The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-07-27
SOUNDING A WARNING

The Texas Weekly, occupying, as it does
an unassalable position in its pohtica
views and as leader in social and eco
nomic progress in the great Southwest
sounds solemn warning to Texas Demo
Gratis in reference to present nationwide
conditions. Here are quotations from
leading article in the last issue OF the
Weekly:
1t would be a mistake to assume, as some do
assume, that without the support of President
Roosevelt the program of the eabal which we
have designated as "the Presidents advisers
would have little chance of success. Coupled
with this mistaken assumption is the view that
il the President would dimiSS those advisers and
abandon their program or if the Presidents pres
tise should be destroyed all the danger from that
program would end. And. in our opinion, that
view is quite as mistaken as the assumption on
which it is based The program of "the Presi-
dents advisers" represents more than the
schemes of few social frontiersmen" at Wash
ington. IL embodieS a determination to modify
our form of government and the existing eco
monte order in fundamental way which is
shared by powerful elements that have become
influential in many of the States of the North
and the East. John L. Lewis and his c. i. o.
constitute only one such element, but they are
characteristic Of what we mean. The leaders of
these various elements are resolved to convert
the Democratic party into radical, semi-social-
istic labor party, and with this object in view
they have become dominant in the Democratic
party in many states And they expect to con-
troll the Democratic party nationally henceforth,
with or without President Roosevelt. In our
opinion, they stand good chance of doing this,
with or without the president, unless the trad-
tional elements of the Democratic party are able
to prevent it. The only kind Of harmony that the
conservative Democrats of the country, especial
ly of the South can have with these people is
one which involves complete acquiescence with
respect to the modification of our form of gov
eminent and of the existing economic order
which constitutes the ultimate objective of their
program. We do not believe that kind of har-
mony can possibly be long maintained, because
the attempt to maintain it would be equivalent
to mixing oil and water and attempting to keep
them mixed And it would be paying too great
q price, on the part of the conservative Demo-
Gratis, for party harmony That is why We think
that any kind of harmony Vice President Gar
ner may succeed in establishing at Washington
must necessarily be only a temporary make-shrt.
Politicians and ofice-holders, with stake in the
material fruits of party ascendency, can effect
such harmony and may maintain II for long
time But the existing cleavage in the Demo-
cratic party is of too fundamental character
to be "harmonzed" in that way. Either the
party is going to remain Democratic, with or
without President Roosevelt, or it is going to be-
come a radical semisocialstic labor party, with
or without President Roosevelt. And IN either
case one ar the other Of the two opposing camps
now within the marty win have to get out.
What's 70 be done, That question is asked in
manv Of several hundred letters which the editor
of The Texas Weekly has received during the
past month. Well, so far as Texas is concerned,