Evening star., 1938-09-25
Rightist Trend of Primaries
Points to Watch Dog Congress
New Deals Loss of Some Fast Friends, Plus Purge
Failure, Expected to Stifen Opposition
to legislative Dictati0n
By G. Gould Lincoln.
" YHAT price New Deal in the next
M session of Congress?
Two factors must be taken

Two factors must be taken
into consideration in any an
pralsal OF the probable attitude of the Ma
tlonal Legislature toward President Roose-
Velt and his reorganization bill and other
proposals.
The first is the fact that, with yerv few
exceptions, the Democratic members of the
present Congress who opposed the Presi-
dents court and reorganization bills have
oeen renominated. In addition, a num-
ber of independent Democrats have been
nominated in place of the 100 per cent
Roosevelt supporters.
The second is the still undetermined re-
suit OF the congressional elections in No
Vember. If the Republicans make substan-
tlal gains in the House and capture half q
dozen seats in the Senate now held by the
Democrats, the effect upon the attitude of
Congress might be material Radical New
Deal proposals would be eyed more and
more askance if the political pendulum is
shown to be we'll aswing
On the other hand, if the Republicans fail
to make appreciable gains in these congress-
slonal contests, the President and his ad-
Vlsers Will be In better position to press
Tor their legislative proposals. The deter
minat1on of Democrats opposed to these
proposals would be the measure of real op-
position.
Primaries Uncover Conservatism.
The Democratic primaries and their re-
suits cannot be ignored. They showed a de-
clded trend toward conservatism, despite
the fact that the President himself and his
aides made desperate efforts to prevent the
denomination OF Democratic Senators and
Representatives who opposed him.
Barring call by the President for a
special session, Congress will not meet again
until January 8. Democratic Senators who
have been in the Capital in recent days
left distinct impression that they did not
expect call for a special session unless
war abroad should make 1t necessary. These
Democrats. including presidential support
ers, have been distinctly opposed to the call
OF a special session. They hope that time
Will heal some of the wounds in the Demo-
cratic party which developed during the
1ntraparty strife and the effort ito purge"
the party of men like Tydings of Mary
land and George of Georgia.
Take a look for a moment at the rol, NJ
prospective Democratic Senators in the
next Congress. Scott Lucas of Illinois
who fought the Presidents court bill As
member of the House, has been noni-
mated In place of Senator Dieterich. one OF
the hundred-per-centers. Representative
Clark OF Idaho has eliminated Senator Pope
"A co-author of the New Deals latest agri-
cultural law, and Clark ran as an inde-
pendent Who would vote as he deemed best
ana not according to dictation. Senator
McAdoo in California has been passed out
OF the picture by Sheridan Downey. who
may or may not support the President.
On the other hand, nine Democratic Sem
ators up for reelection who opposed the
President on the court bill and other lepis.
lation came through with fying colors
Purge Effective on O'Connor.
In the House, the President may be
credited with having knocked off Chairman
John j. OConnor of the Rules Committee
although he himself has said that the fight
there was largely one of personalities. On
the other hand, other Democratic members
OF the Rules Committee whom the New
Dealers consider particularly inimical have
been renominated and will be reelected.
like Cox of Georgia, Smith of Virginia and
Dies of Texas. Furthermore, one of the
outstanding New Dealers in the House.
Representative Maury Maverick of Texas.
was defeated for denomination.
The death of the .late Senator Copeland
of New York removed from the Senate one
OF the most persistent and effective oppo-
nents of some of New Deal proposals-and
the President. But when Gov. Lehman
announced that he would be a candidate
for the Senatorial nomination in place of
Copeland, doubt arose as to whether the
President had gained anything by the ex-
change, although Lehman has been a
stanch supporter of the New Deal objec-
tives as Governor. Yet Gov Lehman
turned against the Presidents court bill
last year and this year took fling at the
lending spending program
The New York senatorial and guberna-
torial nominations are still to be made-in
party convention. The Democrats meet in
Rochester on September 20. The leaders
will sit down and pick the candidates and
the delegates will ratify. One of the latest
reports is that the President and Chair
man James A. Farley of both the National
and State Committees have determined to
draft Senator Wagner for the gubernatorial
nomination-beleving that would head of
any effort on the part of the American
Labor party to put gubernatorial candi-
date in the field. In that event Gov. Leh-
man will be told he can have the nomina-
ton for the unexpired term of Senator
Copeland, ending in January, 1941, and
Representative Meade of the Buffalo dis
trict will be given the long term nomina-
ton in place Of Senator Wagner
For long time Mr., Farley has been in
sistent upon having Senator Wagner for