Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1936, Page 11

Party Revolts Beset West’s Democrats, Straight Ticket Vote Due for Further Decline. This is the third of a series of flve dispatches in which David Lawrence summarizes his tour of 13 States in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast sections. Mr. Lawrence - wrote yesterday that there was a tide running against ! the New Deal, but he doubted whether it was strong enough as yet to capture electoral votes of . the region visited. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. HICAGO, September 10.—An amazing common denomina- tor of all the States visited is the splitup of the Demo- ‘eratic party and the rising revolt that may break down the Democratic strength just as it did the Requblican party in the West. The factionalism shows itself pri- marily on State issues But the radical and conservation cleavage is just as plain as if it were disclosed in a na- tional sense by Senator Carter Glass of Virginia on the one hand and Undersecre- tary Rex Tug- ‘well on the other. It is not a con- test belween ma- chine or organi- zation politicians and brain trust- ers. It is a § battle between those who think the Government should be run mith due respect for economic law and those who believe it is the func- tion of the Government to perform all sorts of social tasks that mean higher and higher expense to the tax- payers. Some of these State fights will be settled in the primaries, but the fires kindled will not die down by Novem- ber. The Republican leaders view these family struggles among the Democrats as meaning a quiet vote of protest expressed through Repub- lican ballots in November. My own feeling is that the development of more and more independent voters who will disregard party lines in the future and the gradual extinction of the dyed-in-the-wool Democrat or Republican is what may be looked for. ‘The West has been for many years increasing its independent vote at the expense of the straight ticket vote. ‘Theorles Revolutionize Politics. Tt cannot be denied that the E. P. 1. €. program in California and the commonwealth fedération's “produc- tion for use” program in the State of ‘Washington and the tremendous in- terest in public ownership of public utilities and continued federalization of the Western States have tended to revolutionize party politics on the Pacific Coast and that this has over- flowed into the Rocky Mountain regions. Radicalism in 1936 politics, however, David Lawrence. s neither co-herent nor well organized | and would not have any real momen= tum were it not for the effective way in which the New Dealers in their desire to get votes have corralled all these groups and taken them under their wing. The New Dealers may think they are going to control these elements, but they will find themselves sadly mistaken if State experiments obviously beyond their own control get going toward the socialistic side of things. ‘The old-line Democrats, of course, are unhappy and worried. Even smong the organization politicians who are at heart conservative there is much skepticism about the New Deal strategy, though at the moment it seems to them to be one way to win & victory. Roosevelt Imitated. It is the fruits of the victory that will cause concern. For what Mr. Roosevelt has striven to do in the Nation generally, many imitators in the States have also tried to do and the latter have neither his skill nor his restraint nor his flexibility and power to shift quickly as he sees his cause grow unpopular. The Western revolutionists are crusaders who have everything to gain and very little to lose by producing a state of chaos, and just now they are engaged in the very simple task of acquiring posses- sion of the Democratic party while Jorcing out the conservative Demo- crats who are joining the anti-New Deal tide and intensifying the cleav- age of class and political warfare that has been engendered by Mr. Roosevelt in the last three years. . I have been impressed with the way the Federal agencies, both regular and “emergency,” have become political and how the spending of Federal money has influenced the local politi- cal situation in several States. The intertwining of State and Fed- eral politics grows out of the land- slide of 1932. Never before have there been so many Democratic Gov- ernors. To have 37 out of the 48 States of the same party as the presi- dency and with & heavy Democratic strength in the congressional delega- tions is something quite unusual. Mishandle Power. " The Democrats have not known how to handle their new-found power. ‘They have quarreled in many places. ‘The “spoils” are too precious to be a matter of distribution by the Gov- ernor or by the political boss who happens to dominate a State. This THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1936.