Lemke threat taxes genius (Jay G. Hayden), Evening Star, June 22, 1936, p. 6

L.emke Threat Taxes Genius While Opposition Hogs Front Pages. BY JAY G. HAYDEN. PHILADELPHIA. June 22 iN.A. 14 A.).--The manner in which the headlines are being stolen by assail ants of the Roosevelt administration, striking first from the left and then from the right, is the chief concern of the administration leaders as the time approaches for opening the Democratic convention tomorrow. First came Father Charles E. Coughlin and his third-party ticket, headed by Representative William Lemke, to largely crowd the Roose velt Democrats off the front pages through Friday and Saturday. And no more had this flurry subsided be fore the conservatives--Alfred E. Smith. James A Reed, Joseph B. Ely, Cambridge Colby and Daniel F. Cohalan--burst through with a sav age attack on the New: Deal and a demand that the convention return to the tenets of Jefferson and Jack eon and throw Roosevelt out. It is not so remarkable that the administration leaders did nothing to counter the Cougnlin-Lemke pub licity. because it took them completely by surprise, but the same cannot be said of the conservative blast, which they must have anticipated. The answer rather is that here is a con vention that is pulled by just one string and that from the White House. There are a lot of things that the administration leaders here might sav or do to rapture the national stage, but no one of them dares move in any direction until he gets his orders. Necessity of News. The result of this is that a horde hf newspaper reporters, columnists. T^dio commentators and what not has been able to collect scarcely a shred of authoritative information as to the Roosevelt plans and. of sheer necessity, they have grabbed at the opposition pronouncements as basis for their convention stories. There are indications also that this double-headed attack has put Presi dent Roosevelt in a very tight hole, from which he is scrambling to es cape. The declaration of the con servatives. addressed to the conven tion Sunday afternoon, caused him no great concern. He fully expected that. But the plan for a third party, designed to whittle away the left wing of New Deal supporters, is viewed here with no such compla cency. Mr. Roosevelt's supreme purpose from the time he was first nominated for President in 1932 has been to win the labor vote and the Western Progressives, and he was confident until the Coughhn-Lemke bomb burst that he had these Elements all bottled up. The problem that he now faces is to find a way to scotch this left wing dissension without going so far in the direction of radicalism as would lose him middle ground votes. The controversy now going on in the administration circle in this re gard principally concerns two platform planks--relating respectively to cur rency and governmental authority, cither national or State, to deal with wages and hours of labor and other Industrial conditions. The first threat to Roosevelt, poseo by the presidential candidacy of Mr. Lemke. obviously arises from its ap peal to the inflationist sentiment of the West. Roosevelt's abandonment of the gold standard: his acceptance of the Thomas laws, which author ized adulteration of the currency either with silver or greenbacks and provided definitely for purchase of silver, and his approval of the first Frazier-Lemke act, catered to this sentiment. Now, however, the Cough lin-Lemke group is stepping out ahead of him and proposing to go much fur ther in the inflationists' direction than he so far has been willing to go. Industrial Labor Bid. Second is the bid which the lemke ticket is making for support of indus trial labor and this is illustrated in three particular congressional districts, representatives of all at which are hotly demanding that the Democrats take cognizance of the third-party movement and so something to check mate it. The first of these is in Cleveland, where Martin L. Sweeney, present member of Congress and Democratic nominee for re-election, has gone sled length for Lemke. Second is the St. Paul district, where C. J. Doherty, a Coughltnite. won the Democratic nom ination for Congress. Third is the Boston district, represented by Wil liam J. Connery, Jr., chairman of the Committee on Labor of the National House of Representatives. Doherty nnd Connery have not yet joined up with the Lemke third-party, but they are threatening to do so unless the Democratic platform goes further in the direction of appeasing the labor vote than its makers have proposed to go. First, these spokesmen are demand ing that the Democrats pledge them selves not to return to the gold stand