Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1937, Page 7

Goal Attained in Court Bill Compromise Permits Roosevelt to Achieve Balance of Power. BY DAVIDP LAWRENCE. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S idea of a “compromise” is a bill that changes the words slightly but gives him exactly the objective he set out originally to accomplish. When Mr. Roosevelt said he would not compromise on the bill to “‘pack” the Supreme Court, he meant § it. Examination § of the measure introduced in his § behalf in the Senate shows: clearly that if it § should pass both houses, Mr. Roosevelt would be able to swing ;. the balance of power in the Su- preme Court so 3 as to have a vote § conceivably of at least 6 to 5. It has been taken for granted that -Justices Cardozo, Stone and Brandeis would uphold much of the New Deal legislation. because they have uni- fotmly dissented from decisions of their brethren on the court. Add to these three present justices an addi- tional three justices, as made possible under the so-called compromise, and there might readily be six votes on| the side of the Roosevelt policies if the same principles are placed before the court as in some of the ca: de- cided against the administration in the last two years by a 5-to-4 or 6-t0-3 vote. David Lawrence. Permits 3 Appointments. The new bill would permit the ap- pointment in the next six months of two additional justices along the lines of the President’s original plan and | one justice to fill the vacancy caused | by the retirement of Justice Van De- | vanter. Three appointments in six months would be enough to accom- plish what the President wants, even | though the new measure does restrict | his other appointments to one a year, | matching each justice who attains the | age of 5. The so-called compromise retains the basic principle to which Mr. Roosevelt has clung tenaciously since his message to Congress on Febru- | ary 5. It provides that when a| justice reaches a certain age—75 | now instead of 70—an additional | justice may be appointed. The fact that only one a year can | be appointed in that way and that | the age has been advanced from 70 to : 75 is of no consequence when the practical effect is considered. Maximum Size Retained. Incidentally, the new bill sticks to the President’s first plan of a Supreme Court of 15 members, so that even on the possible size of the court | Mr. Roosevelt has not given ground. His willingness to appoint one a year does mnot weaken his position any because it happens that there are two justices who are 75 years or over. For the present, the Supreme Court, if the new bill passes, would consist | of 11 members, and while the num- | ber can revert some day to nine, for practical purposes in the next four years the President could have the opportunity to name the kind of justices he wants to sit on the bench. Opponents of the President's origi- nal plan will, of course, not be deceived by the new proposal. Some of the middle-of-the-roaders who have been more or less on the fence may think that they can win presidential favor and also keep their constitutents in line and hence may vote for the bill. Wins Either Way. Already administration leaders have let it be known that they will not try to get the original plan through the House if the “compromise” passes the Senate. The truth is they do not have to revert to the original bill, for enough of it to all intents and purposes is preserved so that if Mr. Roosevelt gets the *‘compromise” through the Senate he can then easily get it through the House and his victory will be just as complete as if the original measure he transmitted to Congress had been adopted. Opponents of the President's “‘pack- ing” scheme probably will filibuster againet the new bill, but this is never a strong reed on which to lean in & major battle. If the people of the United States who expressed them- selves. before to their Senators and Representatives have had any change of heart on the idea of a controlled Judiciary, the Senators who are un- decided as to what to do would prob- ably . appreciate knowing. Certainly | the necessity for advising Congress of | Ppublic opinion on the new bill would | seem to be just as important as it was when the original measure was presented, hence it is quite likely that Capitol Hill will be receiving a lot of mail in the immediate future. (Copyright. 1937.) Air Headliners Afternoon Programs. 4:00pm.—WMAL, Finish of Vanderbilt Cup Race. .00 p.m.—WMAL, Evening Star Flashes. Evening Programs. 30 p.m.—WRC, Question Bee. :45 p.m.—WRC, Opening of Del Mar Race Track. 7:30 pm.