The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-11
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New York likeIy 10 60
Republican in November
Buffine in OF Roosevelt
Harmful TO the Democrats
New Deal for
v. S. Chamber
BY RAY TUCkER

WASHINGTON New York
will slip back into the Republic
can column next November II the
Empire state follows the pattern
which has persisted in nearly
every commonwealth where
President Roosevelt has mixed in
local affairs. The misfortune
which has marked FDR's inter-
ventions impresses politieos as
uncanny.
He joined hands with the La
Follettes in Wisconsin in order
TO capture that erstwhile strong
hold OF insurgency and a few
years later the voters elected
GOP-er Julius He'll as governor
and the ultra -conservative Alex
ander Wiley as senator. He lined
up with the Farmer Laborites
in Minnesota and placed in the
gubernatorial chair handsome
Harold Z. Stassen. a potential
candidate for the Republican
vice presidential nomination IN
1914. In California Mr.. Roose-
welt wooed and won the johnson
liberals. Townsendites and Olson
ties. and the recent primary bal
lot apparently forecasts the pres
ent minonty's return to power.
In his own bailiwick the chief
executive adopted the same
strategy. BY his support Of
Fiorello H. La Guardia he de-
stroyed Tammany Hall at least
temporarily. His alliance with
the American Labor party con-
tributed to Governor Lehmans
defeat OF Thomas r. Dewey In
1888. but ii may land the young
man In Albany q few months
hence. The moral. IL any
seems to be that il does not
pay in the long run to make
playmates of the radicals. left
lists and ragtail-bobtail elements
Of the electorate.
A remarkably frank inside ex-
PLANTATION of the reorganization
OF the u. s. Chamber Of Com
merce has been provided by one
of the movements leading in
stigstors. He is L. Z. Read. gen.
eral manager of the Los Ange-
les branch. Denying that the
shift involved liberalism" as
against conservatism" he says
in a four-page pamphlet:
when the leaves are off the
NAPLES, Franklin Delsno Roose-
welt can look across Lafayette
square from the White House
and see the Chamber Of Com
merce of the United States. In
recent years his glances in that
direction have been disapprov-
ing glares. To the president the
threermillion-dollar building has
been citadel OF the opposition,
a strong point and listening post
for the men he castigates a.
tories and 'reactionariea Even
when the institution was headed
by an old friend. Henry l. Har-
riman. the Boston utility man,
F.D.R. refused to give the cham
Der the time Of day.
Now, suddenly, all this Is
changed. The White House and
the Il. s. Chamber are on speak
ing terms again. Old-timers
who set their courses by trsdi-
tional landmarks have handed
over control TO younger men with
what Washington calls more
flexible dispositions" Actually
the venerable organization has
undergone a revolution with the
Younger h am Der secretaries
mostly westerners) coming out
on top. Eric A. Johnston "a
wssterner, tool was their man
for president. After they had
put him over, a veteran MEM
Der of the Washington staff was
heard to remark: It's like a
fresh breeze blowing through the
building
Johnston grinned when the
crack was repeated to him. He
said he hoped the disturbance
would turn out to be something
more significant than hot air"
Despite his denial that the
Remuneration movement" was
motivated BY political or ideo-
logical considerations. the Cali
fornia man suggests that the
institution will follow entirely
different principles in the future.
II should be noted here that
President Johnston had hardly
taken office when ne participant
ed in friendly conference with
Mr.. Roosevelt. William A. Green.
Philip Murray and other former
-untouchables."
Johnston is a Republican,
continues Mr.. Read. 1T is likely
that many of his oa kers
thought no more highly Of New
Deal philosophy than does the
chambers old guard
But there was this important
difference-the insurgent crowd
wanted to accept the facts, 10
ease up on fighting the govern
ment and labor-in a word. TO
take their place in a wartime.
united front The senior group
held honestly to the conviction
that any real alliance with
Roosevelt meant an end OF cher
isheo individualism. defeat Of
the American way Of life