° ~ ™ News Behind the News Professionals Attach Little Importance to Volume of Applause. . BY PAUL MALLON. XPERT and inexpert political talk is now churning sround the ova- tions being received by the various candidates. r The great crowd demonstrations being staged for Pather Cough~ lin, Townsend and Lemke are the chief point of discussion. Some authorities are concluding that the terrific trio will weigh far more than originally estimated. Ominous comparisons likewise are being made between the receptions for President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon along the way-stations of their travels. Only amateurs are deeply impressed by such signs. The pros have an estadlished theory that both crowds end applause can de misleading ‘The most notable crowd mistake was that of Al Smith. He drew far larger and more enthusiastic ton, for example, than voted for him there. 1In 1932 Roosevelt outdrew Hoover slightly at the gate, but again Hoover received more enthusiatic demonstrations at the speaker's rostrum than at the ballot box. S Crowds and enthusiasm are ana- lyzed by the experienced as partly a matter of efcient advance organization and partly a matter of human curhll'.y.‘ * k¥ ok The news that the Federal Reserve Banks had failed to make their 6 per cent earnings was given out as casually as if Chairman Eccles had dropped a small piece of change. It was inserted as a routine statement in the monthly bulletin of the board, sans handout, sans explanation. What it meant was that the system is mo longer self-support- ing. It cannot earn its keep. And there is no prospect that it will any time soon. It must support itself largely from interest on Government bonds, and, until present rates are increased, it will Jail to produce its ‘s per cent carrying charges. ‘This means it will probably have to go to Congress for an appropriation and that, in turn, means the legislators may be paging that well-known banking authority, Father Coughlin. 1t is & discouraging predicament, but likely to be more annoying than fatal. *® k% Bond market barbers have an expert notion that Morgenthau could have shaved the interest rate on his latest issue another quarter per cent. The oversubscription was so heavy that average allotments were supposed to run less than 8 per cent. The fixing of the interest rate is always s matter of guess work. Morgenthau did not want to underutl-‘mlu his guess in a campaign year. * ¥ * An unavoidable delay seems to have occurred in the appointment of that prominent Eastern Republican business man as Ambassador to Russia. 1t is not the question of a contribution to the campaign fund, as that already is supposed to have been made. ‘The stabilization rumors are loose again, but not likely to run very far. Washington authorities are secretive about denials, possibly because they want to promote the hope that some understanding with Britain is near, However, certain competent people, who would ordinarily know about any- thing like that, don't. —— The situation seems still o depend on French devalustion and that depends on French politics, than which there igz nothing less dependable, One of the loftiest Government authorities on international exchange figured and reported three months ago that the French would have to devalue within a week. He figured it out on a basis of financial arithmetic. * X % & ‘When a Democrat tells a story on a Republican these days, there is always room for doubt. But doubt it or not, the Roosevelt inner circle is enjoying much mirth belleving this one: One of the Republican head men in the campaign organization wrote a letter to the famous publisher of a famous Eastern weekly, along the following general lines: “We would like to co-operate with you in any way we could during the progress of the campaign, if you will just let us know." The response came back promptly to this general effect: “The publisher whom you addressed has been dead for four years. (Signed) *“THE EDITOR.” (Copyright, 1936.) uprising due to patronage and due to desire to get hold of more Federal money does not do credit to the men in politics, but it is a hopeful sign, on the other hand, that there are Demo- crats of principle in the primaries almost everywhere who are willing to make sacrifices and take a beating just to express a protest against polit- ical debauchery and jobbery. Indeed, it may well be said that if the 1932 election was a Roosevelt revolution, there is a counter-revolu- tion in full swing in the United States and it shows itself already in the Far ‘West and the Rocky Mountain States where independent voting has long been the rule rather than the ex- ception. (Copyrisht, 1936 D. C. BROKER DIVORCED Mrs. Catherine McClintock Ellis was granted a divorce at Basin, Wyo., from Franklin Henry Ellis, prominent Washington investment broker, ac- cording to an Associated Press dis- patch received yesterday. She charged non-support and cruelty. Ellis resides at the Chevy Chase Country Club. Mrs. Ellis obtained the divorce un- der Wyoming's 60-day divorce law. SEENEW SIGHTS ExcusionA. 