- and and- Michigan n. n Nor are they even overlooking verlo ing that citadel 1 of oft Republicanism Penns Pennsylvania where Da David A A. A Reed Is up up f for r re- re election e Democrats now v have sixty members In the senate four senate four short of oin a jw th majority majority and and they ire are confident that that- November ember will vIll 6 Bee this membership increased by bya bya a a minimum of or five fire or one more than kan a tw two thirds majority And when chen they get down to cases Rep Re- Re p leaders somewhat mournfully mournfully mourn mourn- fully admit privately that Democratic Demo Demo- atc cratic expectations may be fulfilled A two thirds majority In the senate sen son ate durin during the next two years Is highly Important from the Demo Demo- poInt of view because of ot the number of ot Important treaties now fc pending pening n ing or to be submitted to that I body for ratification c t e i. i t II Is no secret In political circles b here re fn In n Washington that the campaign cam cam- strategy of Talk of those the at present Third Party Party In In command orthe of or the G. G O O. O P. P does not meet moot with th the full approval of ot Ii some me Republicans who vilo are offering for re I I have ha had several se of or the them tell me mc that their prospects pros prosy vl vIctory tory would be mate mate- 1 rEally enhanced ced If It the Republican r thigh high command stayed ed out of ot their states or Qi districts These are men vho heretofore h ve been regarded gular wing o of ot the party I but t b t who vho have the feeling which ap- ap e. e Is is becoming more mor and andi j i- more morp mor widespread amon among the younger young young- er r leaders that there m must st be a n r re- re erf at the Republican n party J aneT a n youn younger r and more liberal leadership If It tIle the party Is to regain I f place In the be American political sun M Meanwhile reports trickle Into Washington ab about ut a n movement having Its l Inception lon on the western prairies for forthe the formation of a n. third party S' S Several conferences of or pro proS le ie leaders have e ers already been b held n and some of those who have participated tell me that the movement move rome ment ent Is gaining steadily although It has had no publicity as ng yet Those participating desire no fan fanfare tin tin- fare inre as they do not believe belle the thc time timela Is la ripe for or the announcement and that certainly the movement should not be brought Into the open until after the November elections The fate of ot the progressive e party In Wisconsin as ns organized by Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert M. M La Follette Jr and his brother Ph Phil t can be expected tobare to have bare lave a ft considerable bearing on the I the plans of ot those who are me viewing field to determine whether a n sizeable sizeable size size- able public sentiment can cnn be he marshaled mar mar- marshaled behind the third party move move- ment meat Many political strategists both In the National Capital and elsewhere believed and gave e expression ex ex- ex- ex presson to their views at nt the time that Senator La In Follette made a major major ma jor political error when he lie came out openly for or President Roosevelt In 1932 This m made de certain that the Democrats would carry Wisconsin the the state many regard as ns the birthplace of ot the Republican party and and It was equally certain that the astute James A. A Farley as chairman of the Democratic national nation nation- al committee would lose no time In building up a formidable Democratic Democrat Democrat- ic Ie organization through the power of patronage at his disposal as postmaster postmaster post post- master general The vote ote In n the recent recent recent re re- cent Democratic primary Indicated that he lie had done lone a rather thorough job but whether the La In Follette hold on the Wisconsin electorate can be broken remains to be seen a S Whatever the Democratic majorIty majority major major- ity ma may be In the next senate the New r Dealers are Would V Outdo certain to have Kingfish two flies files In the ointment w when hen heretofore they have ha had only one Mississippi Is sending to the senate Its former ormer governor Theodore Theodoro G. G Bilbo to join Louisiana's Irrepressible ible Huey Buoy P. P Kingfish Long Mr Bilbo wile who became a newspaper clipper In lii Washington under the New Deal has promised his constituents constituents constituents that I If they would send him to Washington he would raise more h li-I li 1 than Hucy Huey Long He has set for fot himself a n nery very ery sizeable job because because be be- cause admittedly Mr Long has raised more h h l 1 since he has been In the senate than was raised by even en those two theretofore Incomparable parable h li-I li 1 raisers Cole lease Blease of South Carolina and md Tom Torn Heflin of Alabama They constituted a real team from the South during their stay In n the worlds greatest deliberative er the body but unquestionably Long and Bilbo will put their record record record rec rec- rec- rec ord to shame shame that that Is it if they team up together Senator Long has Ims demonstrated dem dern- during his brief stay In Inthe Inthe inthe the senate that he likes es to hold the center of the stage with a silent cast about to admire Whether he heill will ill tike take e kindly to another h h l 1 raiser within his own party ranks remains to be seen Democratic leaders do not overlook overlook overlook over over- look the possibility that If these two team to together ether they might create a schism within the party ranks s. s Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Long has far outstripped any riny ny of the New Dealers Deniers In some of the proposals which he tie hn has made and anil Mr Ir Bilbo apparently Is determined to keep pa pace e with him if not surpass surpass surpass sur sur- pass him There are several Democratic Demo cratic cratie senators who might conceivably ably go along with them as they are not riot wholly satisfied with what they regard as ns the conservative radicalism of the administration S S S Two pieces of legislation enacted by the last congress with a view to i aiding the farmer Due for lor seem destined for Scrap Heap leap the scrap heap They are the tho compulsory cotton control law and the Lempke farm mortgage bill Strangely enough ItIs It ItIs itis Is Senator Bankhead head of Alabama author of the cotton law who leads the revolt against that measure which limited cotton production to ten million bales with each state allocated Its respective share of this total It so happ happens ns that the total yield was only nine million bales a million less than permitted by stat stat- ute But nut peculiarly enough some sonic of ot the southern states bad had superb weather and raised more than they were permitted to raise under the allocation made by the Agricultural Adjustment administration There Is a n penalty of 30 O on on ery every excess bale raised In any state and tal taken en ento to market Mr Bankhead would have this tax waived wal setting up tUe argument that since only nine million bales In all are available n It Is senseless to keep leep any of It off ocr the market In the face of a crop shortage The Lempke bill blU In the first test case brought In n the courts before Federal District Jud Judge e W. W Calvin Chestnut In Baltimore has hasmet hasmet hasmet met the tile fate ate which Its opponents predicted It it would meet It has been declared unconstitutional The purpose pur pose of this measure was to declare a l moratorium on farm mortgages for or a period of five tl years It will vill be he recalled that this was one of or the measures which was passed by the senate In the hectic closing hours of ot the last se session n and amid It Is no secret that many De Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- no voted for It in the Ithe belief bellet th that Mr Roosevelt would veto It and that even cven If he lie did sign It which It-which which he did the did the courts would declare It Invalid This was merely another one ono of the tho many ninny cases of passing the buck bude which are arc to be found In the annals of the congress Mr Roosevelt declined to take tale the buck so the holders of ot farm mortgages mort gages were left only recourse to time the courts D. D Western N Union |