The Washington times., 1937-02-11
WHAT WILL Be
FATE OF BOOM
FOR WALLACE?
BY FRANKLIN G. SARTwELL

DR.. Stanley High, who brought
about the death OF the "author1-
tative spokesman" by his maya
zine articles of last week, did more
than arouse the ire Of President
Roosevelt and some Of the So
called leaders Of the Democratic
party.
Dr.. High launched a boom for
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
for the Democratic nomination to
succeed President Roosevelt, and
strongly implied that Mr.. Wallace
was the Presidents choice as heir
apparent
What will become Of the Wal
lace boom now that DR.. High has
been officially decapitated as one
of those who write as one of the
Presidents close advisers" is an
interesting subject to politically
minded Washington.
Rough on Senators
When the White House, after the
first of Dr.. Highs magazine arti-
cles appeared early last week, an
nounced the passing of the so
called authoritative spokesman
as which Dr. High was writing-it
was indicated officially that the
passing was because DR.. Highs ar
ticle was rough on the conServa-
tive element in the Democratic
party, particularly on a few Sen
ators, including Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, who was about to be
summoned to the White House to
take charge of the program to
pack the Supreme Court.
No mention was made at that
time that DR.. High in his article
narrowed the contest for the
Democratic presidential nomina.
ton down to Henry Wallace and
Governor George Earle, of Penn
Sylvania.
He added that while Governor
Earle would probably be the better
campaigner of the two, Secretary
Wallace has the confidence of
the President as few other men
have" and went on to say "and
the blessing of the President would
doubtless more than offset the mi
tial political advantages Of Gov
ernor Earle"
Post MOrtem' Story
DR.. Highs other magazine arti-
Gle Of last week appeared he day
after the White House announce
ment of the passing OF the So
called authoritative spokesman.
Like the first it bore the stamp
Authoritative" and therefore may
be construed as a post mortem
statement.
1t was nothing less than a pane
gyric of Secretary Wallace as the
farmers friend, and declared:
History may have various
things to say about the New Deal
and the New Dealers. But the
New Deal record for agriculture
is in the black Credit for that
will go to Henry WaIIace-and to
Mr.. Roosevelt, who recognizes a
good man when he sees one and
gives him free hand"
Now it may be that the head was
chopped off the authoritative
spokesman" because his first ar
ticles set Senator Robinson to
biting tackS" and didn't find
much favor with Vice President
Garner and others who were given
little place in the Democratic
Party of the future.
A Little Early
But it would be a grave political
error for the impression to get
around this early that President
Roosevelt has already decided on
who he will back for the nomina-
tion in the 1910 campaign.
1t would ALLEVIATE too many
powerful folks who still think they
have a chance to be named as
political legatees of Mr.. Roosevelt
and who are willing to back Mr..
Roosevelt as long as they think
there is chanSe of influencing the
inheritance.
So, although the White House
didn't mention the Wallace angle
of Dr. Highs articles that angle
may have been contributory
cause of the death of the "authori-
tatlVe spokesman"