Show J Washington Many Many times In these columns I J have had occasion to write in praise of Great Leader Senator Joe Rob- Rob Passe Passes On inson o of Arkansas Arkans s t i the Democratic leader In the the senate senat His magnificent magnificent magnificent cent qualities his capacity as a statesman and the regard with which he was was held by Republicans and Democrats alike were such that further pra praise s 's from this pen would be of ot little value Suffice It to say I that iz Jv Joe Ro death the nation nation na na- na- na I tion Is the loser beca because se be bc fought the good ghq But Senator Senator Robinsons Robinson's sudden death a n few days ago has precipitated a condition of ot gravest ir importance Although none of ot us who knew him Dor those with whom lie he was asso associated l ted in an official c cpa capacity pa ity could have foreseen his sudden death 1 think it is proper to tos s say Y that the p passing of Joe Robinson Robinson Robin Robin- son son may have more more reaching far In Influence in- in fl fluence nce ence upon his his hs country's history th than all aU of his long and distinguished distin distin- distinguished gu hed career in public life That Thatis is t to say fate possibly has turned In this instance to the role It sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times plays the plays the role of master strategist t The answer Is simple Joe Robinson Robin Robin- son was the fi field ld marshal for the Roosevelt administration Particularly he was the field marshal inthe inthe in inthe the greatest legislative battle to torea rea reach h. h uie the floors of congress since the days of sla and this coincided coincided coincided coin coin- with tie te daring adventure of an epochal aimi administration tion President R Roosevelt leaned upon Senator Robson n to put through the senate a bill that would permit the Chief Executive to appoint additional addition addition- al justices ot othis his own choosing to membership ii a the Supreme court of the Unit United States He leaned upon the Arkanas senator for many other ther t things ings a well but it seems to be the of opinion that Mr maywell may maywell maywell well stand or fUi by the success or failure of his pram to reorganize the judiciary PIram United States It seems seems' furth that if il the President President President dent fails to dam dam ain congressional approval for th plan which would give the I domination over the court the country he ht will have lost c of ot the legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive branch of le e government for forthe forthe forthe the remainder I his term Few Presidents able to carry carryon on successfully bout the cooperation cooperation co oper of the legit ve branch It is too course to say whether the dea Sena Senator tor Robinson Robin Robin- son means f the court packing packing packing pack pack- ing program most of the astute observers in Washington Washington many of the Presidents President's own In the senate believe that t passing of ot the Democratic a fatal blow to the President power in con con- gress This res ress s from the fact tact that Joe able to to mold together many ps and cliques and aud hold them b bhe he sheer power of ot his lovable p in a co co- workable t. t The countr n I will know how well and faith y Joe Robinson fought for or the the resident resident aud azid his policies 1 ha aId in in these columns col heretofore 1 fa I repeat that I do n not t believe ator Robinson favored all aU of thew Deal poll poll- cies in his heart beart e B was progressive sive but he be had W nd nd ideas he stood by the and the New Deal with coura courage e i 4 capacity but buton buton buton on mary maxy occasIOn occasions occasions' have reason to believe he r those principles prin principles print print- because hi believed he should either fight 4 fe member of ot his party or G. Further he knew that it 11 he L d retire he woula not noi nave me nor northe northe the in influence to pe de the radical radi cal wing jf f the New Ne alers to propose propose pro pro- pose reasonable polls In Jn other words s the late Der atie leader was attempting to leader in inand fact as well as In n and many are he indications re he was able to the the pull ts and the radical New Dealers k from the Ule brink of political de des s tion 4 In view of the fact tac have reported reported reported re re- re- re ported and the ns l have nave ma ov ove it be Bill BiU Court c Con Con- 0 perfectly Doomed Partial at t the h ht e Pres Pret t is in a where he can position the present pres pres- ent court battle with d d. d jn In act there are many w who vho o believe believe be be- lieve the court legisla legislation Vill have to be abandoned and t congress will be quickly d by that annual desire of and se senators to conclude and adjourn Let us review the sit f n as regards re re- the court legis gards n. n The President got of oI to o cry ery bad start when the original to add six new justices to t Supreme court was presented original reasons h he gave for de dedIn dint the till new new power po he SOUght c slut shat- within a few Y dafler the draft of the bill reach je Capi tol toI He was Abandon abandon them Mr Roos Roosevelt velt th me for for- ward with a second se se r reasons sons that the namely a ourt as os ast at t present constituted c not and I would not hold some of his social legislation constitutional That set o of reasons was knocked into a cocked hat when