When the Senate refused to confirm Calvin Coolidge's appointees, that President could generally be counted upon to put up a stubborn fight for his men or else sulkily decline to name any others to office. Franklin D. Roosevelt is a President of a different stamp. Last week the Senate Commerce Committee voted (11- to-5) against his appointment of Dr. Willard Long Thorp as Director of the Bureau of Foreign & Domestic Commerce. President Roosevelt sidestepped a tussle with the Senate by promptly withdrawing the nomination of Dr. Thorp who thereupon offered his resignation...
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