Evening star., 1937-04-27
THE POLITICAL.
MILL
BY g. GOULD LINCOLN,

| OF four radio speeches next Saturday, has
caused both the Democrats and Repub-
licans to prick up their ears. The ad-
ministration Democrats have been con-
siderably disconnected and unhappy be-
cause OF the great Republican silence on
Capitol Hill and elsewhere during the
Winter months, particularly over the
Supreme Court issue. The barrage laid
down against the administration by the
Democrats and Progressives opposed to
the Presidents plan to pack" the Su-
preme Court has been both irritating
and devastating. The failure Of the
Republicans to take the lead in this
fight has made it impossible for the
administration. with any credibility to
proclaim that the whole trouble was
| partisan politics
In the opinion of Chairman Hamilton,
the time has come to do some talking
on behalf Of the G. o. P, but more
particularly to examine the new political
| picture which he believes has developed
in recent months. His first address will
have to do with labor He will restate
the traditional friendship Of the Repub-
| lican party toward labor, discuss the
present situation as it affects labor, men
tion the legislation which he believes the
| situation warrants-and undoubtedly he
| will have something to say about the
| slt-doWn strike technique which the
Roosevelt administration has side
| stepped for months. His second address
| will deal with social security and relief,
his third with finances of the Govern
! ment and imitation. Hamilton's fourth
address, on Sunday, May %, will be
| aI TO al iyoti i'm,
and the Supreme Court. 1t is expected
that by that time the Presidents court
| bill will have been reported to the Senate
and Republicans will be in the debate
against its passage So Hamilton's ad-
| dress, attacking the court bill, will not
be break in Republican silence on the
measure.
Chairman Hamilton believes that old
lines of political allegiance are shifting
| all over the country and that the present
| shift is in considerable part away from
| the New Deal leadership. The Repub-
| lican party should take advantage of
| the situation. There has been con-
| siderable talk about the need of giving
| the G. 0. P. new name-Slnce the
| name Republican Las been held in aver
| sion in the States of the South for
! many years, and in more recent years
has not been welcomed in many OF the
| Western States The National party"
| has been suggested in some quarters as
a possible name. 1t is possible, it is said,
[ that such a party will be launched next
| year in Florida-a Southern State-and
| perhaps in other States in that section,
| just TO see how it takes" with the
| voters who are disgruntled with the
| New Deal party.
Funds are coming into the Republican
| headquarters to the tune of about $50 900
! a month, showing real interest in the
| party and 4 real opposition to the New
| Deal party. Chairman Hamilton says
| that while the contributions indicate a
| revival of spirit and determination on
| the part of many of the voters con-
| siGerably more money will be needed to
! pay of the deficit coming over from the
last campaign and to keep the organiza-
ton functioning properly.
| Senator Hiram johnson of California
| Is one of the strongest opponents of
| President Roosevelts court packing bill.
He will never give up, he frankly says,
on this issue which he believes is funda-
| mental. When he was discussing yester-
| day a report that the Senate Judiciary
Committee might report the court bill
favorably by a l0-to-8 vote. he held up
| his hands in mock horror. The sup
porters of the court bill could never do
| that" he said, after all they have said
| in denunciation of 5to-4 decisions
Those gentlemen couldn't consistently
support 5-to4 decision in the commit
tee on this court bill"
Col James Roosevelt. eldest son OF
the President, is being groomed by ad-
ministration Democrats in Massachusetts,
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of the Bay State in 1888, accord
ing to reports drifting into Washington.
At a meeting held last week in Chestnut
Hill. outside of Boston proper about
q hundred Democrats from all parts of
the State took part in a discussion of
Col. Roosevelt for Governor. 1t is also
reported that Col. Roosevelt himself
was present at the meeting. One reason
given for putting forward Roosevelt for
Governor was that it would be very
difficult to re-elect Gov. Hurley because
Of his policies which have not run along
at all times with those of the Roosevelt
administration in Washington. The ef-
| VIII OC iiddC " lOA NOl 1SOooc>
welt an "unopposed" gubernatorial nomi-
nation.
The vacancy in the Senate caused by
the death of the late Senator Bachman
of Tennessee has stirred up a lot of
interest. There are a number of candi-
dates to fill the vacancy. And among
them Representative McReynolds, chair
man of the Foreign Affairs Committee
and a veteran in the House, has been
considered a likely selection of Gov.
Gordon Browning, who will have the
appointment to make. However, the
friends of Representative j. Ridley
Mitchell, third ranking member of the
House Agricultural Committee, are urg-
ing that the senatorial appointment
should 60 to him. He and Gov Brown
ing are said to be not only personal
friends but political allies in Tennessee.
Mitchell has the reputation of being a
hard campaigner-a talent Gov. Brown
ing also proved to have during his last
campaign. Tennesseeans in Washington
say they are great buddies and a difn-
cult pair to beat. Neither of them is
gifted with CAB but either of them can
fight like mad-so say their friends.
Representative Mitchell does not take
the floor very often. He has many sub
stantial friends on the House side and is
well known throughout the Nation due
to his fight against nepotism. When