Evening star., 1934-06-30


ways Of letting local voters know who
his candidates are without indulging
in open Endorsements.
The latest example OF that is
in the handling OF the Republican
progressive friends OF the admin
iStrdtion. You can tUrite it doiUn
in your hat right no,C that Mr..
Roosevelt ,OtU not openly indorSe
Senators La Toilette, Cutting, ct al,
as long as they haze Democratic
opponents. He cannot do it be-
cause he mould get into trouble
NTH his local Democratic or
gdHizationS.
His feeling is that the Republican
progressives are his friends He would
like TO see them elected He cannot
openly lndorSe them as long as they
are opposed by Democrats or by other
progreSsiveS who are also his friends
All he can do is help them indirect
ly by inside pressure and by public
hints-for instance, in the way he
once patted Senator Tom Connally
on the back in a warm display of
friendship before a number of Texas
callers at the White House
illustrated in Ohio.
The best example of the way the
system works can be told by the in
side story OF what happened in Ohio
during the last few days.
Democratic Gov. White had an
nounced as candidate for the Senate.
All was quiet on the beautiful Ohio
Then former Gov. Vic Donahey
jumped into the race against White
for the Democratic senatorial nomi-
nation. With only two days of filing
time left. former Gov Cox OF Ohio
and Senator Bulkley held few hasty
conferences in and out Of the White
House Suddenly Representative West
flew out to Ohio and filed his name,
making it a three-cornered race.
No one around the White House
has said anything publicly and prob
ably no one will, but you do not need
a Spyglass to see whom the White
House favors in that race.
What happened on the inside in
the Ohio situation from this end was
this:
The administration was quite con-
tent to have Gov. White as the Demo-
cratic senatorial nominee, in the FIRST
place. There had been some talk
about Whites failure to release his
delegation to Roosevelt earlier at the
Chicago convention of 1882. but it
was not serious At least. Postmaster
General Farley and the others swear
that they harbored no i'll feeling, and
they seem to be sincere about that.
THO things made Farley and the
White House political advisers de-
eide to put West into the race.
One uas the fact that Mr.. Dona-
heu GOT in Mr.. DOndheVs an
nouncement OF his candidacy con-
tanned an Endorsement Of the nelG
deal. but in rather general terms.
At leastf MesSTs. Farley ct al.
thought the terms iDeTe too general
aud not quite enthusiastic enough.
Authorities Troop 10 ID. c.
The second thing was that certain
influential Democratic authorities
from Ohio came trooping into Wash
ington (cumulatively, during the last
few months) whispering that White
would not win the election if NOM
mated. He had some dHnculties as
Governor which (they thought) had
injured his vote-getting power.
Whether or not their views were ac-
curate. they convinced the national
administration crowd here that a
strong administration candidate should
be put into the race.
The administration tried to be as
friendly as possible to White. There
are good reasons for believing he was
| offered considerations, possibly even a
Federal job. He would not withdraw
and the inner circle here is convinced
he will not withdraw any time before
the primaries, in August. He is not
the Withdrawing kind.