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...Dear General: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your telegram of Feb. 15 in which you express your opposition to the President's proposal concerning the Supreme Court. . . ." Thus wrote Indiana's pro-Roosevelt Senator Sherman ("Shay") Minton in a letter addressed to General Arthur St. Clair, Indianapolis...
...this week, Sena tor Byrnes changed his amendment to apply to all Sit-Downs affecting interstate commerce, but many a colleague still objected to having it tacked to the Guffey Bill. Denying assertions that a vote against the amendment would be a tacit endorsement of the Sit-Down. Senator Minton cried: "I'm willing to meet this issue but I am unwilling to have the textile industry compel me to cast a vote that might be construed as the Senators suggest...
...such array of talent or of enthusiasm could the President muster on his side. The best he had were Hugo LaFayette Black, Alben Barkley, Sherman Minton, Henry Ashurst, Robert La Follette. From these the level of enthusiasm and ability fell rapidly away. His reliable wheel horses Robinson, Harrison, Byrnes and others were still true, but their attitude indicated that at heart they were no more than lukewarm. Not yet forgotten was the promise of the Democratic platform, made last summer, that if the aims of the New Deal could not be accomplished within the Constitution an amendment would be proposed...
Though Messrs. Baker, Douglas & Wolman had chosen the burden of their platform from the current and historic tenets of both major parties, it was soon evident they had pleased neither. No Republican leader spoke up to praise them. On behalf of the Administration, Senator Minton of Indiana sneered: "My idea of a platform would be one to repudiate Newton Baker rather than the New Deal...
...under which the Government will lend $50,000,000 in the coming year, $40,000,000 for each of the nine years thereafter for rural electrification. Night before that he had his most pleasant conference of the week. With Felix Frankfurter at his side, he welcomed Senators Norris, Wagner, Minton. Wheeler, Schwellenbach, Shipstead, La Follette. They assured the Press afterward that it was nothing but a friendly chat. So friendly was the gathering of nine arch-liberals that it lasted from 8:30 o'clock in the evening until after midnight...