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COUGHLIN’S SPEECH INCREASES DOUBT 1 ¢ SIWINGS BIG CROWD " T0 SUPPORT LEMKE State Had Been Considered | by Some Already for Roosevelt. BY JERRY VESSELS, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. ST. PAUL, Minn., September 26.— The task of trying to second guess on what Minnesota will do in November has become increasingly difficult, for the time being at least, all because of this week’s one-day local stand of the flery Father Coughlin. Some veteran observers were just about ready to wrap up the State and hand it over to the Roosevelt man- agers when the Royal Oak spellbinder stirred up a fresh and more perplex- ing problem for the experts. In a scene without precedent in Minnesota, Father Coughlin whipped his State fair ground audience of 50,- 000 into a dramatic frenzy. The strange event was climaxed with the great throng standing and pledging support to William Lemke, Union party presidential candidate, and promising, in the words of the Michi- ®an priest, “to destroy the sham bat= tle in Washington.” Simultaneously, the vast audience, by request of Father Coughlin, pledged {tself to support Representative Ernest Lundeen, Farmer-Labor candidate gor United States Senate. New Slant to Alliance. Thus, besides the apparent impetus to the Lemke vote-splitting movement ‘was given a new and potent slant to the fondly-developed alliance of State Roosevelt leaders and Farmer- Labor chieftains. Lundeen, a staunch supporter of the Frazier - Lemke program, has not talked much about presidential pref- erences, but some time ago was quoted as saying that “Bill Lemke is good enough for me.” This was strange language, as some Viewed it, coming from the man picked to take the place on the Farm- er-Labor ticket and on the party board of strategy of the late Gov. Floyd B. Olson, who was credited with having driven home the bargain dn 1932 that put Minnesota in the Roosevelt column and strengthened Farmer-Labor control of State govern- ment. So there was Father Coughlin in one breath lambasting the New Deal end in the next pleading for support of Lundeen, one of the key third-party men counted on by the Roosevelt high command to make Minnesota New Deal conscious. The sensational development sent the Farmer-Labor managers into a hasty huddle. The best they could do was to put into circulation for pub- lication 12 hours in advance of de- | livery a section of the keynote speech | of United States Senator Elmer Ben- son, Farmer-Labor gubernatorial can- didate. This section, which had been given hewspapers and press associations two | days previously, quoted Senatdr Ben- | son as strongly urging re-election of | President Roosevelt with a stern warning that “protest votes” for | Lemke merely would serve to play | “into the hands of the Wall Street | gang.” i Quotes Olson Telegram. “We cannot escape commitment of | the presidential situation and remain true to the principles which we pro- fess,” said the Benson excerpt. “Gov: | Olson dictated a telegram from his | sick bed at Rochester to Senator | Robert M. La Follette just a few days before he died. Our Governor said: *“‘In this campaign we must choose between President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon. Progressives and fiberals cannot afford to divide their votes and | thereby place in the presidency a re- actionary Republican. For the liberals to split their votes is merely playing into the hands of the Wall Street gang.’ “In this pledge of our late Governor, I am in hearty accord. “It is not that I subscribe to every- thing that President Roosevelt has done or approve all policies which his administration has promulgated. * * * | I am admirer of Representative Lemke * and Father Coughlin has done a great public service in arous- ing the public to the abuses of our | monetary system. “This is not an issue between Roose- velt and Lemke, but between Roose- velt and Landon. * * * I have heard presumed liberals say: ‘I don't ‘care if Landon is elected’ I am not that kind of a liberal. I do care. I pro- Ppose to do everything within my power to help bring about his defeat. This is not a year for protest votes.” Curtis Makes Keynote Speech. Just a few days before Benson sought to offset the effect of the Coughlin plea, the Democratic guber- natorial candidate, Fred Curtis, made his keynote speech. He worked him- &elf into a great frenzy in referring to reports of the Democratic-Farmer La- bor alliance. Meanwhile, Patrick Delaney, the Democratic senatorial candidate, has been trying to compel his opponent, Lundeen, to make his stand on the presidency more emphatic. In a re- cent campaign speech, Delaney, reiter- ated his demand that Lundeen declare himself, adding: “It is obvious that he is attempting to carry Democratic favor on one side and the National Union favor on the other.” The entire mess is providing consid- erable encouragement to the Repub- lcans, striving to regain control of the Governor’s office and send Represent- ative Theodore Christianson to the United States Senate. Landon man- agers naturally feel that the Coughlin- Lemke-Lundeen tie-up will react very favorably to their cause. Permanent Relief Seen. DENVER, September 26 (#).