16-Day Vesation Tripe o NIAGARA FALLS *1840 $:20 . m., Fridey, Sept. 1, Soturdoy, Seot. 12. PHILADELPHIA $3.00 Chester $3.00 Wiimingten $2.75 Leave Weshingten 7140 0. m. o 11dS . m. Choice of 2 trains returning seme dey. CUMBERLAND $3.00 % iy A deoy. $1.25 Roupd Trip Seturdeys and. Sundeys $1.50Round Trip Delly—Good for 3 deys Details from eny 8 & O Ticket Agont or Telophone: Disirict 3300, Netione! 7370 The woerld's finest mustard seeds and costly spices combine to give Gulden's {its finer quality. Only the Gulden blend has this o v poons Coldo ana § o spoon salt to each pound hamburger. INJURIES PROVE FATAL TO LOUIS M'INTYRE, 56 Louis McIntyre, 56, warehouse superintendent at the F. P. May Hardware Co., 1818 New York ave- nue northeast, died in Casualty Hos- pital early today of injuries received Tuesday when he was crushed against a gasoline tank while directing the loading of a truck. Company officials said McIntyre, directing workmen in lifting a heavy gasoline tank on the truck, told the driver to back, not realizing that an- other tank was behind him. He was shoved against the tank, breaking his pelvis in several places. Mclntyre lived with his parents and wife at 1419 Thirty-third street. Landon Prods Psychological Barometer Keeping Voters in Line May Be Big Factor in November. BY MARK SULLIVAN. OV. LANDON'S decision to speak in Maine before Mon- day's local election was un- expected. It was made by himself, and his announcement in- cluded the following words: “To participate in the first fighting repudiation at the polls of the kind of Government this country has had for the last three years.” These circumstances justify the as- sumption that Landon realizes the importance of Maine’s election as a barometer. Landon did not need to go to Maine for himself — every- body concedes § that he will carry Maine in the presidential elec- tion in November, of the election for Governor, S8enator and other local offi- cials is & recog- nition that the outcome l o{ Maine’'s local election in Sep- Mark Sullivan. tember influences the national elec- tion in November in the country as s whole. It is an endorsement from a high quarter, and in a striking manner, of the theory that in American presi- dential elections there is a psychologi- cal factor. The factor expresses itself as a tendency of some voters to take their positions on the side of the probable winner, as a tendency by voters and workers on one side to throw greater heart into the contest when they hope to win, a tendency by the other side to relax when they think they are going to lose, Factor Gaining, ‘This psychological factor exists in American elections and it tends to have more weight. It is reflected by the widespread interest in “straw polls” that has grown up during some 15 years past. The “straw polls” and the local Maine election in Sep- tember are indexes, but they are in- dexes which not only indicate—but also tend to create that which they indicate. The purpose of Landon and all other Republican campaigners is to roll up the highest possible Repub- lican vote in next Monday's Maine election for the sake of the psycho- logical effect throughout the whole country in November. The purpose of the Democratic campaigners is the same for their side. Will Landon’s visit to Maine be effective? It should be. Its effective- ness depends in part upon the sound theory that the mere fact of & Re- publican presidential candidate com- ing to the State will help to bring the maximum number of Republican voters to the polls the following Monday. But the greater effectiveness of Landon’s visit depends upon how deep it registers with a certain group of Maine voters. In Maine there are voters who think of themselves as Republicans, who earnestly wish who will themselves vote for Lan- don in November—but who, as re- spects this September election for lo- cal offices, contemplate voting for Democratic candidates. It is this class of voter to whom Gov. Landon's visit must mainly appeal. How They Reason. ‘The measure of his success depends upon the number of Maine voters who are led to reason somewhat as follows: “Although I think the Democratic 'HE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are pre- sented in The Star’s effort $o 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. Fall Clothes Are Ready AT THE NEW NEW STORE OF LEWIS & THOS. SALTZ, INC. 1409 G STREET, N. W, The Finest Ready-to-Wear Clothing Made in America $38.50 to $6s. READY ALSO FALL HATS, HABERDASHERY & FRENCH, SHRINER & URNER SHOES LEWIS & TH®S. SALTZ 1409 G STREET N.W. NOT CONNECTED WITH SALTZ BROTHERS INC. of Landon's carrying the country in November. Therefore I shall waive my personal preference-in the local September election and vote Repub- lican then as & help toward making Maine is likely to be pleased with Landon. Personality still counts. In spite of the access to men’s portraits Crowds About Candidates. Wherever Landon and Roosevelt Appear, immense crowds gather. The personality that Maine will see in Gov. Landon is one peculiarly adapted to appeal to that shrewd, sure-footed State. With no more than a slight change of vocal inflection, Landon could walk up the road from Portland to Lewiston and be accepted as na- tive-born. In Maine, more than al- most any other State, there is & pre- vailing creed of views and practices which nearly all share and follow. The point of view of Maine about the conduct of public affairs, and about the individual's conduct of his own affairs, is largely identical with the point of view of Landon, and the things he stands for in this campaign. Without statistics at hand, I should say that Maine is probably the thrift- iest State. About one significant ata- tistic I am certain. Maine has the lowest percentage of farm tenants in the Union, only 4.5 per cent. That s, out of every 100 Maine farmers, more than 95 own the acres that they plow. By comparison with other States, that percentage of farms owned by farmers is very conspicuous. In Landon’s own Kansas, the per- centage of farms owned by those who farm them is anly 676, the per- centage of farms occupied by tenants being 42.4. And I suspect Gov. Lan- don gnows that Kansas will be hap- pier when its percentage of farms owned by the farmers approximates that of Maine. In some of his speeches he has used a significant phrase, “the family-type farm.” (Copyright, 1936.) Saar Mourns Trade Loss. How to make up for the loss of French trade has become a problem in the Saar, which is much less pros- perous under the Hitler regime than when Frence held sway there. France poured in money with the hope of influencing the inhabitants toward a favorable vote at the plebiscite. Now French trade has fallen to less than 6 per cent of its former volume. MATCH | ALLOWED AS MUCH MONEY FOR COAL THIS YEAR AS LAST AND THERE'S STILL MONEY IN THE BANK We, the People Des Moines Meeting Invokes Charge That Landon Surrenders to New Deal’s Practical Realism. BY JAY FRANKLIN. T the iwo presidential candidates should meet at Des Moines to discuss joint administrative action by the local and national author- ities for drought control !n the Prairie States is a good thing. It gave Gov. Landon a chance to meet a President of the United States who, when all is said and done, has achieved a mighty work of national recovery and reform. It gave Roosevelt a chance to gauge the caliber of the “Prairie Statesman.” ‘The meeting passed off pleasantly and the mere fact that it was held should remove still more of the bit~ terness from what began as an ex- ceptionally dirty campaign and is now rising to the level of an tempered political canvass. The Republican candidate brought with him from Topeka the plan for drought control which he rec- ommended to the State of Kansas in 1934. This plan calls for the construction of small ponds and storage dams to restore the water table in the great plains. Superficially, the plan is just as plausible as the presidential “shelter belt” of trees. Both schemes are open to technical objec- tions. Republican obstructionists charged that trees could never be made to grow in the great open spaces where winds are winds and the duststorms are begotten from their gigantic play. 1t is also doubtful that the light soil of much of the plains will hold the water in ponds or that suitable material for dams can be obtained locally. Both schemes are worth trying, however, and are, in fact, already being tried with Pederal relief money. At this point it is quite fair to ask why, if Gov. Landon believed in his particular plan in 1934, he did nothing but advance it as a bright idea. Instead of concentrating on his far-famed budget balancing, he could have called his Legislature together and recommended a program of taxation on incomes and businesses within the State to