Evening star., 1937-07-11

iStration, in which the President said
that to add new judges to the courts
to relieve congestion would be to
"aggravate the complaints and add
to the ravages Of the disease"
Wheeler Interrupts.
Senator Wheeler interrupted, ask
ing if McCarran did not recall that
when Republicans during the last
campaign charged that Roosevelt was
going to add new justices to the Su-
preme Court. this quotation from
the President was called to "our at
tention."
I'VE used that very quotation in
some OF our campaign speeches to
refute the statements made on the
other side" Wheeler added.
McCarran said he, himself, was
one of those who used it, and he con-
tinued:
Il wish Mr.. Farley, the Postmaster
General, were listening today, because
I know he made a terrible mistake; :;
but terrible though it may be. it was
. dagger driven into my heart"
McCarran was referring to a state
ment made by Farley that when Nc
Carran, OMahoney and other Demo-
Gratis opposing the court bill came to
the White House to ask for their own
pet measures, there will be a diff
ferent viewpoint.
He wrote my death warrant and
he knew it," said McCarran, land
I may be delivering my valedictory by
reason of Mr.. Farley"
Recalls Talks He Made.
McCarran recalled that in the clos
Ing days of the last campaign, the
Democratic leaders, including Farley
and Emil Hurja, his assistant, were
not SO confident of carrying all the
States Of the West and called on him
to fly from State to State to make
addresses. The program was laid
out for him by national headquarters
in New York.
"Oh, Mr.. President, they did not
say to me then, When you ask for
something for your State there will
oe a different viewpoint" said McCar-
ran.
mo, they did not say that to me
then and they do not mean to saw
1t to me now. They only want to
challenge me; they only want me to
crouch beneath their thumb. If 1
were remote from this chamber where
the language might be otherwise, I
would tell them"
Denying that he was fighting the
President, McCarran read from the
Democratic platform on which Roose-
welt was elected, which said: I'VE pro-
pose to maintain the letter and the
spirit OF the Constitution"
I'VE are told now," said McCarran.
that the letter and the spirit of
the Constitution are one and the
same thing, and that therefore this
bill, which comes under the letter OF
the Constitution is right. But il the
letter and the spirit are one and the
same thing, then the platform Is
guilty Of redundancy"
Warn Of Party Danger.
Warning that If the platform is dis
regarded now in this respect there
may be danger of defeat in the future
for the Democratic party, McCarran,
referring to Farley, said: He who
Is the great prophet and who
prophesies-and who reads you out
OF the party at the same time-he may
not be with us"
McCarran said that he was "en-
listed in battalion Of death to the
end that the Constitution may re-
main"
rs there any lawyer-even the
Senator from Indiana, Mr.. Minton,
who sees nothing good in the Su-
preme Court-who does not want a
court Of last resort to which the
people may Co." demanded McCarran.
He insisted that there is no difference
In principle between the compromise
bill and the original bill.
If you place An executive veto
against the vote Of one justice Of the
Supreme Court, you can destroy the
judiciary branch OF the Government"
he said. And when that Is done, to-
morrow, you can destroy the legisla-
tive branch. They have done it in
other lands.
Because we were elected under the
leadership OF President Roosevelt did
we become 50 subservient that we dc
not dare to express our own views?
would rather 90 back after one term
where Farley says he Is going to send
me-"
Tells Of Aroused Youth.
McCarran warned the administra-
ton leaders that the country Il
aroused, particularly the young people,
over this Issue. He said "The Story
Of the Constitution" now being put
out by special COMMITTEES Of Congress
BEADED b. Representative Bloom ef