The daily independent., 1937-08-06
; N0 WA

Plain Talking Leaders Warned
FDR Against Open Break With
Congress; "Innocent Bystand-
ers" Would Suffer For His Feud
With Certain Foes; Mrs. Rob-
inson's relatives Urge Her To
Run For Late Senator's Seat;
New Tammany Boss Has "NO
Record" After 20 Years As Re-
preventative.
Washington-There was some
unusually plain talking when the
President called in his congress
sional leaders 10 discuss the re-
mainder of the congressional pro-
gram.
Present at the conference were
Speaker Bankhead, House Demo-
cratic Floor Leader Sam Rayburn,
and Senate Democratic Floor
Leader Barkley. The President
started by saying that he want
ed the leaders to crack the whip
and put through his entire legiS-
lative program, including a crop
CONTROL bill. They retOrted that
this could not be done, because
no legislation had been formulat-
ed.
Both the House and the Sen
ate Agriculture Committees will
work on the bill during the re-
cess" one of the leaders said
"and have it ready for action
next January"
Il don't see why a bill can't be
framed noW," the President re-
marked. Congress doesn't have
to rush home. 1t has been in ses-
sion seven months and hasn't
done thing YET"
The leaders bridled at this
particularly Bankhead and Ray
burn.
Mr.. President" one of them
snapped, that is not SO. The
House has been working steadily
and conScientiouSly since it con-
vened. 1t has considered and
passed close to $50. important
bills and we will send you the
list if you will read IT,"
Roosevelt said he would be
very much interested in seeing
the list, as he would like to know
Just what the important bills
we're.
You know, Mr.. President" one
of the leaders ! admoniShCd,
there is no use of your getting
into a figlrS with Congress. That
isn't going to do you. The party,
or anyone else any gOOd-eXCept
perhaps the Republicans.
You doubtless have grievances
but you want to distinguish be-
tween individual members and
Congress as whole You don't
want to forget what happened 20
Woodrow Wilson in 1918 when ne
lost the House Next year is a
crucial period for you. If you
lose the House in that election
you are finished for the rest of
your term.
IF you don't like the conduc3
of certain Senators or Congress-
men, that is a matter between
you and them. But because you
resent what they have done or
are doing is no reason to get in
volved in a battle-royal with the
whole Congress. You can't do
that without gravely injuring the
reelection chances Of a lot of
members who are innocent by
ISLANDERS in this row."
The President listened to the
lecture with thoughtful attent-
iveneSs, and then went on to
other things.
Ambitious Brother
Behind the Sputter of under
cover reports that Mrs. Joseph T.
Robinson, widow of the late SEN
ator, is seriously considering
running for her husbands seat
againSS Governor Bailey, is her
ambitious brother Grady Miller.
A gentle, intelligent woman.
Mrs. Robinson, personally, has no
desire to enter politics. But her
brother is very keen to have her
assume office
For many years he was a bene-
ticiary of Robinsons powerful
position, is now holding simul-
taneously two lucrative jobs. one
as receiver of the Southern Ar
kansas Levee District at $500 a
month, the other as an officer of
the Southwest Joint Stock Land
Bank, also at a very good salary.
The election of Bailey would
mean the end of Mil,er's inside
drag. So he, and other relatives.
are pressing Mrs. Robinson to
seek her husbands place.
If she should enter the confess
1t would be under a handicap.
She would have to run as an in
dependent, since Bailey was de-
slgnated the party nominee by
the Democratic State Committee
However, Mrs Robinson's rela-
tives believe that her name would
otfseo this disadvantage.
Administration chiefs public
~ are keeping hands off the sit
uatlon, but privately they are
against Mrs. Robinson becoming
candidate. They fear that a