ard and to do whatever may be neces sary in the way of currency manipula tion to maintain a fixed level of prices Second, they demand that the Demo cratic party declare its intention tc take whatever steps may be found necessary to enable the Federal Gov ernment to deal with economic and social conditions of the sort which th« Supreme Court has said it is not now authorized to deal with. John U Lewi* Aggrieved. Supporting the latter demand alsc Is John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, who is partic ularly aggrieved by the Supreme Court's nullification of the Guffey coa control act and the failure of the Congress in its last hours to enacl the proposed substitute for this leg islation. There is very little danger that Mr Lewis will turn against Presldenl Roosevelt, whatever the Democrats platform finally may declare, but he is contending that the third-part} ticket will cut deeply into the Roose velt vote unless the Democratic plat form does something to offset it. Incidentally, Mr. Lewis and the other leaders of organized labor do nol favor currency inflation, a fact which adds to the problem with which the Democratic leader* are faced. Any bid that the Democratic platform might make to the Western inflation ists would be calculated to alienate labor votes in the East. There is the possibility also that presentation of platform planks squinting in the direction either o! currency inflation or change in th<" Constitution to add to the Federa jower to deal with industrial prob Advice to Political Walkers Here's some advice given by a Chicago expert on how to "take a walk" in November. The walkers are classified without any effort to be humorous. No. 1, Rocking chair; No. 2, Mincer; No. 3, Pounder; No. 4, Elevated shoulder; No. 5, Shoulder slinger; No. 6, Peerer; No. 7, Bouncer. --A. P. Photo. Flag Making and Knot Tying Taught in Convention Exhibits 1 1 "The Exhibition of National Progress" Presents Pictorial History of Work Done by Alphabetical Bureaus. BY EDDY GILMORE. Associated press Staff Writer. PHILADELPHIA. June 32--Hard by the Democratic National Conven tion hall the Government ha* put Itself on exhibition. Arranged by booths like the old county fairs--but on a far more elabo rate scale--are graphic and colorful I stories of every governmental agency. This free sideshow to the big con vention is called "The Exhibition of National Progress" and marks the; first time a pictorial history of the alphabetical bureaus has been as- j sembled under one roof. Stepping inside the gayly decorated hall, the visitor is greeted by a bevy j of smiling young women who fill his j hands with literature about the Gov ernment and its work. Pictures of State Activities. Lying beyond a gilded entrance arch is the "Hall of States." a col lection of photographs from all 48. showing what the Government has done or is seeking to do in each by public works. A group of W. P. A. musicians play ing under a 75-foot reproduction of the Capitol dome in Washington en tertain the visitors at 2:30 and 7:30 tun. Overhead are waving State ban- j j ners, flags from the Army, Navy, j j Marines. Coast Guard and Signal i Corps and a thousand-odd other j pieces of brilliant bunting. All about the exhibits the Gov- ernment has arranged a setting of j living mountain laurel, tapering cedar trees and cool shrubbery. Flanking the "Hall of States" are the agency booths, which range from I demonstrations on how to apply baby diapers to information on fighting duststorms. 1 The Poet Office Department gives a hint on how to pack a man's suit for mailing and yet keep It free of wrinkles. The Army has a lady at a sewing machine telling spectators how to make a flag. The Federal Bureau of Investigation relates how it caught John Dlllinger. The W. P. A. shows how children In New York's lower East Side have learned to paint pictures of Abraham Lincoln. The Civilian Conservation Corps boasts a theater and the projection machines roll off the reels of the Re settlement Administration's movie-- "The Plough That Broke the Plains." The Department of Agriculture shows, by pictures, which hawks should be killed and which should not. The Department of Commerce tells how to operate a lighthouse. The Federal Housing Administra tion--with a series of revolving ex hibits--tells you what to do about the mortgage on the old homestead. Knot-Tying Leaaons. The Navy lets the spectator in on how to tie a three-point atar knot and how a torpedo can blast a battleship. The Soil Conservation Service has a panel featuring two trees on which rain falls 24 hours a day. The dis play shows how the soil washes away beneath the one which has