Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-08
CONSERVATIVES In PARTY
ARE KEPTINLINEBYHIJLL
Bigger Detection of Democrats From
New Deal Seen Prevented by Their
Admiration for Secretary.

ers spoke Of him as poor old Hull. /"
Let him play with his toys" was an
other Of their jeering quips. They
considered his ideas to be old-fash-
Toned. out Of date-"horse and buggy
stuff"
After Mr.. Roosevelt had been in
Office about two months there was ap-
preaching the London Economic Con-
ference. Mr.. Hull was sent as head Of
the American delegation. He had the
purpose of the conference very much
at heart-the increase of international
trade by stabilizing currencies and re-
ducing tariff barriers. For some weeks
at London Mr.. Hull worked toward
this objective-winning, incidentally,
a markedly exalted personal respect
from members of the conference. One
Of Mr.. Hull's contributions has been
the esteem he won from foreigners.
for himself, and, through him, for
America.
Then. after the London conference
had been under way for some weeks
1t was suddenly announced that Mr..
Moley was going to London. The cir
cumstances Of his leaving were SEN
sational, his arrival more so-news-
paper dispatches told of an airplane
engaged to take him of his ship at
Cork and carry him to London. In
London Mr.. Moley was assumed to be
the personal representative of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, to be superior in au-
thority to Mr.. Hull-the Assistant
Secretary of State more powerful than
the Secretary. Mr.. Moley's actions
bore out the assumption. London
smiled at quip that became current.
an ironic paraphrase of a familiar
hymn. Molly, Moley, Moley; Lord God
Almighty"
Presently President Roosevelt sent 10
the London Conference sensationalIy
abrupt public message which had the
effect OF breaking up the conference
a phrase of the time said Mr.. Roose-
welt "torpedoed" the conference. Dust
who, or what circumstances. inspired
this message Is one of the points about
which those who know should come
forward for the benefit Of history. The
inception Of the message is one of the
mysteries Of recent times. Mr.. Roose-
welt, when he sent it, was on a ship
on the New England coast, with no
companion of any importance, except
his secretary, the late Louis Howe.)
At London Mr.. Hull was obliged to
give up. His efforts and his hopes for
currency stabilization and tariff re-
auctions were for the time ruined. The
conference fell to pieces. Mr.. Hull
came back to America. He went to
Mr.. Roosevelt. To Mr.. Roosevelt he
said. in words or by attitude, "Moley
or me-"
BY this time-it was about Septem-
Der, l933-Mr. Roosevelt was we'll un-
der way with his New Deal, and be-
cause of that was beginning to come
under suspicion from old-line Demo-
Gratis. He couldn't afford to let Mr..
Hull go. Especially since Mr.. Hull had
the affection and respect of every
Democrat in Congress. or of promi-
nence anywhere else. and of Repub-
licans as well. He had been in the
House % years and had been elevated
to the Senate. He had been national
chairman of the Democratic party. Mr..
Roosevelt could not afford to huniliate
Mr.. Cordell Hull.
President Lets Moley Go.
He had to let Mr.. Moley go. Some
kind of face-saving device was rugged
up-Mr. Moley was to be transferred
from the State Department to the De-
partment of Justice. A job was
created for him-something or other
about prisons, or prison reform. I
seem to recall he was to investigate
the inadequacy of existing prisons
perhaps he was to count the number
Of persons in jail, or possibly the num-
Der who ought to be in jail-or posi-
bly, the number of new jails that ought
to be built to inclose persons whom
the New Deal would make criminals.
Anyhow, before Mr. Moley took the
new job, wealthy friend of the Pres
ident, Mr.. Vincent Aston, with some
associates, happily decided to start a
weekly periodical. to be called Today,
and made Mr. Moley editor.
With Mr.. Moley out. Secretary Hull
got a new Assistant Secretary, a man
much like himself n character, ex-
perience and the esteem of associates,
former Democratic Representative r.
Walton Moore of Virginia. Equipped
with an assistant from whom he could
have cooperation, Mr.. Hull patiently
set about the slow rebuilding Of the
cause Mr.. Roosevelt had wrecked at
the London conference. Mr.. Hulls
deep conviction, his guiding star, was
that social health in the world, in
GLIDING peace, depends on economi-
cally contented peoples; that economic
cally contented peoples depend on in
trade; that international
trade depends on stabilized currencies
and reduction of tariff barriers.
Toward these detectives Mr.. Hull
worked with a steadfastness which was
not thrown of balance by the con-
tinued shipping of New Dealers who be-
lieved in national self-sufficiency.
Those who believe In Mr.. Hull's course
ASSA- tAAoVA 4AoOC P0DAA~ ACtOCl VI
sent him by James P.
Warburg: you have started the world
toward peace for the first time since
1914"
The fruits of Mr.. Hull's work began
20 appear during the last Summer and
Fall. That this conceded with the
was happy coincidence for
Mr.. Roosevelt. What Mr. Hull had
lone enabled other old-line Democrats
10 feel that there was something in
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration besides
he New Deal-even If it was some
hing that Mr.. Roosevelt apparently
lid not believe In and at first had
'cuttled. To Democrats who loathed
he New Deal but also hated to break
heir party afiliation the presence Of
Mr.. Hull in the highest cabinet post,
Ind his increasing success and infiu-
nee, was justification for remaining
Democrats.
And II from now on the Democratic
,arty is to move away from the New
Deal and toward democracy, Secretary