Show 0 EMU 4 washington it Is curious how trade winds blow in politics we here in washing phenomenon ton have just wit in in politics hessed ased what ca can well be called a phenomenon it grows out of the primaries in two widely sep separates aratea states florida and pennsylvania the fact act that it was it a democratic primary in each instance however makes possible this analysis and discussion of details taking up the primaries in their order there was the primary in florida where sen ben claude pepper per cent new dealer In dorser of townsend old age pensions and himself indorsed endorsed Indor sed by james roosevelt son and secretary of the pres ident licked the pants oft off of his challengers lie ile polled more votes than rep hep J mark wilcox and former gov dave combined it was without doubt a new deal victory for which the tha president can claim justI justifiable flable credit the second primary was that in pennsylvania where there were three candidates fo for r the tha united states senatorial nomination among the democrats and three for tho the democratic gubernatorial gubernator lal nomination there two candidates for the republican nomination tor for each of these offices as well but that fact will be treated later few party primaries in modern times developed the bitterness that flamed in the democratic test in pennsylvania it was the first time that organized labor as such had come out in open with avowed candidates and it was the first time democratic national chairman farley has taken a hand in attempting to tell lell the voters of a state what to do in addition there was a state party parly committee which insisted upon selecting a slate of candidates in regulation boss fashion so there we were all of the elements of a rough fight and li it happened according to forecast mr mi farley mado made an eleventh hour public appeal to the democrats of Pennsyl pennsylvania vanla for harmony lie ile asked them ther nto to nominate governor eale tor for tho United States senate governor E earle arle was the choice of the state committee faction mr parley farley also asked that the penn sylv antAns lleti gov thomb thomas s kennedy kenned r secretary treas aurer of the united cinq workers for or the governorship mr kennedy was thrown overboard by the tha state committee but he had the open in dor of john L lewis head of the 0 1 I 0 labor union lon lie ile also had the backing of sen joseph gut toy ley who has constantly served as president nt Roosevel ts Vs voice in the united states senate the farley recommendation thus cast out charles alvin jones of pittsburgh state committee selection for the go governorship and it if threw mayor S davs wilson of philadelphia into the discord discard as far as the democratic senatorial nomination was concerned mayor wilson was a lewis C I 1 O guffey candidate the parley farley announcement made on the he day boore before the primary built up resentment even from the men he be indor endorsed sed governor earle barked loud and long so did lieutenant governor kennedy mr earle won mr kennedy lost mr jones won and shouted about it mayor wilson lost and bellowed about the ahe interference and after the smoke cleared aw away ely mr parley farley said promptly in ef feet lets all get together and elect our democratic candidates 0 0 0 john D M 11 hamilton amilton republican national chairman wrote a ment while the bl fitting sun was coming words up P ou on the day fol lowing the tha primary lie ile bounced biting words right off of mr Far parleys leys heal head in substance he said the pennsylvania primary primicy showed 1 The voters of any state stale resent interference from the national headquarters as regards their party nominees 2 the voters showed they will have nothing to io do with john L lewis despino the fact that probably that state Is the tha most tightly organized tor for the C 1 I 0 of uny state in the country 3 the democrats of pennsylvania are ot of the crackpot crack pot brains of the roosevelt administration amr mr hamilton further called attention to the fact that two present democratic members of the house houa of representatives were defeated tor for representative stack an admirer of father coughlin Coughl Ln tad rad leal ical radio priest and representative crosby author of townsend plan bills in the house were sup planted the republican ch chairman airmail sought to connect their defeat with a trend away from radicalism which hesayo Is hi inherent herent in the new deal because mr stack sometimes went beyond new deal ground i no now as to the republican battle jamec X J davis present senator vas as over G mason owlett backed by the republican state committee and judge arthur H james was nominated for the governorship over former gov GU gif lord ford pinchot who like mr ken riedy nedy was approved by john L lewis and his C 1 I 0 as acceptable so again the voters took things into their own hands and their state committee selections were taken on where the voters liked theman the man but to get back to tho the premise upon which I 1 started it has been most interesting to note the veering of the political winds shortly after the florida primary there was a hurrying for cover by dozens of democrats in the house of representatives senta tives they thought tiley they saw in those results a swing again to the new deal a restoration of the presidents popularity new deal spokesmen around washington did not let any grass grow under their feet they used the florida results to advantage in good political fashion they whispered and hinted and sometimes said nut loud that the boys who went against the new deal would got get their spanking and to their credit it must be said they did a good job for ex ample I 1 am convinced the vicious wages and hours bill that was locked so securely in a house committee would never have been brought out except for the reaction from the florida primary seldom it if ever has there been so much haste in signing a petition for report of a bill as was observed in the case case of that legislation generally speaking I 1 believe it Is a fact that new deal backbones were stiffened all along the line by senator peppers which assures election in florida 0 4 came then the pennsylvania primary a vote that wis was preceded by charges of graft maybe bribery bossism maybe etc and toe the farley harmony attempt in the day before the polls were taken and came then a sudden revival of the fight that antinow deal democrats were making prior to Flo vote maybe the florida vote did not involve new deal issues maybe it was peppers machine maybe it was this and maybe it was that anyway thet their thoughts were running maybe a b 0 pennsylvania Is a better barometer and A nd each one is analyzing I 1 I 1 t that h t v vote ote in an effort fo fb apply apple t the h e r result e eaul t to 0 his own district whatever their conclusions are there Is one thing definitely established organized labors most ambitious political effort flopped it was washed out of the road the pennsylvania rout of organized labor of the john lewis brand is made the feiore more significant because ot of the link with the white house disclosed through mr mi Far parleys leys in may be of bf course that velt did keep hands oft off but it Is quite another matter to convince the overage average person that the white house was not involved for one thing the pennsylvania results seem to show that the jonn lewis claims of political strength can be discarded as so much h hooey obey another thing to remember about the democratic primary results in Pennsyl vinla projects itself into tho the future to 1940 to be exact the victory by mr jones in the fight lor for I 1 the gubernatorial nomination de strays the tha control of pennsylvania democrats so long exercised by sen ator guffey he cannot be called the boss again under any stretch of the imagination and when it Is time for election ol oi a successor to mr Guff guffey eythe the best political judgment as an entrant As to the 1940 projection attention ought to be directed to the fact that probably mr jones and not mr guffey cufley will determine what democratic presidential aspirant shall hava the great block of 72 2 votes in the national dional convention this seems certain whether mr jones wins or loses the race for governor lie is established as head of the party all of the indications now perceptible promise an alignment of the jones faction now controlling with the more conservative group nationally including sen pat harrlson harrison vice president garner and men of that type so it Is seen that the pennsylvania syl vanla primary can and Is almost 1 certain to have hadean an important reaction on nati national democratic strategy in addition to these circumstances there Is talk going around now that the antl anti talk about new deal faction kentucky in i kentucky Is de ter mined to do business in that state 0 course senator barkley the roosevelt majority leader in the senate whose select selection ioni to the job was made in the fa famous dear alben letter has a tremendous bulge cold an analysis of the situation does docs not afford afa a much comfort tor for the forces ol of A B D happy chandler who seeks the barkley scalp the point Is ho however weyer that anti new dealers among the democrats think the pennsylvania situation may possibly be reproduced in kentucky ua 0 western newspaper union i |