Evening star., 1938-08-03
Clark Overwhclrns
His Opponents in
Missouri.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The net result of yesterdays Demo-
cratic primary elections in four States
was a slap at the New Deal-not a
terrific blow, but nevertheless slap.
The so-called purge committee" that
unofficial group of ardent New Deal
ers out to defeat for denomination
Democratic members of the House and
Senate who have opposed some of the
Roosevelt measures took another lick
ing, and so did Labor's Non-Partisan
League
The slaps at1he New Deal really CEN
tered in Virginia and Missouri. In the
first State two independent Democrats
whom the New Deaelers would have
been glad to see defeated-were NOM
mated for the House. They are Repre-
sentative Howard w. Smith in the
eighth congressional district and for
mer Representative Colgate Darden in
the second district. Mr.. Smith had
asserted his determination to cast his
vote in Congress regardless of the die
tates of party leaders.
In Missouri. Senator Bennett Clark
leader in the Senate fights against the
Presidents court and reorganization
bills. won by an overwhelming vote
against several opponents who claimed
to be 100 per cent Roosevelt men. His
denomination was confldGltly expected
and no surprise.
Indeed. there were no real surprises
In the results of the primaries yes
terday-eXcept perhaps for the size
of Representative Smiths lead over
William E Dodd jr.. his New Deal
opponent in the eighth congressional
district. Mr.. Smith won 8 TO l.
polling 1874 votes, against 6555 for
Mr. Dodd.
McGilI Is Renominated.
Senator George McGill, Democrat
Of Kansas was renominated also by
sweeping vote. His opposition was
negligible. Senator McGill is an
ardent supporter of the President and
went down the line for all of his
legislative proposals, including the
court bill and the reorganization bill
The Republicans in Kansas nomi-
mated as their candidate for Senator
to run against Senator McGill. former
Gov Clyde Reed With the count re-
ceived from more than half the State.
Reed was $4,000 votes ahead of Dallas
Knapp and $4,000 ahead of the Rev
Gerald B. Winrod. A fourth candi-
date. the Rev j. c. Fisher. was far
in the rear. The Rev Mr.. Winrod
was aSsailed during the primary cam
paign by Chairman John Hamilton of
the Republican National Committee,
who charged that the nomination of
Mr. Winrod would be tantamount to
pasting the sigma of intolerance on
the G. O. P ticket Mr.. Hamilton is
a Kansan. Mr.. Winrod was accused
of being pro-Nazi and a former leader
in the Ku Klux Klan.
Clyde Reed has always been known
as progressive" in Kansas. He was
which opposed the late Vice President
and Senator Charles Curtis and other
old guard leaders in the State.
The Democrats renominated Gov
Walter Human in Kansas. He had
no opposition. Already Democrats in
the State are suggesting Gov. HuXman
as candidate for the vice presidential
nomination in 1910, provided he is
reelected next November
Recent Democratic primaries in the
South have given no great encourage
ment to these New Dealers who de-
mand that conservative Democrats in
Congress be retired from pubic life
In Texas Representative Maury Nav
erick. a friend of the President and
one of the most radical of the New
Dealers. was defeated for renomina-
ton. On the other hand, Repre-
sentative Hatton Summers, chairman
of the House Judiciary Committee. who
did much to prevent favorable action
on both the court bill and the reor-
eanization bill. was renominated. Yes
terday's vote in Virginia is just an
other specimen.
The New Deal is out to get the
scaips of Senator George in Geor-
gia Senator Smith in South Caro-
lima and Senator Tydings in Mary
land. not to mention a scattering of
members of the House, including Cox
of Georgia. There was great rejoic-
ing in the New Deal camp early this
year when Senator Pepper of Florida
was renominated by large vote over
his chief opponent, Representative j.
Mark Wilcox. frankly anti-New Deal
But the trend has been all the other
way. with Senator Gillette, a court
bill foe, winning in Iowa over Repre-
sentative Wearin who had the in
dorsement of Harry L. Hopkins, w. P.
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