ESPITE denials, it is persistent Garner, Vice-President of Washington, Apr. 19. tly affirmed that Mr. John Nance the United States, is objecting to Mr, Roosevelt's spending programme.
This is emphasized in usually well-informed quarters istration. as boding ill for the Admin-
Although Mr. Garner has fought for all the President's objec tives for the last five years, he has never been a "New Dealer' but really belongs to the Conservative Southern Democrats, who have recently done much to oppose the President.
If the Vice-President joined this bloc, not only would the Republicans, who are opposing the President's spending programme, be encouraged to more and more strenuous opposition, but the Democrats them~ selves might split, This would have the most serious results for President Roosevelt's re-mining two veers of office, apart from the economic paralysis' which might follow a spit in the Administation om such a vital issue.
The "New Dealers" are convinced that the Conservatives who are sabotaging their objectives must be defeated at the forthcoming primary flections and more progressive men flected, but the Vice-President cannot be defeated, so that the President and he must work together if eungressional chaos is to be avoided.
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