The daily independent., 1937-08-04
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LaFollette Refused to Defend
FDR Stand on Steel Strike;
Kansas COP Reviving; Clyde
Reed Groomed for Senate as
Democrats Split; TrOyanOvsky
Didn't Face Firing Squad; EX-
pected to Return in September.
Washington - Definite lndica-
tion of how irked Roosevelt has
been lately at his biggest cam
paign contributor, the CIO, can
be gained from the secret reac-
ton of the White House to the
CLOS recent blast against the
Administration. :
The CIO issued statement
charging that the Administration
had completely ignored the pro-
lection of labor'S life and rights
during the steel strike; following
which White House Marvin Nc
Intyre telephoned several Senators
asking them to answer the C1O
and defend the President. Nc
Intyre made it quite clear that
he was speaking for the President.
How many Senators he talked
to is not known, but two of them,
Schwellenbach of Washington and
| T Of LJicnnnSin tllInpG
him down. They are ardent sup
porterS of the President, but they
both have a high regard for John
l.. Lewis, and also feel that prob
ably the CIO was right in its
charges against the New Deal.
Finally Mcintyre found one
Senator, Minton Of Indiana, who
agreed TO come to the Presidents
rescue. Subsequently MlntOn
Imade mild defense Of the Ad-
miniStration's policy.
Ghost Speech
Colorado'S massive. brush
HAIRED freshman Senator Ed john
son made his maiden speech with
a long prepared dissertation on
child labor. Reading in low,
monotonouS voice, he was accord
ed little attention by his col
leagues or by the press gallery.
After he had concluded, a page
handed him a note written on
press gallery stationery. 1t read:
That was a fine speech you
had, Senator, but it would have
gone over better if the author had
read it." ..-
Johnson suspects that one of
his colleagues is the real author
of the brickbat. and only used
press gallery note-paper to cover
up his tracks.
Kansas Politics
Wheat is not the only product
that is thriving in Kansas these
days. Politics also has begun TO
boil over. Republican scouts re-
port that despite RooSeVelt'S vic
tory in Landon'S home State, the
Republican name has lot of safe
mileage left in it in Kansas, If
not in the nation.
Present development is a move
to groom Clyde NJ Reed as the
Republican nominee to Gus
Kansas lone Democratic Senator.
George McGill.
Alf Landon was Reeds cam
paign manager when Reed was
elected Governor in 1929 but the
two quarreled later, and Clyde |
maintained a disreSpectful neu-
trality when Alf aspired to the |
Presidency last year.
Reed is of the same piece OF |
goods as George Norris. He Is
strong with the farmers and with |
organized labor and seems almost |
sure to get the Republican noml- !
nation.
Because McGill has gone down |
the line for Roosevelt 100 per
cent, the Democratic saviourS OF
the Constitution are grooming |
Randolph Carpenter as his op-
ponent. Carpenter was Demo-
cratic Congressman who retired
from the lists because Of his dis
like for the New Deal.
With this possible split III
Democratic ranks, it is not at all
unlikely that Kansas will return to
the Republican column, especially
with the prospects of bumper
wheat and corn crops, which al
ways turn the farmers toward
more conservative ideas.
Early Return
Despite rumors that he had re-
turned to Russia to face firing
squad, authentic reports state that
Alexander Antonovich TroyanoV-
sky, popular Soviet Ambassador,
will return TO his Washington
post early in September.
Troyanovsky accompanied the
first group of transpolar flyers
back to Moscow. Gossip that he
would not reourn arose from the
fact that Vladimir Romm, Soviet
correspondent who was sent to
Washington on TrOyanovSky's re-
commentator, Was implicated in
the TrotSky conspiracy plot.
The Ambassador has entered his
son in SWarthmore College and
has made all plans tn bring him