The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-11
By RODNEY BUTCHER (NEA Service Writer)

(NEA Service Writef)
 Washington. = F r a n kiln D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover will present fascinating conflict in personalities to the voters dur- ing the 1892 presidential cam paign.
 There is little comparison be- tween them and if the presidency were to be awarded on the basis of vibrant platform manner, ag- gressive charm, happy and dis arming smiles, sympathetic appeal, splendidly handsome features and crusading fervor, it would be just too bad for MT Hoover.
 Roosevelt has all those things. He has more "It" than any nom- inee who has appeared on the scene in at least a couple of dec- ades. He is such handsome cuss that one of his main tasks in this campaign may be to prove that he is not beautiful but dumb"
 Serious Hoover
 Hoover is colorless. He stirs few warm emotions in the human breast. His smiles are few, fleeting and often a bit sour. His platform manner is heavy and dull. His voices leaves most things to be de- sired. His methods usually are those of the stodgy conservative. And he does not, to be gracious about it, wear the mantle of Ru- dolph Valentino.
 Unfortunately for Roosevelt. perhaps, and most assuredly to the benefit of Hoover, this is not a campaign in which many voters are going. to toss their ballots to candidate because he happens to besweet and pretty and ingra- tiating.
 Personal charm probably has slumped in value as sharply as most of the issues on the stock market. Millions of voters are worrying just as fretfully as Hoover is worrying, and Roose- welt will have to show a great deal of stuff along with that charming personality.
 The "Wishy- -washy" Charge
 The word went around before the Chicago convention that Roose- welt was a weak, vacillating, wishy- -washy opportunist. An in- credible number of persons-even among the forgotten man" class, the men in the street, the ordinary men and women youy meet every day-have been impressed by that charge against Roosevelt which has bene so widely made.
 Even many of the delegates who had been elected or instruct ed to vote for Franklin D. had come to believe it. There was very little enthusiasm for him just before the nomination.
 Hardly a delegate remained without a distinct second choice in mind. The attitude of the big cities was very likely demonstrat- ed by the gallery cheers for such picturesque figures as Smith and Ritchie and their boos for Roose- welt. I talked with many such men and women as were in those galleries and their one complaint was that Roosevelt was pussy footer" or a "weak sister,"
 HOover's Chance
 Then there's Hoover-hardly the super-skipper hero of a terrible storm such as the republican publicists love to describe him, but still the presidentof the United States who has at least taken stabs at the depression, has had a lot of experience with it, prob- measures without which things ably has showed through some might have been a lot worse and whom millions of citizens will. hes- itate to swap for another man un- less they can be convinced that the other has something better to offer.
 The times are such that the per- sonal characteristics of such a man. unless they are construed as conditioning his service to his country, are not likely to have any adverse effect on his candidacy. That Happy pIai.iie Dash
 Nevertheless, Roosevelt certain ly strengthened himself by his air- plane dash to the Chicago conven- ton, his ringing speech of hope 70 the people and the party, his call to arms directed at . progressive democracy, his confident and j0ys Ous aspect as he began the battle, He looked like q much better bes' than the preseonvention Roosevelt.