Montgomery County sentinel., 1934-04-12
by William Bruckart

before the administration and leaders
OF the Democratic party is: what is
the attitude to be toward the progress
siyes and other insurgents. 1t is
known, of course that there are mem
6ers of the house and senate. elected
as Democrats. who have no more right
to call themselves Democrats than
somes OF the radical group of the
minority can claim to be Republicans.
1ney are insurgents. There is no
other proper label. They have not,
do not and will not stand hitched to
any program for any great length of
time.
President Roosevelt and "Big Jim"
Farley know full well that the Demo-
Gratis must have the help of the So
called progressives and the radicals
in some parts Of the country. This is
especially true in the Middle West.
But the administration cannot turn
against the militant and fighting young
Democrats who have fallen into line
solidly behind Roosevelt and the New
Deal. If it snubs them, 'ft scorns
the steps by which it did ascend and
that is never good politics. The
younger group Of Democrats take
credit for the smashing victory of
1882 and Mr.. Roosevelt cannot ignore
their clamoring for recognition.
Like ghostly shadow across the
path, however, floats the forms and
faces of numerous powerful men who
broke away from Hoover and sup
ported the Roosevelt candidacy. The
Roosevelt blessing already has been
bestowed upon Senator Hiram john
son, a Californian, who was elected as
Republican but who supported Mr..
RooseTelt's candidacy. Senator John
son is up for election this year. On
the other hand. there is young Bob
La Toilette, of Wisconsin. Surely, he
was a liberal all the way. He sup
ported Mr.. Roosevelt as against Mr..
Hoover. But Young Bob has had no
such blessing from the administration.
Indeed, big Jim" Farley has strongly
intimated that he wants to see Wis
consin elect Charles Broughten, a reg
ular Democrat. And so it goes.
When President Roosevelt an
nounced settlement of the labor con-
troversy between the
WoLn1dn Not automobile industry
Real Neutral and the American
Federation of Labor,
and proposed creation of a board to
adjudicate the questions, every one
here thought naturally enough that he
would select representative of the
industry and one of labor, with the
third man being neutral. The nat
ural conclusion was that the third
member of the board would have no
ties with either capital or labor. There
was much surprise, therefore, when
he named DR.. Leo Wolman, of Column
bia university, New York, as the neu-
trail member. From what l can gather
around Washington. the appointment
of Doctor Wolman was a bit disap-
pointing to those who wanted a real
neutral to sit as member of the
board. Frankly, the President did not
meet legitimate expectations in the
Wolman appointment, except, of
course, among those who sympathized
wholly with labor's contention in the
controversy.
Doctor Wolman's knowledge Of Ia
Dor questions cannot be denied. He
has demonstrated his ability and his
capacity to understand the problems.
The objection that hear, however,
does not run to that phase of his
ability. Doctor Wolman has been as
sociated directly or indirectly with
William Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, for many
years. However he may desire to be
impartial, however basically honest he
is, the thought in many places in
Washington is that Doctor Wolman
cannot be neutral as that word is ac-
cepted by the general public. He is
human and he has sentiment. Those
two factors make it appear to many
observers that the settlement of the
automobile-labor controversy amounts
to nothing more than a postponement
1t will fare up again, but probably
will not take place until after the mid
die of June when the President will
not have a law in effect that will per-
NIT him to license the industry.
The weeks best laugh: Federal
Home Loan board regulations require
that applicants for loans submit with
their applications. fiIst, a 'close up
photograph of the property and, sec
ond. a "street scene" that will show a
little of adjoining property. These
photographs have the purpose and the
value, of course, of providing gen.
eral knowledge of where the money
goes.
But the headquarters Office of the
loan system was not quite prepared
for two photographs which it received
in connection with one application that
came from a colored man in a little
southern town. In complying with the
requirement that a 'close up" photo
graph be submitted, the applicant
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