Louisiana Governor challenges Roosevelt
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (UP) –
Governor Sam H. Jones, long a bitter opponent of the New Deal administration, has openly challenged the power of President Roosevelt to refuse to let members of Congress serve in the Armed Forces unless they first resign their posts.
The Governor refused to accept the resignation of Rep. James Domengeaux (D-LA) who had passed his pre-induction physical examination and was scheduled to be sworn into the Army within a few days.
Domengeaux, 37, and single, sent his resignation to the Governor according to Louisiana law, several weeks ago.
Governor Jones wrote the Congressman:
I know of now law of the United States that would bar you as a Congressman from serving in the Army of the United States and at the same time keep you from holding your office to which the people of your district have elected you.
Rep. Luce: Roosevelt losing hold on voters
Bridgeport, Connecticut (UP) –
Many a Democrat in Congress “is beginning to view his own bootstraps as a safer device for political levitation than President Roosevelt’s threadbare coattails,” Rep. Clare Luce (R-CT) told the Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
She said that Mr. Roosevelt has lost his vote-pulling appeal, and that in private, Democratic Congressmen and Senators “will tell you so.”