Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1937, Page 5

. BARKLEYHASADED NEW DEAL IUCH Kentuckian Is Vigorous De- fender of Court Shake-up Plan. By the Associated Press. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken- tucky, named Democratic leader of the Senate today in a party caucus, has long been one of the New Deal's staunchest supporters. A Kentucky farm boy who made good in politics, he is a close personal friend of President Roosevell. He | was the keynote speaker in the last | two Democratic conventions, which successively nominated and renomi- nated Mr. Roosevelt for the pres dency. On only one major issue—the sol- diers’ bonus—has he voted contrary to the President’s policies. Court Bill Defender. The robust, ruddy-faced Kentuck- {an has been one of the most vigorous defenders of the administration's court reorganization bill. As assist- ant to the Jate Majority Leader Rob- inson, Democrat, of Arkansas, whom he succeeds, Barkley was in the front ranks of the bitter, five-month court battle. At the age of 59 he appears in good physical trim to shoulder the heavy responsibilities of his new office. Born in Graves County, Southwest- ern Kentucky, Barkley throughout his boyhood on the family tobacco farm. He earned his way through Marvin College, at Clinton, Ky, by selling earthen kitchenware | to housewives. Later he attended | Emory College, Oxford, Ga., and the University of Virginia Law School. Most of his adult life has been spent in the practice of law at Paducah, Ky. His political career began as county | attorney and county judge in Paducah. In 1913 he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 1927 he took a #eat in the Senate. The next year he first gained na- tional prominence when he received about 100 votes for the vice presiden- tial nomination in the Democratic con- vention, During the early days of the New Deal Barkley was known as a moderate “liberal,” a friend of organized labor, | &n advocate of stringent banking regu- Jation. He had a hand in writing the 1933 banking act and the public utilities holding company law and actively sup- worked | —— Barkley (Continued From First Page.) it was said by another administration leader, would be to confer personally with the various groups of Democrats in an effort to work out the most favorable compromise possible for the President and his court bill. For that reason, it was said, it may be two or three days before final decision is reached with regard to procedure on the court bill. Insist Measure Dead. Opponents of the court bill contin- ued to insist today that the measure was dead. the votes to send it back to commit- tee and let it die there. They were encouraged greatly by the fact that erto had been uncommitted, yesterday announced that unless some compro- mise was worked out immediately they would vote to recommit the bill. Vice President Garner is moving also to effect a compromise on the court bill. One Democratic Senator said the Vice President had suggested They said that they had | eight Democratic Senators, who hith- | ported the N. R. A. and farm legis- lation. Hearing (Continued From First Page) ter and the mayor urged them to | preserve the status quo for the time | the possibility of eliminating the Su- | preme Court feature of the bill and | passing the remainder. Such a com- | promise, while it would remove from the measure the most controversial part, would stiil leave a number of provisions objectionable to opponents of the bill. The fear is expressed also in some bill and sent it to the House, that body | parently quarters that if the Senate passed the | being, the police chief said, “to give the Federal Mediation Board in Cleve- land a chance.” That same night. Switter said, he had asked the City Council for a larger police force, but found the Council *“‘cold.” Testimony was delaved half an hour by an argument over whether the hearing should be postponed. T. F. Patton of Cleveland, Republic's coun- &el, suggested transferring the hearing to Cleveland two weeks hence. ‘Speech to Papers’ Denied. Charles Fahy, the board's chief counsel, replied that circumstances compelled the board to proceed imme- diately in Washington, although Re- public would be given until August 4 to file a formal answer to the com- plaint and a great portion of the hear- ing probably would be held in Cleve- land T. F. Veach, Republic lawyer, de- manded a statement on what the com- pelling circumstances were, but the bo: refused to answer. ther Day, another Republic law- yer, then sought to make a general | statement about the charges, but the board refused his request after Lee| Pressman, S. W. O. C. counsel, ac- cused Day of wanting to “make a &pech to the newspaper correspond- ents.” Day denied this. Switter, a steel mill employe for 11 years before he joined the Massillon police force in 1930, told the board of several meetings with Meyers. The Republic complaint was the second filed by the board against com- panies involved in the recent steel strike. A hearing on charges against the Inland Steel Co. already has been held in Chicago. In the Inland case, the board com- plained that the company violated the ‘Wagner act in refusing to sign a eontract with the S. W. O. C. Concerns Ohio Mills. The Republic complaint dealt only ‘With the company's Ohio mills. It charged Republic with discharg- ing 75 men for union activity; locking out employes in Canton and Massillon; threatening employes with discharge if they went on strike; refusing to Teinstate strikers; dominating