—Harry 1. Hopkins, Federal relief adminis- trator, predicted yesterday aid for the unemployed, to be financed “from an- nual revenues of the Government.” The administrator said the number of unemployed was decreasing steadily through absorption of the jobless in private industry. The United States, however, will always have some unem- ployed, he said, adding that he thought it was the duty of the country to care for these. o Blood Giving Is Hobby. Blood-giving is the hobby of M. C. Bhibley, Tulsa, Okla., city engineer. < T At Grips in New York This Week DEMOCRATS FEAR MARITIME DISPUTE to Oct. 1 and End of 1934 Agreement. BY RALPH WATSON, Special Corresponcent of The Star. PORTLAND, Oreg., September 26.— Democratic campaign managers in Oregon have anxious eyes fixed on October 1 and the threatening fog of along the Pacific Coast line, for if a tie-up of Coast shipping should result, as now seems probable, it might swing Oregon from Roosevelt to Landon No- vember 3. Two years ago the Pacific Coast ports, Portland among them, were shut for a long period by the longshore- men’s strike, the adverse effects of State. That section of Oregon east of the Cascade Mountains produces a vast quantity of wheat, millions of pounds of wool, and contains the Hood acres of apple orchards. When the produce through the Portland harbor, contracted to go coastwise and across the sea. ‘The Eastern Oregon section nor- {mally is heavily Republican, though it went to Roosevelt in 1932 and still is considered to be his now, though perhaps not by as wide a margin. Observers consider it, generally, as holding the balance of power on elec- tion day. But, whether rightly or wrongly, the thought is growing that much of labor’s present militancy is traceable to the Roosevelt adminis- tration. California and Seattle mari- time unions have just voted by large majorities against arbitration, and the Portland unions are balloting on the same issue. * Growers and shippers insist that the administration could force arbi- tration and keep the ship lanes open. Ships now operate under an agree- ment which ends this month, and the operators say they will tie them to the docks should a strike be called. Pro- ducers view the possibility with bitter- ness and political leaders, on both sides, can see in the situation a lever that might well pry the State out of the Roosevelt and into the Landon camp. The first of the past week saw the Republican headquarters start a Statewide movement to recruit “Lan- don volunteers” in every county. County organizers started to sign up workers, each pledged to secure other pledged workers from precinct to pre- cinct. —_— CONNECTICUT CONGRESS SLATES NEARLY READY bnly Republican Nominee in Third District Remains to Be Named. BY ROBERT D. BYRNES. Special Correspondent of The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., September 26. —Congressional slates in Connecticut are now nearly complete, and only the Republican nominee in the third district is uncertain. Representative Herman P. Kopple- mann has been renominated by the Democrats in the first, with Walter E. Batterson as his opponent. In the second, Representative William L. Hig- gins will be renamed. October 3 by Republicans and William J. Fitzgerald | of Norwich has won the Democratic nomination in a three-cornered race. Representative James A. Shanley is scheduled to be renominated by the Democrats in the third. Representative Schuyler. Merritt will be the Republican nominee in the fourth and faces Mayor Alfred N. Phillips, jr., of Stamford. Repre- sentative J. Joseph Smith has been renominated by the Democrats in the fifth and J. Warren Upson of Water- bury won the Republican nomination. Representative-at-large Willlam M. Citron has been renominated by the Democrats and the Republicans, have In the last 15 years he has donated 25 pints for transfusions—without ac- cepting a cent in return. - named former Secretary of State Prancis A. Pallotti of Hartford as his opponent. ™ J PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, ) Oregon Party Leaders Look| maritime labor discord now hanging | which extended into every part of the | River Valley with its thousands of | strike of 1934 came it stopped the movement of a major portion of that | Roosevelt and Smith to Open Drives in New AL SMITH. L York This Week | President to Start Campaigning at Syracuse Tuesday Before Demo- cratic State BY THOMAS COMPERE, Special Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, September 26.