Evening star., 1938-08-12
PRESIDENT BACK
AFTER PURGE Of
SENATOR GEORGE
Politicians Are Surprised by
Vigor of His Attack on
Georgia LaWmaker.
LONG PARTY STRUGGLE
IN SOUTH PREDICTED
Roosevelt Returns Home From
Five.Week Trip, Climaxed
by Blunt Attack.
fSee Roosevelt Tert, Page All

ISGe hOOScDetL CIT, Euyt A.f.J
~ the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt returned this
morning from a five-week trip CHI
NAKED by blunt, personal effort to
oust the veteran Walter F. George
from the Senate.
His appeal to Georgia Democrats to
remove Senator George from the post
in which he has served Is years and
replace him by Lawrence S. Camp,
1 United States attorney in Atlanta,
startled politicians by its directness
ard vigor. While the President settled
back to the job of catching up on Gov
ernment business, most asked these
questions:
How far will the head of the Demo-
cratic party 60 in other State primaries
to measure senatorial candidates by
New Deal standards of liberal and
conservative? How many sitting
Democratic Senators will he seek to
read out Of the party?
At GAINESVILLE. Ga, Yesterday the
President publicly asserted-while
Senator George sat quietly few feet
away-that the Senator cannot pos
sibly in my Judgment be classified as
belonging to the liberal school OF
thought
Opposed Administration Bills.
He added that the test was not
"every vote on every bill" Senator
George had opposed Mr.. Roosevelt's
court reorganization bill, Government
reorganization bill, the original wage
hour bill and some other measures ad-
vocated by the White House.
The President also classed former
Gov Eugene Talmadge with Sentaor
George as an unacceptable candidate
and failed to mention fourth can
didate in the Democratic senatorial
primary, w. G. McCrae. Atlanta atz
torney.
The speech foreshadows a long
struggle between Southern Democrats
OF the conservative type and those who
f1t the Roosevelt pattern, observers be-
lieve. 1t is a contest which will in
volve not only the Georgia and South
Carolina and other remaining Demo-
cratic primaries this year, but will ex-
tend into coming congressional ses-
sions and the fight over party lead
ership in 1910.
Considered Most Important.
BY many persons here the Barnes
vile speech was considered the most
important that Mr.. Roosevelt made
on the five weeks journey which he
brought to close today.
The President displayed a fighting
mood such as he had not shown else
where on his trip. The theme was
reminiscent of his "fireside chat" in
June, when he first called for LIBERAL
conservative alignment of major po-
litical parties.
Consideration of political strategy
now that the gauntlet is down may
occupy much of Mr.. Roosevelt's at
tention during the six days he will
be in Washington.
(He leaves August II for Kingston,
gree from Queens University
See Maryland Intervention.
Many persons here believe he may
intervene directly in the Maryland
Democratic primary in an effort to
defeat Senator Millard Tydings by
boosting the candidacy of Represen-
tative David j. Lewis, q New Deal as
pirant to replace Senator Tydings.
Washington politicians also have
speculated over the possibility of presi-
Dental action in Connecticut. where
Senator Lonergan, who opposed the
court and Government reorganization
bills. has opposition for denomination
from Representative Koppleman, a
New Deal supporter.
Before Representative Koppelman
made an announcement of his candi-
dacy. Attorney General Cummings in
dorsed Senator Lonergan and for a
time ended any talk of administration
steps against him. This talk was
aroused here again, however, by Repre-
sentative Koppleman's entrance into
the race after he had made his in
tentions known at the White House.
The President is scheduled to visit
the South again late in September to
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-5.)