—WRC, Robin Hood Dell Concert. - 8:00 p.m.—WMAL, National Barn Dance; WJSV, Prof. Quiz. 8:30 p.m.—WJSV, Youth Con- gress Convention. 9:00 pm.—WJSV, “Your Parade.” 9:30 p.m.—WOL, Barn Dance. 11:15p.m—WMAL, Slumber Hour. Hit Short-Wave Programs. 8:00 p.m.—CARACAS, The Waltz Hour, YV5RC, 51.7 m, Z 5.8 meg. 9:30 p.m.—LONDON, Erith Brit- ish Legion Band, GSI, 196 m. 1526 me GSF, 198 m., 1514 meg.; GSD, 255 m, 11.75 meg.; GSC, 31.3 m., 9.58 meg. { 9:40 pm.—SANTIAGO, Dance Music, CB960, 31.2 m,, 9.60 meg. What’s Bac ERE'S a good story predicated the Nation. The structure aliuded to H 1t doesn’t matter whether the Here it is: At the request of some of its best pals and most inaudible critics, the C. I. O. is supposed to be about to offer a high office in its ranks to none other than Robert Fechner, head of the C. C. C. The object is to lend a touch of solid respectability to Mr. Lewis’ organization which will make him as welcome on Pennsylvania ave- nue as his enemies declare he * permanent. for making one pro-court bill speech ‘em and, despite the noise raised in to eye with boys who were out of jobs. work. He also understands organizaf having to revise. While fathering the C. C. C., leave of the International Associat Philadelphia and the West to the William Green and John Lewis. In * % aflair opened, and what with cal the situation in hand. QEZ?O%;). Hegeyy, o question think, to bring this about. face issues, we don’t want to believe Secondly, we just naturally cli cess story.” other fellow could, too, if he tried. apathetic despond. Subsistence level * % guests at the latest reception at the in bowls. called Romanoff’s Delicatessen. ~_THE EVE k of It All C. I. O. Reported Planning to Offer Post to Robert Fechner, Former Union Official. BY H. R. BAUKHAGE. on that “plague” on one of the two plagued houses which has been disturbing the industrial peace of is the little red tool house where the C. I O. checks its overalls and not the “big house” on the hill. atory is true or not. It does mat- ter that somebody wants it delieved bedly enough to start it going. was at the recent reception at the Soviet * % Mr. Fechner likes his present job, even if Congress wouldn't make it He doesn't like having his salary cut from $12,000 to $10,000 when Harry Hopkins made a lot of Congress about what the relief ad- ministrator was getting, came out with an undamaged pay check. Mr. Fechner also approves of what the C. C. C. is doing. He sees eye Like Mr. Chrysler, before he became a capitalist, Mechanic Fechner wandered from town to town looking for tion, likes the idea of young men working together and securing benefits in common, improving themselves. He had little schooling, but he can keep three stenographers going without Mr. Fechner is vice president on ion of Machinists, an A. F. of L. affiliate, which has recently lost some of its members in New York, C. 0. No one has ever heard Mr. Fechner comment upon the split between the labor movement, conservatives call him conservative; progressives, progressive. * % For a while it looked as if Republicans were going to run away with the Boy Scout Jamboree that is being held right in the New Deal back yard. Young “T. R.” was within easy speaking distance when the binet officers scarcer than hen's teeth because of the wedding at Owl's Nest, it was a job to keep However, Attorney General Cummings was selected to read the Presi- dent’s message to the Scouts in the hope that if the G-men were really still the heroes of modern youth, their big boss would shine at least with reflected glory. ok ¥ x There's no question that the peovle are growing apathetic toward the relief problem, despite the fact that Congress voted Mr. Hopkins his billion and a half this year. ‘Three typically American forces are at work, students of the In the first place, we Americans, like other people, don't like to in unemployment. ing to our own love of the “suc- When a reliefer gets a job he soon begins to think the Thirdly, it 1s claimed that every time a cut in relief is made and another segment of the population goes off work-relief and on to the dole or less, they begin to lose their pep. They sink into a slough of isn't fighting level, the doctors say. * Although four floors groaned with victuals, some of the gourmand Soviet Embassy complained because the caviar was served on tiny sandwiches, American style, instead of It is said these ungrateful ones repaired to & shop around the corner (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) to Be Heard at 10 P.M. Over WMAL. UTHENTIC Indian music and A through WMAL at 10 o'clock tonight, when the Flagstaff, Ariz, Powwow, greatest all-Indian by N. B. C. Marked interest abroad has resulted in arrangements being made to short-wave descriptions to 12 English, commentators have been signed to give accounts in French and German. tured on the program are the Apache devil dance, the Zuni invocation to the sun god, the Mohave-Apache fire drill Flagstaff, Ariz., Powwow ceremonies will be heard show of the Southwest, is broadcast European countries. 