Evening star., 1937-07-10
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Opponents of the Roosevelt court
bill held slim margin today in q
neck-and-neck race for publicly COM
mitted Senate votes.
Forty Senators have announced they
will fight the administration compro-
mise; SO openly nave pledged support.
This left the balance of power at
the close of the first weeks debate
with II Senators. Some of these
have stated their views privately. and
some have told no one how they will
vote
Opposition leaders said they had Z
minimum of "A votes pledged. If the
administration gathered all the rest, it
would have So.
Some friends of the bill asserted they
had 81 votes lined up, but others said
the figure was closer to so. If all SEN
ators answer the roll CALL it will take
49 votes to pass the bill
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada, counted as doubtful for
months on the original bill, obtained
the floor today to carry on the oppo.
sltlon's attack. A Saturday session,
forced by administration leaders to
speed up vote, was unusual.
Just before the Senate quit late YES.
terday, Senator Minton, Democrat, Of
Indiana charged that Supreme Court
Justice Roberts changed his views on
minimum wage laws after listening "to
the political voice of Chief Justice
Hughes.
Mlnton, supporting the administra-
ton BILL pointed out that the court
ruled adversely on New York mini
mum wage case last year. but upheld
washington State case this year.
The difference, he declared, was not
caused by any change in the Consti-
tuition, but only because Judge had
changed his mind"
He spoke after Senator Wheeler.
Democrat, of Montana. first opposition
orator, declared the Roosevelt admin
lstratlon had been intolerant and was
using Cheap tactics in its campaign
for the court bill.
A Popular Attraction.
Every one who disagreed" he said,
was an economic royalist who had
sold out to Wall Street"
Wheeler contended the bill amounts
ed to an attempt to change the Con-
stltutlon by selecting additional i,ls.
tlces who would favor new interpreta.
tlons Of the document.
You can't set up dictatorship in
this country if you maintain the Con-
stitution," he said.
The debate was attracting huge
crowds. Many stood in long lines
outside the gallery doors despite the
oppressive Midsummer heat. Most
Senators stayed in their seats instead
OF congregating In cloak rooms or
working in their offices.
Here is the Senate lineup at tho
end of the first week:
Senators who have spoken publicly
for the original bill or the compromise
(39):
The Line-ups.
Democrats-Ashurst, Barkley, Berry,
Bllbo, Black, Brown Of Michigan,
Bulkley, Byrnes, Chevez, Dietrich. E-
lender, Green, Guffey, Harrison.
Hatch, Hayden, Herring, Hitchcock,
Hughes. Lee, Logan, McAdoo, McGill,
Mcclellan, Minton, Nicely, Pittman,
Pope, Reynolds, Robinson, Schwartz,
Schwellenbach, Sheppard, Smathers.
Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of
Utah, and Truman.
Observation-Disclosures.
Progressive-La Toilette,
Senators who have publicly voiced
opposition (4O):
Democrats-Bailey, Bankhead, Burke,
Byrd, Clark, Connally, Copeland.
Donahey, George, Gerry, Gillette,
Glass, Holt, King, Lonergan, Nc
Carran, Moore, O'Mahoney, Smith,
Tydings, Van Nuys, Walsh and
Wheeler.
Republicans-Austin, Borah, Bridges,
Capper, Davis. Frazier Gibson, Hale,
johnson of California, Lodge, McNary,
Nye, Steiwer. Townsend, Vandenberg
and White.
Farmer Laborite-Shipstead
The II Senators still publicly un-
committed on the compromise:
Adams, Andrews, Bone, Brown Of
New Hampshire; Bulow, Caraway.
Duffy, Johnson of Colorado, Lewis,
Lundeen, Maloney, Murray, Overton.
Pepper, Radcliffe, Russell and Wagner.
Meanwhile, the House, with COM
paratively little business to do until
the Senate ends debate on the court
bill and thus releases a log-jam OF
legislation, heard welcome tidings thaa
it may get q two-week vacation from
Washington's heat.