no leaves about the trunk. The Resettlement Administration has a portrait exhibit of mountaineers, slum dwellers and share croppers. "The exhibition of national prog ress" also is connected with Conven tion Hall through a basement entrance. The United States Information Service estimated that 500.000 people would inspect the show during the convention. SMITH'S LETTER IS DISCOUNTED Gov. Lehman Says It Repre sents Feeling of Only a Handful of Democrats. Ev the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. June 22 Gov Lehman of New York said today that j a statement yesterday by A1 Smith and four other anti-New Dealers con- i damning President Roosevelt's policies j "represents the feeling of only a hand- I ful of Democrats." His statement on Smith's open-letter demand for repudiation of President Roosevelt was made at a press confer ence shortly after his arrival for the Democratic National Convention. I "I have read the statement," Leh- I man said, "and I am confident that j the views expressed by the five signers of the statement represent the feelings of only a handful of Democrats." "The great rank and file of the party as well as the majority of the inde- j pendents of the country stand four- j square behind the policies of Franklin D Roosevelt." j Lehman declined to elaborate on the j statement except to emphasise his 1 reference to "only a handful of i Democrats." "How big a handful. Governor?" a reporter asked. N*w York's executive ssniled the inquiry away. Lehman replied "no comment" on questions as to whether he had re considered his decision not to seek the New York governorship again. He added, however, that he had re ceived "many thousands" of requests to run again, not only from New York, but from other States. Asked whether he thought Presi dent Roosevelt "has lost popularity in New York," Lehman replied: ''I am very confident that Franklin D. Roosevelt will carry the State of New York by a very substantial plurality on his record as President." Lehman declined to discuss his views on the Democratic platform. Asked whether he would seek In clusion of a plank pledging the party to seek a constitutional amendment permitting the enactment of minimum j wage laws--New York's was invali dated by the Supreme Court--he re 1 plied: "I expect to discuss several planks j with the committee," lems, would arouse opposition from the conservatives. Senators Carter Glass and Harry F. Byrd, for example, are here with the Virginia delegation, and one or the other of them probably will be a mem ber of the Resolutions Committee. It remains to be seen whether they will accept platform planks in direct der ogation of the votes in the Senate, which consistently have been in oppo sition to both the currency and labor leglslation of the New Deal. President Roosevelt has intrusted the job of formulating the platform principally to Senator Robert F. Wag ner of New York, and this designation Is particularly satisfactory to organ ized labor. Wagner sponsored the N. R. A. and also the present labor relations act. If left to bis own de* vices, he probably would go a long way toward placing the party on rec ord in favor of Insuring the national authority to deal with wages and hours of labor. Wagner, on tbe other hand, is anything but a currency Inflationist. In the final analysis, of course, the decision with regard to the platform as with every other phase of conven tion procedure, will be made by Mr. Roosevelt. (Copyright. 1W3«. by the North Americtn Newspaper Allii%e, Inc.; FARLEY REPLIES TO FOND CRITICS Says Subscriptions "That Ought Not to Have Been Made" Are Returned. Bi the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. June 22--James A. Parley said last night that the Democratic National Committee every day was returning "Roosevelt nomi nator" subscriptions "that ought not to have been made.'' That was part of the national chair man's radio answer to recent accusa tions that the Democrats had asked post office employes to contribute to the party's campaign fund. Both Representative Halleck. Re publican. of Indiana and Senator Metcalf, Republican, of Rhode Island had displayed letters In Washington purporting to contain requests from Parley to postmasters to sell tickets to "Roosevelt nominator" rallies next Saturday night. The tickets Cost tl each. "For the first time in political his tory it is shown to be possible to secure funds in an open and above board way," Parley said. "It Is Insurance against obligation to those who, by large single dona tions, hope to secure special favors after election day. "The opposition must, of course, find something to criticise in this plan. Here we have a sponta neous organization created In less than two weeks with more than 6.000 local chairmen and probably 50,000 or 60,000 people on their committees, and if any one makes a mistakes or If any one does anything that should not have been done, they will contend that everything is wrong." NEBRASKA ATTORNEY JOINS LANDON STAFF fcy the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans., June 22.