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vincingly into it. 1t means, as well,
that Attorney General Cummings
who was at first one of the great adj
mirers of President Roosevelt is no
longer among the presidential insid-
ers and that he must be classed
again as a Democrat as distin-
guished from the New Dealers.
But, you ask, what has that got
to do with Russia, with Stain, with
liquidation of counter revolution
aries" etc? Again, it seems to me
that the analogy is plain. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been convinced
by the radicals and long-hairs that
he has no great need any longer
for the breed of simple, sound, sane
thinkers, or the practical poiti-
clans. The advisors who are cling
ing to him like ivy to a wall have
seen their plans go down in the
crash of the depression and have to
blame somebody. They argue that
if their plans had not had interior
ence from such as Mr.. Cummings,
or Secretary Roper or the Depart
ment of Commerce, or "Jim" Far
ley's practical politics, surely, the
wishful thinkers would have sue
ceeded. They could not line up the
counter revolutionaries" to be shot
in this country, but they can destroy
their political influence.
To carry the fundamental thought
to it's ultimate and logical conclu-
sion, therefore, it is necessary only
to explain that the great liberal
group (Which boasts by mouth or by
print) has yet ever to agree among
its own numbers. They seldom agree
to start with, and they never agree
at the finish. 1t is always the
"other fellow" that is to blame.
"If my plan had been followed we
would have succeeded" etc. and so
on. There is that counterpart in
Russia, I insist. It proves beyond a
shadow of doubt that no one can
define liberalism"
I mentioned Postmaster General
Farley as being on the outs with
President Roose-
Farley May welt. 1t would not
Quit be surprising if
Mr.. Farley quit
his job. Observers in Washing
ton know that he is pretty much
disguised by the refusal of the Pres
ident to be guided by advice from
the party's national chairman. It
is possible, of course, that Mr..
Farley will prefer to continue in the
job as postmaster general and be
quiet rather than expose the rup-
ture. I understand he is giving that
matter considerable thought these
days, because, first of all, Mr.. Far
ley believes in playing practical pol
itics up to the hilt.
There is another rumor running
around Washington about Mr.. Far
ley. It is said in many places that
Mr.. Farley may decide to remain
on the job so that he can be more
effective in helping to restore con-
! troll of the Democratic party ma
chinery to the Democrats. That is
to say, Mr.. Farley knows, as every
one else who understands politics
knows, that the New Deal theories
will fall of their own weight in due
time. They will fall because so
many of them are contrary to hui
man nature and to American tradi-
tons. Being immensely practical,
Mr.. Farley holds that the Demo-
cratic party is a party which is a
natural opposition group to the Re-
publicans. It will live, as it ought
to live, and will continue to be a
factor in American government long
after the New Deal has burned itself
out. Mr.. Farley, therefore, is anx-
ious to lend hand in rebuilding the
Democratic party for the Demo-
Gratis.
To that end, it is understood by
many observers, there is likely
alignment between Mr.. Farley and
the canny, politically wise, Cactus
Jack" Garner, the Vice President.
Undoubtedly, there is strong and
| growing group in the house and
senate which has turned away from
| the President. Recent votes have
shown an increasing number of
Democrats that are willing to stand
on their own bottom. A very recent
| illustration of this was the vote on
| the New Deal scheme to tax cor
porations owned by a small num-
Der of persons at higher rate than
| those whose shares are widely
owned. There are thousands of these,
all small corporations. To have kept
that provision in the new tax bill
would have saved the face of small
coterie of presidential advisers
and even the President, himself. But
half of the Democrats joined with
the Republicans to kill off the plan.
From this and other circum-
stances, it is plain to see how the
rumored Farley-Garner alignment
would be backed up by such po-
litical powers as Senator Pat Harri-
son of Mississippi. Senator Harri-
son, it will be remembered, was
rewarded for carrying New Deal
buckets by having the President
urge selection of Senator Dear Al
ben" Barley, of Kentucky, to be
Democratic leader of the senate.
Senator Barley since has run into
fight for denomination in his own
state. Senator Harrison is said to
have following of thirty-odd or
more senators.
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