The Washington times., 1938-08-12
ONLY ; CHANCES
FOR new DEAL.
CAIN IN SENATE
Georgia, South Carolina
And Maryland Left
By THEODORE HUNTLEY

three more chances to strengthen
the New Deal in the Senate.
His decision to go into Georgia
In an effort to defeat Senator Wal
ter F. George, outstanding con
servative and strict constitution
alist. is accepted in Washington as
evidence of his purpose to go
through with the original purge
program-win or lose.
S. c. PRIMARY
There will be a test OF the preSl-
Dental persuaSiveness in South
Carolina on August 80, when COZ
ton Ed" Smith comes up for re,
nomination. He is being opposed
nv Governor Olin D. johnston
who announced for the senate
while standing on the White House
steps in June, and Edgar Brown
a member of the State legiSIaVu[e,
Roth have declared themselves lVO
Der cent New Dealers.
with Cotton Ed" going his own
critical way on farm legislation
and other issues, the press OF the
state almost unanimous IN sup,
porting him, and the New Deal
vote split between his opponents
he appears from this distance 10 oe
a certain winner.
MARYLAND comes next, on Sep
ken,ber l2. with Senator Iydlngs
marked for purging. The tlght
here is conceded to be closer ana
few impartial observers OF the
MARYLAND scene will risk a guess
As to the outcome until after Pres
jdent Roosevelt shows what he IN
tends to do for Davey Lewis, fol
lowing his return to the Capital
today.
GEORGIA PRIMARY SEPT. IA
Georgia's primary will be held
September IA. A majority OF Sen
ator Georges colleagues. who rank
him among the ablest men to
come to the Senate from the
South since the Civil War, and for
whom they have strong personal
liking and respect in addition, un-
doubtedly hope he will be re-
elected.
But the President, placing the
New Deal ahead of other consid-
erations, has put his seal Of ap-
proval on United States Attorney
Lawrence Camp, who together
with former Governor Eugene Tai
madge of the red galluses is run
ming against him.
AS Talmadge is also against the
New Deal, the alignment in Geor-
gia is just the reverse of that in
South Carolina, with hundred per
centers united and the opposition
divided. Even so, the best infor-
nation coming from Georgia at
the moment gives Senator George
the advantage in the race, owing
to the high regard in which he is
held throughout the State.
THE SENATE SCORE
Thus far the Senate score shows
the loss of one New Dealer in the
years primary battles, in the de-.
feat of Senator Pope of Idaho,
for denomination last Tuesday.
Not single Democratic conserva-
tive has been purged.
Clark in Missouri, Van NuyS i'll
Indiana, Adams in Colorado, Nc
Carran in Nevada. and Gillette in
Iowa, all have been renominated
or are assured of denomination.
Unless the President can knock
over George, Smith or Tydings,
therefore, the New Deal will suf-
fer net loss of one vote in the
next session of the Senate and be
further weakened by the failure
of White House efforts to unSeat
any of the dozen or so Democratic
Senators up for reelection this
year who voted against the PreSi-
dent on the court, reorganization,
and other issues.
THE KHAN ISSUE
Senator Tydings was shown to-
day to have overplayed his hand
on the Klan issue as developed in
his radio speech in Cumberland.
The speech also vas broadcast
from Hagerstown.
In this broadcast and in a for
NAL handout from TydingS head
quarters in Baltimore he said he
voted against" confirmation of
Mr.. Justice Black as a member
of the Supreme Court, basing mis-
opposition-according to his speech
on the then Senator Blacks af-
4iliation with the Ku Klux Klan,
although this was not proven pub
licly until several weeks after he
had been confirmed.
WHAT RECORD" SHOWS
Examination of the Congress
sional Record for August IT, 1897
when Senator Black was con
firmed for the Supreme Court
shows that Senator Tydings was
paired with Senator Norris on the
confirmation vote. He said in 8
speech that in the absence o.
proof that Mr.. Black was or wa.
not Klansman. he could no
Vtoe "intelligently," but later an
nounced that If permitted tx
vote" he would vote againS
Blacks confirmation.
On the question Of recommit
ting the nomination to the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee, with
the understanding that the com
mittee would go into the Klal