The Washington times., 1937-02-25
RATIO CALLED
9O,1O AGAINST
PROPOSAL
Mysterious Pink Slips
Lashing Bills Stir De-
mand for Probe

"a
mail regarding the Presidents
Supreme Court proposal today
showed a tendency overwhelming
ly against the proposal. The most
often quoted figure is 80 per cent
against and 10 per cent for the
change.
Taking at random a group oi
members in the House and Senate
reporters for The Washington
Times received the following an
swers regarding the run Of commu
nications, including in some in
stances kilograms and personal
visits as well as letters and postal
cards.
SENATOR FRANCIS T.
MALONEY CD, CONN.-"Mail
overwhelmingly In opposition.
Percentage 80 per cent or more
against. Volume has leSsened
In past few days"
SENATOR PAT McCARRAN
Cd, NEVADA - "Mail never
heavy. IS per cent in favor Of
proposition. Farmer and labor
organizations overwhelmingly in
favor of it."
SENATOR BENNETT CHAMP
CLARK CD, Mo. - "VOlume
very heavy. Most remarkable
reaction. One-haf of letters
from women. No evidence Of
propaganda and nine to one
against the proposal"
SENATOR WILLIAM H.
KING Cd, UTAH-'T have re-
ceived from three to four thou
sand communications. Only
about q dozen Of these have been
for the proposition. also re-
ceived two resolutions from
labor organizations against it."
SENATOR GEORGE L. RAD
CLIFFE Cd, MD.-"The first
Of the mail was Overwhelmingly
against it. Now it is swinging
back and evening up. The
systematic expressions seem to
be against it."
SENATOR JOSEPH F, GUR
FEY Cd, Pa-"I have been III
for ten days but my mail this
morning indicates that the peo-
pie are overwhelmingly In back
Of the Administration"
SENATOR M. M. NEELY Cd,
W. Va.-'MaiI has been heavy.
/ have not had q chance to
make . detailed comparison but
my guess is that 80 per cent Of
the lawyers are against 1t and
80 per cent Of the other people
are for It,"
SENATOR ROBERT R. REY-
NOLDS CD, N. C.-"My mail
has not been heavy. / have
received about 500 letters and
I should say that IS per cent
or more have been against it."
SENATOR ELMER THOMAS
CD, Oklahoma-"The majority
Of mail I have received has been
against it, just like the others,
but I believe if it were put up
to the State it would approve the
Presidents plan"
SENATOR A. HARRY MOORE
3D.. N. J.-His secretary reports
that 10000 letters against the
proposition have been received in
the office and about 200 favoring
it. The letters have come in at
about 5000 a day.
REPRESENTATIVE CARL Vim.
SON Cd, Ga.-Has not received
3 great deal of mail but most of it
has been against the proposition.
r E P r E S E N TATTVE LEON
SACKS DD, Pa.-Has received
81 letters from his district. About
four against it. Has received many
other letters not from his district,
the majority Of which have been
against the proposition.
REPRESENTATIVE E. E. COX
Cd, Ga.-HaS received about l.
200 letters of which per cent
have been in favor Of the plan.
REPRESENTATIVE r o BERT
r. RICH CR0, Pa.-Has received
several hundred letters and only
one for the plan.
REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES
L. CLIFFORD RO, Mass.-Has re-
ceived hundreds of letters for the
plan and only two against it.
REPRESENTATIVE M E r LIN
HULL (PD. WiS.-Has received 800
letters and they run $3.50.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN M.
ROBSON (R), Ky.-Has received
1900 letters and none favoring
the proposition.
REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
j. WEIGH (R.), Calif.-Has re-
ceived less than 100 letters and 10
per cent are for the plan. Ninety
per cent against it.