Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1936, Page 9

Far West 59 For Roosevelt In Survey Summary of 13 States Indicates 20 Electoral Votes for Landon, This is the second of a series of flve dispatches in which David Lawrence outlines the conclusions he reached after visiting 13 States in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast sections. He finds them for the most part safe for Roosevelt dut with a rising Landon tide that may change the result by Novems= ] BY DAVID LAWRENCE. HICAGO, September 9.—Ana- lyzing the trends in the 13 States I have visited, I would say that the campaigning done by President Roosevelt from the day he was inaugurated, his constant use of the radio and newspaper pub- licity, has left an impression of & man who “does ; things” whether those things are ; wise or not. F The tendency [ %o appraise care- fully the record of the Roosevelt & d mi nistration has appeared among only a few groups. The vast number of voters still have linger- : ing impressions of Mr. Roosevelt gdined in the last * three years or more and they have only the vaguest impressions as yet about Gov. Landon, what he stands for and what kind of & President he would make. The opportunity for Mr. Roosevelt to carry these Western States is re- lated closely to the amount of Fed- eral money spent in stimulating prosperity by artificial means. The average man has as yet learned little about the false bottom of an infla- tionary boom, but looks retrospectively rather than prospectively. The busi- ness man who is accustomed to look- ing ahead expresses alarm because he «does not see how constantly mounting debt can end in anything but trouble unless expenses of Government are cut. David Lawrence. Dazed by Figures. As yet the figures about the Govern- ment finances and debts and budgets are a maze of numbers difficult to understand and much more compli- cated than any other issue before the average man, even though the most important. Local issues are causing a split in party lines and the third-party move- ments are beginning to make some inroads, but the Roosevelt vote of 1932, with the exception of the de- fection of old line Republicans who left Hoover on prohibition, for ex- ample, or the desertion by Jeffersonian Democrats who don't like the New Deal, is a sizable block with which the administration starts out. The Landon fight is plainly an up- hill fight. The Kansas Governor will have to take chances, fight desperately for this Western country to wake it up even to listen to his point of view. Landon can win without most of these Western States, but the tactics that make it necessary for him to show more and more-of his progressive side and more and more of his definite policies would seem to be essential in the Middle West and East. Summary of Situation. Looking at each of the 13 States that I have visited and with due re- gard-for the fact that I surveyed the situation during the Summer months and not the Autumn, the line-up would seem to be as follows: Minnesota—A close State. The death of Gov. Olson has broken up somewhat the Farmer-Labor party opportunity to swing Minnesota into the Roosevelt column by means of the personality of the Governor. The Farmer-Laborites are strong. Repre- sentative Christianson, mnominee for the United States Senate, appears a likely winner. Landon has | the edge. North Dakota—Factionalism in the Republican party and the three- cornered fight for the governorship gives Gov. Landon whatever chance he has here. The Lemke-Coughlin ticket will be stronger here than in any other State. As Lemke’s strength grows, so does Landon's. If the elec- tion were held today, Landon would have an even chance to get the electoral vote. It is a close State. Montana—Plainly a Roosevelt State at this writing. The division in the Democratic ranks on the senatorship growing out of the primary and the possibility of some Lemke-Coughlin and Townsend votes may alter the result. It can be put down for Roosevelt right now. Washington Changing. ‘Washington — Another Roosevelt Btate, but with a rapidly declining majority, due to the failure of the Democratic Governor to maintain the right to work in Seattle and the tying in of the New Deal with the forces of mob violence in Seattle. This will prove costly to the Roose- velt cause in the State of Washington, losing him many votes in the Repub- lican sections of the State, where he would otherwise have been the benefi- ciary of the vast Federal monies spent. But as between law and order and Federal money, the former has the prior claim. It is the more emotional and thought provoking. The State of ‘Washington went by 150,000 for ‘Roosevelt four years ago. If it goes by 50,000 this time, Mr. Roosevelt will be lucky. It is a Roosevelt State, but fast receding. Oregon—Here, too, the Roosevelt expenditures have made a deep and favorable impression, but there are no Jocal issues such as in Washington. The West Coast’s industrial troubles, of course, are more or less spread throughout the whole region and there 18 a growing resentment against the New Deal because so many lawless elements are coming to the front and taking as their shield the “collective bargaining” expounded by the New Deal. But while Landon is gaining in Oregon, it still must be regarded as a Roosevelt State. California — Here the Roosevelt strength is so preponderant that only s miracle can change the result. That miracle might be an organized Townsend drive. At present, however, it has not materialized. California will be Democratic by at least 300,~ 000 and I would not be surprised to see the figure as high as 600,000. Arizona Close. Arizona.