the Supreme court upheld the Washington n state minimum wage law the Wagner labor relations rela rela- act and the tho soci social I security taxes Then came the resignation of Justice Van Devanter Justice Van Devanter was one of ot the tile men mer men whom Mr Roosevelt had in mind as as unwilling and unlikely to see social social so so- cial legislation through the same same glasses as Mr Roosevelt saw the II situation in th the country i The Van Devanter resignation gave the President an opportunity to appoint a new member to the court It also gave the senate an an n opportunity opportunity to burst forth with expressions of its own ideas concerning the type of man who should succeed Justice Van Devanter and the senators were not backward in promoting the name of ot the Democratic leader Senator Robinson But Mr Roosevelt thus far has failed to f fill ll the vacancy and this has failure been Interpreted Interpret interpret- ed by the opposition among the Presidents President's own party as an unwillingness to select anyone but a radical radical radical radi radi- cal for the highest court In any event those opposed to the court bill contend that the Presidents President's delay delay de do lay constitutes only another reason why he should accept the inevitable inevitable inevitable table defeat of the court revision program When it became apparent that fuat the original bill for six new justices could not be passed because the dominated Democratic-dominated senate judIciary judiciary judiciary judi judI- ciary committee reported the bill with a scathing de denunciation the late Senator Robinson astutely ely offered offered of of- p a substitute bill in in the nature of a compromise This substitute bore the authorship of Senators Logan Logan Lo Lo- Logan Lo- Lo gan of Kentucky and Hatch of New Mexico Even the substitute which provided for one additional judge a year year until the S Supreme prem court numbEred num num- numbered red bared eleven cleven members h has ha's s r received the same bitter criticism that characterized characterized characterized char char- the first measure Many members of the senate say they will fight it as long as they would have the original because it will give Live the Chief Executive control of the Supreme court just as the earlier earlier ear ear- lier Her one w would uld have done Frankly the su substitute appears to tobe tobe be losing ground because in the house of representatives the other day Chairman of the house judiciary committee a Texas Democrat announced that if the senate should pass the bill and if it reached his committee it would never be reported to the house Mr Mm is a long time member of the house and a highly respected one He dominates his committee There were few Cew who vho believed that after the chairman's declaration the llie Supreme court bill biU ever could reach the floor loor of the house There is yet jet et another phase of ot this picture I refer to the line of cleavage cleavage cleavage cleav cleav- age that has been beert drawn within the Democratic party on account of the court legislation It If was this about which spoke but which h ht hc never mentioned directly ill iii hi his speech He talked about bout splitting the Democratic party and nd that hat wa was wasas wasas as near as he ever got to saying that if 11 the President forces the court bill through congress which he he- might yet be able to do there will result a Democratic party and a aNew aNew aNew New Deal party e President Roosevelt vetoed a little known and little tittle discussed bill the theother theother other day It was Star Route known as H Ii R. R Bill Vetoed an an Act t to Provide for theene the the- Renewal ene J of Star oute Cont Contracts ts a at tour four Year Intervals The or course will mean little to most of those who read these lines But this was wasa a bill intended to do justice justice- tc those underprivileged classes about which Mr Roosevelt has bilS often spoken In his fireside chats over the radio The men who w would uld have benefited by this piece of legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion were the star str ro route te carriers of ot the mails the mails the service that dates dates- t t-ck t ck to the stagecoach days of ot America and the service from which originated the Postal Posta departments department's departments department's depart depart- ments ment's famous lamous phrase the mails must go through The star route is the only means by which a good many thousand persons are are aole t to receive malls mails on any anything ng like a B modern basis because this service re reaches the way the inland inlaid towns where railroads railroads' are nut not yet and possibly never will be in opera opera- tion S SI I watched this legislation go through the house without dissenting dissent dissent- ing vote I saw Senator McKellar Democrat of Tennessee attack the bill ill in vicious language and then I 1 the seriate senate pass it by a vote of at nearly two o o one In addition D. D i know that thai the rep rep- of these little known carriers carriers' Ue known e except to those whom direct directly serve had tried for or number of ot years ears to obtain a basis of Jet let ot P pay lna that Will them Uv live Thy y able finally Hy were ure to convince general Farley Furley that ss L they h were paid more money the umber n-umber that would go broke In carr o out Ut ir contracts con con- tracts would be arrik am om Western 1 r. ZID per large e h |