1ln addition to Among the ceremonials to be fea- and the Kiowa eagle dance. DUKE ELLINGTON and several members of his band are to be featured on the Swing Session tonight over WISV at 7 o'clock. Billie Holli- day, sepia songstress heard with Count Basey's orchestra, and Paul Sterrett, arranger and ukelele virtuoso, also will be heard. HORACE HEIDT and his Brigadiers inaugurate a new full-hour dance program on WOL at 7. All the Heidt | featured artists will be present, and Horace intends to interview dancers | in & New York hotel during the broad- cast. ROBXN HOOD DELL, Sylvan The- ater in Philadelphia, is the point of origination for another concert, to be broadcast by WRC for one hour, beginning at 7:30. JAM!S DUNN, of the films, is the guest star on the Hit Parade to- night, a WJSV feature at 9 o'clock. A NEW series of programs has been added to the schedule of the Goldman Band. It commences to- night at 7:30, with WMAL carrying the music. NOTHER in the series of broad- casts from the scene of the Na- tional Boy Scout Jamboree is to be heard through WRC at 9 o'clock. BABY GAY HESS, local child star entertainer, makes a return ap- pearance on WOL's barn dance pro- gram tonight, scheduled fo- 9:30. TODAY'S PROGRAM PM. WMAL—630k WRC—950k CAPITAL'S RADIO PROGRAM July 3, 1937 WOL—1,310k WISV—1,460k 12:00] Strings_and Things| 12:15 News Bulletins | 12:30 Farm & Home Hr. | News—Music Campus_Capers s P 578 Whitney Ensemble Jack Shannon H. B. Derr Dr. Bookstaver Buffalo Presents Dance Music News—Music Happy Felton's Or, 1:00/ Farm & Home Hr.| 1:15/ Vanderhilt Cup 1230] (e Buffalo_Is Hort Youth Congress Afternoon Rhythms Ann Leaf News Bulletins Tours in Tone [Sylvia Cyde Saion Orchestra Piano_Capers Track and Field Wakeman's Sports Rudly Bunily s 0r. Race Program By Henman's Commerce Program Clyde Barrie Al Roth’s Orch. Track and Field Varieties | Race Program Dng}nonu News Bulletins Dancepators Wakeman's Sports "4:00 | Vanderhilt Cup | Bible Lesson Track and Field The Kindergarte: To Be Announced| Rainbow Trio Wakeman's Sports Today's Winners n | Eton Boys Dorcthy Gordon EveningStar Flashes Scout Jamboree J Whither Music? Track and Field News—Music | Sundown Revue Matron Handicap J. Messaer's Or. Cocktail Capers Scout Jamboree Evening Rhythms Scout Jamboree Tiracl Mewsage | Track and Field News Bulletins Dinner Hour Del Mar Track Jino Ksmper & Co.| Wakemsn's Sports Happy Ielton’s Or. Dinner Concert News—Music Dancing by Sea Arch McDonald Concert Hall [Brazilian Music Scout Jamboree 2 Goldman Band Del Mar Track Robin Hood De H._Heiat's Or, | Swing Session ] Johaie Presents Robin THood De E. Deutsch’s Or, 1l Union Pr?_fen‘x:r Quiz Fred Starks’ Or. Scout Jamboree Frank Morgan American Homes Youth Congress O. Revarra’s Or. Hit Parade Hollywood News S WOL Bara Dance | “ ~ S aat Patti Chapin [ News—Music Supper Dance B. Strickland's Ol.lAr.t' Brown X Cugats Or, B, Berigan's Or. Robert Horton B. Cummins’ Or. News Bulletins Slumber Hour ks Midnight Frolic Rudy Vallee's Or. Labor Nows B. Cummings’ Or. Gien Gray's Or. Eew'-irelhon - lappy Felton’s Or. Eddy Duchin’s Or. Sign Of Y 1:00|Night Watch (1 hr.) Witching Hour News Bulletins Sign Of Larry Kent's Or. Tom Tucker’s Or. Lights Out NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., 'ISAATUR’DA:Y JULY 3 ST HE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not @ necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s eflort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions ma; be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to T%a Star’s. A Cause for Coalition Fight on Court Might Party BY MARK SULLIVAN. EMOCRATIC SENATE LEAD- ER ROBINSON introduces a new court measure. It is described as “an amendment in the nature of a substitute.” A sub- stitute, that is, for President Roose- velt’s original measure, which on February 5 he sent to Congress, written out to the last comma, ready for Con- gress to pass. Leader Robin- son's present ac- tion is, of course, the desth of the original measure. : And this death is _ one of the most " important events in recent Ameri- can hisiory. The event, the death of the original measure and the introduction of a substitute, has many aspects; it will be discussed