The daily independent., 1937-08-13

New Dealer; President Wants
To Pick Standard Bearer Of
New Progressive Group; Silence
ON Third Term Is Strategy To
Keep Party In His Own Hands.
Washington-Probably the most
fundamental difference between
Jack Garner and the leader to
whom he swore allegiance at the
Philadelphia convention is over
the future control of the Demo-
cratic Parry.
The President is determined
that he shall play an important
part in naming the candidate for
1910, if he does not actually choose
the man himself. And Jack Gar
ner is equally determined that he
shall no..
The Vice President is very blunt
about it in private conversations.
No one suspects that Jack wants
to be a candidate himself, but he
does say he is going to see that The
candidate is mo New Dealer" =" He
believes the party should get back
to it's original fundamentaliSm.
On the other hand, Roosevelt
believes that out Of The old De-
mocratic Party may be moulded
new and rejuvenated organization
including labor, the farmer, and
progressive Republican elements.
Some of the Presidents friends
have been wondering of late
whether he would not defy third
term tradition and become the
candidate of such reorganized
party. But those who are closest
to him say he will not and that
his sole motive in not repeating
his third term deClination is 20
keep the party organization IN his
own and out of Garner'S hands.
Some of them believe that 1t Is
a mistake for Roosevelt to re-
main silent. and thai clear-cut
remuneration of third-term am
bitionS would strengthen rather
than weaken his hand. They think
it is a mistake to keep the coun-
try guessing on his, just as 1t was
mistake 10 keep it guessing
about immediate or deferred ap-
pointment of the new Supreme
Court Justice.
So far. however, the President
has not seen it thai way.
Naval Reciprocity
The bill permitting the PreSl-
dent to lend averaged U. S. deS-
troyers to Latin American coun-
tries has an interesting behind
the-scene history.
1t was initiated chiefly for the
benefit Of Brazil, because that
country twice had placed its ma
val forces at the disposal Of the
United StI.eS.
First instance was during the
Spanish American War. Brazil
had Just taken delivery on two
new cruisers. built in British ship
yards. and Immediately turned
them over TO the United States.
They were manned by American
crews. and one Of them. rechriSt-
ened U. S. S. Buffalo. played an
important part in the war against
Spain.
Again during the World War,
Brazil sent two cruisers and four
deStroyerS to serve under The
American naval command off
Gibraltar.
The number of destroyers which
the United States now plans to
lend Brazil is six.
Note: During the Spanish
American War, most Of Latin
America. being of Spanish deS-
cent. was sympathetic with that
country. Brazil, being Portuguese,
was not
Labor Relations
Two surprise opinions regard
ing the National Labor Relations
Board were expressed the other
day, both by Republicans but of
diametrically opposite effec'@.
One came from Judge Curtis
D. Wilbur, who was CoolldgeS
Secretary of the Navy and is a
brother of Hoover's Secretary Of
the Interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur.
Judge Wilbur, although Of con-
servative background, upheld the
Labor Board.
The other statement came from
Sena or Gerald Nye of North
Dakota, hither to consistent
progressive. Nye was against it.
Judge Wilbur'S statement was !
made from the bench of the |,
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in |
set. ling the Pacific Greyhound
Lines case. He said:
The Board carefully weighed |
conflicting evidence and stated |
it's conclusions and the reasons |
therefore with careful attention |
to the difficult problem facing it.
1t sufficc,h to say that there is
substantial evidence to support |
its conclusions that the real mo-
tive for the discharge of this en-
pioyee was because of union acti-
vitieS. :"
Senator Nye, on the cher hand,
claimed that the labor Board was
biased and discriminatory against
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