Evening star., 1938-01-01

vote, the New Dealers are planning to
nominate candidates thoroughly ac-
| ceptable to labor. That means can
didates this year for the Senate and
House and for Governor-as for ex-
ample, in New York. To meet the
New York situation, the New Dealers
are endeaVoring to persuade Senator
Wagner to take the Democratic nomi-
natlon-the father of New Deal labor
legislation. In New York, the situation
is complicated by the American Labor
party-which may have a candidate
of its own for Governor. A real divi-
sion in the labor vote might give the
Republicans a chance to elect a Gov
ernor.
When 1910 rolls around, the New
Dealers are figuring also on candi-
date who will command the support
OF labor for President. Despite de-
mand that President Roosevelt run for
third term, the best information
seems to be that the President will not
seek to break the anti-third term ira
dition. If he does not choose to rum
the Presidents first choice may be
Robert H. Jackson, the Assistant At
torney General spearhead of the at
tacks on business. Indeed, it is re-
ported that Mr.. Jackson is his first
choice today, provided Mr.. jackson
can be built up into a national candi-
date. That may mean, as a starter,
the election of Mr.. jackson as Gov
prnOr of Nau Vork tbic yoor l., ,,,l,;.l.
event the effort to win Senator Wagner
over to seeking the gubernatorial Office
would be abandoned.
Kennedy Reported Second Choice.
Next to Mr.. jackson, it is believed
that the President would be willing to
take as a presidential candidate Joe"
Kennedy, who is to be Ambassador to
Great Britain, or Gov. Frank Murphy
of Michigan. He would not balk at
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the ma
jority leader Of the Senate, or at Gov.
Earle of Pennsylvania or former Gov.
McNutt of Indiana.
Without minimizing the fact that
business and capital have become
afraid, some members of the admin
istration are hopeful that in the next
three months Congress will have so re-
written the tax laws and given a clear
indication of what industry may ex-
pect in the way of legislation that un-
certainty will have ceased. Uncer-
tainty, they believe, is what has caused
the spread of fear. Once that is re-
moved the country will move ahead.
At the same time there are others
who point out that the two measures
particularly desired by the President,
the wages and hours and crop control
bills, both are bound to have the effect
OF raising prices. The administration
is now demanding reduction in prices
OF many commodities. The charge has
been made that prices of steel, for ex-
ample, have increased far beyond the
size of the increase in labor costs
This is denied, however, by authorita-
tive sources. It is declared that the
increase in labor costs and taxes in the
third quarter of the year in United
states steel far outstripped price in
crease OF that commodity, and that
this fact can readily be ascertained.
Republicans Charge Alibi.
Republicans are seizing on the Jack
son and Ickes speeches. Senator Nc
Nary OF Oregon, Republican leader Of
the upper house, has charged they
are merely seeking an alibi, a wav to
avoid blame for the business recession.
Representative Smell of New York.
minority leader of the House, last
night said:
''Ickes has pronounced the New Deal
oenediction for 1937-'Let us hate!
His speech is a black page in the
history OF the United States. It's vio-
lent and demoralizing demagogury
will one day symbolic the entire ad-
ADMINISTRATION of Franklin D. Roose-
yelt.
THE people have not forgotten that
as recently as eight months ago an
army of Democratic National Commit
tee statesmen were distributing to some
OF Ickes' so families, at $3.50 per copy,
campaign books personally auto
graphed by the President of the
United States. That adventure in good
will among the monopolities since has
been pronounced by Attorney General
Cummings to have been not Z viola