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i: \ hi f _ / f 7 _* A - f ; J ‘ ee ae ba a ye “*} ‘Mrs. F. D., Wallace Rebuked | ~ -For Praising. Aubrey Williams By WILLIAM ob i the Senate, ‘he need not worry ‘Commerce SecfetaryAVallace were igiven a Democratit rebuke in the ‘Senate yesterday for attending a ‘dinner at which the Senate was criticia#fd for its refusal to confirm AubreyWilliams as Rural Electri- . , “fieattorrsaummittrator. The dinner, at which Williams was guest of hopdr, was held last night by the ational Farmers’ Union. : .- Senator Bilbo Protests ; Rising in the Senate to protest the action of the President's wife in attacking Senate procedure, lgenator Bilbo (D.}, of Missiissippi, ‘called the Williams _eathering a ‘funeral dinner,” and said: “Some of the chief mourners al- leged to have been present were Mrs. Roosevelt. Secretaries Wallace and Wickard (Agriculture) and « distinguished Republican Senator. “The Secretary of Commerce, whp has just recently encountered cossiderable delay in getting over a [senatorial hurdle. was bold enpugzh to declare that notwith- stemding the very decided and affirmative rejection of Willlams and his governmental philosophies “Poor Judgment” “Personally, I think that the head of any government agency, ee eee we 4b or even the President for that: matter, would show very poor - judgment in defying the good will et tee of the Senate, which refused to consent to the use of this man in - the administration of govern- mental affairs, by giving Williams any appointment in the Govern- ment. “Mrs. Roosevelt's presence, to- gether with her audacious state. ment that Williams is a leader of democracy, will be hard for a great Many Senators and Demo- cratic leaders to understand. She asserted that the cause of liberal- ism “has hotveveh lost a round" in the defeat of Williams.” . Bilbo" warned that if the t; “mourners” wish to present Wit Hams as the symbol of American liberalism, “the Democratic pajty will have to doa little house, clain- s." Two Republican Senators [at- tended the Williams dinner. They were Senators Alken, of Vermont, and Langer, of North Dakota, fan FAS gasoy-A rete oF wat E “ns A Mrs. Eleanop”’R ne and | #bout # job in the Government.’ | { EE it Bh te ‘ a | * oA fren WASHINGTON TIMES-HERALD BULLDOG EDITION ilo