The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-02
PRESIDENT MUM
ON 1910 TO HOLD
PARTY CONTROL
Believed Anxious to
Retire to Estate
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
. International News Service

. International News Service
President Roosevelt will moi
state publicly and irrevocably
that he will not be q candidate
to succeed himself in 1940-but
he has told intimates he will not
be, that he can conceive OF nc
circumstances that would mpel
him to run again.
The reason for not making q
complete and public disavowal al
this time Is simple. If he did Sc
he would lose control over hi
party In CongreSs-it is already
slipping-and there would ensue
q mad scramble for place and
preference with an eye to 1910
in which scramble the remainder
Of the New Deal program might
be lost completely.
Sincerity Not Doubted
In one Of his fireside chats, Mr..
Roosevelt stated his great ambi'
ton" was to retire in 1941, with
the assurance" that the nation
was prosperous, at peace, and
marching ahead on the road OF
ever.increasing democratic gov
eminent,
Those who are really close to
the President credit absolutely
his sincerity in that statement.
They say he wants nothing more
than to retire to the "SquireShip
Of Hyde Park" and devote the fol.
lowing years to writing. There
is o history Of the New Deal to
be written and Mr.. Roosevelt
wants to do the job himself.
There is something very akin
to real revolt in the Democratic
ranks in Congress today. It
started with the ill-fated court
reorganization scheme, handled at
the White House end Of PennSyl-
vania Avenue, and badly mauled
at the congressional end. Finally
it was licked completely, not by
Republicans, but by members Of
Mr.. Roosevelt'S own party.
Another Real Revolt
The President lost considerable
prestige in that proceeding. There
is another real revolt on now over
wageS-and-hourS legislation, with
the conservative Southern wing Of
the Democratic party leading it.
Slowly but surely the Demo
Gratis of the deep South are edg-
ing away from the New Deal.
They have had little stomach for
a good part of the program any
way-things like the far.reaching
Social Security Setup; the National
Labor Relations law, with its COM
panion wages-and-hours legislation,
an ambitious Federal housing
program; Federal poking around
in the farm tenancy situation, and
other New Deal detectives that
are designed to alter economic
and social conditions.
AS for antilynching legislation,
sponsored by Northern Demo
Gratis and supported by the Ad-
ministration, the whole Democracy
of the South is against it.
DisIikes Many Things
The Democratic conservatives
are extrem ely uncomfortable.
They do not like to come out IN
open rebellion against the most
popular President in many years
which was proven last Novem-
ber-and yet they dislike more
many Of the things that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is seeking to &C.
compliSh.
There will be no dearth Of can.
dates when and if Mr.. Roosevelt
effaces himself. At this time there
are few who question that the
President and his friends will
dominate that convention and Sc
lect its candidates.
Who those candidates will be
It Is, Of course, far too early to
speculate upon. Some ambitious
Senators and governors may be
knocked off in next years bye
elections.
Recently some Of those who like
peering into the future have been
looking with newly appraising eyes
on the new leader Of the Senate,
Alben w. Barley, Of Kentucky.
He was the White House choice
for the leadership, he is a sincere
New Dealer, and was an original
Roosevelt man back in 81 and 80.
Geographically, he is well stu.
ated-Kentucky, half North, half
South, and far enough West to
suit.
#, in the troubled months ahead,
the Kentuckian energies as a
strong Senate leader, he may be
q figure to be reckoned with in
1910. He will have the advantage
Of several years Of basking in the
shadow Of the throne.