Evening star., 1940-11-28

Jay frankhn. pumped IN Dy
the conservative windmill in an ef-
fort to jam through this reactionary
measure in the teeth of the election
returns.
New Dealers are confident that
the President will veto the bill and
that they can muster enough votes
to sustain the veto-if this measure
does not die a natural death in con-
ference between the two branches
of Congress.
At the same time, the feeling Is
growing at the administration end OF
Pennsylvania avenue that here is
another dramatic Illustration of the
dismal and abysmal lack of naison
between the White House and the
Congress via the Democratic Ma
tional Committee.
Farley Boom" Blamed.
Under the last two years Of Jim
Farley's Craftsmanship, the commit
tee became known in New Deal cir.
cles as the James A. Farley Chow
der and Marching Club" Patronage
and publicity alike were syphoned
into the noble experiment of NOM
mating Mr.. Farley for the presidency
Of the United States or the vice
presidency or what have you? The
complete breakdown of loyal political
contacts between the White House
and the Congress led to one admin
istration setback after another.
Even after the Chicago conven-
ton last July the sabotage con-
tinued and the committee was re-
garded by practical politicians as
the greatest example of organized
inertia in our history. The only
completely functioning unit in the
Democratic central organization was
the women's division, headed by
Mrs. Dorothy McAllister Of Michi.
gan, and it is symptomatic of the
committees mentality that in the
moment of Roosevelt's victory the
first thought of the Old Guard was
to get rid of Mrs. McAllister and
her able assistants. And while the
Walter-Logan battle was coming to
head in Congress, Charley Michel
son and his associates were fussing
and f1nagling for prominent key
jobs in organizing the Inaugural
ton ceremonies. The old rule re-
mained in force that, while others
did the work, the Old Guard took
the credit. retained the power and
held down the jobs.
Liaison Declared Needed.
For this reason, a demand Is
growing in practical political circles
for a new form of party organiza-
ton, in which a new method for
effective liaison between the ma
tional administration and the Ma
tional Legislature will be established
and new mechanisms perfected for
reaching public opinion without in
terfering with the blessed calm on
the seventh floor of the National
Press Building in Washington,
where the remnants of the old
"chowder and marching club" still
hold sway.
This is because the continued or
ganization of the Willkie Clubs is
regarded as a real threat to New
Deal-Democratic policies and con-
trolls at Washington and throughout
the Nation. For the present, at least,
there is no disposition to ignore or
neglect the amateurs" who put the
steam behind the Willkie crusade"
They have noted the success of this
appeal to the protest vote, partic-
ularly to dissatisfied youth, and feel
that it is vital to the administration
to reorganize and then to organize
nationally, beginning now.
In particular, they feel that it is
necessary to organize the New Deal
Democratic party without further
coat-tail riding with reference to
Roosevelt-as the party of the mass
of working Americans, united in a
calm determination to preserve de-
mocracy and defend America on the
basis of the welfare and security of
the average American family. They
do not believe that this will be
possible under the continued rule of
the remains of the Farley crowd.
They expect to use the scandal Of
the Walter-Logan bill as an argu-
ment for more fortnight policies
and more energetic methods in the
political administration of the Amer
ican Nation.