Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-02
News Behind the News
Time on Somebody's Side And Both
Sides Claim 1t At Least Onty
Time Will Tell =.

wAsH1NGToN.-"Time is on our side say
.h sr;n, determined opponents OF RooseVei1s
,,ronosal to beralize the supreme court.
.sTime is on our SIDE" echo the supporters
of the plan. ,,o,.,,or s;da is rushing
Anyway, time VIII ten. Nei'"ei ~ "
WY The opposition hopes to pie up enough pres
. - block the measure despite claims OF ao-
ministrationists they already have a siian euse
in the Senate Attacks by some state leslsia1uieo'
hor ossoc;stions and other CONSERVATIVE groups, do
we'll IS an overwhelming hostile press VIII ~ pe
snppemerted by further organized eiioiV. VI -,
includes the work of Publisher Frank Z. Gailiie..
National Committee to Uphold Constitutloia'
Government. a Nil. c,oni.o, t1nl
Telegrams and letters reaching Capi1oi Mn
are p-eponderantly against the Roosevelt oili.
While picked men from both SIDES oroaoease
their sentiments by day, the. president olls ms
ARGUMENTS into members of Congress at nghV
Roosevelt's chief arguments are: the Demon
stration Of popular approval ne receiVeo III 1iio
election-which he considers mahoate, tiie Wv
Deal neasures--which he insists can only De nao
under changed supreme court: MS recoehiNeo
effactiveness over the radio-which he hopes 10
utiliz. as never before when he feels the tlme Is
ripe for a supreme appeA to the people anu
finally patronage-which can be llkeneo 10
stick with which farmer .coud either peat d
horse or use to hold bunch OF nay nelore eie
animals nose to keep it going. -
some of the antagonistic Democrats and lib
erals Roosevelt has been able to at least paruy
velt while he may not hold out ultimately lof
his proposal in toto, will not compromise on any
basis which does not enable him to eStaollsh d
liberal majority on the supreme court.
THE administration is interested IN the olll
permitting justices to retire on full pay ts2ooOo
a year) for three reasons:
/ Il wants to let the public know the aged
justices it wants off he bench would be taken
care Of"
2 1t will be delighted if two or three OF the
justices tske advantage of the retirement privi-
ieee when the bill passes. Heretofore Congress
has passed a special pension act when a justice
retired
Members of Senate and House see i'll va
cancies caused by retirement their only chance oil
getting en- the supreme court, since law forblds
any member to occupy an office created during
the current congressional session
THERE is reason to believe that Roosevelt
will get the support of most of the organized farm
owner strength following Secretary Walaces
statement that the New Deal farm program could
hardly be considered safe unoer recent supreme
court rulings The program-including annual
s5OoOo0OOO subsidy, crop insurance, production
control and loansr-is being dangled before farm
can Farm Bureau Federation, has been allowed
to be kngfish in agricultural matters here for
four years. His support is considered in the bag.
Labor's Non-Partisan League John Lewis,
and the American Federation of Labor fBill
Green, are in the Roosevelt camp. The LNL is
capable of great pressure m industrial states, and
it will make no bones about threatening senators
with defeat if they vote nay.