Evening star., 1939-01-30

signaled a purge of on-liberals,"
thus solidifying old-line Democratic
ranks, the President assured him.
self OF the resolute opposition which
undid him on his first test Of strength
with the fourth New Deal Congress.
Other hurdles confront him. Con-
f1rmation of the Amlie I. C. G. and
Goldsborough D. G. Federal Court
appointments may prove TO- be as
illusory a hope.
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OF course, it wasn't exactly Hen
rik Shipstead's vote that killed the
Roosevelt relief proposal in the Sen
ate January 27, but as the lone nom
Republican, non-Democratic vote
cast against restoring the $150,000,-
600 reduction, the Minnesota Farm
Laborite's nay was outstanding. The
episode calls attention to the fact
that Shipstead, despite the late OBJ
liberation of Farm-Labor as the
dominant political force in the
Gopher State, remains a personal
power there, which is said by i'm
partial observers to be practically in
destructible. Shipstead, who Is COM
pleting his 18th successive year in
the Senate, comes up for reelection
in 1910. Whether he runs on a
Farm-Labor ticket, or as a Repub-
lican, a Democrat or an independ-
ent, Shipsteads supporters contend
he will be invincible. The last time
he ran, with vigorous New Deal op-
position, he rolled up almost as big
a vote as his Democratic, Repub-
lican, Socialist and Communist op-
ponents combined, carrying, with a
total poll of 500 00O-odd, some three
quarters Of the States 81 counties.
In 1928 Shipstead won every county.
Early this month the Senator ac-
cepted an invitation to Republican
Gov ELECT Stassens Inauguration.
"First time was ever asked to at
tend an Inauguration at St. Paul."
Shipstead said, so I thought I'd CO."
Mrs. Woodrow wilson's my
Memoir" her autobiography. will
leave the Bobbs-Merrill press at
Indianapolis on March 13. The
World War Presidents widow shares
his famous indifference to the 13
superstition. The excerpts from
MY Memoir" now appearing serial
ly comprise only fragment of the
full work. There will be a de luxe
edition, limited to 1O01 copies. Only
in this edition will appear four
hitherto unpublished letters written
personally to Mrs. Wilson, respect
lively, by Queen Mary of England,
Dowager Queen Elizabeth of Bel
GUM, the Duke of Windsor (then
Prince OF Wales and the late Mar
shall Joffre. The three royalties
have given special permission to the
former First Lady to reproduce
their letters.
No necessity has thus far arisen
for the United States to take a
position respecting recognition of
the Franco government" in Spain.
It is our established practice to
withhold recognition Of regimes es-
tablished by revolution or coups
d'etat until they have demon
strated they're in full control, ac-
knowledge their international obli-
cations and show they are capable
of preserving order. In addition
Uncle Sam customarily waits for
powers nearer the state in question
to move toward recognition. The
State Departments policy toward
South American revolutionary gov
ernments Is not only to observe the
aforementioned general conditions
but to let other Latin American re-
publics take the recognition lead.
In 1923 Central American republics
made a pact not to acknowledge
revolutionary governments. The
United States adhered to the agree
ment, which later was abrogated by
the action of one of the smaller
signatory states.
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