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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHING’.“.‘ON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 20, 1936—PART TWO. D-$§ WIDE RANGE OF NEW YORK LABOR BACKING ROOSEVELT NEW PARTY ARISES T0 AIDRE-FLECTION Conservative to Communist Factions Represented in Membership. BY THOMAS COMPERE, Epecial Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, September- 19.—The Rearest thing to a united labor front in the history of this State has been achieved by the formation of the American Labor Party, which is con- ducting & militant campaign for Pres- 1dent Roosevelt and the re-election of Gov. Herbert H. Lehman. The membership of this party is eomposed of every shade of labor, from conservative to Communist, much of it being drawn from Socialist ranks. Leaders of the movement be- lieve their well-organized campaign will throw at least 100,000 votes to President Roosevelt, which he other- wise would not get. The President won New York's 47 electoral votes by a plurality of 596,- 987 in 1932, but it is no secret that this additional help from labor is more than welcome to the Democratic leaders this year. Should the election be close in New York, as most ob- servers now believe it will, the labor party will be a highly important fac- tor in the outcome. It certainly will be a great aid to the Democrats in offsetting defections of conservative Democrats and disgruntled Tammany Zollowers. Practical Leaders at Head. Since the new party is not in the eontrol of visionaries, but experienced and practical labor leaders of the ilk of David Dubinsky, George Meany, Joseph P. Ryan and Sidney Hillman, astute politicians are taking the move- ment seriously. Directing the cam- paign here is Elinore M. Herrick, for- merly regional director of the National Labor Relations Board. Dubinsky is president of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, which has a total member- ship of 225,000, whom approximately 150,000 are in New York. Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers of America, has approxi- mately 160,000 in his organization, of whom nearly 85000 are in New York. Ryan, president of the Cen- tral Trades and Labor Council of Greater New York, is one of the most powerful figures in organized labor here, and Meany is president of the State Federation of Labor. The vote-getting ability of these men, and scores of others of their type work- ing for the same cause, cannot be laughed off. The Labor Party has a ticket of its ewn for & number of offices under that of President and Governor, and its leaders hope to poll a vote of from 276,000 to 350,000. Of this num- ber, they say, approximately 200,000 would vote for the President and Gov. Lehman, anyway. They esti- mate, however, that approximately 100,000 votes, which would be dif- fused smong the left-wing candidates or not cast at all will go this year to President Roosevelt and the Gov- ernor because of the new party's ac- sivities. Sponsored by Social Workers. ‘The Labor Party is being sponsored by numerous outstanding social work- ers, writers and educators. Among them are Lillian D. Wald, noted so- cial worker; Mary van Kleeck, di- rector of industrial studies for the Russell Sage Foundation; Dr. Alvin Johnson, director of the New School for Social Research; Willem van Loon, author; Prof. Walter Gellhorn of the Columbia University Law - Bchool and Dr. Elizabeth F. Baker, economist and sociologist of Barnard College. *" The organization is affiliated with Labor's Non-Partisan League, and its leaders hope that it will prove to be the foundation for a strong na- tic 1 labor party capable of ex- erting & Nation-wide influence in “the 1940 elections. - MONTANA DEMOCRATS’ SESSION HARMONIOUS " National Administration Backed Completely in Platform Drawn at Great Falls. BY L. M. THAYER, Special Correspondent of The Star. HELENA, Mont., September 19.— Both Democrats and Republicans have held their State conventions and the campaign is in full swing. Democrats, gathering in Great Falls Beptember 12, re-elected Grover Cisel of Billings State chairmian and drafted a platform backing the na- tional administration from every viewpoint. On State issues it pledged reduction of property taxes. The six- hour, five-day week also was approved and minimum wage laws advocated. Larger State pensions, with reduction of the age limit, was dnother feature of the platform. Harmony ' was the keynote, the principal . speaker along these lines being Representative Roy Ayers of Lewistown, now the gubernatorial nominee of the party. The chances of Ayers defeating Frank Haselbaker of Dillon, the Re- publican nominee, are brighter than _ they were. RHODE ISLAND G. 0. P. BACKS SISSON, RISK BY JAMES S. HART, Special Correspondent of The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. 