Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-27

few months from now the mid
term national elections will be held
Every member of the House, one
third of the Senate, 33 governors,
and large number of state legis-
lators will then be up for re-elec-
ton. Straws in the wind showing
which way 1910 will go are bound
to merge from these November cleo
tions. In fact, from the spring
primaries, we are already able to
gain some idea of the trend.
The Pennsylvania Vote
Outstanding among these primar-
les was last weeks vote in Penn
sylvania-the second largest state
in the Union, politically speaking.
Here the defeat of John l.. Lewis
candidate was the outstanding feat
ure. A close second in importance
was the unexpected landslide vic
tory of Judge Arthur II. James for
the Republican governorship NOM
ination. The defeat of Lieut.. Gov.
Thomas Kennedy for the Democra-
tic nomination for governor means
that the Democratic voters of
PENNSYLVANIA are no longer enthu-
siastic over the CIO. Above all,
they do not want the CIO in high
political office.
This is only part of the picture,
however. On the Republican side
the nomination had been tacitly
conceded by many observers to
ex Governor Pinchot, erstwhile
Progressive, and termed by his
opponent Judge James as half a
New Dealer. The COP voters acted
decisively. They rejected the So
called liberal" Republican in favor
of a man who had made his cam
paign a straight-from-the shoulder
hard-hitting fight against the Ad-
ministration at Washington. Con-
ceding all this, my readers may ask
so what?"
COP to Regain Pennsylvania
Here is what: Impartial observers
forecast the election Of a Republi-
can governor i'm Pennsylvania in
November. Further, they expect to
see Governor Earle defeated for
the Senate by Senator James J.
Davis, who was nominated last
week by the Republicans to sue
coed himself. Having in mind that
the New Deal won a major victory
in Pennsylvania less than two
years ago, this would be a signifi-
cant setback. Last weeks results
showed that both the Democrats
and the Republicans of Pennsyl-
vania want no more New Deal
programs-whether in the guise OF
CLIO official named Kennedy, or
liberal" Republican named Pin
chot
As / said at the opening of this
article, the tides are running against
the New Deal Here is another
forecast, although you must real
ize that politics is a difficult sub
ject to put under the Scalpel OF
the statistician. This prediction is
that the New Deal will lose around
seventy-five seats i'm the House
next NoXember. The Republicans
in Congress are beginning to show
signs of life for the first time since
1888. They will be real fighting
group in tie next session. Allied
with the anti-New Deal Demo-
Gratis, they have an excellent chance
of restorius the constitutional sys-
tenn of checks and balances between
Congress- the White House and the
Sunr2..aR court.
The 194G Election
This brings up sharply the ques-
ton of 1910, particularly the pres
idential race. To me the issue is
crystal clear-and Pennsylvania S
primary results last week only
serve to make me more certain
of the situation. If the Republicans
want to defeat the New Deal in
1910 and bring back a conservative
administration to the nation, they
can do it. But they must form a
coalition with the conservative
Democrats. Both groups must unite
on one man for their presidential
candidate and support him. First
the anti-NeW Deal Democrats must
break away from the RooSeveltian
Democrats and nominate one of
their own men. Then, the COP
should nominate the same conSer-
vative Democrat as its candidate.