New Britain herald., 1930-10-20
UNEMPLOYMENT
 CAMP PAIGN ISSUE
Bay State Also Gives Thought
 to Dry Laws

in the 1928 presidential election. but traditionally republican. ponders the problems of unemployment and pro. hibition as both parties beg the SUD- port of her 1,6oO,00 voters in the election November {. On that date the public, ,~how listening to nightly political radio appeals, reading political literature in it's morning mail and rousing now and then to hearken to an old-fash- toned rally, will decide several ques- tons. First, it will determine whether or not William M. Butler. a dry re- publican, friend of Calvin Coolidge.s Al or Marcus A. Coolidge, a wet demo- crat, will succeed to the United States senate seat soon to be vacat- ed by Frederick H. Gillett, republic an. It will decide whether or not it's present dry, republican governor, Frank G. Allen, will succeed himself or be succeeded by Joseph B. Ely, a wet democrat. It will decide whether or not it's prohibition enforcement law, popu- larly called "the baby Volstead act" will be repealed.
 To Elect 1o And it will choose 16 representa- Gives to sit in congress.
 The democrats, party and individ- ual leaders alike, have denounced prohibition and have laid upon re- publican policies much of the blame for depression and unem- ploymcnt.
 The leaders of the republican ticket are dry, although no less than half a dozen republican congress- men or aspirants for congress are classed as vets. They stand on a platform which upholds the party's 1928 declaration for law enforce ment-although it also counsels vot- CTS to await the findings of the pres- ldent's law-enforcement commission and expressed the belief that the will of the majority will prevail. The re- publicans have pledged themselves to rehabilitate business and relieve unemployment and point to efforts tA'' eouy litaoC lO dlu DOll OuSlQeSS and worker
 Butler, campaign manager for former President Coolidge, and formerly chairman of the republican national committee, was appointed to the senate after the death Of Henry Cabot Lodge but was defeated later by Senator David I. Walsh, democrat.
 Will Support President Declaring that the dominant issue of the campaign is the rebuilding of business and the creation of more places for workers, he has pledged himself to work for those ends and 10 support the president Butler, himself leader in the cotton manu- 1acturlng industry, proposes a fed eral 4S-hour law to equalize condi- tions of labor.
 His opponent, Coolidge, says that the Cooldges are men of few words but he has, by radio and at rallies, expressed himself on the ma- lor campaign issues. He calls pro- hibition failure but forecasts a probable delay\in repeal of the 18th amendment. Therefore, he pur- poses to work for modification of the enforcement law and proposes raising the definition of intoxicating liquor from half to one per cent to 12 or IS per cent. He has sug- gested a federal commission to su- pervise distribution of such bever- ages
 He has struck at the present tariff as contributing cause of unem- ployment. He holds that light and power rates are of tremendous im- portance and proposes giving to & federal commission power to regu- late interstate rates of hydro-elce- tric companies.
 Governor Allen is dry, but that is- sue has played but little part in his campaign. He stands for reelection upon his record in office, pointing to welfare measures for the sick and the aged, pointing to steadily shrinking state debt, and emphasiz. Ing a program of construction of state roads and buildings that has released and is releasing many mill
 
 for workers throughout the state.
 Wants Repeal
 Ely assails prohibition and advo- cates repeal He has kept that is- sue to the front in his drive for of- flee. But he also has attacked the re- publican economic policy. The la boring people, he says, have in large measure, failed to share in business prosperity. This, he charges, the re- publicans have failed to see and al- leges that curtailed buying power coupled with increased industrial production has brought aobut wide- spread depression. He has promised cooperation in a program bringing together able economists, leaders of industry, labor and government
 Fifteen of Massachusetts, l6 rep- resentatives in congress are seeking reelection. The exception is George R. Stobbs, republican, of the fourth district where two vets are running for his seat. Of the 5 seeking re- electior, nine have been classified as drys by an organization seeking re- peal of the prohibition laws, and six have been termed vets.
 Every dry congressman is opposed by wet But only one wet con- sressman faces a dry opponent. In SIX districts both candidates are vets. The republicans are concen- trating upon an effort to regain the second congressional district recently won by William J. Granfield, wet democrat. Joshua L. Brooks, wet republican, is campaigning actively Joseph Borgatti. wet democrat, Ais waging a hot contest in the ninth district against Representative l,Ea xlaS [