The Washington times., 1938-09-24
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MO political egg was ever
~ scrambled more thoroughly
than the finale Of the purge
campaign.
Democrat John O'Connor won
the Republican nomination for
his own Democratic seat. Ameri-
can Labor party helper, James
Fay, won the Democratic nomi-
nation.
It would have been an omelet
if the Republican candidate, Al
len Dulles, had won the Labor
party nomination, but there
wasn't one, so he got nothing.
Nearly all involved are fight
ing mad. Tammany politicoS
have been shaking their fists at
O'Connor for getting them into
such a fix. O'Connor has been
shaking his fist at himself for
unwise acceptance Of the Repub-
lican nomination. National Re
publicans are privately charging
their local New York men with
stupidity for eliminating a Re-
publican candidate from the
fall election choice.
Unscramblers have been busy
since the results were counted
trying to induce O'Connor to
renounce the Republican nomi-
nation, and not run as an in
dependent. Whereupon a Re
publican convention would nom.
mate Dulles.
Only Fay and Roosevelt are
satisfied.
HOUSE LEADER Sam Ray
IL burn is coming back from
Texas unexpectedly in mid-Octo-
ber, but no one seems to know
why. Official excuse is he
wants to make a speaking trip
for Democratic congressional
candidates. Unofficial suSpi-
cionS center in the possibility
of a special session of Congress
for farm or rail legislation, but
confirmation is lacking.
Rayburn's biggest job is to
realign the top Of the House
machine. With five Democrats
already gone from the Ways
and Means Committee, and two
from the Rules Committee, a
new ruling crowd will have to
be organized.
The question is whether 1t is
going to be the crowd Of Roose-
welt or the crowd of Garner.
Rayburn is a friend of both.
MOTE: Dean James Lands Of
~ Harvard Law has just pub
lished a book dedicated to Ray
burn in these words: "To Sam
Rayburn of Texas, whose quiet
desire to serve his country has
fashioned so greatly the develop
ment of the administrative
process"
MIR. ROOSEVEGT'S 5 n e
1VA Leader, Mr.. Barkley, seems
willing to let purge by-gones be
by-gones. He has indicated he
would be glad to help Senator
Tydings in Maryland, and is
going to speak in other States,
only one of which Qllinois) has
a nominee near the 100 per cent
class.
At the same time Barkley does
not seem to be getting his usual
enjoyment out of talking to re-
porters.
Leaving Goods room" the
cloistered luncheon office of Sen
ate Secretary Halsey the other
day, he took a roundabout way
through the Senate Chamber so
as not to cross the path of news
men. However, they crossed his.
Friends indicate Barkley is
perturbed about his reelection as
leader as a result Of purge i'll
feeling.
T Asst WORD is the antimo-
IL nopolists are going to hear
the c. g. o. Morgan dovetailing
directors first in the hearings
after october IS. 1t will be a
lush story of crimes, and mis-
demeanors in interlocking direc-
torates, and the Well-known his
tory of the Van Sweringens, who
ran a nickel up to millionS-ln
the hands of the banks.
IF AN NLRB appointment does
L not work out for defeated
purger Davey Lewis (meaning if
Donald Wakefield Smiths re-
appointment to NLRB is con-
firmed by the Senate), Lewis
may get the Craftsmanship OF the
National Bituminous Coal Com
mission.
ONE OF MR.. ROOSEVELT'S
" recent British Labor Com
mission investigators, Robert
Watts (AFL), hit at fascism
with both hands and feet in his
speech to the international
Management Conference here,
but no one knew it except those
who heard his voice.
Investigation indicates i've
widely separated paragraphs In
the speech were deleted from
the text given out publicly by
the management conference pub
licity bureau. Blank spaces were
left at the points where Mr..
Watts contended the only pros
pective alternative to satisfac-
tory industrial-labor relations
was the totalitarian state.
The explanation apparently Is