The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-23

Washington, March 23--Most of the Democratic senators who have declared themselves opposed to the Presidents judiciary plan will not come up for reorganization and re- election until 104O.
 .. These senators are the back bone of the expedition. If it were
 not for them, the Roosevelt plan
 probably would have been damned
 through Congress before shls.
 Without, making any generaliSa- tiofls as to the possible significance of the present lineup, 1t Is easy to point out that the votes of indi- vidual senators are likely to figure as Issues in the congressional elec- tons of 103O. In that year the support of Roosevelt presumably will be more of Q campaign asset than 1t will be in l040. And in the presidential year Of io40 there are likely to be other issues which will dwarf the question of what was done about the Supreme Court in 1897. Only Six of '38 Class
 One of the more recent polls of the Senate shows 37 members for the administration program, 3E against and 24 l1oncommittal. As among Democratic senators the poll shows: 8 in favor, l9 against and 23 undecided.
 Eleven of the opposition Demo- crats are up for reelection in lo40. The 1940 group also in cludes eight in favor and five un- decided.
 Only six of 27 Democratic sena. tors who must face the voters ii,
 1888 have thus for declared against
 the Roosevelt plan. They are Clark of Missouri, George Of
 Georgia, Gillette of Iowa, Smith
 of South Carolina, Tydings of
 r..aryland and Van Nays Of lndi.
 ana. Of the others, 12 have an. nounced their support of the
 President and nine are still list- cd as undecided.
 Only two of the 24 Democratic senators elected in the Roosevelt landslide of l9a8 have declared against the proposal, Bailey of North Carolina and Glass of Vir- ginia. Since both men come from southern states where Democratic success is customary, neither can be said to have ridden into office on the Roosevelt wagon. But this same group of newly elected or newly reelected senators includes B who have said they favored the Roosevelt plan and an undecided group of nine. The 24 will not be up for reelection again until 1922. Most States Divided
 To the student of politics 1t is at least equally interesting to observe how relatively few are the states whose two senators agree on the Supreme Court issue. Genuine conviction will explain many of the votes on the Presi- dents plan. But patronage, the desire for more power at Q col. leagues expense and similar fac- tors are also playing a part.
 There are 8 states whose sen-
 ators are both Democrats. But in
 only os,e instance have two Demo-
 cFats from the same state both
 declared against the Roosevelt
 plan. Senators Carter Glass and
 Harry F. Byrd, arch conservatives
 from Virginia who never quarrel
 politically, are the exceptional
 pair.
 Tn six cases both senators agree in favor of the plan. But % other states will note that their senators thus far have been unable to get together on a mutual position, ex- cept that three pairs say they're undecided-Adans and Johnson of Colorado, Lonergan and Maloney of Connecticut, Chavez and Hatch of New Mexico.
 Senators from 10 states are split for and against the plan
 and its. in this group yota fii;d
 She bitterest feuds. There are
 Minton and Van Nuys of Indiana, Truman and Clark of Missouri,
 Smathers and Moore of New Jer..
 sey, Reynolds and Bailey of North Carolina, Bulkley and Donahey of Ohi,', Green and Gerry of Rhode Island, Byrnes and Smith of
 South Carolina, Sheppard and COnnalIy of Texas, Thomas and King of Utah, Neely and Holt of West virginia-the first-mention-
 ed senators being in favor. In eight states one Democratic senator is in favor and the other undecided. And five states where one senator is against and the other undecided.
 Copyright, 1897, NEA Service. Incl