The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-02
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ford Pinchot, who, like Mr.. Ken
nedy, was approved by John L.
Lewis and his c. I. o. as acceptable.
So again, the voters took things into
their own hands and their state COM
mittee selections were taken on
where the voters liked the man.
But, to get back to the premise
upon which started, it has been
most interesting to note the veering
Of the political winds. Shortly after
the Florida primary, there was a
hurrying for cover by dozens of
Democrats in the house of repre-
sentatives. They thought they saw
In those results swing again to
the New Deal, a restoration of the
Presidents popularity. New Deal
spokesman around Washington did
not let any grass grow under their
feet. They used the Florida results
to advantage. In good political fash
ion, they whispered and limited and
sometimes said out loud that the
boys who went against the New Deal
would get their spanking.
And to their credit, it must be
said they did a good job. For ex-
ample, I am convinced the vicious
wages and hours bill that was
locked so securely in house COM
mittee would never have been
brought out except for the reaction
from the Florida primary. Seldom,
if ever, has there been so much
haste in signing a petition for re-
port of bill as was observed in
the case of that legislation. Gen
orally speaking, I believe it is a
fact that New Deal backbones were
stiffened all along the line by Sem
ator Peppers renomination-which
assures election in Florida.
Came then the Pennsylvania pri-
mary, vote that was preceded by
~ charges of graft,
Mdyoe' bribery, bossism,
Maybe ETC., and the Far
ley harmony at
tempt" in the day before the polls
were taken. And came then sud-
den revival of the fight that anti
New Deal Democrats were making
prior to Florida's vote. Maybe the
Florida vote did not involve clear
cut New Deal issues; maybe it was
Peppers machine, maybe it was
this and maybe it was that-any-
way, their thoughts were running:
Maybe Pennsylvania is a better ba-
rometer. And each one is analyz-
ing that vote in an effort to apply
the result to his own district.
Whatever their conclusions are,
there is one thing definitely estab-
lished. Organized labor's most am
bilious political effort Topped. It
was washed out of the road. The
Pennsylvania rout of organized Ia
Dor of the John Lewis brand is
made the more significant because
of the link with the White House
disclosed through Mr.. Farley's in
dorsement of Mr.. Kennedy. It may
be, of course, that President Roose-
welt did keep hands off, but it is
quite another matter to convince the
average person that the White
House was not involved. For one
thing, the Pennsylvania results
seem to show that the John Lewis
claims of political strength can be
discarded as so much hooey.
Another thing to remember about
the Democratic primary results in
Pennsylvania projects itself into the
future-to 1910, to be exact. The
victory by Mr.. Jones in the fight for
the gubernatorial nomination de-
stroys the control of Pennsylvania
Democrats so long exercised by Sem
ator Guffey. He cannot be called the
boss again under any stretch of the
| imagination. And when it is time
for election of successor to Mr..
Guffey, the best political judgment
available predicts Mr.. Guffey's dis
appearance as an entrant. AS to
the 1910 projection, attention ought
to be directed to the fact that prob
ably Mr.. Jones, and not Mr.. Guffey,
will determine what Democratic
presidential aspirant shall have the
great block of u votes in the ma
tional convention. This seems GER
tain whether Mr.. Jones wins or
loses the race for governor. He is
established as head of the party. All
of the indications now perceptitle
| promise an alignment of the Jones
faction, now controlling, with the
more conservative group nationally,
including Sen. Pat Harrison, Vice
President Garner and men of that
| type. So, it is seen that the Penn
sylvania primary can, and is al
most certain to, have an important
reaction on national Democratic
strategy.
| In addition to these circun-
stances, there is talk going around
| now that the anti
Talk About New Deal faction
Kentucky in Kentucky is de-
| termined to do
business. In that state, of course,
Senator Barley, the Roosevelt ma
jority leader in the senate whose
selection to the job was made in
the famous Dear Alben" letter,
has tremendous bulge. Cold anal
ysis of the situation does not af-
ford much comfort for the forces of
A. B. Happy" Chandler, who seeks
the Barley scalp. The point is,
however, that anti-New Dealers