--The re search staff of Gov. Alf M. London's presidential campaign had grown to a quartet today with the arrival Of P. D. Enfield, Los Angeles attorney. Enfield, who supported President Roosevelt four years ago, will be asso ciated with Charles P. Taft, son of the late President, and an authority on municipal government; E. H. Taylor, agricultural writer, and Ralph W. Robey, economist on the stall of Co lumbia University. In a statement Enfield said he liked "Gov. Landon's record of campaign fulfillment and what he stands for and have every confidence that he will carry out exactly what he promises. That is why I am here." A native of Nebraska, the new mem ber of the research staff formerly served as special assistant In the United States Department of Justice assigned to the War Transactions Board. SEEK ESCAPEDCONVICTS COLUMBUS, Tex., June 22 (IP).-- Wary officers, prepared for a finish fight, pushed Into the wooded country around Rock Island, 14 miles south of here, today in their hunt for two dangerous escaped convicts. The two fugitives, believed to be Luke Trammell and Forest Oibson, were in the group of three peniten tiary inmates which killed one guard and disarmed anothqk in a break from the Retrieve Prison i/Jrm. Meetings Banned. FREE CITY OF DANZIG, June 22 (.V).--The Danzig Senate, which has a Nazi majority, issued a ban today on political meetings of all kinds throughout the Summer because of the tense political atmosphere. LEMKE IS DENIED FEDERATION AID Wisconsin Farmer-Labor Progres sive TJnit Opens Cam paign. yy the Associated Press. OSHKOSH, Wis., June 22 --Spum ing pleas for support of Representative William Lemke and his new Union party, the Wisconsin Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation embarked on its first major political campaign today. The organization--formed six months ago by leaders of the Progressive and Socialist parties, the State Federation of Labor and farm groups--unani mously tabled at Its convention yes terday a resolution advocating aid-for the Lemke forces. Proponents asserted the Unionists aims were more closely related to the federation's objectives than those of any other party and declared an alli ance would give the federation "an entering wedge so we can win in 1940." Opponents termed the Union party a "potpourri of political clap Roosevelt's Double to Badger The Democrats With Badges My the Associated Preu. PHILADELPHIA. June 22 --J. Hen ry Smythe, Jr.,--who looks like Presi dent Roosevelt--qualified today for the title of the bravest man at the Demo cratic National Convention. Popping out of an elevator at Demo cratic headquarters, he astounded scores by exhibiting a huge Landon sunflower badge and the red-white and-blue insignia of Col. Frank Knox. "Hellow, folks." he shouted, "I think you remember me. I'm the man who

trap" that would appear on the ballots of only a few States. Long debate preceded the conven tion's decision to leave vacant the post of Governor on its slate of indorsed candidates for State office. Some participants Interpreted the result as a victory for the Progressive Governor, Phillip F. La Follette, who was in eligible for indorsement since he had not joined the federation. 1 ooks like the President and who vritee slogans (or the Republicans." A tall man in a Texas Centennial Exposition hat glared, gritted his eeth and made an uncomplimentary remark. "Oh, now, brother," came back 3mythe. sticking out his badge-covered :hest. "I happen to be a aepubllcan and to have been born in Philadelphia snd I see no reason why I shouldn't be here." Gayly Smythe moved down the cor ridor past Postmaster General James K. Parley's suite. ''Come on and pote for us," sug jested a news photographer. "Gladly," replied Smythe, fairly bubbling over with good humor. A wag suggested that Smythe stand oeside a huge portrait of President Roosevelt, but at this point a woman official in a blue dress dashed to the scene and shooed Smythe away. He departed sadly. To newspaper men he confided that he will remain here throughout the convention and wear hia Landon-Knox badges. "Not only that," he added, "but I've turned out a new slogan--badger the Democrats with badges. Catch on?"

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