The Washington times., 1935-04-30
6. D. P. SILENT,
tHALTS WAR ON
NEWDEAL
Kingtish Disappointed, Fails
J., 10 Link CoughIinites and
Followers of Townsend
T BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

who believes there will be third
party in the Presidential field
next year.
The Kingfish who would be
kingmaker returned to the Cap
ttal from his first invasion Of the
corn-and-hog belt all aglow with
what he heard and saw at Des
Moines. He spoke there to some
10000 members of Milo Reno's
Farm Holiday Association, and
they cheered his every blast at
the New Deal.
Cheers Him Up
Their applause cheered Huey
a lot, and compensated to some
extent for his disappointment at
not effecting an active coalition
with the following of Father
Coughlin's Union for Social JUS
tice, and DR.. Townsend's $200-a-
month pensioners.
He is still hopeful, however,
that the Coughlinites and the
Townsendites will yet join forces
with his Share-the-wealth wing
and present a headache to both
old parties in '36.
His sortie into the Midwest
convinced him, Huey said, that
President Roosevelt is the "most
unpopular man in the country,
more unpopular than Hoover,
even," and that the Republicans
''have nothing to Offer"
Therefore, he reasons that the
time is just about ripe for an
other party to step in, or will be
in another six months.
G. o. p. In Quandary
In that belief, the Kingfish Is
virtually alone.
The Democrats, while fighting
among themselves over New Deal
legislation, still cannot see a
Schism developing of sufficient
depth to imperil President Roose-
yelt's chances for reelection.
The Republicans, while en-
couraged by Democratic pickering
and Huey's rampant insurgence
against the Roosevelt administra-
ton, have too many troubles Of
their own to feel much enthused
over the third party prospects.
For one thing, they fear that
II left wing, third party move
ment does take the field next
year it would likely prove knife
that would cut both ways; that
it would take votes from them as
well as the incument Democrats.
There is general agreement that
to be a real menace, a third party
ticket next year would have to
include some of the outstanding
Republican insurgents, men of the
type of Borah of Idaho, La Toilette
of Wisconsin, Nye Of North d.
kota, Cutting of New Mexico and
Norris of Nebraska, all of whom
Huey has said he would support.
None Of these has much Sympa-
thy with the Kingfish of the
delta, nor with the Coughlinites
and the TownSendites.
Nye for Roosevelt
Borah insurges only between
elections, never during campaigns.
La Toilette is busy consolidating
his own third ProgreSsive) party
in his native Wisconsin, and is not
looking for other worlds to con-
quer-yet.
Cutting and Norris both sup
ported Roosevelt in 1892 and,
while differing with the New Deal
in some respects, may be expected
to do so again.
AS for Nye, he remained
hitched to the Hoover star in
1892, while his Progressive
cronies were boiling to Roose.
welt. and he now says that if the
choice is between Roosevelt and
Hoover in 1896, he will have to
support Roosevelt. He adds:
81 would vote for Roosevelt
against any Republican of the
Hoover, Mills or Fletcher type,
the Old Guard type, and I'd
have my doubts about support
ing any man they were back.
ing"
The Republicans are not yet
ready to go to bat with a sweep
ing indictment of the whole New
Deal. This was indicated by the
postponement Of the Republican
regional conference, scheduled
Tor Kansas City in midway.
May Not Be Held
This conference, supposed to
draw delegates from nine mid
Western agrarian States, has
been postponed to an indefinite
date in June, and the locale
chSnged. from. Kansas. City. to
springfield, ILL.,, in the shadow
OF the tomb of Lincoln. There is
considerable doubt it will be held
even in June.
Republican members of Con
greSS from the Midwest are pri.
vately blowing cold on the confer.
ence. Many of them are in an
embarrassing position, for they
have voted for much New Deal
legislation.
With the record Of their votes
uppermost in their minds, they
can hardly be expected to be en-
thusiaStic about going to Spring.
field and joining in general con,
domination Of the measures fol-
which they voted. There is q
limit to all things.