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Show P.rtirhart't V alt' n? ton D!'.'e:t (Genuine Strain Hiding Placed Upon Adinini.-tratioii Control of Senate I'rc-icl.-rit'i Appoifitniciiti t' P11M1V Oilier t 'j --t 1 1 n to S.mr I'olloer-; K-.jier Virtually Ton -,l Out a-i Srr-rei.u Srr-rei.u y of ( inrii iiK-ri l .Mat.r I!u')in (r I 1'jj.r.iii-. ;7 vII.r.IAM UIIL'CKAUT UNC Srrvire, National I'ren HIJ., V a iliin-tun, I). C. V. A Ml 1 ' ,U - I'm- -.. l-f.( I', v.-!'. I f 1: , r 1 in it.- of II. e f 1 r. r.!.'.i.t it f " 11. :: .I.;:.. .! ' '" '' ., t. .. -.. ,1 1 1 1, if I r- I ' .:m r., .'!, t;,.-v arc h-i.'.i .: ri'ii-rr ri'ii-rr 1 .'.vr ,ir.. I tl.i-rr 11 a H -rn.. r...n (..:..: .l 1 " 1.. .r., .-.,'.. ,1 roUrol 111 Ui..t bo'ly of i- .i;:;, - .1. V, I. -r. -.11. it ii;-.'-.'ir.''t a 1.1. i.'ti , II. it th- and ii-lmlin .T-t.'.ri .T-t.'.ri ffiii..rl viouM l.r-.ik nut of roniiol or,! on rn.ijor lr. .ui-t, It In. TV fr,,:t tll.lt ttliTK 1-1 fill II, i ... it nf d.inn-r to tli- l'ri ".i'l-nt on iniii..r, mi vn-ll m major. ciiM-stiorn. 'I he m-w ili-VfloiiinTits have come, firi'l are continuing to come, from . Ii.it Home tiHirve to lie an unwise ciiriie nn the I'ri-sld-nt's plirt III th- matter of nominations to public Mire -a.inintinents that rnuil have a..rov,il of the enale. Whether tlie I'ri-iKl-nt Is to hlame, jersonaliy. for ,larlii these distasteful names In the mouths of senators, nr whether, wheth-er, as heretofore, the condition re-mills re-mills from the activities of the "inner "in-ner circle." the effect Is the same. It Is a very real jiruhlem for the administration advisors ti ponder, nnd It la rntirely possible that Mr. Knnsevelt will Ket a slap in the face by Benate rejection of some of the nominees for Judgeships and other public olllces. It Is Just possible that some senators wilt K.ig at swallowing swal-lowing several of the names. If that happens, what will be left Mr. Itoosevelt's mastery of the senate thereafter will he meaningless. Observers here In Washington heard many private remarks of a very uncomplimentary character last fall when Mr. Roosevelt named (lov. James V. Allred of Texas to a federal Judgeship. It was so plainly political that some individuals who lire very close to Mr. Roosevelt were disgusted. They did not speak out then, hut they are bolder now. Shortly thereafter. Mr. Roosevelt named Kloyd Roberts to a federal Judgeship in Virginia. Now, apparently. appar-ently. Mr. Roberts is about as well equipped to be a Judtie as I would hi if we are to believe the public statements of Senators Carter Glass nnd Il.ury Hyril, both Democrats nod both acquainted with the life anil record of Judf,e Roberts. Roper Virtually Forced Out As Secretary of Commerce Subsequently. Daniel C. Roper was virtually forced out as secretary secre-tary of commerce in order to make room for removal of Professional Reliever Harry Hopkins to a cabinet Job. Hopkins thereby was taken out of the line of rod hot fire about h s spending policies. Homer S. Cuminin-s quit as attorney general and frank Murphy. Michigan's lame duck governor, was given the post. former Sen. James P. Pope who was licked in the Idaho Democratic primaries was named to the directorate direc-torate of the Tennessee Valley authority au-thority from which Dr. Arthur Morgan Mor-gan was so unceremoniously dismissed. dis-missed. Rumor has it that former Sen. Fred H. Brown, lame duck New Hampshire Democrat, is to be given the juicy Job of comptroller general of the United States as soon as it is evident that congress will not vote abolition of the general accounting ac-counting otVice. Rep. T. Aian Goldsborough of Maryland lately has been named a federal judge tor the District of Columbia. Co-lumbia. It will be recalled that it was Mr. Goldsborough who invited President Roosevelt into Maryland last summer in the attempt to purge Sen. Millard Tydings from the Democratic Dem-ocratic ranks. In fact, it was at Denton. Md.. Mr. Goldsborough's home town, that the President made his most vicious attack on Tydings and delivered his eulogy of praise for David J. Lewis in the senatorial primaries. There have been other appointments appoint-ments mixed in here and there, some important, some just run -of -the-mine jobs, and they have not met unanimity. Even the selection of Professor Felix Frankfurter as a justice of the Surrer.-.e court of the V :ii:od States did not arouse enthusiasm en-thusiasm among the senators who voted approval of the nomination, t. personally . heard several senators sena-tors remark Lh.it the Frankfurter ; pooir.-Tueiit w as so much better t'.-.ui that of Hugo Black, a year : go. that it was refreshing to vote f r him. Ye:, they added a qua'US-cition. qua'US-cition. Justice Frankfurter has t rams, a fine mind but he is looked moon as the father of so much of the New Deal that his presence on the highest court rmpeareu none too Nomination of Amlie of Y.'isconsin Creates F uss But all of these arpoin'uuen.ts now seem to have been only a build up to a climax. They were to be fallowed fal-lowed by an appointment that caught the senators in the ribs. It was the nomination cf former Kep. I'M. : H K. Afi.h-, A'., e-,i. n I"'-t'"' I"'-t'"' - .i.'