—A close State but with the advantage to Mr. Roosevelt, due to the enormous sums spent by the New Deal in this State. A third party may yet carry the State into the Landon column but the chances, 30 A Republican | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1936. News Behind the News Roosevelt Idea of Expanding Public Employment Agency Credited to Miss Perkins, * BY PAUL MALLON. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S new idea of expanding the public em- ployment agency system is supposed to have originated with Labor Secretary Perkins, They both were interested in starting State agencies in New York before Mr. Roosevelt became President, largely to force a correction of abuses in private employment agencies. It is not much of a secret that federally the idea has not worked out perfectly. One reason is the system is new and not well known; another is that it was instituted in a period of sparse employment. The number of men for whom jobs have been found was not sufficiently impressive for Mr, Roosevelt to use it in his fireside chat. But the machinery has been set up, and about three weeks ago the President decided to lay aside $25,000 for the employment agency system to check the relief rolls, mainly in connection with P. W. A. projects. The suggestion started working so well that Mr. Roosevelt ultimately decided to make a real effort to use the same machinery for developing pri- C"XE“I&E&TOL:S“_,"‘ vate jobs and to publicize it » strongly. Some who are near agency head- quarters of the system here doubt that the old obstacles can yet be overcome to any appreciable ex- tent. Federal promotion of the co- operative theory is being carried forward in several little ways, ap- » parently in preparation for bigger activities when Mr. Roosevelt’ erative Study Commission returns from Europe. The monthly magazine, Consumer’s Guide, published by the Agriculture Department, has started a section on co-ops. The cur- rent issue tells of egg and poultry marketing in Eastern States, but contains no ideas on Federally-sponsored industrial or comsumer co-ops. which is what the Study Commission is driving at. Mean- while, the Farm Credit Administration is distrbuting more copies of its recently published volume of statistics of jarmers’ co-operative business organizations. B The plan is to carry out Agriculture Secretary Wallace's advice in his recent book, namely, to promote the co-op theory in any phase now in long-range contemplation of the ultimately possible co-operative state, * K K % Washington thinkers are also much interested currently in the analysis of “consumer credit” in a booklet of that title published by the Public Affairs Committee, a small organization of distinguished economic writers. Some mention is made therein of credit unions, but the conclusion is reached that they can succeed only in small groups, such as employes of one business firm, labor union or Government department, The booklet is mainly an erposure of concealed high interest rates by small lending companies. The commonest rate, usually ad- vertised as “loans at 6 per cent,” really amounts, with fees, to more than 17 per cent per annum. All the book wants is uniform small-loan laws to regulate abuses, meaning a continuation of private consumer credit. * X K X Certain of the Navy admirals are supposed to be working now on & rather sharp extension of the naval budget for next year. The hopeless disarmament treaty situation and the demonstra- tion of American naval needs in the Spanish civil war are consid- ered by them as pointing to the need jor more aleriness in naval matters—and more money. They were greatly disturbed, among themselves, about a Colliers article by former Army Staff Chief MacArthur, now field marshal of the Philippines. Army Man MacArthur gave no thought to the Navy in the matter of defense, calling it essentially an offensive force. That contention will be offset, not officially, but effectively with publicity gusto. * kX X The taxi drivers who haul the politicians say they have never had such a dull Summer around Capitol Hill. The Congressmen have been too busy with their campaigns to waste any time at their offices. Nevertheless, many will return here only to //“ VAV W pack. A Representative Josh Lee, who is VR likely to be the new Senator from Oklahoma (he is the Democratic nominee), is a licensed Baptist preacher, 'S €0-0p= 1] NOT A SENATOR = INSIGHT ! * k% % ‘There has been & lot of talk about farmers going to the cities, but Agriculture Secretary Wallace is the only man who ever brought a farm to the city. He has esf lished part of his departmental experiment farm atop a seven-story agri- culture building. No President ever left the White House willingly. Most people think Coolidge did, but many persons close to him have mow accepted the belief that he was sorry to leave, feared the possible stigma of seeking a third term, made an ambiguous announcement, was disappointed when he was not drafted, (Copyright, 1036.) far as can be seen now, are against such a development. It also can be put down for Mr. Roosevelt. New Mexico.