Evening star., 1934-06-27
PRESIDENT FAVORS
ALL NEW DEALERS
Willing to See Party Label
Subordinated in Race
for Congress.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The new deal Republican flower bed
in the West will continue to be culti-
waited by the Roosevelt administra-
ton leaders during the Summer and
| Fall
Their hope is that such cultivation
will lead to the election in November
of a Congress strongly supporting
President Roosevelt's policies and pro-
gram of legislation. In fact, a new
deal Congress.
Two years ago the West went hell
bent" for the Democratic national
| ticket. 1t was voting very largely
against the Republican administra-
ton. This year the job of the Roose-
welt administration is to bring the
! West TO vote just as strongly for con-
| gressional candidates who are friendly
| to the new deal.
Party Label Minimized.
And if they be tried and true Re-
! publican Progressives-like La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, johnson OF Cali
fornia, Cutting of New Mexico and
Shipstead of Minnesota-a little thing
| like the party label they wear is not
going to be essentially disappointing to
| the administration leaders. All OF
| these gentlemen are regarded as
friends of the new deal, and particu-
larly as friends of the President.
| In other words, it is a New Deal
Congress that the Roosevelt leaders
i are striving for right now. The more
OF these gentlemen who actually wear
the Democratic label the better, OF
course. But the Democratic label is
not the only requisite. The President
! had lot more trouble with some of
the registered Democrats in Congress
| during the session just closed than
| he did with some of the Republican
| ProgreSSives and the Farmer -Laborites
from Minnesota. 1t is quite possible
that a new deal Republican would
look lot better. as a member of
Congress, than would an anti-NeN
! Deal Democrat in such a lob.
Situation Delicate.
The administration faces, of course
delicate situation in some of the
Western States, where Roosevelt
Democrats would like very much to
go to the Senate or the House, in
place of the Progressive Republicans
no matter how friendly the latter may
| be to the President and his plans
| That is just the case in Wisconsin
| for example. where Senator La Fol-
| lette has set out to organize a new
party of his progressive followers,
deserting the Republican primary and
at the same time staying away from
the Democratic party
There is no doubt that the Presi-
dent would delight to see Senator
La Toilette reelected. But the Presi-
dent cannot afford tn dictate openly
to the Democrats of Wisconsin or any
| other State who shall be their can
! didate for the Senate. or who shall
| be their candidates for the House
And out in Wisconsin. where they
elected a Democratic Senator and a
Democratic Governor in 1882, the
Democrats are clamoring for a second
| Democratic Senator this year.
Johnson Support Easy.
The administration had an easy
| time bestoWing its political blessing
on Senator Hiram johnson in Cali
| fornia this year. 1t was easy simply
because the California Democrats
themselves started the ball rolling
with Endorsement of johnson issued
\ by Democratic members OF the House
| and by Senator McAdoo But in the
j Badger State and in New Mexico and
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