—This State will be the scene of political activities of the first magnitude next week. President Roosevelt will open his active campaigning for re-election with a speech before the Democratic State convention in Syracuse Tuesday, the Republican’s will select their can- didates for the governorship and lesser offices in Albany Monday and Tuesday, and Alfred E. Smith, Demo- cratic presidential candidate in 1928, will begin a series of anti-Roosevelt speeches in this city Thursday night. The address by President Roosevelt will come after the Democratic con- vention nominates Gov. Herbert H. Lehman for re-election. It is believed by Democratic leaders that the ad- dress by the President will give impetus to the drive in this State that will| be continued with vigor until elec-| tion day. The convention opens Mon- day and no contests are anticipated for any offices from Governor down. Reaction to Be Watched. ‘The reaction to former Gov. Smith's speech against President Roosevelt and his policies will be watched carefully by leaders of both major parties. The influence that Mr. Smith will exert against the President remains an un- known quantity. His popularity with the mass of voters in this city un- questionably has declined sharply dur- ing the last four years, but Repub- lican leaders are convinced he will be of great aid to them in New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Democratic leaders have been in- clined, publicly at least, to discount his influence nearly 100 per cent. | They take the stand that Mr. Smith openly went over to the side of big business in his Liberty League speech, and that those who would follow him already have lined up with the Re- publicans. They also assert that Mr. Convention. Smith lost caste with voters in all classes by the ill grace with which | he took his defeat for the presidential | nomination in 1932. | While the Democratic convention | will be a cut-and-dried affair, with the exception of the President's ad- | dress, the Republican meeting in Al- bany unquestionably will be enliv- ened by a hard and bitter fight over | the gubernatorial nomination. A deadlock between Justice William F. Bleakley of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, and State Sen- ator George R. Fearon of Onondaga County appears inevitable, at least in the early stages of the balloting. A canvass of State Republican leaders this week showed Justice Bleakley to be in the lead with approximately | | 575 delegates and Senator Fearon | with slightly less than 500. A total of 615 votes is required to nominate, ‘Supported Upstate. Senator Fearon has the support of | most of the rural Upstate counties, | while Justice Bleakley is strongest in ‘Westchester, Brooklyn, the Bronx and | some Upstate industrial counties. I is considered possible a deadlock be- tween Justice Bleakley and Senator Pearon would result in the nomina- tion going either to George U. Har- vey, borough president of Queens, or Justice O. Bryon Brewster of the Su- preme Court, Essex County. Regardless of who gets the nomi- nation, however, it is believed gen- erally here the Republicans have in- jured their chances of winning the governorship by their failure to agree earlier in the campaign on their can- didate and build him up to guberna- torial stature in the eyes of the voters. With Gov. Lehman as their standard bearer, the Democrats will be off to a flying start immediately after their convention closes, while the Republicans will have to start almost from scratch. DEMOCRAT HANDICAP 'SEEN IN NEW MEXICO Tingley Faces Party Division. Former 0ld Guard G. 0. P. Support Is Lost. BY A. N. MORGAN, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. SANTA FE, N. Mex., September 26. —Republican candidates have had the fleld to themselves in New Mexico for three weeks or more, having already covered a large part of the State, 3 but ths: Demo. crats, it has just been announced at their State headquarters, will get away October 1, beginning their speaking tour on that date. The Democrats’ delay in starting their campaign has