from many points of view. There will be weeks of de- bate in the Senate about the double event, the death of the original meas- ure, the nature and effect of the substitute. Let us here consider ome half of the event, the death of the original measure. And let us consider one point of view about it. Let us con- sider it in relation to future politics, in relation to next year's congressional elections, the primaries of which are only about 10 months away. Let us pick out certain plainly existing facts, and some deductions from which there will be few dissents: 1. Mr. Roosevelt’s court measure was, and still is, the outstanding one issue in the whole of the controversy now before America. Unless he gets a court reflecting his will, the at- tempted revolution cannot eyme to fruit. Mark Sullivan. Splits Party. 2. The court measure was beaten, mainly, by the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee. When that body rejected it, its death was foreordained This body which killed the court measure consisted of 18 Senators, of whom 14 were Democrats. Of the Democrats, 7, exactly one-half, stood against Mr. Roosevelt's proposal. 3. To the seven Democrats on the Judiciary Committee who opposed the court measure, should be added about 30 other Democratic Senators who have not yet had opportunity to take their stand on a formal roll call, but who are known to oppose the President’s court measure, and will vote against it when and if roll call comes. It is these Demo- cratic Senators who are defeating the court measure. The Republicans had, and could have, but little part in the defeat, because their number is so small—there are only 16 in the entire Senate. 4. Those Senators who oppose the court measure, and those voters throughout the public who oppose it, compose one side of the paramount issue before the people. Those who support the President's court measure compose the other side. Opposed by Public. 5. The voters who oppose the Preal~ dent’s court measure are a majority of the whole. This statement may be slightly debatable. Yet I think it tenable to say that substantially ail Republican voters, some 17,000,000, plus the large number of Democratic voters opposed to the court measure, make a majority of the whole elec- torate 6. If all the voters, Republican and Democratic, who oppose the court measure unite and act together in the congressional elections, they can re- turn to the Senate the Senators who have voted or will vote against the court measure. They will thereby de- feat the revolution, for the court measure is the keystone of the revolu- tion and the symbol of it. 7. Corollary to 8. If all the voters opposed to the court measure fail to unite, if they act separately in the two parties, the Senators now opposing the court measure will probably be defeated. 8. The voters who oppose the court measure, Republican and Democratic, should support the Senators who will have defeated the court measure. They should support these Senators because of their position on that measure alone, regardless of their position on other issues. As respects other and minor issues, these voters should be willing to accept any position of a Senator which is within the frame- work of the American Constitution and the American system. In the fight the voters opposed to the court measure should eliminate from con- sideration everything except the court measure _itself, together with those TIME CHANGED TONIGHT! KELVINATOR PROGRAM Featwring PROF. QUI M. N AT 8 P. WJsy FREE! £ACH wiiK BEF A NASH CAR KELVINATOR REFRIGERATOR KELVINATOR RANGE KELVINATOR WASHER KELVINATOR IRONER vie 100 PRIZES el OVER in brand-new series of Woakly Contests See Your KELVINATOR DEALER for Contest Blank ) Well Lead to Breaking Lines. things of which the court measure is the symbol. For example, a Repub- lican voter opposed to the court meas- ure should support any Democratic Senator who has helped defeat the court measure, and the Republican voter should ignore the fact that the Senator is & Democrat and ignore his views on all matters other than the court measure. Conversely, Demo- cratic voters opposed to the court measure should support Republican Benators in States where this is the course called for. Party Names Trivial. Are these eight statements of fact and deduction sound? If they are sound, the conclusion is obvious. And it the conclusion is accepted, practica- ble ways can be found to give effect to the conclusio®. Party names do not matter, words like “coalition” do not matter. America today has something more serious to settle than party names or party identities. The seven Democrats who voted against the President’s court measure are as follows—after each name is given the year in which he comes up for re-election: King, Utah, 1940; McCarran, Ne- vada, 1938; Van Nuys, Indiana, 1938; Hatch, New Mexico, 1942; Burke, Nebraska, 1940; Connally, Texas, 1940; O'Mahoney, Wyoming, 1940. There are, as I have said, about 30 more Democratic Senators who are opposed to the court measure. The same considerations apply to them. Their names cannot be given with exactness at this time, for they have not yet had opportunity to express themselves formally in a roll call in the Senate. They are entitled to the same treatment as the seven who have already taken formal positions. 