The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-16
BEHIND THE SCENES.
NASfIINCTON
Democrat Washington Correspondent
Here's How House and Senate Win Shape Up if Demo- cratic Party Split Comes as Certain Men Close to White House Feel Very Sure It Will.
" ROONEY DUTcHER-l

Washington, July 16-Certain men very close to the White House, Convinced that the democratic party is going to split and frothing with alnpatience over the delay, already have begun to list the goats they expect to go galloping-or to be pllshed-toward the republican par ty. And the sheep they expect to remain in the fold.
 Technically, there are 75 demo-
 Crats in the senate and S33 demo-
 crats in the house.
 Actually, says high official about as close to P D. R. as any White House secretary-and whose name would make a large Page One head line if your correspondent were al- lowed to use it--there are about 55 senators and PTS representatives who can be counted at democrats. They will go through for a pro- gressive New Deal program such es has been outlined by Roosevelt, the party leader. This man goes on to talk as if he expected. the other democratic members to be sloughed of.
 Some of the 55 and some of
 the 275 won't like what we're try
 ing to do," says this New Deal
 nose counter. But they'll take
 it!"
 Fish Has His Troubles
 Significant of republican efforts to honey up to southern conservatives is bill by Congressman Hamilton Fish of New York, who led regi- ment of colored troops in the war.
 Fish urges a pretentious memo rial or statue here in honor of the southern hero, Gen. Robert E. Lee. He keeps pestering Congressman Kent Keller of Illinois, chairman of the library committee which has to do with such things, about it.
 But Fish is having trouble get ting anything out of democratic house, even though it be a tribute to 'Marse Robert" since his &C., cusatory exposure of the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt has her radio earn- ings turned over to charity with out paying income tax on them. Lewis Will Be Advised
 John L. Lewis is going to get some free advice on personal publicity. Some of his journalistic admirers are convinced he has been getting bad publicity breaks, and that much of it is his own fault. So they plan to at down with Lewis and make some suggestions.
 \ This group believes Lewis does not appreciate the importance of
 middle class opinion, that he
 should make 1t more obvious he Is . human being, that he should have more press conferences, and that he must realize his public relations technique and organiza- tion are more important than they were when he was simply. head of the United Mine Workers. 1 (FAct is the Lewis press con- 6erehces, usually attracting 30 to 50 news men, are at least as in- lnreasive as Roosevelt's. Lewis stands. The correspondents sit in Handsome brass-studded; leather srhairs. Lewis rumbles, seldom lemiles and then but faintly, ad- dresses correspondents as MT. s," never by first names, as { Rocsevelbt does. No gales of laughter sweep the room, as at the White House. Lewis is at his first 1 before crowd, but indifferent on the radio.) '''..''
 Many friends of Lewis believe he should have avoided the swank reception party for the three So- viet flyers at the Russian embassy.
 Everybody does go and you see reactionfary republicans as we'll as radical New Dealers. There were ! thousand persons there that l night.
 But the photo of MT. and Mrs. ELewis descending the embassy stairs, after staying briefly, prob ably was the only one you saw. Executions Cast a Pall
 Society reporters failed to report E1,nk raceY,tinn'S 0iitstandiny fan t,,ro