The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-14

SeVenty-thlrd congress. Rut biS
! here. 4ouSly
greenwood, himself, knows that
ne would not have a Chinama,,,s
cnance OF election In fact it Womb
pc remarkable if he even could hold
III Ane his own delegation. Green
WOOD says that he will not even ssl,
Tor support. "0N
Indiana to Get Recognition
Speculation in Indiana m croo.
woods speakership candidacv NJ
started last spring by one of Ren9
IesentatlVe Louis Ludlow's planted.
newspaper stories. ''"
G'eenWoods chances of succeed
ing IN his ambition to become
member of the powerful wavs and
means committee are good. But ths
only reason they are good lies in H.
TACT that the house Democrats f s,1
Indiana. ii1'lon 10
The Hoosier state now is ronro
eenCeo on that committee bv Pen-
,eSenIatlye Harry c. Garfield
Iaiile ouck, who had the misfortune
70 nave his district merged with
mat OF the energetic cannaia maeri
ford. Oio" OF Bed
There is little doubt that bo,,so
democrats would prefer to give tbe
toVeteo ways and means commit If
.ee post to some other Indianan
olie VINO has displayed more zeal fo,.
parry regularity. In fact co,,,,Io
u months ago plans were made re-
puteoly with the approval of Snoaien
GarI-er, to give the COMMITTEES Cot
10 representative John w PoaIre o
OF Evansville. O00iiiie
BOehne Gives Up Chance
But Boehne deferred to seniority
ana withdrew as a Candidate -', ~, Ivy
ne learned that Greenwood hsd III ~
same ambition. Aiau the
1he fact that Greenwood -
good chance of becoming q ,,,o,,. 2
yer OF The ways and means com
InlOVee is, per Sc, a con1n1entarv 80 -,
sile lack of discipline within tha
eouse democratic organization Tho
republicans long have contandaS
WIN some justification. that 49,
democrats function like mob y -
stead of like a party nv" M
speaker Gamers repeal reso,,
s Ion was brought before the ho,lso
strlcny as a party measure II I We
oraWn specifically to fit the n,
cIaeic platform pledge. The T,or-o
craelc leadership had a, right ~ -
pect something like u1sri,,. 90
party support. ''''-'iiO0S
particularly it had a right r. ~
pecs Wnoie-hearted support fror,
9ucn democrats as Greenwood ond
LUDLOW, who are ambitious fo,. @ a
ton. 'e OIganlza-
democrats Lack Discipline
If the tables had been t,,rned 80
ene resolution had been brought o1,t
% republican measure If ooss
without saying that Renrh1s,en 49,
leaders would have stripped bolters
- IL
OF their present committee asrig,,s
nentS and would have placed them
on the party blacklist. But tha
democrats have never learned how
" invoke such stern discipline.
one OF the factors that will Pic
s1rength to the movement to nIace
greenwood on the ways and means
committee is the fact that. desDjfs
a 100 per cent Democratic house
delegation in the Seventy-tbird
congress, Indiana will have no com
mittee Craftsmanship.
But that is not the fault of the
democratic organization. Green
wood and Ludlow are the onIv
Hoosiers who viii have any seniority
Greenwood gave up the Chairman
ship Of the committee on mines and
mining, at the beginning Of the last
session, TO secure a place on the
more important rules committee.
Ludlow at the same time, gave 10
Craftsmanship Of the library COM
mittee, to secure a place on the
more potent appropriations COM
n1ittee