Evening star., 1935-07-23

President were impeached his leaders
should be, too.
Describing Fish's remarks as "slurs
and insinuations," Warren added:
Ever since the gentleman became
the Republican presidential candidate
of Congressman Knutson of Mime
soto and former Congressman De
Priest, he seems to have lost all sense
of proportion and frankly many of us
doubt If he even knows what is going
on in the House"
Recalls "SnoOp' Episode.
He reminded that only last week
Fish's remarks were expunged from
the Record when he used the WORD
"snoop" in reference to Representa-
tive Patman, Democrat, of Texas.
Il don't think the gentleman from
New York is hurting either the
Speaker or the President" Warren
said.
Representative Rich, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania replied Immediately by
attempting to read newspaper edl-
torial which argued that the Presi-
dent had violated rs oath 70 sup
port and preserve the Constitution.
Democratic objectcns blocked the
reading, but Ricn reminded that the
President had asked Representative
Samuel B. Hill, Democrat, of Wash
ington to expedite the GufteJ coal
sterilization bill despite doubts, how
ever reasonable" as tC its constitu-
tionality.
ANY man who makes that state
ment," Rich continued, should be
severely criticized. II any man so
violated his oatn ot office ne ought
to be impeached.
Roosevelt Is Socialist, and not
a Democrat"
Fish Makes Defense.
Fish finally got the floor to reply
A newspaper man, he said, had asked
him II he knew of any Republican
who was preparing to introduce a
resolution to impeach the President
He said he told him he did not, but
that he had added:
1T is evident to me that the Presi-
dent has violated the Constitution on
one or more occasions"
I'm not animated by malice or
hatred" Fish continued. IT said il
would be most unwise and foolish to
introduce resolution to impeach the
President for acts for which Congress
itself was far more responsible.
THE House itself, the Speaker and
the leaders are the ones responsible
much more than the President.
Not one word that said do re-
tract
Calls 1t 1886 Issue.
He said the main issue in the 1886
election, mo matter who is the candi-
date, will be the restoration of repre-
sentative and constitutional Govern
ment in the United States in place OF
government by one man"
Accusing Fish of displaying "emo-
tionalism." Representative McCor-
mack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, de-
Tended the President and Speaker
Byrnes. Republican attempt to ex-
punge from the Record some of his
remarks about Fish was defeated.
1T appears we have come to a
pass" observed Representative O'Con-
nor, Democrat. of New York, where
one member can't say boo without
having a demand that the words be
taken down "a preliminary to having
them expungedD."
House Leaders Attacked.
In the interview attributed to Fish
it was declared that if President
Roosevelt is ''impeachable" ther
Democratic leaders in the House are
doubly so.
Fish accused them Of letting thu
House vote away its constitutional
functions until it had no more legisla.
tive clothing left than Gandhi.'
The statement by Fish recalled tht
recent declaration by Representative
Smell of New York, the minority leader
that President Rosevelt's activitie:
were approaching "impeachablt
grounds" Smell accused the PreSi'