been the subject of much speculatioa among political G°™ Cl7de Tinsler. observers and they are waiting with interest revelation of the Jefferso- nians’ strategy. Non-partisan opinion generally is that the Democrats are starting un- der a handicap, especially Senator Dennis Chavez and Gov. Clyde Ting- ley. It is pointed out that two years ago Tingley had the full strength of the Democratic " party behind him plus the Old Guard_ Republicans, and was able to win out by only 6,000. This year it is well known that there is widespread discord in the Demo- cratic ranks, with open splits threat- ened in at least five counties and most of the Old Guard have returned to the Republican fold. .In one Dem- ocratic county, Eddy, dissatisfied Democrats have already fused with | Republicans, getting’ part of the county ticket. Other fusions are be- discussed. MONTANA SENATE RACE COMPLICATED Monaghan Files as Independent. Democratic Split Gives Re- publicans Chance. BY L. M. THAYER, Special Correspondent of The Star. HELENA, Mont., September 26.— Conferences here of both old parties, at which State leaders and candidates were present, made final arrangements for the home stretch of the campaign. Grover Cisel of Billings, Democratic State chairman, with headquarters here, has mapped itineraries for a number of speakers, including United States Senator James E. Murray of Butte, who is seeking re-election; Rep- resentative Roy Ayers of Lewistown, the nominee for Governor, and Judge J. F. O'Connor of Livingston and Jerry O’Connell of Butte, the congressional nominees. Speaking itineraries are being ar- ranged for the Republican candidates, including State Senator T. O. Larson of Choteau, who seeks Senator Mur- ray’s seat; Frank A. Hazelbaker of Dillon, the gubernatorial nominee, and H. L. Hart of Helena and T. 8. Stock- dale of Billings, aspirants for House seats, An intensive drive for the United States Senate seat is being planned by the Republicans. They have or- ganized the Larson-for-Senate Club, & State-wide organization. This race is complicated by the filing of Repre- sentative Joe P. Monaghan of Butte as an independent. He has been in- dorsed by the Townsend old-age pen- sion advocates. Because of this Demo- cratic split, the Republicans have good hopes of landing . Larson in the upper chamber. The Union party has done little thus far. Dancing in Middle Ages. Dancing mania was an_epidemic of dancing, which broke out in several CALIFORNIA SHIFT SEENBY COL. KNOX State Doubtful as Result of Sentiment Change, He Declares. BY BART SHERIDAN, Special Corresponeni of The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 26.—California’s political stage this week spotlighted a declaration by Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for Vice President, that an overturn in public sentiment has placed Cali- fornia in the debatable column for the election next November. Meanwhile, Democratic leaders in the party's State convention were pointing to Bourbon registration gains as an indication that the people of the State approve the policies of the incumbent national administration. Col. Knox said the administration’s movements to stimulate class hatred have caused a falling off of Califor- nia’s heretofore preponderant Demo- cratic strength. Follows Sacramento Meetings. The Republican candidate’s tour closely follows the Sacramento State conventions, during which each party adopted a platform and selected 22 potential presidential electors. The newly chosen central committees were to convene today to elect State chair- men. The Democrats’ State platform of- fered no points other than those ad- vocated in the national convention. It duplicated the national pledge by placing the State Democrats on rec- ord as favoring shorter hours and increased pay, freedom of speech and ‘t‘&rogmsivo humanitarian legisla- The Republicans, after urging that the Townsend plan be given “careful study,” reaffirmed the principles of the G. O. P. national convention platform and added pledges for modified old age pension laws and aid to the helpless. The State platform also recommended completion of the Central Valley proj- ect and encouraged the upbuilding of the shipbuilding industry by means of tax exemption. Contest for Chairmanship. Competition for permanent Repub- lican State committee chairman rests between Edward S. Shattuck, Los An- geles attorney and president of the California Republican Assembly, and Justus Craemer, past president of the !l:;flgl:ll‘ Editorial Association and ornia New: T ! tion. ‘spaper Publishers’ ':ha Democratic S expected to go to Glifford Angl of Richmond, Cnu!.,Q former Ssuut: Assembyman and now State director of the Democratic campaign. DEMOCRATS AND G. 0. P. IN CLOSE IDAHO RACE Campaign 1Is Expected to Be Closest in History—Borah Receives Ovation. BY JAMES R. STOTTS, Special Correspondent of The Star. BOISE, Idaho, September 26.