The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-22

WHICH Ilc WILL ueIIVeC carry
 The purpose of these messages is to force Q showdown with cone gress, especially the Southern bloc which defeated the Wage. Hour Bill.
 No. 1 Blast will be the regu-
 lar message to Congress on
 January 3. In this he will ac-
 cuse Congress of deserting the
 American people, of completely
 flouting the wishes of those who
 sent them to Washington.
 No. 2 Blast will take place at
 the Jackson Day Dinner Janu-
 ary 8. In this he will reply
 to the anti-New Deal groups within his own Democratic ranks
 which are attempting to euchre
 control of Congress and the
 party away from him. If
 Roosevelt goes through with his
 present plans this speech will
 be a sizzler.
 No. 3 Blast will be e fireside
 chat aimed at the country at large. In this Roosevelt will an-
 nounce his determinatoin to
 throw ell his weight to old New
 Deal lines-on labor, business
 and social questoins.
 He has become convinced that these were the policies that re- elected him in 1886, and that he nothing to gain and everything to lose by any surrender to business. Democrats vs Democrats
 Oscar Chapman, fortnight young Assistant Secretary of the Interior, was dining with the President the other day and Roosevelt queried him regarding the political situ- alton in Colorado.
 Chapman, with Josephine Roche, former assistant secretary of the treasury, has been active among the progressive Democrats in Colorado. Miss Roche heads the Rocky Mountain Fuel company, has made Q record for winning the good will of labor and is an important figure in the State.
 Miss Roche and Chapman are leaders of the Roosevelt wing of the Democratic party, while leader of the conservative wing is Sena. teh Supreme Court Bill and other important New Deal measures.
 So in reply to the Presidents query, Chapman sasid:
 "Oh, things are In . state of flux politically out our way. Wed run Josephine Roche against Alva Adams In the pri- maries for the Senate" he con- tinued, but at the last minute Jlm Farley would probably come out and make Q speech for Alva."
 The President laughed, but said nothing. The subject was too tender.
 Party Purgative
 The wage-hour defeat was c much bitterer pill for the Admin- istration to swallow than anyone publicly admitted. But whether that pill is 0 purgative remains to be seen.
 Progressive Democrats long have been urging Roosevelt to do some vigorous housed cleaning with the conservative wing of his party. Oscar Chapman, assistant secre- tary of interior, is only one among scores who complain that instead of invoking party disci- pline against Democratic rebels, Jim Farley goes out and makes speeches for them.
 When in Omaha last summer, home of Senator Burke, Farley gave that vituperative Roosevelt foe only a slight tap on the wrist. During the Virginia primary last summer, Farley would not aid New Dealers who were trying to break the hold of Senator Byrd's machine. Again Senator O'Ma- honey of Wyoming gutted Roose- welt last summer, and now Is get- ting patronage rewards.
 All of which, according to progressive Democrats, puts . premium on rebellion. In the old days, Jim Farley kept a card index of how Democratic Congressmen voted, and jobs were awarded accordingly. Now, more j0b- -holders are fired than hired, and . new policy is being proposed of firing the appoin. tees of those who voted against the Wages-Hour Bill.
 This, they think. would help as much or more than the Presi- dents January speeches.
 North vs. South
 Progressive Democrats claim that the Wage-Hour Bill was the old question of the North versus South. Southern Democrats who