raise funds for dams and ponds. A joint Pederal-State W. P. A, program operated with matched funds could thus have been started in Kansas to put the Landon plan into effect two years ago. . Instead, he relied on an unconstitutional State law requiring soil con- servation works to be paid for by the individual farmer, under compulsion ©of his county commissioners. If Gov. Landon is sincere in his demands for reduced Federal ex- penditures and revitalived States rights, he has no option but to demand that Kansas foot the bill for drought control within the borders of the sun- Sflower State. Surely he will not argue that it is the duty of the taxpayers in such remote and sovereign States as California, Texas, New York or Florida to pay the cost of building ponds for Kansas farmers. - m'el'holl:i;htbelfletmmbu!n is not the will or the doctrine of . O. P, Before the Des Moines conference, it was rumored that Roosevelt ‘would use the occasion to put Landon on the spot. For that reason, the Re- publicans were unwilling to believe the President’s statement that his ‘Western tour was “non-political.” But Roosevelt is too shrewd a politician and too honorable a man to try to play such a trick on his opponent. Moreover, the drought had already put Landon on the spot, whether he went to Des Moines or returned to the snowballs of Estes Park. And when he took his “Kansas plan” before his Presi- dent and his fellow-Governors he moved right over to the mathe- matical center of the spot at the end of the Republican joy ride. His party’s program is one of tax reduction and States rights in the interest of big business. Roosevelt's program is to spend a million when you can thereby save social and economic assets worth a hundred million, and to let the question of finance and strict constitutionality bow before the practical necessites of the emergency. Gov. Landon's plan for drought control is, therefore, a complete abandonment of the theories of the Republican party and an honorable surrender to the prac- tical realism of the New Deal. ‘Whether they realize it or not Landon and Roosevelt thus re- enacted the old drama of Appomattox at Des Moines, with Landon in the Tole of Gen. Lee, and the big business secession movement which he had headed ending with his magnanimous surrender to the power of the American Nation. Now let there be political peace. (Copyright, 1936.) T sked A—11 Headline Folk and What \ They Do Marinetti’s War Talk Raises Question of His Peace Position. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. R. FELIPPE TOMASSO MA. RINETTT, poet and evangel of Itallan futurism, hag calmed down a bit in late years, but he is still a swing-time philosopher. At Buenos Aires, where the World Pen Clubs apostrophize peace, Dr. Marinetti gets into a row with Jules Romains, the veteran French novelist, which is in itselt quite a disturbance of the peace. M. Romains thinks Dr. Marinetti should take back a lot of war talk befors sitting in peace sessions. Dr. Mari~ netti, a captain in the Ethiopian war and a close friend of Mussolini, won't take back anything, and the result is another of those idealogical dog- fights which are flaring up expen- sively, regardless of cable tolls, here and there and everywhere. Dr. Marinetti, campaigning a few years ago for celluloid hats with han- dles and bumpers, one-piece, lop-sided suits with only one button, and books printed with tin leaves, was regarded in Italy as somewhat of a disturber, but the world has gone so far beyond him, in cultural and political innova- tions that he is beginning to look like one of the European old guard. He is rich, famous, a power in the state, and one of the chiefs of the Italian Academy of Arts. For the last year or two he has been traveling around Europe, fan- ning up “velocity in art.” He is for more and more velocity, higher steam and blood pressure, speed, precision, futuristic villages with mechanical trees and birds, men'’s clothes designed with cones, triangles, spirals and cir- | cles; chemical cookery, the enthrone- | ment of the Italian superman and the devil take the hindmost. ‘When, in 1922, he opened his “sur- prise theater” at Sala Margherita, he prepared for some adverse criticism jsnd was ready to answer it. He ’lwcked the wings with cartloads of the most ancient and malodorous eggs | and vegetables he could find. Then, | when the audience demurred, with a |few random turnips hurled at the stage, the actors laid down a punish- ing barrage, which, in the end, silenced the critics, as the actors had more ammunition. This victory marked a sharp upturn in his career and in his fortunes. 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