The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-18
DEMOCRATS IN
FIvE-WAY BID
FOR CONTROL
ChieftainS Draw Plans for
Fight to Gain Upper
Hand in Congress.
JOB LACK IS WEAPON
Division on Dry Question to
Mean Concentration on
Unemployment.

By Scripps-H 0tCdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, March 18-The
Democrats will make their campaign
for control of congress next fall on
the five issues OF lobbying. tariff,
trusts, prohibition and unemploy-
ment, according to plans made to-
day by congressional and party
leaders.
The first three questions will fig
ure heaviest in the fights in the
west, the border states and south.
while the wet-dry and the general
economic situations are counted on
to win victories in the northeast and
middle west. Since the Democrats
are divided on the prohibition mat
ter. this will become a sectional
rather than party issue, but it Is
expected to affect the congressional
turnover quite as much as the other
subjects to be voted on at the polls.
In the expectation that the SEN
ate will finish with the tariff bill
within ten days at the most, orators
on both sides of the aisle are get
ting ready to make the most of these
issues in floor speeches.
Fear Delay Blame
Republicans and Democrats will
fall into a long debate on prohibit
ton, unemployment and trusts as
soon as the tariff measure is sent to
conference, since both sides have
been postponing the preliminary at
tack for fear they might be blamed
for delaying action on the bill.
The only clear-cut issue, however,
appears to be unemployment, since
Democrats have been involved in all
the other matters quite as much as
Republicans, it was with the aid Of
Democratic votes that Senator
Grundy and his associates were able
to smash the Democratic-P Progress
Sive coalition. Democrats as well as
Republicans have been discovered
to be engaged in lobbying, although
the minority hopes to make capital
Of the spotlight turned on Grundy
and Claudius H. Huston, Republican
national chairman, by the CaraWay
committee. And when it comes to
assailing the trusts, the Democrats
must reckon with Republican
counter charges that owen D.
Young, who has been mentioned
as a presidential prospect in 1882,
has had part in building up the
So-called radio monopoly"
Job Problem Issue
Unemployment questions will hold
the stage, the senate commerce
committee starts open hearings on
Senator Wagner'S various bills for
relieving hardships and minimizing
the effect of economic depressions.
Senator Johnson, committee chair
man, expects to summon numerous
government officials, and though it
is planned to do a constructive Job,
it is expected there will be a re-
newal of charges that the present
and past Republican administra-
tons have taken no steps to i'm
prove things.
What the drys look upon as the
most serious threat to their cause
will be discussed by the senate
judiciary committee today, wilLA it
again considers Senator Norris's
resolution for an investigation of
law enforcement conditions, and
especially the part politics may have
played. Attorney General Mitchell
and George w. Wickersham, chair
man of the law enforcement COM
mission, will appear to give their
views on the wisdom of such an
inquiry, and they are expected to
advise against it.
Even if beaten in committee, Nor
ris and Senator Borah will carry
the fight to the floor, and the
speeches they have suppressed out
Of consideration for the tariff, I'M
doubtedly will be all the more force
full because Of the delay.