and financing local labor organizations; beating S. W, O. C. organizers; in- creasing the size of the company police force and using it to interfere ‘with peaceful picketing; starting back- to-work movements; interfering with peaceful picketing by violence, and building up arsenals in the plants to eoerce employes. Soon after the complaint was issued, the corporation called the charges “without foundation.” “We are confident that a fair, im- partial and complete hearing’ will establish the falsity of these claims,” the corporation added. The board issued its complaint after it had investigated charges filed by the S. W. O. C. It took over the Public Health Service Auditorium for the hearing, expecting a crowd its own hearing room could not accom- modate. N.F. F. E. AIDE ADVISES NO STRIKE AFFILIATION H. W. Johnsorn Warns Govern- ment Workers Against Possi- bility of Walkout Call. B the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 21.—Federal em- ployes “should not get mixed up” with any labor organization likely to call a strike of its members, Harry W. Johnson, representative of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes, declared here yesterday. “No Government employe should sanction any sort of strike of Govern- ment workers,” he said, “as such a possibility would be a constant threat to the stability of the Government.” Johnson pointed out his 20-year-old organization is not affiliated with either the C. 1. O. or the A. F. of L. would reinstate the Supreme Court feature and ask for a conference on it. In that event, the opponents of the bill would find themselves in a more | vulnerable position than they do to- | day. Secret Ballot Taken. was taken by secret ballot. This was done on motion of Senator Byrnes of ballot would eliminate all charge that pressure had been brought to bear on Senators to vote for one or the other of the candidates. Senator Pittman of Nevada, Presi- dent pro tempore of the Senate, pre- sided. At the suggestion of Senator Con- nally of Texas the caucus agreed to| hold Barkley and Harrison were in | nomination for the leadership. This | eliminated any nominating speeches and permitted the Senators to get down to balloting without delay. When the vote was counted, every Democrat member of the Senate was | accounted for. Only one was absent, | Senator Bankhead of Alabama, who | wrote a note asking that his vote be | counted for Harison. This was done. | Senator Hayden of Arizona, who has been a patient at the Naval Hospital, came to the Senate Office Building especially to take part in the election. He waited in a nearby office until just before the balloting began when he was escorted into the caucus to take part. He left immediately after the vote. Vote Made Unanimous. After the result of the balloting had been announced, Senator Harri- son moved to make the election of Barkley unanimous. The motion pre- vailed. After a short speech of ap- preciation by Barkley, the caucus adjourned. Both Senator Barkley and Senator Harrison were guests of the President at lunch at the White House today. There was tremendous interest in this leadership fight. Many Demo- cratic Senators had been aroused when President Roosevelt wrote a letter to Barkley, then acting Democratic leader, demanding that the fight for the court bill go on, and when he called Barkley to a conference at the White House and neglected to call Harrison at the same time. The fol- lowing day the President bad Har- rison at the White House, explaining to him that he was entirely neutral in the leadership contest. Barkley had been serving as acting leader because he had been appointed assistant leader by the late Senator Robinson of Arkansas, whose place he has taken. For 15 years Robinson served as the Democratic leader of the Senate. Robinson succeeded the late Senator Underwood of Alabama in the Democratic leadership. Good Feeling Ruled. What will be the aftermath of the leadership contest is still to be dis- closed. Senators said, however, that the utmost good feeling prevailed dur- ing the caucus. The corridors outside the causuc room were crowded with newspaper men, news photographers g «° WILLARD CORNER 14th and F Sts N.W. CONRDITIONED ) [ ] The vote in the Democratic caucus ! South Carolina, who said that such a | | row was still unsettled. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON |Vice President Busy Ar- ranging Truce on Measure. By the Associated Press. Garner, who calls Roosevelt's silent | partner, is doing a lot of talking this | week—but it's all behind the scenes. | | The Vice President scarcely had un- | | packed his bags yesterday after a five- | week Texas vacation when he became | | the center of negotiations for a court | | bill compromise | One Senator after another walked | | into his roomy Capitol office. Seven | | came in a body. They were reported | to have told Garner they would vote to send the controversial bill back to | the Judiciary Committee unless a set- | tlement is effected soon | A little later the bushy-eyebrowed Texan went to the White House. Ap- | he delivered the Senator | message, although he had nothing co,! say afterward His own views on the court bill have | not been disclosed. Before he left | suddenly on his vacation in the mid- dle of the congressional session, in- | siders said he had urged Mr. Roose- | velt to vield in his advocacy of addi- | tional Supreme Court justices. | That was what led observers today | to believe that Garner was taking a hand in trying to end the disagree- | ment among the