The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-10

| I@Sss@N sshssV W vysSDstfAs8sSss 1fsWWv NssD~e groups, always remembering that Roosevelt commands q certain per- centage of conservative democrat support which he can swing in with the liberals.
 High Goes To DOghOuse It will be instructive at this point 10 bring Up the incident of Dr. Stanley High, who was publicly and obvio,isiy--althoug not by name rcbunked by Roosevelt because in an article of ( weekly magazine whosc editors proclaimed him as "ciosc" presidential advisor. He had confidentiy forecast q complete break between Roosevelt and such admin tration leaders as vice President Jack Garner. Senate Majority Lead CT Joe Robinson. Senate Pat Harri- son and other southern and northern conservative democrats.
 High was correct in 70 far as
 he tagged the bulk of che southern
 democrats M conservatives who
 look askance at Roosevelt's New
 Deal. Bat this assertion of that
 much truth was only one mistake
 he made. southern democrats
 such as Robinson knew High as
 one who helped write presidential
 campaign speeches and had had
 intimate conferences with Ro0Se-
 welt since the election. They hsd
 every right to demand Of ROOse-
 veit whether or not he agreed
 with High.
 And the president found Highs article published the very day be- fore he secretly planned to send to congress his historic proposal for supreme court reforms--a proposal whose success depended on hearty support from the same administra- ton leaders who had been reused to anger by Highs article. So High at least temporarily was tossed into the doghotse.
 Whether of not Highs predictions ever come true, it Is possible to dis tinguish roughly between conserva- tive democrat senators who are willing to follow the president along whatever progressive pathways he may lead them into. and those who instinctivcly turn around and run the other way. There N middle group which stands irresolutely At the crossroads and has been ex- pressing itself non -cornnitally as to Rooseveit,s supreme court plan. This middle group will decide the issue. Point to Roster
 IL is difficult for an onlooker to draw any hard and fast lines as between chronic administration loy- aIists and chronic ant-New Dealers, because the lines frequently change. But before the president sent tip his supreme court message. the admin istrationistS were suggesting that list of democrat senators who voted to cut ti6,000, 900 of the deficiency appropria tion--in order to prevent the resetticment administration from completing haif-flnished projects -- might fairly Dc taken as repre- sentative roster of those who could be depended on to oppose the ad- ministratiOn in any battle between conservatives and progressives.
 Without accepting this as
 yardstick. one may nevertheless
 present \ list of democratic sen-
 at0rs who both voted against the
 resettienent projects and who
 have already declared against the
 Roosevelt recommendations aa to
 the supreme court.
 The senators are Adams of Colo rad0, Bailey of North Carolina, Burke of Nebraska. Byrd and Glass Of Virginia. Gerry Of Rhode Island, Holt of West Virginia. and King Of Utah. George Of Georgia. Smith of South Carolina and Brown of New Hampshire have also registered themselves against the supreme court proposal Tn the final test they are iiskiy to be joined by Chavez of New Mexico, Clark and Truman of Missouri. Dietrich of Illinois. Walsh Of Massachusetts and perhaps few other democrats as well as the regular republican members. Copyright. 1897. NgA Service. Incl