Lame Duck Parade

Lame-Duck Parade

The Administration was giving proper care and feeding to the Democrats defeated in last autumn's Republican landslide. Out of scores of Democratic lame ducks, many were already back on the Federal payroll. In OPA were Michigan's ex-Senator Prentiss M. Brown and Iowa's ex-Senator Clyde L. Herring. Some others:

James M. Barnes, ex-Congressman from Illinois; appointed by Franklin Roosevelt last week to be one of his anonymous White House assistants; salary: $10,000.

John M. Houston, ex-Congressman from Kansas; appointed last week to NLRB; salary: $10,000.

Josh Lee, ex-Senator from Oklahoma; appointed to Civil Aeronautics Authority in February; salary: $10,000.

Harry H. Schwartz, ex-Senator from Wyoming; appointed to National Mediation Board in February; salary: $10,000.

Wall Doxey, ex-Senator from Mississippi; installed as sergeant at arms of the Senate on Feb. 1; salary: $8,000.

Charles Poletti, ex-Lieutenant Governor of New York; appointed special assistant to Secretary of War Stimson in January; salary and duties unannounced.

Raymond S. McKeough, ex-Congressman from Illinois; defeated in a try for the Senate; appointed OPA Midwest regional director in February; salary: $8,000.

Thomas H. Eliot, ex-Congressman from Massachusetts; appointed head of OWI's British division in December; salary unannounced.

Luther Patrick, ex-Congressman from Alabama; appointed to WPB; salary: $22.22 per diem.

On one lame-duck nomination Franklin Roosevelt had run into real trouble. Last fall onetime Governor James V. Allred of Texas stepped down from a Federal District judgeship (salary $10,000) to run against Senator W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel. New Dealers cheered Allred--O'Daniel won. Then the President nominated Allred to a Circuit Court of Appeals vacancy. The appointment gave Texas two Federal Appeals judges, left Louisiana with none. The Louisiana Congressional delegation revolting, called the appointment an Administration payoff to Allred for opposing O'Daniel. When the vote in the House is close, the eight Louisiana Representatives stay absent in a body.

Attorney General Francis Biddle denied any Administration understanding with Allred, called him "the best available man for the appointment."

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