1, September 19. Charles P. Sisson, former United States Assistant Attorney General, has gained the indorsement of the Republican State Committee for the nomination for Governor here. Rep- yesentative Charles F. Risk has been Likelihood of Tangled Local Ussues Also Make State Scene of Bitter Fight. . BY JAMES F. KING, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., September 19.—Tangled local issues and the se- rious illness of T, J. Pendergast of Kansas City, which will keep him out of Democratic activities in Missouri for the first time in a quarter of a century is making this State much more & battle ground in this election than was first conceded by political leaders several months ago. Both major parties met here last week to adopt their campaign plat- forms and organize the political com- mittees. The Demoerats retained James P. Aylward of Kansas City as their State chairman, adding that job to the posts of chairman of the Jackson County (Kansas City) Democratic chairman and national committeeman from Missouri. Aylward, with his triple political duties, rivals in this State the activities of James A. Far- ley in New York. Indorse Roosevelt Fully. Avoiding any controversial issue in their platform, the Democrats were content to go before the voters this Fall on a sweeping indorsement of the Roosevelt administration and the Democratic administration of State affairs for the last four years. Other than those two points, the other sec- tions of the platform were mild, back- patting assertions of a few accom- plishments of the party. Grover W. Dalton of Poplar Bluff was re-elected chairman of the Re- publican State Committee despite op- position to him from some original Landon men in Missourl. Dalton had opposed a Landon-instructed delega- tion to the national convention. In contrast to the Democratic plat- form, the Republican campaign doc- | ument was a vigorous pledge of al- legiance to the national G. O. P. | platform and promising various re- forms in State government. Chief among G. O. P. pronounce- ments was a denunciation of vote fraud in Kansas City and St. Louis and a pledge to clean up the situa- Pendergast Illness Increases Missouri Battle T.J. PENDERGAST. tion. The Democratic platform ig- nored completely allegations of vote frauds. Charges of dishonest elections is & particularly important issue this Fall in St. Louis. A few weeks before the primary, August 4, allegations were made that nearly 50,000 fraudulent names appeared on the registration books. Gov. Guy B. Park ordered his- St. Louis Election Board to “purge the books,” but the only action taken ‘was to name challengers to attempt to prevent fraudulent voting. i Following the primary, the Gov- ernor was deluged with demands for dismissal of the St. Louis board. He has taken no action, asserting he is making an investigation and will an- nounce his decision soon. Meantime a St. Louis grand jury has returned 30 indictments in connection with al- leged election fraud. Because of this situation, St. Louis Democratic politicians are fearful a large independent vote in that city may turn against them. In the past St. Louis has been heavily Repub- lican and this year the G. O. P. is making a vigorous drive to return that city to the fold. Intensive campaigning by both par- ties will get under way in about a week. OKLAHOMA REPEAL 1§ ELEGTION 13SUE Democrats and Republicans Perfecting State Organ- izations. BY OTIS SULLIVANT, Special Correspondent of The Star. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 19. —Oklahoma voters likely will main- tain the State’s bone-dry: record in voting upon repeal of State prohibi- tion and liquor control at the general election November 3. Gov. E. W. Marland made definite and certain a general election vote by announcing that he will not call a special election on the initiated meas- ure before the general election. News- ’paper polls in several counties showed sentiment about 4 to 1 against a special election vote, which would have cost about $60,000. Thus far the repeal and liquor con- trol measure has not been injected into the State general election cam- paign, although it was a “hot potato™ in Democratic primary races. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats | are charging it against the opposing | party in the presidential race or the United States Senate race as the campaign progresses. Feared Election Effect. Fear of it becoming involved in the general election race to the detri- ment of President Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket was the principal reason given by the Governor for sounding sentiment about a special election vote. However, Republican fire on the question is checked by the fact that Josh Lee, Democratic nomi- nee for United States Senator, is an avowed dry, both personally and po- litically. Both the Democrats and Repub- licans have been perfecting organiza- ‘tion work. Thus far nothing has oc- curred to change earlier predictions of a Democratic victory. Herbert K. Hyde, Republican nominee for United States Senator, is carrying the brunt of the G. O. P. attack in a heavy speaking schedule. Lee is the spearhead of the ma- jority party campaign. Lee, who won the primary Senate race by his oratory and the appeal of a new face, is devoting more time to personal con- tacts in the campaign. Townsend Link Shown. Democrats counted it a triumph when Hyde was revealed as a member of the Townsend Old Age Pension Plan Club in Oklahoma City. Obviously, Wayne D. Phillips, State area man- ager of the clubs, is trying to throw the vote to Hyde. REPUBLIGANS PLAN OREGONVOTEDRIVE Democrats Neglect State, Rediscovered by Foes in Chicago Talks. BY RALPH WATSON, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. PORTLAND, Oreg., September 19. —Oregon, a forgotten State to a large extent as far as the Republican and Democratic national commands are concerned, has been rediscovered by National Chairman John Hamilton, under whose directions a Statewide | major offensive is to be launched | Monday in an attempt to nail down | the State’s five electrol votes for the Landon-Knox ticket. ‘The latter part of the past week Hamilton suddenly ordered all State headquarters key men to come to Chi- cago for a conference last Monday, those summoned including the chair- man and secretary of the State com- mittee, president of the Orégon Re- publican Club, an auxiliary organiza- tion covering the State; the national committeewoman and the head of the veterans' division of the State committee. The purpose of the conference, as reported here, was to outline plans for an organization and vote-getting drive, to be launched simultaneously in all the 36scounties of the State Monday. Generally speaking, Northwest Coast observers have classed Oregon with its five electoral votes as fairly safe in the Roosevelt column. The Democratic State headquarters has been finding difficulty in securing campaign funds from local sources on the one hand, while being handed a heavy quota for use by the national committee on the other, which ap- parently has taken the position that the State is anchored and in better position to give help than to need it. Representative William Lemke came to Portland a few days ago to address a mass meeting at the public audi- torium in support of his candidacy. He will be on the ballot here as an independent. He spoke to approxi- mately 2,400 people, the bulk of the audience being Townsend plan fol- lowers, not as large a gathering as came to hear Frank Arbuckle, head of the Los Angeles Townsend head- quarters, who spoke here a month ago. Col. Frank Knox came to Oregon Thursday to speak at the State con- vention of the Oregon Republican Club. ‘Hand-Picking’ Party Delegatés Brings Alabama Democrat Rift BY J. F. ROTHERMEL, Special Corespondent of The Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, September 19.—A good many Democrats of Ala- bama are harboring the suspicion that this year will be known in the history of the party in the State as the year litical alignments, but particularly so because of certain State partisan mat- ters. 3 The Democratic party in Alabama has split into two definite camps, affect the State’s vote in November. Alabama Democrats, like all southern Democrats, may fight among them- cedented State course, although never admitted, was thé plea that if the selection were left to voters some Liberty League Democrats might get in and spoil the picture of 100 per cent support from this State for President Roosevelt. ‘This manner of “hand-picking” the LANDONHEADLINER IN IOWA THIS WEEK FAR WEST TREND TOCONSERVATISM Will Deliver AgriculturalWashington Vote Analysis Speech Tuesday in Des Moines. BY C. C. CLIFTON, Special Correspondent of The Star. . DES MOINES, Iowa, September 19. M. Landon’s agricultural ‘Tuesday . Frank O. len Illinois, the most popular figure in farm circles in Iowa, is to make an address for the Landon-Knox ticket in Waterloo, Iowa, the evening of October 6. Roosevelt Return a Question. Whethér President Roosevelt will return to Iowa for an outright cam- paign speech has not been announced definitely, but Democratic headquart- ers still is expecting the President to speak in the State. Both Republican and Democratic national committees - are beginning to send national speakers into the State. Mrs. George B. Simmons, Mis- souri farmer’s wife, who “wowed” the Republican grass roots rally in Spring- field, IN, last year, made three speeches for Landon in Iowa last week. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, former minister to Denmark, is sched. uled by the Democratic National Com- mittee for 15 speeches in Iowa be- tween September 28 and October 6. Representative William, Lemke, Union party presidential candidate, spoke before the Jowa Farmers’ Union State Convention in Des Moines Thursday. He was followed Saturday by Father Charles E. Coughlin, speak- ing under the auspices of the National Union for Social Justice. Ticket Merger Dropped. ‘The Farmer-Labor party, the Union party and the Townsend old age pen- sion supporters definitely dropped all efforts to get together on a merged ticket last week. The Union party managers made overtures to the Far- mer-Labor Central Committee to have the latter tack its State ticket to the Lemke-O'Brien presidential ticket, on one condition. The condition was that the Farmer- Labor party, which has no presiden- | tial ticket, withdraw some of its State | candidates to make places for Union party and Townsend candidates. Farmer-Labor speakers at a confer- ence which ratified refusal of the merger spoke favorably of Lemke. ‘The Farmer-Labor party has no delusions about winning any State offices in this election. But its leaders are jealous of their newly acquired status as a legal party, so jealous that they would not surrender any of it. Farmer-Labor speakers are whacking both Republican and Demo- crats, and drawing from both. But the Lemke candidacy is drawing main- | 1y from the Democrats. Control Dreams by Scent. i Research students of Vienna, Aus- | tria, have discovered that a man can often regulate the subject of his dreams by the sense of smell. One student took a certain perfume with him on a vacation in the country and every day used the scent on his handkerchief. On his return to Vienna he asked his servant to come in and drop some of the perfume on his pillow while he was asleep. “Sure enough,” he says, “I saw the trees and flelds and meadows once again. (Continued From First Page.) took possession of the issue and now various arms of the government, as well as & host of party organizations— even a branch of the Hitler Youth— is spreading and popularizing the idea. Four versions are current as to how the colonies may be repossessed: 1. That they will be handed back as part of the price a rearmed, revitalized Germany demands for keeping the peace. The view of followers who have complete faith in Hitler's ability to sway other nations as he does Ger- many. 2. That Germany might buy col- onies from Portugal, as the United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark: The view of those who are certain none of the big mandate pow- ers—Great Britain, France and Ja- pan—will yield one inch of territory without war. 3. That Germany must follow Italy’s example by going out and making col- onies as, for example, of Liberia: The view of young, impatient, colonial-en- thusiastic followers 4. That when Germany wins the “inevitable” war with France she take enough French ‘colonial soil to recom- pense her losses: The view of those who take Hitler's “Mein Kampf” lit« erally with its insistence on France as the Reich's arch-enemy and who for- get Der Fuehrer’s declaration he has his mind. Urges Taking of Ukraine, A fifth version is broached, that Germany not go overseas at all, but take the Ukraine, a rich source of wheat and minerals, from Russia in the conflict its sponsors believe can- not be avoided. Behind this lies the Nazi theory of affinity of blood amd race and, therefore, the preference of some for European expansion. Brings Shift in Tactics of Roosevelt. BY JAMES DeK. BROWN, Special Correspordent of The Btar. SEATTLE, September 19.—Both Democratic and Republican leaders in the State are still carefully ana- lyzing the results of the recent pri- mary in an effort to determine just what encouragement can be drawn for the coming presidential campaign. It i generally conceded by both sides that the primary, the first time the new blanket ballot was used, shows a hreakdown of partisan ranks all along the line, with virtually one- third of the vote in the State inde- pendent and likely to go in any direc- tion. GoV. Clarence D. Martin, Demo- cratic conservative, defeated his clos- est opponent, John C. Stevenson, left wing leader, and holding the indorse- ment of the Commonwealth Federa- tion, the so-called E. P, I. C. group, by approximately 40000 votes. It is roughly estimated that this is ap- proximately the number of Republi- can