—With full recognition that there s but slight difference in strength of the two parties and that the campaign this year is likely to be the closest in history, Republican State Chair- man Botolfsen and members of that organization. this week mapped out & speaking itinerary for candidates which will take them into every com- munity of the State. Due to injection of the prohibition issue as the result of indorsement of the manner of liquor laws enforce- ment counties of Southwestern Idaho, historically dry, promise to be lost to Barzilla Clark, Democratic guberna- torial nominee, and go to Frank Stephan, Twin Falls attorney and Republican gubernatorial nominee. Landon’s interpretation of the monetary plank of the platform con- tinues to be a sore spot in many ag- ricultural sections and may cost him heavily. ‘That Senator Borah has lost none of his old-time popularity is evi- denced - by the ovations given him Wherever he appears. His re-election y of from 25,000 to 30,000 generally conceded by He is one tate chairmanship HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 21, 1936—PART TWO. INDIANAVETERANS ;BAUUTSB[EKUN[D: |Parties Making Strong Bid for Votes Which May Swing State. BY WILLIAM L. TOMS, Special Correspondent of The Btar. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 26.—At the very best the war veterans’ vote in Indiana can represent no more than 10 per cent of the total State vote, yet both major parties are engaged in a spirited drive at this time to capture the support of the former soldiers, sailors and Marines of the various wars. The reason, of course, is that each veteran not only has his own vote to cast, but an average, theoretically, of two other votes in his family. Thus it is seen that the vote of the veterans and their families might easily be- come a deciding factor in the event of a close election, such as now seems probable for Indiana. Of the 130,351 men who entered the military service from Indiana in the World War, it is estimated that around 107,000 now reside in the State. Only about 32,000 of these men, incidentally, belong to the Amer- ican Legion. Some of the 107,000 that are left belong to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and some to the Dis- abled American Veterans of the World ‘War, but the overlapping of member- ships in the several organizations makes figures on the minor service organizations of but little value. While both Democrats and Republicans deny they are injecting politics into the | Legion this year, the fact is they are | following the usual custom of wooing the Legion to the fullest extent. To the political parties the great un- known quantity is the 75,000 or so former World War men. Veterans’ Organizations Used. It is through the Legion and the other war veterans' organizations that the two parties are attempting to sell themselves to the larger army of un- organized former service men. Four years ago the former service men of Indiana were substantially Democratic, with the memory of the ejection of the bonus army fresh in their minds, not to mention the fact that the Democratic nominee for Gov- ernor was Paul V. McNutt, former national commander of the Ameri- can Legion and the present Governor. At present there is a little grumbling among some World War veterans over the fact that President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed the bonus. The Democrats now are reminding the boys of 1917 and 1918 that Roose- velt's three predecessors did likewise. The second largest group of living war veterans consists of the 5,500 Indiana men who served in the Span- ish War. Their membership is so small that little attention is paid them by the political parties. The third group consists of scarcely 200 veterans of the Civil War, most of whom are too feeble to “vote. So actually it is seen that the total num- ber of men and nurses who served in the various conflicts can be no | more than 115,000, In the 1932 elec- tion in Indiana the total vote for the two candidates for United States Sen- ator was 1,531,803. In view of the| relatively small number of voting war veterans, as compared with the nor- mal State vote the fact that the | Republicans and the Democrats are fighting for the veteran vote is good proof that the election will be close. First State