. l a: a I oi - ! !'-. to r.e J a ri.-no.'-r i f tii- ir.'.-r .Ui'.e com-fi.ve com-fi.ve t rrifr . . .. .n 'Ii.it norroria-t...u norroria-t...u '.-r.t to U..- s-n.i'- without ev.-n i,- c.r..,t ,r-,.;.-.-, -ive. S.-nator La-r-.li.-'f, k:i ...A about it. and there arr th .i- in ti.- s.-fia'.e who he!. eve t!i it S r. ilor I.ar'ii.-t'.e Would have u 1 v i 1 a,; mo.t it. had he been Corroll'.-.l. 'Mu-re is a very real possibility ul'hou.h not toiuduuve ttiat the senate, will reject the Amlie appointment. appoint-ment. The pressure against him is quite unusual. Kvon the legislature of his home state adopted a resolution, resolu-tion, riiemor ah.ing the senate in opposition op-position to confirmation. Whatever virtues Mr. Amlie may have, his qualitlcutions to be a member mem-ber of the interstate commerce commission com-mission cannot be numbered in that list. He knows nothing about transportation; trans-portation; he is nut an economist, and if his record as a member of the house of representatives here is a jiroper criterion, he is as lacking lack-ing in judicial characteristics well, he simjily does not have them. His work in the house was distinguished by the fact that he headed a conglomerate con-glomerate group which was attempting at-tempting to "co-ordinate liberal thought" in the nation. But apparently appar-ently the folks in Wisconsin rather doubted his value for they refused to select him as the progressive senatorial sen-atorial candidate who. incidentally, was doomed for a licking anyway in the November election. Appointments Upsetting to Followers of President One never can tell what trades may be made within the great club known as the senate, but surely Mr. Amlie will be discussed fully before he is confirmed. And as I said above, he may not be approved at all. The appointment may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. When Mr. Roosevelt began making mak-ing appointments three or four months ago that were upsetting to some of his followers, they had to decide between their loyalty to him and their convictions. The bulk of them stood by him. He was the head of the Democratic party; party unity was, and is, essential, and they justified the votes in confirmation confirma-tion in various ways. The Hopkins and Murphy appointments were confirmed con-firmed because it always has been the philosophy of senators that cabinet cab-inet jobn are intimate associations with the President. He is entitled, therefore, to have whom he desires to sit with him at the cabinet session ses-sion and to advise hina when he seeks advice. I think there was an inclination to accept Mr. Murphy, too, because it was known he wanted want-ed to crush the sit-down strikes at their inception and was confronted with White House refusal of support. sup-port. There were fewer votes against him for that reason than against Secretary Hopkins. On the other hand. Senator Vandenberg, the Michigan Republican, said he voted against the nomination because "the issues were the same as in Michigan's Michi-gan's election last fall when Mr. Murphy was repudiated." When it gets to cases like the All-red All-red appointment for Texas judge and the Roberts appointment in Virginia, Vir-ginia, there simply is no explanation explana-tion available unless as I said, the "inner circle" is leading Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt into a morass. Senators Glass and Byrd are going to fight the Roberts Rob-erts nomination. Senators Sheppard and Connally were not consulted about the judgeship in their state. As far as it has leaked out, nobody was asked whether the Amlie appointment ap-pointment would arouse enthusiasm or hatred. Congress Shows Disposition To Assert Independence The proposition thus settles down to only one possible answer. Since the last election removed the rubber rub-ber stamp from the hands of the New Dealers and the congress has shown a disposition to i.ssert its independence in-dependence of the une!?cted "inner circle." they are resorting to a new strategy. They can not always control con-trol congress but they have access to the appointive power vested in the hands of the Fresider.t. They have this because they have the President's ear and they take pau-.s to see that none cf the practical politicians, pol-iticians, like Vice Fresider.t Garner or Sen. Fat Harrison, or Speakei Eai-.khead. wield any influence. The strategy may work. It may put into numerous governmental posts and judicial positions men who will continue to execute Xew Deal plans. That, cf course, is a bruiiar.t move if it works. There is. however, how-ever, more to think about than that. The trend toward the middle of the road, emphasired in last fall's voting vot-ing c-in be given greater momentum momen-tum by the tactics cf fencing upon the country policies against which the electorate expressed themseives. In that event, the Democratic party w-ill be the victim. Wes-.em Newspaper Cniou. |