votes the Governor was tendered in the fight to prevent the nomination of a Sinclairism follower as chief ‘ex- ecutive. Hartley Vote Small. On the other hand, former Gov. Roland H. Hartléy, conservative Re- publican, drew a small vote, compara- tively speaking, but large enough to completely swamp candidates filed as Republicans, who made appeals to the ultra-progressive and left-wing fol- lowers. In both parties conservative candidates were nominated. One peculiar phase of the vote is the fact that in the “home districts,” that is, in campaigns for county com- missioners and close legislative con- tests, wherever there was no contest for the nomination on either side, the Republicans drew the largest vofe, but where there was a contest on the Democratic side between a right and left wing Democrat, the right-wing candidate was nominated by a vote which indigated a heavy influx of con- servative Republican voters into the Democratic primaries. This was marked in all of the counties of the State. The voters are turning rapidly back toward conserva- tism, and, incidentally, have caused a rather sharp shift in campaign tac- tics of the Roosevelt leaders in the State. Although it has been generally conceded that President Roosevelt would be given the undivided support of both left and right wing Demo- crats, was strong with organized labor and the railroad brotherhoods and should hold the agrarian vote, there is a change in sentiment. Unrest Due to Racketeering. One reason for this is apparently due largely to the unrest in labor ranks and among agrarians over labor racketeering in the larger urban cen- ters and the resultant suspension the largest morning paper in the field. There has been a strong reaction against labor, and this, in turn, has tended to increase a growing dissatis- faction with the national administra- tion’s representatives sent here to try and settle the trouble. It is not helping the Roosevelt move- ment and is causing a trend toward the Lemke third party. Candidate Lemke is assured a rousing reception through Eastern Washington, and, although he will not draw more than a hatful of votes, it is more than likely that this vote will spell the difference between defeat and victory for the Democrats in the national campaign. Germany’s Demands for Colonies Will Be Resisted by Other Nations There have been indications, also, Germany would like to regain Memel, former German territory, which is now part of Lithuania. German territorial ambitions have evoked an outcry of militant objec- tion from the mandate powers. French officials have declared France will refuse flatly to restore to Germany any of its pre-war colonies. Fray %¢ has spent hundreds of mil- lions of francs improving Togo and the Cameroons, taken from Germany under & mandate after the war, and has no intention, they say, “of giv- ing them up to Adolf Hitler under any pretext.” “The only way the Reichsfuehrer can get his colonies back,” one spokes- man said, “Is to come and take them by force. He'll find it harder than remilitarizing the Rhineland.” Japan Ready to Fight. Hachiro Arita, Japanese foreign minister, said in May if Germany’s campaign to recover her lost colonies ever extends to the mid-Pacific islands Japan holds in mandate, it will meet unshakeable resistance. “Japan’s right to those islands,” he declared, “is a settled fact. The Japanese government is determined never to relinquish them, regardless of where the question may be raised.” Authoritative sources in Britain have insisted any effort to wrest British or British-dominated mandates would meet unyielding resistance, and Parlia- ment has gone on record in oppo- sition to a return of any former German colonies to the Reich. ‘The Union of South Africa, which holds the German Southwest Africa mandate, wants eventually ta incor- porate the territory in its own do- main. What Germany Lost in War By the Associated Press. , Germany lost all her overseas possessions in Africa, the Far East and the Pacific Ocean to allied forces during the World War. These colonies, with an estimated population of 13,258,000 and an area about sir times the size of Germany itself, were mandated to other nations by the League of Nations ajter peace was made at Versailles in The colonies and their administrators are: 1918. Area. 370,000 sq miles. 322,400 305,000 34,439 560 200 158 L] 93,000 4,300 -Their total area is 1,137,095 square miles. New Guinea (Pacific). German Samoa (Pacific). Mandatory power. Belgium and Britain. Union of South Africa. France and Pritain. France and Britain. Japan, Japan. Japan. Britain, Australig. .