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BAY STATE FIGHT ROOSEVELT PER! Old Lines Reforming—Smith| May Speak Against Curley and New Deal. BY JAY G. HAYDEN. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September 18 (N.AN.A). =Not the least of the counts which are weighing against President Roosevelt in Massachusetts and neighboring Btates of New England is the part that he played in bringing James Michael Curley to the governorship of this| Btate. Curley, in 1931, appeared to be def- | initely on the down grade politically. | In the previous Autumn he had been | soundly licked for the Democratic nom- ination for Governor by Joseph B. Ely. The latter had been elected and, in league with the veteran Senator David | I. Walsh, was administering the party ‘with the sole idea of putting Curley out and keeping him out as soon as the mayoral term he was then serving was ended. More than that, the State Pinance Commission, created by the rural leg- islators with the special purpose of keeping Boston mayors in order, was conducting an investigation of the of- fice of Edmund L. Dolan, Curley's closest personal friend and business associate, whom he had appointed as city treasurer. | Just at that time, as it so happened, Franklin D. Roosevelt was beginning his quest of presidential delegates and Massachusetts was one of the States in which he was making scant head- way. This State had passionately sup- ported Alfred E. Smith for President in 1928. Ely and Walsh had been saying | that Smith must be nominated again in | 1932 and, as it appeared, all other democrats in Massachusetts felt the same way about it. Meeting on Train. Curley was returning to Boston after landing form a European trip at | New York, when he heard Rooseveit | was on the same train. He introduced | himself and the two had a long talk. | Just what was said between them never was revealed, but, following the | conversation, Roosevelt, who was on | his way to meet a group of Democrats &t the home of Col. Edward M. House, | at Magnolia, Mass., managed to have | Curley included in the parley. ‘When the meeting was over and the Landon Letters EX-SENATOR REED AND GOV. ELY THANKED FOR MAINE HELP. By the Assoclated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, September 18.— The texts of letters written today by Gov. Alf M. Landon to former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri and forimner Gov. Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts, concerning the campaign activities | preceeding the Maine election, follow: “Dear Senator Reed: “Millions of American citizens are grateful for the help you gave in the Maine campaign preceeding this week’s eleftions, and I wish to join with them in expressing appreciation. “Not only were your speeches help- ful, but more important, perhaps, was the personal participation of a man of your national reputation. “To me, the entire Campaign and the results in Maine are evidence of the character of the national cam- paign this year. If we are to enjoy once more just and efficient repre- sentative government the American people as a whole must place the | country’s welfare above partisan in- terests. The people of Maine, ap- parently understanding the importance of the referendum, have done so. »‘Sincerely, ALF M. LANDON.” “Dear Gov. El “The expressions of many Maine pecple whom I met during my visit in that State last week strengthened my own realization of your great help in the campaign there, and the results Monday confirmed their observations. May I express to you my deep appre- ciation of the part you played. “Our campaign this year has an objective that goes far beyond party lines. The pariicipation of a man of such distinction as yourself has served to emphasize that point in a way that will be as effective in other States as it has proved itself in Maine. Again may I thank you. "Sln(‘erely. ALF M. LANDON the election, Curley was ace high. He made it his first business to crowd Ely and Walsh completely out of the campaign picture in Massachusetts, and subsequently he toured the coun- try preaching the glories of Roose- velt. He raised $150,000 for the Roosevelt campaign fund. Before Roosevelt was inaugurated, urley had completed his term as Mayor. It is said that he wanted 0 be Secretary of the Navy, but instead |of thus inviting him into the inne:r circle in Washington, Roosevelt pro- posed to ship him off as Ambassador | to Poland. This post was refused. Curley was disappointed, but he had THE EVENING deavored to provide these jobs by at- taching all applicants either to the Federal or State pay rolls, He has pyramided the list of public officiais in Massachusetts far beyond even the high level which has been established by the administration at Washington for the Nation at large. In consequence State expenditures, derived both from current tax levies and bond issues to be paid in future, have mounted by leaps and bounds. Massachusetts has hai not one New Deal, but two New Deals to contend with, Troubles Piling Up. And latterly, events have been gang- ing up on Gov. Curley. A few days ago a court decree was issued finally confirming the charges of misuse of STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936. funds which were made against City Treasurer Dolan in 1931, Within the last month, also, an overpass, leading out of Boston to the main automobile route to the southward, construction of which had been one ‘of the major works of the Curley highway depart- ment, collapsed. Other morsels tend- ing to discredit the Curley adminis- tration have been turning up almost daily. One act tending to connect Roose- velt and Curley in the Massachusetts public mind was the removal of Wil- liam E. Hurley as postmaster at. Bos- ton and the substitution of Peter B. Tague, former Representative and one of Curley's chief lieutenants. Hurley, never identified with parti- san politics, served for many years as assistant postmaster and made such an enviable record that President Hoover promoted him to the postmastership. There was & great outcry when Presi- dent Roosevelt turned this appoint- ment back toa political spollsman. Senators Walsh and Coolidge, among others, bitterly protested and they have been successful in ' blocking Tague’s corfirmation by the Senate up to the present time. ‘Taking advantage of this situation, the Republicans have nominated Hur- ley as their candidate for State treas; urer, although he never before had been known as a Republican, and the general opinion here is that he will lead all other candidates for State of- fice when the votes are counted next“ November. There have been evidences re- cently that President Roosevelt was endeavoring to disassociate himself from Curley. Some .of Curley's close friends at least believe this is s0 and there are rumors that they are plan- ning to trade off Roosevelt, in the coming election, wherever this can be done to Curley's advshtage. New Deal Interpretation. One thing fairly certain is that the New Deal, in the eyes of the Massa- chusetts voters in the next few weeks, is going to be what Curley, rather than Roosevelt, interprets it to be. Curley’s new deal, for example, in- cludes old age pensions for all persons over 50 years old and a mandatory 40-hour work week. He is promising these in the event he is sent to the Senate. Nearly 150,000 Democrats voted against Curley for the senatorial nom- ination and the great pulk of these undoubtedly are conservatives of the sort that fought in the past for Gov. Ely and Alfred E. Smith. Smith, it is reported, is coming into Massa- chusetts to speak against both Roose- velt and Curley. The huge vote cast | in the primary indicated that Repub- licans here are aroused as they have not been before in a generation. A new political alignment is taking shape and, unless all visible signs fail, it will produce In the next six | weeks the most sanguinary political conflict this State ever has known. 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This and Senator Walsh, confined them-|yaq the period when Roosevelt was selves to pleasant trivialities, but |riding highest and Curley stuck Curley launched into a speech. ‘dozgedly in his wake. Gov. Ely, an old- “Franklin D. Roosevelt is the hope | schoo) conservative, was unsympathetic of the Nation,” he said and proceeded yith the New Deal agencies whicn to hail Roosevelt as the next Presi- | gimost daily were popping out of dent of the United States. | Washington, a circumstance which From that time on the Roosevelt- i made Curley's lot easier. He managed Curley union was very much in evi- | to dictate most of the Federal appoint- dence in Massachusetts. James 'ments in Massachusetts and he con- Roosevelt, son of Franklin, then living | tinued to shout loudly for Roosevelt. at Cambridge, was the mayor's con- | He was still riding the Roosevelt wave stant companion, and the two insti- when he beat Gen. Charles H. 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