Evening star., 1937-07-11
COURT ISSUE WILL ARISE
SHARPLY In PRIMARIES
Democrats Who Fought Reform Bill
Face Trouble in Winning Party's
denomination.

considerable numbers of them will. In
states where the laws make it possible.
AS respects Democratic Senators
supporting the Presidents court meas.
ure, the mechanism Of politics Affect
Ing them is different from that which
aHects the anti-court measure ones.
Inc latter will find it difficult to get
denomination in the Democratic pri-
maries. for Mr.. Farley's organization
Will make it a point to oppose them
But Democratic Senators who favor
the Presidents court measure will
ma denomination easy-the force of
tne whole national Democratic organ.
1zation will be for them.
But how will Democratic Senators
iavoring the court measure fare in
the general election in NovemberP
Consider the case of Senator Dieterich.
OF Illinois. He supports the Presi-
dents court proposal-he is on thu
committee on Judiciary and is one Of
the seven who supported the measure
las against seven Democrats who
opposed lt. And Senator Dieterich
comes to the end of his term next
year. In the Democratic primary,
presumably, he will have little diff
Guilty, for he will have the Democratic
organization behind him. But how
Will ne fare in the general election in
november, assuming the Republicans
nominate good candidate against
MN! II there are large number of
democrats IN Illinois who oppose the
PRESIDENTS court proposal, presum.
aoIy, many of them will vote IN the
| general election for the Republican
Senatorial candidate.
IL is the same with Senator Nc.
Glll OF Kansas. He is on the Senate
ouolcary Committee, he supported the
Tesloent's court measure and he
| comes up Tor denomination and re-
electlon next year. denomination
should be easy, for the Democratic
machine presumably will support him
strongly. But how about the general
election? Kansas is a rather evenly
olVlded State, and if considerable
number of Democrats vote against
senator McGlll in the general election
IN November, the Republican candi-
oate' II ne is good man, should have
fair chance to win.
Coalitions are Likely.
The net of the situation in neyt
years congressional primaries and
e4ectlons' 50 far as it can be fore
seen now, is that in some States there
Will be some coalition between Re-
| puoIlcans and Democrats who are
opposed to the court measure. Most
certainly there will be a considerable
amount of informal coalition-Re-
puollcans going into Democratic pri-
marles to support Democratic Senators
VINO are against the court measure
and In other States Democratic voters
VINO oppose the court measure voting
Tor Republican candidates for Senator
In the general election.
Whether there will also be formal
coalition, whether Republican organ
izatlons. as organizations, State or
county, will formally and officially
unite with Democrats who oppose the
court measure, in support of Demo-
cratic Senators who oppose the meas
ure-this cannot yet be foretold.
This sort of thing seems likely.
There may be much more. But the
larger developments-the forming of
a Labor party, if that is to be; or
the complete seizure of the Demo-
cratic party by Labor; or the seizure
OF the Democratic party by the old.
orthodox Jeffersonian Democratic ele-
ments; or the formation of a new
Jef1ersonian Democratic party: or
change OF name by the Republican
party-all such developments, if any
Of them come, are likely to await
the presidential election of 1910.
| (Copyright, 1937)