- . New Zesland. Lemke Ballot Struggle Splits Farmer-Laborites in Michigan Union Party Barred, Followers Call Two Rump Conventions in Effort to Get Electors Before Voters. BY H. C. GARRISON, Special Correspondent of The Star. tive William Lemke will be able to get on the Michigan ballot still remains unanswered, although the State Farm- er-Labor Convention, which was to have decided it, has come and gone. _ The Union party, as such, is barred from the ballot because it was formed too late to conform with Michigan ‘The strategy of Lemke and Father Charles E. Coughlin, therefore, has been to persuade some party with a place on the ballot to permit the Lemke electors in its column. Dicker- ing produced no results, and the Coughlin-Lemke forces decided to make a play for the Farmer-Labor indorsement. At a Farm Union meeting in Grand- ville a resolution was adopted indors- ing Lemke as the Farmer-Labor can- didate for President. At the Wayne County Farmer-Labor Convention, in Detroit, a resolution was adopted expressing the policy that the party should indorse no candidate for President. Stage Set for Struggle. The stage at the State convention at Owosso, therefore, was set for a bitter struggle between the farmer and labor ends of the party over the Lemke indorsement. ‘The Lemke group formulated plans for packing the Farmer-Labor Con- vention with their cohorts. They worked through the Farm Union units, which had a right at the convention, and through the N. U. S. J. and Townsend plan units, which never before had evidenced the slightest interest in the party, and whose right of presence at the convention, there- fore, was open to considerable question. The convention opened with the ‘Wayne County labor group, backed by a scattering of Communists, in con- trol. The N. U. 8. J. and Townsend delegates were refused credentials. After a long wrangle, these elements, together with the Farm Union dele- gates, walked out and started their own convention in another building. CHAIN STORE LEVY CALIFORNIA SSUE Tax on Large Incomes Also Will Be Decided in November Vote. BY BART SHERIDAN, 8pecial Correspondent of The Star. LOS ANGELES, September 19.— To tax or not to tax chain stores and earners of large incomes must be decided by California voters at the November elections. With no further indices registered as to how greatly Gov. Landon has narrowed the lead of President Roose- velt in the presidential race, voters have begun to analyze some of the 23 propositions which will face them on the lengthy ballot this Fall. Most discussed of the propositions, now that the sales tax repeal measure has been ruled off the ballot, is the referendum measure to discard the chain store tax. This tax, passed by the 1935 Legislature, is progressive, according to the number of stores under one ownership, up to $500 per year for each store when 10 or more are 50 owned. The law exempts fill- ing-station chains and theater chains, and is aimed principally at large-scale grocery and drug store operators. The tax on personal incomes, voted by the Legislature without s popular referendum vote, comes up as an initi- ative repeal measure. DEMOCRATS SHIFT T0G. 0. P. IS DENIED Arkansas Leaders Deny Claims by Osro Cobb of Support by Anti- Bailey Faction. BY: THOMAS J. BRANSFORD, Special Correspondent of The Star. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 19.—Claims by Osro Cobb, Repub- lican nominee for Governor of Arkansas, that Democrats are flock- ing to the Republican standard, are denied by Democratic leaders. Cobb said all Democrats who veted against Carl E. Bailey, Democratic nominee for Governor, are realizing “that by their vote they disfranchised themselves from their party, as evi- denced by appointment of Bailey Dem- ocrats almost exclusively to arrange the State Democratic convention.” He said that such Democrats “are on the outside, cut off cold, and they are joining the Republican cam- Two candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governoy in the recent primary, Tom J. Terral, former Gov- ernor, and Secretary of State Ed F. McDonald, denied they had swung to the Republican party. Bailey has been 50 besieged by office- seekers that he has had to establish a bureau to receive applications, which will be made available to various department heads. Births Reported. Here the N. U. 8. J. delegates point- the convention’s activities as individ- uals. “Swell,” said the rump conven- tion officials, “and we will be glad to have you boys with us as soon as you each kick in $3 for your dues as mem- bers of the Farmer-Labor party.” At the mention of this distasteful sub- Ject the N. U. 8. J. people walked out of the rump convention and started a second rump convention of their own in the corridor. This was called in the name of an obscure political or- ganization