Evening star., 1938-08-20

has been forced to resign because he
actively worked for the denomination
of Senator Walter F. George. Presi-
dent Roosevelt marched" through
Georgia, demanding the elimination
of Senator George from public life. on
the ground that he was a conservative
and did not give proper support to
the Roosevelt New Deal.
In decapitating Mr. Dunlap the r.
F.. c. takes refuge behind the perfectly
good idea that Federal officials should
not mix in polit cal elections actively.
But how man, Federal officials have
beenn ousteG because, for example,
they support Lawrence Camp, the
Presidents favorite in the race for the
Democratic nomination for Senator in
Georgia? How many have been turned
out because. for example, they took
the side of Representative Wearin in
Iowa in the lace against Senator Gill
lette, and how many are going by the
board because they support Repre-
sentative 'Davey" Lewis in Maryland
against Senator Millard Tydings?
VIII Committee Act?
The administration, it appears, is
cracking down on office-holding friends
of Senator George in Georgia-and on
Federal officials supporting Tydings in
Maryland. These matters have been
called to the attention of the Senate
committee appointed to investigate
campaign expenditures, the use OF Fed
eral patronage e1d of Federal money
to influence primary and general elec-
tions. Well, what is the Senate COM
mittee going to do about it? Is it going
to call the head of the r. F. C. before
it and ask pertinent questions?
The heat apparently has been turned
on in Georgia. Federal officeholders
have been put on notice that If they
support Senator George they may be
compelled to walk the plank. This
may not be piracy in politics, but it
looks a good deal like it. How many
of Senator Georges friends will be
able to resist the pressure brought to
bear? He complained some time ago
that one of his friends had been ousted
from a Georgia job with the National
Emergency Council-and now along
comes the elimination of his friend
from an r. F. c. job.
This kind of thing may make more
friends for George in his own State
than it will lose him votes. Dunlap
makes 1t entirely clear in his telegram
of resignation that he was forced out
because he would not cease his active
support of Senator George. He insisted
that he had just as much right to be
active for Senator George as did
United States Attorney Camp and his
assistants and other Federal officials
in the interest of Camp for the sena-
torial nomination.
BoIsters O'ConnOr's Charge.
The heat applied by the Roosevelt
administration in Georgia to defeat
Senator George for denomination gives
more than semblance of truth to the
charge made by Representative John
j. O'Connor in New York that the
issue in this country has now become
one-man rule-a monarchy versus de-
mocracy. A great many people will
welcome the demand of Representative
O'Connor-who, like Senator George
has been marked for the slaughter by
President Roosevelt-for a showdown
on this issue.
The New York Representative, in his
address to the American people deliv-
cred over the radio, did not mince
words. If the people of the United
States desire to extend an invitation
to a dictatorship, we should know
about it just as speedily as possible"
he said. Mr.. O'Connor is one of those
Democrats who takes with a grain of
salt the assertions of President Roose-
welt and his friends that the President
has no desires to be dictator. In
fact he disbelieves the President and
says so.
For better or worse the President
has put his hand to the plow in the
effort to eliminate" from office Demo-
Gratis whom he does not consider
friendly to his policies. 1t is his own