The Washington times., 1938-01-25

rieS are COM
ing soon and Faul """O"
the President is getting busy to
save the Congressman he likes
and to supplant those he does
not like. OF course it cannot
be done Officially. At least it
seldom has been. Open en-
dorsementS in the past have
met disastrous rebuffs from the
voters.
Presidents generally, there
fore, handle the matter like Mr..
r. did in the recent Alabama
primary. He called Candidate
Lister Hill in for a conference
about something or other, prob
ably the weather, just before
the voters went to the polls.
GO also with the Barkley ban
- quet. Leader Barkley was
chosen by Mr.. r. over Senator
Pat Harrison for the leadership.
But Mr.. Barkley, as leader, has
had to do some presidential
chores which did not help Bark
ley, the Kentucky candidate, for
reelection. One current thing is
the handling of the lynching
bill, With Kentucky's Governor
Chandler openly limiting he In
tends to run for Barkley's seat,
Barkley is in serious danger.
So, this time, a testimonial
banquet was arranged. Mr..
Roosevelt sent down to Louis
Vile his secretary, Mac1ntyre,
to create the proper setting.
He also remarked that Mac
Intyre probably would arrive
too late" for the Chandler
luncheon, which was gotten up
by the governors friends to
toast him a few hours before
Mac brought the presidential
toast to Barkley. The hint was
a little stronger than usual, but
It went down.
This particular cocktail Is
known in the trade here as The
Roosevelt Lifesaver."
THE other two which have not
l. been put on the market yet
are "The Roosevelt Mickey
Films" They were made Of
the general idea, with a slight
variation for reverse action. A
couple of governors were sup
posed to serve the sleeping po-
tions to a couple Of Senators.
Certain South Carolina and
Georgia political observers have
officially noted that Governor
o, D. johnson of South Carolina
and Governor E. D. Rivers OF
Georgia are probable candidates
for the Senate, especially since
they attended the recent South
eastern governors conference at
the White House.
That conference is supposed
to have been on freight rates,
but there is an idea abroad in
the upper strata of political
thought here that Governors
johnson and Rivers got a bill
of lading for themselves with
the U. S. Senate as their des-
tination.
johnson would oppose Senator
"Cotton Ed" Smith, whose stand
ing at the White House is just
about the same as AL Smiths
or Herbert Hoover's. No doubt
It is something he has said.
Rivers would oppose Senator
George, who does not say much.
but who sinned against the Su-
preme Court packing proposal.
r ATEST unbiased reports from
IL South Carolina indicate
Smith may not have much
trouble with the voters. The
same old lynching bill has been
just what he needed in the way
of political refreshment. He has
been issuing statements about it
almost daily. Georges prospects
in Georgia are reported equally
disheartening to his opposition.
He'eGe it may be found better
just to forget the whole business.
X
Smith and George are
the only two outstanding South
ern Democrats, out of favor,
who are up for reelection this
year. The only two other SEN
atorial primaries down South
are in Arkansas (Mrs. Caraway)
and Florida (Senator Pepper).
In other words all the other
southern Democratic Senators
are safe for two years more, at
least.
THE NAVY has flown 18 long
i range bombers to Hawaii.
The Army has shipped 13 bomb
ing planes by boat to the same
place. Both services here Off
cially pass off this concentra-
ton of their air forces in mid.
Pacific as "just routine ma
neuvers."
This is going to be the Off
cial answer to all such military
moves made hereafter. Perhaps
even the next war. if there is
one, will be Just routine.
Inside fact Is Hawaii Is the