—A Roosevelt State for much the same reasons as Arizona. The Federal and State political ma- chines have been effective for the New Deal here, It's another Roosevelt State. Colorado.—Very friendly to Gov. Landon. If the election were held today he would carry it. Disaffection among the farmers and the split in- side the Democratic party between radicals and conservatives is aiding the Republican cause. It might be put down for Gov. Landon now. Utah.—A Roosevelt State. It is pre- dominantly New Deal because.it has been well organized and pienty of Fed- eral money has been spent here. Put down for Mr. Roosevelt. Nevada—A close State, with Lan- don’s chances rather better than they were a few weeks ago, but not yet good enough to warrant a belief that it will go Republican. The President will carry it by about 5,000, which is a greatly reduced majority from 1932. Idaho.—Senator Borah won easily his primary battle and secured more votes than all his Democratic oppo- nents. The Republicans are hopeful. If Borah came out for Landon, or rather if he could find a basis for & convincing campaign that was affirm- atively pro-Landon as much as it might be negatively anti-Roosevelt, the Republican party would win the electoral vote of Idaho. As matters stand now, the President has the edge here. ‘Wyoming.—Much improvement in Landon’s chances has been apparent lately. Mr, Roosevelt has been slip- ping. Senator Carey’s victory in the primary showed that the Republican voters are in the majority. It may be put down as a Landon State. Out of this group of States, which have 79 electoral votes, the line-up would appear to be 59 for Roosevelt and 20 for Landon. Giving the “breaks,” so to speak, to Gov. Landon, and a whirlwind finish to his cam- paign, there is a possibility of 16 more, making a total of 36 for Landon and 43 for Roosevelt, but I do not look for any hetter result for the Republican nominee. Mr. Landon could be elected if he carried the East and Middle West and only 20 or 25 votes in the Far West and Rocky Mountain regions. Hence it is important to turn one's investigation toward the Middle West and East, where I plan to spend the next few weeks. (Copyright, 1936,) © ESTABLISHED 1365 @ Are You Modernizing Or Just Repairing? stock of famous Sheetrock, Celatex, Wallboard, Ply- wood and Cedar Lining. In fact, lumber of all kinds in all sizes. Prompt, free deliv~ ery always! GEO. M. BARKER o COMPANY o LUMBER and MILLWORK 649-651 N. Y. Ave. N.W. 1523 7th St. N.W. NA. 1348, “The Lumber Number” 2 Barker carries a complete § SN 7d @ teal Observations On Banning Hugo Work “Les Miserables” Gives Way to Funnies and Films. BY DOROTHY THOMPSON, 11 RIDGEPORT, Conn., September 9 (#).—Re- moval from the class vooms of the city’s three high schools of Victor Hugo's ‘Les Miserables’ and Alexandre Dumas’ “Three Musketeers’ and ‘Twenty Years After, was reported today. The two school commissioners . . « who objected to the books . . o based their objections on religious grounds . . . said that the novels ‘touch on immorality’ and . . . are on the index of the Catholic Church.” There was an ingrain carpet in the parsonage study, white muslin cur- tains, a walnut writing desk with bulbous legs, a shabby armchair and o stove with winking isinglass - ‘ eyes. The room 1 smelled of old . books. The col- lected sermons of Phillipsg Brooks, of Henry Ward Beecher. The collected works of Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens. “In His Steps” and “The Wide, Wide World” Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. “The Rise and Fall of Rome.” Emer- son and Carlyle. “The Rise of the Dutch Republic.” It was an immense book, fully eight inches thick, in a faded green cloth cover, “Papa, what does ‘Les Miserables’ mean?” “‘Les Miserables' French. And it means ‘The Wretched,” ‘The Out- casts.’ " “Is it a story, Papa?* “Yes, dear, a novel.” “Would I like it?" “I don’t know, Why don't you try and see?” Apple Bitten, But Forgotten. Lying on the ingrain carpet before the stove, the big book between propped elbows. A bitten and for- gotten apple. There was a French village, with strange streets, and wandering through them a ragged, bearded man, with haggard cheeks and burning eyes. Jean Valjean (I called it Jeen Val- jeen), fresh from the galleys, 19 years of chains and pain for stealing a loaf of bread. An inn, with steaming kitchen, spitted meats, warmth, com- fort, and the hungry man, with the yellow passport, turned away .. . ‘Then the bishop's house, white- washed and barren. He gave all he had to the poor. Lamplight, and a knock on the door. Through the windowpane the unkempt head and the wild eyes. “Come in.” And they- set a place for him. Burnished the silver and gave him a bed. In the night he stole the silver. And the bishop gave him the candlesticks as well. “Brother, I have bought your soul of you ... I give it to God.” ‘Tears splashed down on the pages. “Oh, oh! Cry-babyl Crying over & book!" “I'm not!