Evening star., 1935-09-01
DEMOCRATIC INSURGENCY
lis FEARED BY LEADERS
Rift Between Members of Congress and
President in Closing Sessions May
Never Be Healed.


despite the fact that the Tammany
member through most of the session
worked hard for administration meas
ures in situation lamentably lacking
in adequate House leadership. With
Representative William 3. Bankhead,
the elected leader, Ill throughout the
session. the acting leader, Representa-
tive Edward T. Taylor Of Colorado
lacking in power to dominate the
House, much devolved on Mr.. O'Con-
nor in conjunction with Speaker
Byrnes.
In the course of the session, the
supporters of Mr.. O'Connor wanted te
force a caucus Of the House Demo-
Gratis and elect him leader. He STAYED
this off. But they are bent on doing
it at the outset of the next session
unless Representative Bankhead has
recovered. If such a caucus is held,
there are portentS of a knock-down-
and-drag-out fight in which the break
between the chairman of the Rules
Committee and the White House. plus
its following in the House, will be
sharply accentuated
In the course of the session, Chair
man O'Connor, although a Tammany
man, won a strong following, partly
among Western men, who say they
found him sympathetic to the de-
mands of agriculture.
Clash on Work Relief.
The S4880 600 600 work relief bill
caused sharp clashes between the ad-
ministration and a number of mem
oers of both houses. Prominent among
those who assailed the administration
program when this bill was up we're
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. Sen
ator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia, Sena.
tor Alva B. Adams of Colorado, Sena-
tor M. E. Tydings of Maryland and
Senator R. S. Copeland Of New York,
all prominent on the Democratic side
of the Senate. These Senators openly
and severely criticized other parts Of
the New Deal and the administration
must" program.
Scarcely any phase of the admins
tration program came under more
severe fire than the A. A. A., including
the processing taxes, and the demands
of the Executive for greatly enlarged
powers for the A. A. A. Against this,
a number of Southern and Eastern
Democrats openly rebelled. The whole
processing tax business has left bad
taste in the mouths of many Of the
Democrats in Congress. Senator Peter
G. Gerry of Rhode Island. Walter r.
George of Georgia. Josiah H. Bailey
of North Carolina, Byrd and Glass Of
Virginia, Ellison D. Smith Of South
Carolina and others have openly re-
belled against the A. A. A., especially
the processing taxes and the attempts
to expand its authority in various di-
rections.
Cotton Loan Causes Trouble.
The spectacular controversy over the
12-cent cotton loan and the wheat
loan amendment to the deficiency has
caused trouble that will not soon be
healed between the administration and
a large bloc Of Southern and Western
Senators and Representatives. The
amendment was engineered by Senator
James E. Byrnes of South Carolina,
who seeks reelection and who cham
oioned 12-cent cotton. Senator Byrnes
heretofore has been considered one Of
the closest aids of the President in
the Senate, but 1t Is predicted now
that that alliance will be weakened, II
not ended.
Other clashes between the admins
tration and Democrats at the Capitol
were numerous. They include those
IN the banking bill, with Senator Glass
leading the insurgent movement: the
/ protests on the tax bill from both
House and Senate Democrats. with
Senator Pat Harrison. Finance Com
mittee chairman. anything but enthu-
siastic for it, and the refusal Of Sen
ators Bennett c. Clark. Key Pittman
and others to stand for the admins
tration neutrality policy.
(Copyrisht 1887