Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-11
Famous Sayings
News Behind
the News
Loss of Jobs Faced :.
ODer NeIr Deal Purge .

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, (UP) -
The AK hangs over many federal
officials who owe their jobs to SEN
ators at odds with the New Deal.
In a few cases the ak has fallen.
Threats of extension of the Roose-
velt purge to the patronage ma
chimes of anti-administration SEN
ators are being made openly. II
the threats are carried out-and
they will be unless Mr.. Roose-
velt disregards advisers whom he
lately has heeded-there will be
bedlam in the Senate in the next
two years.
A president can appoint to new
jobs or existing vacancies men
whose loyalty is to him rather
than to a senator He can name
new men to replace those whose
four-year terms expire. He even
can see to it that officials in the
executive branch of government
are fired outright.
Most appointments to big pa
tronage jobs must be confirmed
by the Senate. Senators who
find political enemies appointed
to key political jobs in their states
will fight like wildcats against
confirmation. Unless RooSev Z ! t
can control the Senate, confirma-
ton fights are likely to tie up the
next Congress 10 an unprece
dented degree. F. D. R. might
suffer a major disaster in the last
half Of his second term.
Control of state delegations to
the 1910 Democratic convention IS
at stake. Senators controlling state
machines function at the conven-
ton like territorial barons. Roose-
velt has no organization of his
own and must build some kind Of
a contraption if he is to dominate.
For convention purposes, machines
are built on federal patronage.
Hence the advice from certain ad-
Visers that he must be ruthless in
this matter of jobs.
Roosevelt has been told, as he
was when urged to enter certain
Democratic primaries against hos
tile senators, that he has nothing
to lose by fighting hard, but that
he will lose the New Deal if he
doesn't fight. Whether he believes
this and whether he will fight as
grimly as these advisers urge re-
mains to be seen.
Meanwhile, some change in ad-
ministration patronage policy has
been indicated in these states:
MARYLAND: New federal pa
tronage is denied to Senator
Tydings and to Senator Radcliffe
who supports him. A Tydings
man VINO was F'HA regional di-
rector in Maryland has been fired
allegedly for inefficiency. One OIL
two more Tydings men are said
to be scheduled for the AK before
the primary Sept. IL. and certain
administration officials promise tc
build a New Deal machine after
ward whether Tydings wins OF
loses. Two or three important
Tydings men, including the Balti
more collector of customs and col
lector of internal revenue, havs
bolted to Tydings' opponent, Con-
gresham David j. Lewis.
GEORGIA: RFC Attorney Ed
gar Dunlap at Atlanta was oustec
because he insisted on directing
Senator Georges campaign. The
state National Emergency Council
director, who quit according to
NEG, was replaced by a New Deal.
er.
VIRGINIA: A federal Judge
was appointed on recommendation
of Congressman Flanagan, New
Dealer and Governor Price. Sen.
ators Byrd and Glass, their candi.
date ignored, promise to fight hi,
confirmation.
NEVADA: An important fedora
official whose term expired wa.
replaced by a political foe of Sen.
ator Pat McCarran.
MONTANA: The NEG job, once
held by one of Senator Wheeler's
men, has been given to a frienc
OF Senator Murray, New Dealer.