* Dorothy Thompson. *You are!” “I am not!™ “Now, now, no tantrums. Dorothy Willard, stop teasing your sister.” The light burning in the bed room shone through a crack under the door. It opened. A face and a scold- ing voice. “It’s nearly 10 o'clock. You should have been asleep for hours. No reading in bed!” A burning candle would throw s weaker beam. It flickered on the page, but one could read. Story of Fantine, Fantine, the girl of the Paris streets, was deserted. Her baby, the little Cosette, she left with an inkeeper's wife. The child ate with the cat and dog under the table. Her foster par- ents pawned her clothes for money. And far away the mother destroyed her beauty, sold her golden hair, sold her lovely teeth, for more money to send to the child. In the candlelight of her wretched room she smiled an awful, gaping smile from a mouth stained with blood. A little girl sobbed into her pillow over the pain of the poor and the cold-heartedness of mankind. There was Javert, the man of pro- bity, the man of rules. He pursued the convict like a dog on the scent. The law is without soul. A man expiates his wrong; he rises from the dregs; he builds an industry; he builds a town. He lifts the poor. He rescues Fantine and Cosette. What he builds up and saves the law reaches out to destroy again. “Papa, are the laws better now?” “Much better, my child. But not as good as some day they may be.” “Darling, you really musn't read at dinner. Put your book away.” “Aw, come on. Leave the old book. Come on out and play.” “I don't want to play. alone.” Wellington and Bluecher and the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon! The Michel Angelo of war! Flash of sa- bers, gleam of bayonets, red light of shells, monstrous oollisions and a great idea at stake: Freedom and the dignity of man. “Papa, tell me about the French revolution.” And Gavroche, Too. There was Gavroche, the gutter- snipe of Paris, vagabond and barri- cader, who housed himself in the in- sides of the plaster monument of an elephant. Tawdry symbol of a great time gone to seed. Marius, the ele- gant youth, carried half dead through the stinking, rat-infested Paris sewer. A dictator dead; the law gone sour; the light forgotten; an empire de- caying. A world worn out by war. Meanness and wretchedness; poverty and squalor. A glory tattered and revolution aflare. Sacrifice and hero- ism; cupidity and generosity; terror and nobility. Men weak and corrupt, men strong and kind. A bishop and a galley slave. Out of the dregs of life, beasts and saints. There must have been something that I have forgotten. I didn't know it was an irreligious book. But it was all so long ago. “Father, may I read this book?>* “What, that? No, indeed. Must be pertty tough. That's the one the schools banned, “Read the funnies instead. Or a magazine. Here's a good story: Boy meets girl on millionaire’s yacht. ‘Wholesome . . . Or listen to Popeye on the radio .« . Or here's 50 cents for & movie.” (Copyright, 1936) Leave me THE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. sented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be con- tradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. We, the People America Will Work With Britain in Peace Confet- ence, But Not for Her. BY JAY FRANKLIN, O ONE who has read my writings for the last 10 years will accuse me of being an internationalist, an alarmist or an advocate of American intervention in specifically Furopean problems. Never- theless, it is dificult for me to understand the criticisra which has been leveled at President Roosevelt's “feeler” for a world peace confer- ence after he is re-elected. The fact that the “feeler” was issued, without confirmation or denial from official sources, through the agency of Mr. Arthur Krock of the New York Times does not impeach its accuracy. As outlined, the pro- posal suggests that President Roose= velt, King Edward VIII, Herr Hite ler, Comrade Stalin, Signor Musso= lini, M. Leon Blum and a represen= tative of the Emperor of Japan, should sit down together and dis- cuss ways and means for preserve ing the general peace of the world. This is Rooseveltian “realpolitik’ of the sort developed by T. R.-n the creation of the “Atlantic system,” not the ornate Wilsonian idealism which swamped the League of Nations with little nations and little problems in order to keep the vanquished in their place. It is worth trying, if only because F. D, R. has already shown his ability to keep this country on an independent course where Great Britain is concerned. This is most important. The international power of the United States is too great to go by default in world affairs. If we do not em- ploy it, other nations will. Frequently, as with the original Monroe Doctrine, this is highly advantageous to us. We are saved great trou- « ble and expense and lose only useful experience and profitable op- portunities, WHYNOTZ Tve TRiep * % % x 80 it was that Canning called the New World into existence (as he sald) to redress the balance of the Old World. 