The daily independent., 1937-05-20
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

Resign while Court Is Under
Attack; Economy Drive Falters
When It's Leaders Own Pro-
jects Are Theatened; Dough-
ton Pounded Economy Drum
Till Fund For Pet Parkway Was
SLashed; Secretary Perkin);
Pushing Harper Sibley For Sc
curity Vacancy.
Washington - RumorS have
been widely published that Justice
BrandeiS is going to resign, but
in private conversations with his
friends he has indicated just the
opposite.
The Justice will be 81 years old
next November, and has to be
careful of his health. But he has
plenty of vigor left to criticize
RooSevelt's Supreme Court re-
form.
He is no. so bitter against the
President, himself, as he is
against those who sold him the
idea. Brandeis thinks the Presi-
dent was sold a bad bill Of goods.
Justice Sutherland also has told
friends that under no circumScan-
ces will he resign as long as the
Court is under attack. Four years
ago he definitely planned to re-
tire, but despite ailing health, he
is now determined 20 stick 1t out
to the bitter end.
Strange InterludeS
The economy drive on Capitol
Hill has booeranged against some
of its ardent zealots in a very hill
arious manner. Take the case OF
Senator Carter Glass.
The Virginian is chairman OF
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee. He has been absent a
great deal because of illness, so
he named Senator Kenneth Nc
Kellar of Tennessee, next IN rank
on the committee, as acting chair
man and gave him his proxy.
Now McKellar S an enthuSlaS-
tic supporter of the Tennessee
Valley Authority. When the sec
ind deficiency appropriation bill
came before his committee he Of
fered an amendmnV authorizing
the beginning of construction on
a new Sl2O.OOO,OOO dam at Gil
bertsville. with a S2,700OOO grant
for the first years work.
The proposal precipitated a not
now. After much argument, the
committee took a vote on il. The
result was a tie.
Thereupon McKellar pulled
GLASS; proxy out of his pocket
and calmly voted him for the dam
ignoring the fac, that the Vlr-
ginian IS one Of the most yoclter-
Gus economy clamorerS in Con-
gress. Had he been present, Glass
certainly would have lined uE
with the opposition.
Horse OF Another Color
The case of Chairman Robert
CMuley) Doughton of the House
WAYS and Means Committee Is
even more amusing.
Like Glass, he too has beer
beating the ceremony drums. Re-
Gently he op.ned that the $780,
OOO. 900 relief budget could well bt
cut to Sl.OOO.OOO,OOO. Blu: sudden
" the economy ligr,ning hi
| Doughton in his own backyard
and well. that was a korse o.
another colir.
The North CarOlinian is
strong advocate of the Blue Ridge
Parkway. a highway CONNECTING
the Shenandoah National Park /
Virginia with the Great Smoky
National Park. which lies partl!
in North Carolina and partly II
Tennessee. Ten million dollar
was asked of the Budget Burea(
for construction Of the road.
1t allotted S5,OOO,OOO 20 begin
the work-which was acceptable
to Doughton. But the House Ap'
preparations Committee had othe:
ideas. Il sIashed the sum to 81,
100000.
When Doughton heard the bat
news, right then and there he ant
economy parted company. HI
announced he had been mlsunder
stood. What he meant in urglnI
economy, he proclaimed, was tina
ohi1n nU tNl rn