called the Third party, which has a place on the Michigan ballot, although no one ever heard of it before. The State N. U. 8. J. manager claimed to be the State chairman of this party. The upshot 8f it all was that the original Farmer-Labor convention, controlled by the labor delegates, went on record as opposing party support for any presidential candidate. The rump convention controlled by the farmer group voted to include the Lemke electors in its ticket. The N. U. 8. J. group voted to put Lemke electors on the third party ballot. Party Faces Court Fight. ‘The party faces a long court wran- gle to determine which was the of- ficial Farmer-Labor convention. If the Lemke supporters lose that fight, they have the opportunity of getting their electors on the ballot through the third party, if they can prove the convention was a legal one. From all indications, the statutory provision for a 20-day notice of a convention was not complied with. Lemke also has a third chance. One of the spectators at the convention was Robert R. Pointer of West Branch, who once was nominated for President the People’s Progressive party at a ‘“national convention” in was in 1924. Pointer revived his party in 1934 at a “State convention” in a Saginaw park attended by 30 people. He said after the Farmer-Labor meet- ing that he would put the Lemke elec- | tors on his ticket if no one else would. WEST VIRGINIANS 10 SEE HAMILTON Party Chairman Will Visit State Thursday for Three Addresses. BY ROBERT H. HORNER, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 19.—West Virginians will get their first glimpse of John Hamilton, Re- publican national chairman, when he visits the State Thursday for three meetings at widely separated points. He will visit Charleston in the morning to meet with County Com- mittee members, candidates and lead- ers assembled from all over the State to discuss organization. Early in the afternoon he will visit Point Pleasant, 60 miles west of the State capital at the Ohio border, for an address. From there he will go to Wheeling, in the extreme northern end of the State, to speak at night. Republicans count upon the visit of the national cl for new strength in their organizing efforts and in the campaign they have launched. At the first of the week considerable attention was attracted by statements issued by Judge Summers H. Sharp, Republican nominee for Governor, charging that State Democratic administration representatives had sought to cover up primary election fraud charges by offering a job to D. Earl Brawley, a Kanawha County con- testant. Both Attorney General Homer A. Holt, Democratic candidate for Governor, and Gov. H. G. Kump chal- lenged Judge Sharp to name his in- formant and the Republican nominee replied that Brawley, the contestant, could give them all the facts. Hearing of the Brawley case, which has attracted State-wide notice be- cause of the charges of bribery, fraud and ballot box stuffing involving some of the major candidacies, actually began in the Kanawha County Court— the three commissioners being Demo- crats—early in the week under & Su- preme Court mandate. Republicans have delivered several attacks upon Gov. Kump's adminis- tration, the latest being the charge that he allowed exorbitant fees to at- torneys for closed banks in receiver- ship, To this the Governor replied that liquidation of such banks is an expenslve process, but he declared the damage had been done in previous Republican administration. For the present, most of the ob- servers here are placing West Virginia in the doubtful column, although many profess to see Democratic ad- vantages in their powerful organiza- tion. Gov. Kump is reputed to be strong among the business interests of the State, while President Roosevelt is strong with labor, and it is said the two combined will materially help the Democratic ticket. GOV. H. H. BLOOD LAGS IN UTAH CAMPAIGNING BY FRANK P. STEWART, Special Correspondent of The Star. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Septem- ber 19.—Democrats seem to have most of the breaks in the campaign in Utah, with the single exception of Gov. Henry H. Blood, candidate for re-election. His party leaders claim he, too, will be elected by a safe mar- gin, but indications do not bear this out. The administration succeeded in nominating a State ticket all right, Omaha attended by 27 persons. This| FOES'RIFT CHEERS G.0.P.INCOLORADO Sweet Refuses to Support Johnson, Democratic Primary Victor. BY J. J. MULLEN, Special Correspondent of The Star. DENVER, September 19.