Commander. Backers of Raymond S. Springer, the Republican nominee for Governor, | are laying particular stress on the fact that he was the first State com- mander of the Legion in Indiana. In 1932 they pointed out that McNutt had not been overseas and that he did not join the Legion for several years after the armistice. The Springer crowd this year is broadcasting the fact that Townsend, of service age at the time of the war, did not take part in the conflict. The Townsend backers were obliged to come back with the information that Townsend was rejected for Army service because of an injury received when he was shot in the heel on a squirrel-hunting expedition years before as a youth. Republicans are making a strong | bid for the support of former service men because of Springer's record as the first State Legion commander. The Democrats advance the information that there are four former service men on their ticket, as against only three on the Republican ticket. GOV. BRANN LOSING MAINE POPULARITY Move for Recount or Senate Con- test of White's Victory Brings Reaction. ‘BY SAM E. CONNER, Special Correspondent of The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., September 26.— The most impressive after-election re- sult in Maine has been the loss of popularity by Gov. Louis J. Brann, | defeated candidate for United States | Senator. It was his great personal popularity that enabled him to hold Senator Wallace H. White, jr., to a 5,000 victory in the election of the 14th. The explanation for this change is that he has been marked down as & bad looser as a result of his New York conference with National Chairman Farley and Senator Guffey, followed by announcement he would ask a re- count and probably contest the elec- tion in the Senate. As yet no request for a recount has been made, but under the laws of the State there are 20 days after the elec- tion to do so. The real significance of the election, from a national standpoint, is not to be found in Brann's defeat or Bar- row’s election. It is the congressional vote, for there was a real battle on the political issues. It resuited in Republicans regaining two House seats, making the Maine delegation in Congress solidly Republican. These three Representatives had & total combined majority of 49,772 over their Democrat opponents. This was 6,686 more than what Gov. Barrows e through with. “?x’x mlthue‘r of these three contests did the matter of personal popularity enter. Each was squarely on the issues of the camj between the New Deal and the Republican platform. Maine is definitely anti-New Deal and will give as large a majority N MINNESOTA Jersey Special Session Appeal WorriesG.0.P. Party Fears Renewed Split at Crucial Moment. BY EDWARD M. GILROY. (Special Correspondent of The Star.) TRENTON, September 26 —De- mands of municipal officials and re- lief organizations for a special session of the legislature before election have complicated New Jersey’s campaign. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, Republi- can, has refused to call the session un- less the warring Republican majority in the legislature can agree in advance on a relief financing program. Dem- ocratic leaders encourage the possibil- ity of a session, but scarcely hope it will materialize. A session before election would re- vive the bitter factionalism that pre- vailed during the six months’ regular session. The legislators loyal to the Governor want a sales tax to finance relief, while the Essex Clean Govern- ment group and their allies want econ- omies that would make present State revenues sufficient for relief. Should & session be called, the Democrats would be in position to capitalize it, since they are in the minority in both | house and senate. Pressure for the session has come from the Worker's Alliance and from several municipalities. Republican leaders have asked the Governor not to call a session until after election, when relief and several other issues could be considered. After an aggressive start, the Re- publican campaign has slumped off | during the last week, although it was | expected to gain impetus after Labor day. Gov. Hoffman and & group of high State officials visited Gov. Lan- don at Topeka, but otherwise the Re- publicans have been quiet. Charges by Republicans that relief workers were subjected to pressure for | campaign contributions in the form of tickets to various public affairs were denied by the Democrats, OKLAHOMA FIGHT CENTERS INNORTH Parties Concentrating on| Two Districts Along Kansas Border. BY OTIS SULLIVANT. Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 26. | —Both major parties are concentrat- ing on two congressional districts in | the northern part of the State in the general election campaign. The Democrats, who expect to carry the State by a substantial ma- Jority, are directing their campaign in the districts in hopes of re-electing Democratic Representatives, while the | Republicans hope to regain the seats | November 3. If the Democrats win in the two districts as they did in 1932 and 1934, the nine Oklahoma members of the | next congress will be Democrats. | They are assured of seven Represen- | tatives as the contest now stands. Districts Along Kansas Line. The two northern districts are along the Kansas line and the Kan- sas influence and strength of Gov. | Alf. M. Landon will be in favor of the Republicans. T. J. Sargent, Newkirk, attorney, is the Republican nominee opposing Phil Ferguson, Woodward, incumbent, in the eighth district. It is the Re- publican stronghold of the State and left the fold only in the Roosevelt landslide of 1932 and the sweep of Gov. E, W. Marland in the Governor’s race in 1934. It is the wheat-growing section of the State, however, and farmers there benefited from the A. A. A. more than in any section of the State. Further, Sargent has the backing of Townsendites in the dis- trict and that alienated many old- | line Republicans. Jo O. Ferguson, Pawnee, former | State Senator, Republican, opposes Wesley E. Disney, Tulsa, Democratic incumbent, in the first district. That district had a habit of going Repub- lican on presidential election years | until 1932. The big vote in Tulsa and the oil interests are for Landon. Further, there has been much dis- satisfaction with relief and the ag- ricultural adjustment act in that dis- trict, too. So Ferguson has a chegce of upsetting Disney. Five Others to Return. Five of the seven other Democratic incumbents will return. They are: Jack Nichols, Eufaula, second district; Wilburn Cartwright, McAlester, third district; Jed Johnson, Anadarko, sixth district; Sam Massingale, Cordell, seventh district, and Will Rogers, Oklahoma City, Representative at large. The general election campaign has moved slowly in this State, due largely to the failure of both parties to obtain adequate finances. Apparently Re- publicans do not figure Landon has sufficient chances to open the coffers in Oklahoma, and the Democrats seem to believe they should spend their funds in more doubtful territory. Politicians noted very little reaction to the appearance of Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. His visit could be counted a blow against Presi- dent Roosevelt, if anything. VIRGINIA PARTY LINES SUFFER LITTLE BREAK BY R. L. C. BARRET, Special Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 26.— ‘The presidential campaign in Virginia is now a battle in which the main ammunition is campaign literature. Tons of booklets, pamphlets, leaflets and circulars are being distributed throughout the State. Voters are being literally swamped with these printed arguments in favor of Roose- velt or Landon. ‘The campaign so far is breaking up former party lines to a limited extent. As an offset to the defection of State Senator Benjamin Muse, who because of his decision to support Landon has resigned his seat in the State Senate, Callom B. Jones, for many years as- sistant United States attorney under various Republican administrations, sgainst Roosevelt in November as it did {n 1033, if not grecter. & CHANDLER-TAYLOR SPLITISDEEPENED Kentucky Lieut. Gov. Keen Johnson Resigns as Cam- paign Aide. BY HARRY BLOOM, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 26.— A reorganized Democratic campaign staff, designed to protect the State administration’s grip on the Ken= tucky organization, took charge this week after a party squall that brought to light a number of new and im- portant cleavages. Principal among them was the break between Gov. A. B. Chandler and E. Leland Taylor, head of & minority faction in Louisville and Jefferson County and between the Governor and his Lieutenant Gove ernor, Keen Johnson, Richmond. A supporter of Chandler last year when his race for the office seemed hopeless, Mr. Taylor swung against him in the senatorial primary came paign this yvear, supporting the ine cumbent, Senator M. M. Logan in preference to the Governor's selece tion, former Senator J. C. W. Becke ham, Beckham Defeat Laid to Tavlor. After Beckham's defeat by Logan, the Governor, blaming Mr. Taylor, wrote as follows: "It would now appear best that I ask your release from such obliga= . tions as you feel I have to you. Your recent action