New Britain herald., 1928-09-25
HOOVER STRATEGY

be saving ms NolCe lateIy' put Ho' others ill the party. No matter what Smith says there are three or four prominent helpers willing to be quoted in rebuttal; and they are so vociferous in manner that the day following a Smith speech the papers simply cannot avoid giving the first page over to various defenders of the faith, the substances of the charges, if not the sum, being that Smith doesn't know what he is talking about,
 There is considerable strategy in this business. The Republican party has a host of able defenders, and they are never so happy as when they can be heard from in large way, They know how to get the pub licity, too, having been in the game long enough to locate the reporters without much effort; or they stick around where he reporters can easily find them, which amounts to about the same thing.
 The political parties are heenly awake to the advantage of getting most of the news breaks. The party which can get the most news" into the public prints, for instance, gains thereby. The Republicans in this campaign have been in good form and seem to have secured more square inches of political attention in the papers than the Democrats. In the first place, they have had their headquarters Tn Washington. where between 200 and 300 news paper boys are hanging around with nothing to do until Congress again starts up. while the Democrats have had their main entrance in New York. But this Republican advan- tage is ended this week. the Demo- crats also having opened a publicity factory in Washington.
 There are more Republican speak CTS in the country than Democrats. and though there isn't one of these remotely approaching the person. ality of Governor Smith. their num- Der is not to be taken lightly. They are hard workers and their stuff sees print. That at least is one test. The quality of their attack on Smith is the other test. and in analyzing this point personal opinion. prejudice and party utilization leads to almost everyones conclusions
 The Hoover strategy seems to be one of permitting Smith to shoot his high again. Hoover also will go into the West again, and maybe twice: and it is known that Smith also will make at least one more tour in the West. From this one easily can con- clude that the West is more of a battling ground than was at first conceded.
 This can be explained somewhat on the premise that the East is less likely to be changed in it's leanings from now on. The Prohibition issue has made a strong dent in the East and blocks of voters have divided up on this issue as never before. It is not likely that they will be greatly influenced by any other issue during this campaign. But the West, DO. litically speaking. is shot to pieces. The large third party vote of 1924 that came to life in the West must be looked after; the disaffected
  farmers mus. be appeased: water ! power is a serious issue there: the ku klux klan, or what remains ol it, is at it's strongest in the West Indeed. almost all the issues except the tariff and prohibition are mos1 interesting to the West.
 The Hoover strategy is at it's mos subtle manifestation in the South If, as many Republicans claim this campaign gives the Republican: a better opportunity than ever before to break into the Solid South ther of course the effort must be made This effort, however. forces the Re 1 puhicans 10 cover q larger territor! with active propaganda than the Democrats, unless It really happen! that the latter, fearful of Republican success in the South and the border { paign there. So far the Democrat have not done much there eXcep to N ork in the border states and ii North Carolina.
 | What will happen in the borde states and the Solid South tEast 0 the Mississippi is one of the mos interesting developments of th campaign. Ii the Republicans cal not break into the Solid South thi year if is likely that they never vii be able 10 obtain better chance il this generation.