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Washington, May 5. The
President has gone to fish for
tarpon in the waters of the Gulf
of Mexico. He is making the trip
as a gesture of friendliness £ to
ward Jesse Jones, the six-foot-six
Texas newspaper publisher, bank
er and capitalist who is thehead
of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. Mr. Jones, who was
not a New Deal appointee, but a
hold-over from the Hoover ad
ministration, is nevertheless one
of the most powerful pollticical
figures in Washington. He does
not play politics in his job, but he
is one of the group of Texans,
headed by Vice-President Garner,
who have been able to get about
what they wanted through the
last two congresses, or If they
could not get just what they
wanted, at least have usually been
able to prevent others from get
ting what the Texans did not
want them to have.
Future of Democratic Party
The Texans' major worry- con
cerns the future of the Democrat
ic party, especially that great and
dominant segment of It which is
commonly referred to as the "Sol
id South." It is in this sector of
the party that the doctrine of
State rights is most deeply in
grained. Numerous recent events
have alarmed Southern Demo
crats, anxious to preserve the
rights of the individual states,
and also to maintain political
control in the hands of white
men. On this latter point, the
feeling grows that the Democrats
of the North do not appreciate
the situation in the South, which i
was expressed even on the official,
ballots in Alabama at the last \
election, where the Democratic
column was headed with the
words "White Supremacy." The
pressure behind the anti-lynch
ing bill alarms the South, not be
cause the South condones lynch
law, but because it would give the
Federal government power to in
terfere in matters which, south
ern statesmen hold, are purely
state affairs. The South feels that
it has worked out a sound solu
tion of the Negro problem, and
resents the effort to tie the Negro
vote to the Democratic party,
which was made in the North in
the last Presidential campaign. It
also looks with suspicion upon
programs of rural resettlement
and tenant farmer relief which
do not discriminate between
whites and Negroes.
Fundamentally, the fear of
Federal interference in this and
other problems which they regard
as solely the affairs of the indi
vidual states, is back of the
Southern Democratic opposition
to the President's Supreme Court
plan. They do not want to see the
Court brought under the domina
tion of any Administration at
Washington, or committed to in
definite extension of Federal pow
ers.
Labor Party Control
Not alone Texans but Demo
cratic Senators and Representa
tives from all parts of the coun
try make no secret of their op
position to the President's de
partmental reorganization plan,
which would curb the power of
Congress and take away from
those who have to run for re
election at frequent intervals
much of the material out of
which their local party machines
are built—political patronage.
There Is also considerable appre
hension over what seems to be
the rising power of John L. Lew
is as a factor in Democratic par
ty politics. The "old-line" Demo
crats, particularly from the
South, do not relish the idea of
Labor control of the party, and
wish that the President would
declare himself as between Mr.
Lewis' C. I. O. and the Federation
of Labor, especially on the point
of responsibility of labor unions in
matters affecting the public in
terest.
That all of these worries are
combining to stiffen resitance to
much of the New Deal program,
by those who foresee a split in the
Democratic party as a possible
result, is admitted by most of the
leaders in both Senate and House.
The Republican minority Is tak
ing no part in the dissention ex
cept to throw a little fuel on the
fire from time to time. But the
net result is, as has been pointed
out before in these dispatches, to
stiffen Congressional resistance to
much of the Administration pro
gram, and the reassumption by
Congress of many of its rights
and prerogatives which it sur
rendered during Mr. Roosevelt's
first term.
Congress and Relief
For the first time in years, Con
fess appears to be taking ser
iously the idea of economizing. It
Is too early to predict, but it
seeras probable that appropria
tions will be kept down to be
low the Administiatlon's propos
als. Already the cutting of de
partmental expenses has turned
ees out of their jobs. The rumor
here is that Jesse Jones' R. F. C.
is about to dismiss a thousand or
more. The hardest fight on the
economy front will probably be
over the appropriations for relief.
The President has recommended
a billion and a half. Congress so
far seems about equally divided
between those who would cut this
to a billion and those who want to
make it two billion. Nobody 'knows
what the real need is. States and
mayors are putting on pressure
to keep rejtef funds flowing into
their communities. The pressure
is also growing for an actual
count Of the, unemployed, to pro
vide a set of facts which may be
used as a basis -for further relief
appropriations. It has just come to
light that the Department of
Commerce's Business Advisory
Council made a report strongly
recommending a census of the
unemployed, which has been lying
on the President's desk for weeks.
No plan for new taxes has yet
been formulated. Washington gos
sip has it that Chairman Eccles
of the Federal Reserve Board is
contemplating resigning unless
his recommendaion for more tax
es to balance the budget is adopt
ed and passed by the Administra
tion.
The hope that new taxes may
not be necessary is predicated
upon the collection of some $600,-
000,000 of payroll taxes under the
Social Security Act. A United
States Circuit Court of Appeals
has declared the Act unconstitu
tional. The Attorney-General Is
urging an immediate review of
that decision by the Supreme
Court. If the high court upholds
the lower one, then a new law
will be inevitable. m
Maybe this nation will survive,
if only future taxpayers continue
to be born in pairs.
F. A. Brendle &
Son
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AT N. ELKIN SCHOOL
The primary grades of the
North Elkln school will present an
operetta, "Down Among the Fair
ies," Saturday evening. May 8.
The program will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock. A nominal admis
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dial invitation is extended the
public to attend.
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