The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-25

Washlngton.---In all your DOTH days you never saw so many rapid and wcli-turned fip-nops as you have been seeing these last few m onths among the more distin- guishod members of the poIiti- clans union.
 Four years ago tho bolters had n thriving summer, but they were lea ping from the party fold only | to back another presidential can
 didate.
 Now it's the convictions or a lifetime that are being tossed over
 board. Beliefs long cherished arc dumped without ceremony. Arsu- mcnts that have carried men to Victory through innumerabie cam paigners are tossed out the Win- dow. Principles for which poiiti- clans professed themselves wiiIins to die find their adherents turning on them viciously and Kicking them all over the place.
 Yeips and HOsannas Tho air is heavily laden with q mingiing of yelps from those falth- fuI ones who still stand by the
 economic, social or political be-
 ucfs deserted by the flp.hoppors ana of hosannns from those eager Iy welcoming tho many converts into their various new stalls. Tho wavc of descrtlons goes
 back at least to the time the dem- ocratic leaders of tho house went into a huddie and decided to forget their previous beliefs and frame up q general sales tax. Whereupon the house, which had subscrvient- Iy obeyed It's leaders for years,
 turned on them and dltched them Democrats who had been howl ling at high tariffs proceeded to insert new, higher tariffs Into the tax bill.
 Tint Wet.Dry Fence The fence which separates the vets and drys is cluttered with politicians and other public men who are either in the act Of clam berIng over or are struggling for
 dear life to keep perched thcre
 awhile.
 Even some of the professional dry leaders have felt impelled to announce that they favor "rc-sub'
 mission," which doesn't mean
 much when they detail their pro- posaIs. Excluding the paid drys however, the list of prominen,
 drys who are turning wet or mois'
 looks more and more like the Man haitian telephone directory 
 Ex-Rcd Baitcrs Another impressive list Is that of the gents in public lie who now favor American recognition or So' yiet Russia. Quite few Of them in their time. have bawlcd nnd beloved with the most rabid Rcd
 baiters.
 It's only lately, since the con tention that we should maintain [ large trade with Russia has ha{ a hearing, that they have revised
 Few developments have sur prised more political observer | lately than the extraordinary ut terances of MT owen D. Young.
 Young has always been associ' ated with huge corporations and
 in the popular mind, with tha trend of reactionary political ant economic thought attributed to tho bankers, Wall Street and big busi' ness.
 Political Gymnatics? ! Yet here is Young supporting
 the equalization fee for farm re
 lief and the appropriation of pub.
 lie funds and issuing of billions 1T
 bonds for unemployment relief. | He takes more radical positions
 than Governor Franklin Roosevelt
 the darling of the Progressives. H'
 may not be doing q flip-fiop. but
 the act impresses many folks ai
 an astonishing demonstration oi lpolitical gymnastics.
 |
 HOOvcr's "Mc, Too | Which leads us to the mos
 amazing spectacle of all---the con
 certed leap of the administration and the conservative democratic
 leadership toward the Progressiv. position on unemployment relief |