Evening star., 1942-12-16
Democratic
Rows Center
On Roosevelt
PeIf and Principle
Equally Divided as
Causes Of Splits
BY JAY G. HAYDEN.

o0SSS W SPsUS
BY JAY G. HAYDEN.
Pelf and principle are about
equally divided IN motivation Of the
several-pronged ruckus now rising in
the Democratic party, but the focal
center Of attack both ways is Prest-
dent Roosevelt.
'Pelf," 1t Is authoritatively re-
ported, was uppermost In the delib-
berations Of Democratic committee.
men from 10 Middle Western States
at Omaha over the week end.
The primary demand Of this group
Is for recognition of It's mem
bers in distribution of presidential
patronage in territories devoid
Of Democratic congressional rep
resentation. The States concerned
Oklahoma, Kansas. Missouri, Col.
orado, Nebraska, wyoming, Iowa,
Minnesota and the two Dakotas-
contributed nve Of the nine sena-
torial seats gained by the Repub-
licans last month urd six Of these
States are left without any rep.
resentation in either the Senate or
House.
Third Party Dealings.
1t Is In this section also that Mr..
Roosevelts third party dealings
mostly have been carried on. Neb-
raska Democrats lay their eclipse to
the Presidents trafncking with Sem
ator Norris, independent, and Min
nesota Democrats ever since 1888
have been charging their troubles to
the trade Of that year which insured
Mr.. Roosevelt the States electors
and Elmer Benson, Farmer-Labor.
ite. the governorship.
The main purpose Of the Omahs
meeting was to deliver a collective
ultimatum to the effect that. II Mr..
Roosevelt expects support OF its par
tlcipants either for a fourth-tern1
for himself or a candidate of his
choice in 1914, he must reciprocate
by strict recognition of the regular
Democratic organization In distribu.
ton OF perquisites
Closely coincident with this West.
ern uprising, but apparently nom
collusive with 1t or between them.
selves. former Secretary Of War
Woodring of Kansas and Gov. Dixon
Of Alabama each voiced third party
proposals.
Sees Left-Wing Party Forming.
Terming the New Deal "a philos.
ophy OF government gone mad" Mr..
Woodring predicted that President
Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie
ultimately would join forces in pro-
motion of left-wing party. To
ward off this development he called
for formation of a new Common
wealth party to bid for what he
called the lost souls of the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties.
Il believe" Mr.. Woodring said,
THE American people in over
whelming majority want State and
individual rights restored. that they
want their liberties determined by
free courts and not by boards and
commissions. Those, in my opin-
ion. should be the cardinal primo
iples Of our Commonwealth party"
Gov. Dixon said suggestions are
rife as to the formation of a South
ern Democratic party. the election
of unpledged representatives to the
electoral college" He charged that
the drive for abolition Of poll taxes
and other New Deal employment
policies were designed to dynamite
the Southern social structure by
doing away with race segregation.
Farley Important Factor.
Still another potential Democratic
disturber is James A. Farley, who
recently tangled with President
Roosevelt over the New York guber-
material nomination. During the
past few weeks Mr.. Farley has been
touring the West and he left no
doubt that he is preparing a finish
tight against either fourth-term
nomination Of the President or the
selection of any other New Deal
presidential candidate.
The first formal showdown as re-
spects these accumulating dssen-
sions is likely to be precipitated II
and when Edward J. Flynn, Demo-
cratic national chairman, makes
good his announced intention to
resign. This would necessitate a
meeting OF the national committee
to fill the vacancy, just as happened
in the Republican party following
the resignation OF Joseph w. Mar
tin, jr., from its national chairman-
ship.
President Roosevelts choice for
the Craftsmanship Is Postmaster
General Frank c. Walker and 80 far
no opposition has been heard.
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