is largely, if not en= tirely, responsible for the defeat of the Hon. J. C. W. Beckham in the senatorial contest. It would not seem the part of wisdom to give you patrone age with which to club my admine istration.” Mr. Taylor's reply. in part, follows: “The agreement between you and the Taylor organization was carried out in full by us. What you decide to do as to your end of the agree- ment, of course, rests with you. * * ¢ You benefited once by our independ-” ence and if you also had to suffer for it, I am sorry it had to be.” Even after this breach, however, Mr. Taylor was chosen campaign chairman in the district by J. J. Greenleaf, Richmond, the originally approved State chairman. After Mr. Greenleaf was ousted last week by the State Central Executive Commite tee, his successor, Vego Barnes, Hop= kinsville, proceeded immediately to by State Senator Stanley B. Mayer, aligned with the Brennan faction, traditional foes of the Taylor group. Johnson Quit Campaign. After Mr. Greenleaf was ousted Lieut. Gov. Johnson, his fellow towns- man, resigned as publicity director of the campaign. Mr. Johnson did not make public any reason for his resignation, but contented himself with the statement that he wasn't available and was strong for Rooses | velt. " Mr. Johnson's defection keeps Ken« tucky politics running to form, since Kentucky Governors and Lieutenans Governors have a habit of falling out. In the previous administration Gov. Chandler was the Lieutenant Governor who opposed Gov. Ruby Laffoon, and before that the late James Breathitt, jr, was of the opposite party from Gov. Flem D. Sampson. W. §. Sher- wood, former secretary of the Racing Commission, was appointed to succeed Mr. Johnson as publicity director. In order to accept appointment as State campaign chairman, Mr. Barnes | had to resign his $3,300 postmaster- ship at Hopkinsville. State official tried to induce Postmaster General James A. Farley to grant Mr. Barnes & 60-day leave of absence, but ape parently the plea was rejected. The office is under civil service and its incumbents are not permitted to dab- ble in politics. Chairman for Barkley. the party. He was organization chair. man for Senator Alben W. Barkley’ campaign and, later, campaign chair- man for Representative W. Voris Greg- ory. He expressed hope of solidifying the contending factions, but if he suc- ceeds it will be a miracle. The new enemies of the State ad- ministration, combined with the old, will put no obstacles in the way of the re-election of Senator Logan or the capture of the State by President Roosevelt, but they may be expected to make a determined effort to wrest party control from the Chandler group in December, when the chinery is reorganized through elece tion of county committeemen. That reorganization may have important consequences in the election next Fall of State legislators, determining whether the Governor will retain con« trol of the General Assembly through the 1938 session. DELAWARE G. 0. P. BOLT MAKES STATE DOUBTFUL Republicans Struggle to Offset Disadvantage in Rise of Ine- dependent Faction. BY CHARLES E. GRAY, Special Correspondent of The Star. WILMINGTON, Del, September 26.—There is evidence the election in Delaware this year will be the closest in years. There would be no doubt of the outcome if it were not for the new Independent Republican party, ore ganized after former State Senator I D. Short of Milford was turned down for the nomination for Governor by the regular Republicans. Although none on the insurgent ticket has the slightest chance of election, the party may serve to assure the defeat of the real Republican organization. Despite the third party, the organie zation hopes to keep the State in the Republican column. National Repub- lican figures will be brought here to speak, and even Gov. Landon may ine clude Wilmington in his itinerary. The first big gun of the campaign fired by National Chairman Hamilton brought out a larger gathering of Re« publicans than has been seen in years, Carolina Inquiry Recessed. ' COLUMBIA, S. C., September 26 (#).—A broadening legislative inquiry into State agencies and employes was recessed until October 8 yesterday after seven witnesses had testified dure ing two-day sessions. Theé investi~ gation originated as a probe of alleged demands for “protection money” ffom/ liquor dealers in Pickens and Oconee Counties, in connection with which & State constable is under indictment at has announced his intention of sup- porting Roosevelt. [} Anderson, 4 | | l ) oust Mr. Taylor and to replace him | Mr. Barnes has long been active in State ma- ,