—Colorado Republicans were virtually exuding enthusiasm this week as & result of continued dissension in the ranks of the Democrats. Following the spirited primary campaign in which Gov. Ed. C. Johnson overwhelmingly defeated for- mer Gov. Willlam E. Sweet for the Democratic nomination for United State Senator, efforts to secure in- dorsement of Johnson by Sweet failed. The latter, representing the so-called liberal element in the party, had based his campaign largely on the claim that he was the pioneer “New Dealer” of Colorado. He charged Johnson with failure to fully support the Roosevelt policies. Johne son, of course, denied this, maintaine ing he had given wholehearted sup= port to administration programs. Vincent Re-enters Race. Following the primary, Merle D. Vincent, another “liberal” who had withdrawn from the primary race for the senatorship at the instigation of a group of leaders, again entered the senatorial race against Johnson. Vincent became eligible to petition his way onto the November ballot when he withdrew from the primary race. He threw his support to Sweet, but the latter was badly beaten by Johnson. Vincent was formerly administra« tor of the textile division of the N.R. A. The Progressive League is expected to set up a State headquarters in behalf of Vincent's candidacy. Ray L. Sauter, attorney, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, launched his campaign with a huge rally in Sterling. Sauter severely denounced the waste in ree lief expenditures. He attacked the Roosevelt administration policy on agriculture, particularly as it affects sugar beet, Colorado’s great “cash” crop. Landon Club Organized. The Landon - for - President Club completed organization during the week, with headquarters established in Denver. The organization will work entirely for the election of Landon, with the State Central Com= mittee confining its activities largely to the success of the State ticket. Probably the largest rally in the history of the mountain region will be staged in the Denver Stockyards Stadium on the night of September 24, when Col. Frank Knox, Repube lican vice presidential candidate, will speak. Impartial political observers cone tinue to claim that Colorado remains in the Landon column so far as the electoral vote is concerned, although they predict that the senatorial and gubernatorial races will be extremely close, - POLLS IN SOUTH DAKOTA CHEERING REPUBLICANS Uncertainty of Relief Vote Bars Definite View of State’s Move in November. BY ALFRED BURKHOLDER, Special Correspondent of The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., September 19.—Republican leaders in South Dae kota are cheered by the result of re= cent polls taken in South Dakota and by State weekly and daily newspapers which show a strong trend toward Gov. Landon and the remainder of the Republican ticket. Some of the Democratic newspapers are conduct- ing counter polls showing Roosevelt leading Landon. Those in touch with the Republican State campaign say South Dakota in November would return to the Repub= lican column by 50,000 or 60,000 were it not for uncertainty of the relief vote. This year’s drought has re= sulted in thousands of South Dakota voters, both men and women, again being placed on the relief rolls, and among them are many Republicans. The battle for the relief vote is bee coming bitter. Non-partisans take the view that the Democrats will lose much of the relief vote in South Dakota, as those on relief are said to realize they must later pay in increased taxes their share of the huge debt the Roosevels administration is piling up. CONNECTICUT CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICANS BEGUN Democrats Slow in Organizing. Socialists Lose Influence in Sharp Break. BY ROBERT D. BYRNES. Special Correspondent of The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., September 19. —Republicans have got away to an unusually fast start with their cam= paign organization and are operating with & full staff 10 days after their State convention. Democrats have been slower in completing their head« quarters organization, and Socialists have apparently lost much of their effectiveness as an important minor party by & wide open break between right and left wings. Mayor Jasper McLevy of Bridge- port is the right wing candidate for Governor and Devere Allen of Wilton, candidate for United States Senator in 1932 and 1934, heads the other slate. Republicans have nominated Walter E. Batterson, a former Mayor of Hart« ford, as Y-hets candidate for Congress in the first “district. Representative Herman P. Kopplemann will be une opposed for the Democratic nomina= tion here. > Deaths Reported. : Michael F. Walsh, 85, 2 t. n.e. Hntz‘:‘nnk Taylor, 73, 'fll 'Mrm Caple Cecelia E. Patterson, 73. 1708 D Vs % Gt b 3t »E?‘.l H. 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