leaderless Demo- cratic Senators. He was staying clear, however, of the contest over a new leader. He | said he would not express a preference | “by a single nod of the head or bat of | the eye.” Garner learned the details of the | court battle last week end while at | Little Rock, Ark., for the funeral of Senator Robinson. He cut short his vacation and returned with the con- gressional delegation. On the special train, “Cactus Jack” | himself President with cigar “Silent Partner” Jack Garner Doing a Lot of Talkin g onCourt | | Gibson, VICE PRESIDENT GARNER. —Harris-Ewing Photo. smoke curling around his ruddy face, he began his conferences. It wasn't the first time that Garner has taken an active role in guiding legislation since he became Vice President. He refers to his position | as a “fifth wheel.” but legislators listen when he gives advice. | Friends say he doesn't hesitate to disagree with Mr. Roosevelt in the pri- vacy of “the boss'” office. They call him the administration’s leading “no” | man. Garner, however, has been a loyal supporter of the President’s policies, and when he leaves the White House after a conference, it usually is to “see What can be done.” and with interested spectators who knew the leadership race was going on. The program in the Senate tomor- It is not ex- pected that the administration forces will be ready to proceed with the court bill, which is the unfinished | business. It is possible that the Sen- | ate will take up the President’s veto | of the bill dealing with interest rates | on farm loans. This bill was passed | over the President’s veto by the House | last week. An effort will be made | to override the veto in the Senate. Senator Wagner of New York to- day was still in the throes of writ- | ing an answer to Gov. Lehman of | New York. Day before yesterday Gov. Lehman sent Wagner a letter strongly urging him to vote against the President’s court bill. Wagner prepared a letter yesterday in reply, understood to be a declaration that he intended to support the President in this legislation. He did not make | the letter public last night. It was expected, however, that this after- noon he would send his answer. .. Obliging Merchant. OMAEHA, Nebr. (£)—Sam Salzman, 40, asked a policeman if he could paint a sign on the sidewalk in front of his business establishment and was told to go ahead. A day later two other officers walked into Salzman’s shop to arrest him for violation of an ordinance. “I'm busy right now, too busy to be arrested,” Salzman told them. “Come back at 2 this afternoon.” Salzman waited an hour for the officers to show up, and then drove them to the station in his own auto- mokile. Wl TROPICS EXPLORER TELLS HOW TO KEEP COOL! Mr. Robert Shippee, famous tropics explor- er, says: “Ex- ploring un- charted jungle wastes takes vi- tality out of me . that only tea replaces. The torrid heat and the terrible humidity of equatorial cli- mate saps 8 man’s vitality to the bone. I'm keen about the way tea makes me cool and keeps me gool.” The difference between tea and other so-called cooling drinks is this: Tea does more than merely quench thirst. Tea actually LOWERS the body temperature. Its cooling effect | is more LASTING. Turn toiced tea today for coolness and DELICIOUS taste. To get real VITALITY and the full flavor of tea, select a good brand of Orange Pekoe that comes from India, Ceylon, and Java-Sumatra. {MACHINE AGE CALLED PERIL TO SMALL FARM | By the Associated Press. i The machine age threatens to con- | centrate agricultural production on fewer and larger farms, a group of Government experts reported to Presi- | dent Roosevelt vesterday. The National Resources Committee, | in a study of the effect of mechanical development upon man power, said: “The advance of technology in agriculture has tended to widen the | gap in general well-being between farmers who are able to embrace it and those who are unable to utilize the fruits of science and invention. This gap is certain to widen. * * * The man with the hoe and the man with the tractor are not competitive equals | where they are engaged in the same | type of farming.” Do E Camera Studies of New Senate Majority Leader Characteristic poses of Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, elected today to leadership of the Senate. —Harris-Ewing Photos. POLICE SEEK 2 SISTERS MISSING FROM HOME Grace West, 12, and Carolyn, 16, Gone Since Monday, Had Packed a Suit Case. Two sisters, Grace West, 12, and Carolyn, 16, who disappeared Mon- day from their home at 416 Eighth street northeast, were being sought by police today. Mrs. Sophie sister of the girls, said they took a suit case of clothes with them, but she believed they had no money. She said there was a possibility they were on their way to Wis- consin to visit relatives. Mrs Etta West, the girls’ mother, told police she had no 1dea of their whereabouts or destina- tion. Grace was described as being small for her age and having a fair com- | plexion, with brown curly hair and dark brown ‘eyes. Mrs. Gibson said Carolyn was unusually tall for her| age and had a fair complexion, with | black hair and light blue eyes. Grace West. BARS NEUTRALITY ACT USE NOW IN FAR EAST By the Associated Press President Roosevelt indicated yes- terday he had no immediate intention of invoking the neutrality act against China and Japan. Asked at his press conference whether he had considered applying the act to the Far Eastern controversy, the President asked why he should. 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