Evening star., 1938-12-03

temporarily at '''@
loss as to where G. Gould Lincoln.
to turn.
Take the case, for example, of Gov.
Frank Murphy Of Michigan. Gov.
Murphy is a man of ability. and it is
inconceivable that he Would not
quickly flnd o niche for himself,
either as the executive head Of an
important educational institution or
perhaps as a practicing lawyer in
Washington. However, ever since
1920 Gov. Murphy has been con-
stantly in public Office, either as as
sistant United States attorney, mu-
nicipal Judge, Mayor of Detroit, Gov
ernor General of the Philippines OF
Governor of Michigan. His private
practice Of the law covered only a
very few years early in his career.
He served for a few years as an
instructor of law in the University
of Detroit. 1t is unlikely that Presi-
dent Roosevelt will not find place
for Gov. Murphy in the Federal
Government. It has been rumored
frequently that he might be ap-
pointed to the supreme bench.
Almost Dozen Senators Out.
The crop of lame ducks" Is sub
stantial, due to the upsets in the
elections. The New Deal Democratic
Senators, knocked off either in the
primary elections or the general
elections, are almost dozen in num-
Der. And between 10 and 80 Demo-
cratic members of the House went
down to defeat.
In thes primaries, Senator Pope of
Idaho, one of the authors Of the
now much criticized Farm Crop
Control Act, and Senator Hitchcock
of South Dakota fell by the way
side, and so did Senator William
Gibbs McAdoo of California, who
had much to do with the dramatic
collapse Of the anti Roosevelt cabal
in the 1882 Democratic National
Convention in Chicago.
Senator Dieterich Of Illinois, a
defender of the Presidents court
bill when it was before the Senate
Judiciary Committee, did not even
get as far as the primary, but was
forced out in the war of Democratic
factions in his State.
Senator McAdoo already has been
taken care Of. He has been appoint
ed chairman Of the President Line
the old Dollar Line-which oper-
ates with a Government subsidy.
His salary is reported to be $25 900
year, considerable jump from
the $4,000 he received as Senator.
But there are other Democratic
Senators who will soon be OFT the
Government pay roll-when the new
Congress assemblies in january.
There are Bulkley of Ohio, Duffy of
Minnesota, McGill of Kansas and
Brown of New Hampshire, sll of
whom went down the line for the
President while the New Deal was
going strong. Senator McGill, like
Senator Pope. had his name at
tached to the Crop Control Act.
Lewis Sacrificed to Purge Effort.
And to mention only two New
Deal Democrats in the House who
find themselves out of office, there
are Representative David ]. Lewis
Of Maryland and Representative
Maury Maverick of Texas, Mr.. Lew
is was used as q battefhg ram by
the New Dealers in the presidential
effort to purge" the party of Sen
ator Millard Tydings. The purge
did not work, and Mr.. Lewis. who
might have been reelected 70 the
House, is out on his ow,l--whicn the
President himself expected would
Re the case. Fo. the President an-
nounced after the MARYLAND prl-
mary that he had predicted Tyding Is
would be the victor.
The terms OF office Of these lame
duck members of Congress do ne,
expire. until January, hence the
t,mG is drawing close when they
go of the pay rolls. Again the
President has an opportunity to &C;
as Santa Claus.
One lame duck Democratic Sen.
ator not included In the list ot
dyed-in- -the-wool New Dealers is
Senator Augustine Lonergan ot
Connecticut. Senator Lonergar
was one Of those Democrats who, fol
constitutional reasons, felt he coulo
not 60 along with the administra-
ton in the court bill Eght. He
was the only one Of the anti-court
bill Senators up for denomination
and reelection who failed to win
another term. The President could
do much tc help heal differences in
his own party If he would select
Senator Lonergan for high office
1t would be graceful gesture to-
ward the more conservative wing
of the party. Lonergan, as a matter
q fact, supported the President in
nearly all Of his proposals, outside
of the court bill, as did other con-
servative Democrats.
Scandals Defeated Lonergan.
The defeat of Senator Lonergan
was DUE to one thing, the big pro-
test vote cast against the Democratic
State government by many inde-
pendent voters because of the graft
and corruption scandals in Water
bury and in the development OF
the Merritt Parkway. This protest
/ vote went mainly to the Socialist
candidate for Governor, Mayor Jas
per McLevy Of Bridgeport, and to
the candidates who ran with him
on the Socialist ticket. The voters,
however, were disguised with both
the Democrats and Republicans as
q result Of the scandals-members
Of both parties having been involved.
Mayor McLevy received almost
164, 900 votes for Governor. When
he ran in earlier years for Gov
ernor his topmost figure was less
than 10000. Probably Is per cent
Of the McLevy vote came from the
lists of Democratic voters in 1896,
STAG ROOFING