Evening star., 1941-07-17
The Political Mill
Able Younger Senators Forging Ahead as
Vacancies Make Places ot the Top

try becomes involved IN the war
or not. Senator Hill is at present
Democratic whip of the Senate.
1t was he who placed President
Roosevelt in nomination for a
third term at the Chicago con-
vention last summer. He is an
active member of the Senate
Military Affairs Committee and
a strong supporter of the pro-
posal, made by Gen. George C.
Marshall, Army chief of staff,
and backed up by the Presi-
dent, that selectees and National
Guardsmen, practically two
thirds of the existing Army, be
retained in service after one
year.
Chandler Becomes a Force.
Senator Happy Chandler is
both virile and intelligent. He is
a force that must be reckoned
with in the Senate, with plenty
of courage and ready to fight
when necessary. He halls from
Kentucky as does Senator Alben
w. Barkley, the majority leader,
who has engineered administra-
ton measures for several years
in the Upper House. This bars
Senator Chandler from open rec
ognition as an assistant leader,
but does not prevent his useful
ness as an aid in behind the
scenes maneuvering. Already he
is being looked to for such work.
The South has been in the sad
die for years in the Democratic
organizations of both the Sem
ate and the House, due in part
to the fact that men from that
section of the country have been
returned again and again to
their seats in Congress. Today,
the chairmanships of the three
most important committees, the
Foreign Relations Committee,
the Finance Committee and the
Appropriations Committee, are
in the hands of Southerners.
1t is true that Senator George
OF Georgia. who is chairman of
the Finance Committee, is only
acting chairman of the Finance
Committee. If he takes finally
that chairmanship. made vacant
by the recent death of Senator
Harrison, it is expected that
Senator Connally of Texas will
step into the chairmanship of
the Foreign Relations Commit
tee. And if Senator George
continues as Foreign Relations
chairman. the Finance Com
mittee Craftsmanship is likely
to go to Senator Connally, pro-
vided Senator Walsh of Mas
sachusetts decides to continue
on as chairman of the Naval Al
fairs Committee, rather than to
become head of the Finance
Committee.
Recognition May Go West.
The leader of the Senate
Democrats is from Kentucky,
considered Southern State. The
whip is from Alabama, and
Senator Glass, who is chairman
of Appropriations, is also Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate.
1t is likely. therefore, that
recognition will be given to the
West and North as far as pos
sible. Senator Lucas of Illinois,
like Senator OMahoney, is
knocking at the door. Senator
Hatch of New Mexico, father of
the various Hatch Acts for
cleaner politics and government,
already has made a reputation
for himself. Senator Pepper of
Florida has been the most out
spoken advocate in the Senate
for immediate and strong par
ticipation of this country on the
side of Britain in the war which
has engulfed most of the world.
Senator Lee of Oklahoma is the
secretary of the Democratic
caucus of the Senate, and Sena-
tor Brown of Michigan has been
in charge of several important
measures brought before the
Senate and has handled them
we'll.
Change is the order Of the day
in the Senate as elsewhere,
and the younger men on both
sides Of the chamber are COM