8o it was, also, that British trade and inwvestmenfs in this country, plus the financial commitments of the Morgan firm, led our investors to underwrite the postwar settlement of Europe at the very moment when our Government was getting out from under the treaty of Versailles. There is no harm in our playing ball with London on this basis so long as our Presidents know enough to say “when!” It is obvious that the European balance of power which enabled Great Britain to serve as our “buffer state” has been shaken and that a serious crisis is at hand. Lord Beaverbrook is already bidding for an Anglo-American alliance. ‘The French system of postwar military pacts has collapsed. Rumania has thrown out her pro-French foreign minister, Titulesco, and is turning to German Nazism. ‘World revolution & la Trotzky is a failure and the Soviet Union is on the defensive against Germany and Japan. England is allowing her cherished sphere of influence in Spain to become an apple of Fascist discord between Hitler and Mussolini. France and Russia are in alliance and are bidding for Polish support. . Here are the makings of a first-class mess. b * x ¥ x Last time it was the submarine, Next time it may be the airplane which directly involves us in trouble. A bewildered Spanish aviator has already bombed an American de- stroyer off Bilbao. We have & selfish interest in the general peace of Europe and.would obviously face grave dangers in the event of & general Europeaa war. Thirty years ago another Roose- velt faced a similar menace and did not hesitate to act as mediator in the Russo-Japanese War or to aid in the pacification of Europe at the Conference of Algeciras. Now the same numbers are coming up again on the diplomatic roulette wheel and there should be a corresponding intemational payoff. Our only anxiety seems to be lest our statesmen should be “tricked,” “bamboozled” or otherwise taken for a ride by “unscrupulous,” “clever” foreign diplomats. Does any one believe that the President who refused to let the international bankers tell him how to stabilize currencies at the World Economic Conference of 1933 will be played for a sucker at the World Peace Cohference of 19377 At this conference we can and should work with the British, whose interests in European peace are so similar to our own, but we will not work for them, or for anybody except ourselves. (Copyright, 1936.) Transfusion Aids Covadonga. NEW YORK, September 9 (#).— The Count of Covadonga, former Crown Prince of Spain, was given his seventh blood transfusion in two weeks yesterday, and bleeding, which recurred since Sunday, was finally stopped, physicians said. 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Over in the Meadowbrook country of Long Island, the newly organized Yankees of the American Professional Foot Ball League work out in the shadow of many ancient family trees, with the personable and grammatical Ken Strong as their coach. After seven years of post-graduate milling around in professional sports, with quite a bit of hard luck stringing along, Mr. Strong gets the most gen- teel and lucrative post in professional foot ball. He is said to rank all other professional coaches in salary. At New York University he was an all-American player in 1928, and made the highest individual score of the East in that year. He was a crack base ball, as well as foot ball, player and was picked up by the New York Yankees after his graduation in 1929, He could not quite make the grade in batting and was turned over to the New Haven team of the Eastern League. The Detroit Tigers tried him out in 1932, but a broken wrist spoiled his chances just then. He sued the doctor who treated his wrist and got a judg- ment for $70,000, but the decision later was over-ruled by a higher court. The wrist injury hung on, but did not prevent Strong from making good with the New York Giants pro- fessional foot ball team. He tried & base ball comeback in 1935, Btrong’s pedigreed eleven will open in Cleveland September 20 against the Cleveland eleven of the American League. They tell me the boys are quite as tough-fibered as the lads from the other side of the tracks and that Strong has them in fine trim—espe- cially in kicking, which happens to be his dish, The word from overseas is that Enge land has her back up over the Palese tine violence, in which more than 300 | persons have been killed. Maj. Gen. John Greer Dill, seasoned battler and no sentimentalist, will replace High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell | Wauchope, it is announced, and, if the Arabs keep on roughing up the coun- try, Gen. 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