Evening star., 1933-02-02
The Political Mill
By G. Could Lincoln.

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The Senate, II reports are true, has
become President-elect Roosevelt's
favorite hunting ground for cabinet
members. If reports be true, he has
bagged, or almost bagged, three SEN
ators for the most important posts IN
his ofilcial family. There Is Glass OF
Virginia for Secretary Of the Treasury,
Walsh Of Montana for Attorney Gen.
eral, and now more recently Hull OF
Tennessee for Secretary Of State. Sen
ator Barkley Of Kentucky has been
mentioned for Secretary Of War. Mr..
Roosevelt has not confined his enorts
to draw from the Senate only to the
Democratic side Of the chamber. put
1t is said that he has sought to bring
into his cabinet at least one OF the pro-
gressive Republican group which fol-
lowed his banner in the last campaign
and upon whom he may wish to lean
heavily In the future. Senator Cutting
Of New Mexico and Senator Hiram
johnson Of California, not to mention
Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin. nave
been gossiped about as cabinet possible
tiles, though it Is not really believed
that any one of them, unless 1t be Mr.
Cutting, would accept cabinet once.
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With Hull, Walsh and Glass all out
of the Senate and in the cabinet, there
would be big holes left In the Demo-
cratic ranks of the Upper House. These
gentlemen have been outstanding
figures In the Senate, leaders In the
Democratic legislative policies. They
are veterans whose places will be filled
by younger men from their own States.
There actual places in the Democratic
organization OF the Senate will be dim-
cult to fill indeed. As matter OF
fact, the President-elect, II he takes all
Of these men from the Senate, may at
some future date wish he had them
back In that body to carry on the
fight for the legislation which his ad-
ministration proposes.
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It begins to look as though the day
Of younger groups in the Senate to
take command had nearly arrived. This
goes for the Democrats as well as the
Republicans. It Is true that Senator
Joe Robinson Of Arkansas. the Demo-
cratic leader of many years standing,
will remain in the Upper House, and
Senator Pat Harrison Of Mississippi
chairman presumptive Of the Senate
Finance Committee. also will be big
figure in the next Senate, and Senator
Swanson Of Virginia, slated to be chair
man Of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, unless President-elect Roosevelt
should take him, too, into the cabinet
fold as Secretary Of the Navy. Senator
Fletcher of Florida and Senator Smith
of South Carolina, almost complete
the picture of the "elder statesmen" on
the Democratic side Of the Senate
Chamber. Senator McKellar Of Ten
nessee Is in reality veteran, too. He
entered the Senate, however. as a
young man and despite his long service
is still to be included In the more
youthful and progressive group. To
him will go the chairmanship of the
Committee on Appropriations. should
Senator Glass become Secretary OF the
Treasury.
On the Republican side of the
| chamber the slaughter of the veterans
at the polls last November was severe
Senator Jim" Watson of Indiana, the
G. o. P. leader; Senator Moses of New
Hampshire, president pro tempore, and
Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman OF
the Finance Committee, are to be
absent from the next Congress- along
with other stalwarts, including Senator
Hiram Bingham ct Connecticut. The
| two Republican Senators ranking high
est in length of service are members
Of the progressive group-Borah OF
Idaho and Norris of Nebraska. Senator
Johnson Of California, third progress
sive, and Senator Hale Of Maine are
the next in rank for length of service
The Republican Senate leadership Is
expected to go to Senator Charles Nc
Nary Of Oregon, at present assistant
leader. The Oregon Senator will have
his hands full. But he is regarded as
capable leader and an adroit poll
the progressive wing and the conserv-
ative wing Of the Republicans in the
Senate to work together The choice O.
an assistant to Senator McNary will bt
made in the caucus of the Republican.
at the coming special session of the
Senate. Senator Vandenberg of Michi.
| gan. although he Is junior in point Of
service to many of his Republican col.
leagues, has been mentioned in connec.
ton with the assistant Republican
leadership. He Is active. a forcefu
speaker and, toe, greatly interested 4r
the game Of politics
Among the Republican veterans lef
in the Senate, in addition to Hale O
Maine and McNary of Oregon, ar,
Capper of Kansas. Keyes Of New Hamp
shire, Reed Of Pennsylvania and FesS o
Ohio. Senator Fess IS the presen
Republican whip of the Senate. Un
doubtedly Senator Reed of Pennsylvania
will play an important role on tn,
Republican side Of the Senate chambe
In the new deal. He has great abilit,
and is one Of the most forceful of tn
Senators on the Republican side.
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Cabinet rumors in Washington ar,
not confined to the membership of tn
Senate by any means. One of the lates
reports about the Capitol is that tn
President-elect when he was last her
on his way South told an importan
Democrat that he had in mind tw,
men for the Office Of Secretary Of Stat
and that one of them was Prot
Raymond T. Moley Of Columbia Uni
versity, who has been one Of MI
Roosevelt's chief advisers on bott
domestic and foreign problems eve
since he was nominated for the presi
dency. It is reported that the othe
man was Norman H. Davis of New York
who was at one time Undersecretary O
State in the Wilson administration
| bOtn OF these gentlemen accompanied
Mr.. Roosevelt to the White Hous
recently when the President-elect ant
the President talked over the foreig1
debt situation. For one reason or an
other, 1t has been insisted recently tina
Mr.. Davis Is not to have the. Job O
Secretary of State-one of the reason
assigned being that he did not get OF
with Prof. Moley. With Mr.. Davis on
OF the picture, that would leave Prot
Moley.
No matter what the ability Of Prof
Moley, he has not been regarded so fal
as national figure. Democratic lead.
ers here simply insist they do not be.
lieve that the President-elect will place
at the head Of his cabinet the Columbis
professor. That Is one of the reason.
they place great faith in the repor
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