1s there assent to the position here set down, or dissent from it? I should like to hear from both those who ap- prove and those who dissent. (Copyright, 1937.) DANIEL TO SPEAK Machine Tool Industry Topic in ‘WJSV Broadcast. The story of the machine tool indus- try will be told by Harry R. Daniel, chief of press relations of the Depart- ment of Commerce, during the depart- ment's regular period this afternoon. The broadcast, heard through WJSV At 2:30, is one of the series dedicated to important American industries. Daniel will relate little-known facts about the industry and discuss the in- fluence of machine tools on the Na- tion's industrial growth. In particu- lar, he intends to treat of the inven- tion of the boring machine, which en- abled Watt to perfect his steam en- gine, and of the role played by Eli ‘Whitney in machine tool development. N - “ We, the People France’s Crisis and England’s Diplomatic Failures Might Alter U. S. Policy. BY JAY FRANKLIN. HE people of France have ever been distinguished by a passionate patriotism and by an equally passionate reluctance to pay their taxes. Their patriotism repeatedly drives them to call for tunes, their parsimony repeatedly urges them to refuse to pay the piper. The re- sult is invariably a combined political and financial crisis of the sort which has closed the Paris Bourse and is driving the tranc in the direction of the Crarist rouble and the pre-Dawes plar German mark. M. Bonnet came to this country as Ambassador to see if something could not be arranged to save the franc. Our treasury did not see why Americans should show greater faith in French financial solvency than did the people of France them- sglves. The Bonnet mission fell flat and now M. Bonnet has re- turned to Paris to institute drastic financial reforms. The British have shown their doubt of his success by promptly adding & billion dollars to their stabilization fund. Our treasury is engaged in watchful waiting over the Tuins of the tripartite stabilization agreement. British politics have been confused and British public opinion jit- tery since the abdication of Edward VIII last December. Herr Hitler is letting all his bets ride and England is facing an era of inglorious isolation. That is to say—Soviet Russia is now out of the military picture, France is headed for a period of confusion, Signor Mussolini has defied the British lion and Germany has followed Italy's suit in the Spanish war. The ‘“‘neutrals,” the little nations which follow England’s lead at Geneva have been discouraged by the failure of British diplomacy to preserve either the framework of collective security through the League of Nations or a continuation of the overwhelming alliance of 1919. For the first time since ‘Waterloo, the British are in danger of being reduced to the status of Hol- land, and the mission of Premier Van Zeeland of Belgium has failed to bring Mr. Roosevelt galloping to the rescue of Downing Street. Not since Clemenceau wrote his “Grandeur and Misery of Victory” has the world viewed 50 neat a proof of the emptiness of military success. Neither France nor England won the World War. America and Russia between them were responsible for the final victory. But France and England won the peace conference. Russia was ignord, partitioned, invaded, blockaded by the Allies her men had died to save. Wilson was bamboozled at Paris and when the show-down came, France and England defaulted on their war-debts with an enthusiasm which was both cynical and stupid. For a time it looked as though British diplomacy had succeeded in leaving France out on the end of a limb and America holding the bag. It has long been an axiom at the State Department that England's peril is America’s duty, that we must fight to save the empire. This belief has helped England through many pest-war crises. We have steadily opposed Italy, Germany and Japan since the war, thus aiding in the process which goads the “have-nots” into desperate foreign and domestic policies. Part of the guilt of fascism rests on our democratic shoulders—we joined in the policy of diplomatic encirclement and economic strangulation which bred the “Totalitarian State.” Now, in spite of all, we see fascism ad- vaneing and the British policy a failure. The new American policy toward the empire is therefore crystalizing in a belief that we must Asia and Africa shift for themselves, and that we can extend the Monroe Doctrine to defend Canada, Australia and New Zealand—but not South Africa—against would-be conquerors. % x % The United Front of M. Blum is no more popular among London’s Tories than is Mr. Roosevelt's New Deal among the New York variety This means that the international bankers will not help the franc except on political terms which will be as offensive to French patriotism as was the Dawes Plan to German self-respect. Under the circumstances, we can now reconsider our gold pur- chase policy and stop pouring billions down the bottomless rathole of European high finance. We did not save the franc by our money diplomacy. Why should we continue to support sterling? We have accumulated the greatest gold-hord in human history. We might well begin to use it to mark out for ourselves our own place in the sun and to render the desperate courses of the “have-not” nations financially unnecessary. Here is our chance to deal direct with Italy, Germany and Japan in our own interest. instead of asking permission of Great Britain, our great defaulted debtor, FINANCIAL (Oopyright. 1937.) Headline Folk and What They Do Horace Hambling and Moon Glow Astound Spiritualists. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. EW YORK, July 3.—His best friends laughed when he tried to make a speech. But once, dining out, he went into a-~ trance, and orated long and eloquently. = Regaining consciousness, with terrific applause from all the other guests, he did not know what he had done until = his hostess told him he had delivered one of the most magnificent philo~ sophical orations ever heard in all England. He had picked up Moon Trail, an Indian spint control. They never laughed at him after that. Quite the contrary. Horace Ham- bling of London became the first per= son to record on the phonograph-~ voices of the spirit world. Moon Glow. speaking currently features a convo- cation of spiritualists at Lily Dale, N. Y, the record having been made in London. It is related that, with the . recording, Mr. Hambling took on the stature and appearance of Moon Trail. Called Wells’ Invention. Mr. Hambling was here two years ago, glimpsed by this writer when some teachers’ college scientists sought him out at a New York hotel to tune in on Moon Trail. One knew. . at a glance that the wan, ecstatic lit- tle man had been invented by H. G. Wells. He was, in truth, a London ~ grocer’s clerk before he fell in with = Moon Trall and surely he must have been one of the neighborhood lads who used to wander around with the young Mr. Polly and sing rounds on moonlight nights. The name, too, * sounds as Wells had had a hLand in it. 1t was 17 years ago when the wand= ering Redskin began using the frail person of Horace Hambling for &~ microphone. All in all, it set Mr, Hambling up in a new career. He be= came the head of a fervent Spiritualist group, a marked man among the other worldly dwellers of London, filling Albert Hall with his Moon Glow seances. Just as Freud found Vienna sex conscious, London always has been . Indian conscious and the town liked Moon Trail from the first Moon Glow Is 365. Mr. Hambling is in his early 40s and Moon Glow is 365. Mr. Hambling ™ says his spiritual mentor's merely physical death occurred March 31, 1625, after 53 years of mundane ex- istence. Up in Canada, Mr. Hambling back trailed Moon Glow, confirming | the fact that he was a Sioux, which Moon Glow had been saying all along. | Possessing Mr. Hambling's “etheric _ body,” Moon Glow discourses pro- | foundly on moral and philosophical subjects, but sometimes drops into modern British idiom, observing that the world at times gets “messed up s . | bit.” Mr. Hambling is quite a person | on his own account and not just & ~ ! stooge for a talkative Indian. lats To Greatness Abexander Hamudllon BELIEVING they had set an im- possible task for Hamilton, his Congressional opponents demanded an accounting from him of the Federal monies in his keeping as Secretary of the Treasury. Hamilton, by candlelight and daylight, without rest or pause, performed the task tlat astounded and confounded his enemies . , . 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