Evening star., 1932-10-05

National interest has been aroused
by friendly relations between Gov
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Democratic can
didate for President. and two Repub-
lican Senators. Hiram johnson of Cali
fornia and George w. Norris of Ne
braska. There is also similar comment
on Senator Cutting of New Mexico. The
Importance of interparty incidents is a
subject of debate, with analysis of the
personal influence of Senators johnson
and Norris.
1T is perfectly natural in the opin-
ion Of the Portland Oregon Journal tin-
dependentl. that Senator johnson of
California and Progressives in that
State should look with favor on the
candidacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt for
President Senator Johnson is Pro-
greSsive. Gov Roosevelt IS Progress
sive Herbert Hoover is not. Senator
Johnson has always been Progressive.
He was Progressive during his incum-
bency of the Governors Office of Cali
fornia He has been a Progressive in
the United States Senate. He was
Progressive when he ran on the same
ticket with Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
and supported Roosevelt policies. And
Senator johnson is man OF conviction.
and therefore not one of those men
WHO dUdlluOIl az 0ACN-
tion time
There may be no such thing as an
open johnson bolt" says the Oklahoma
City Times independently. but john
son can do things to Republican pros
poets in California. as Chief Justice
Hughes has ample reason to remember.
Because Of such action the eminent
iurist failed to satisfy his presidential
ambition in 1916. There are other rea-
sons why the johnson strength should
shift and much of it will. The Roose-
velt program and platform are palpa-
bly, more progressive than the G. o. P.
is Offering, and it was as leading
Progressive that Senator johnson made
his national reputation as statesman
and politician. If he has been less
articulate in the later years, he hasn't
grown reactionary, and he still is
power in the State that has kept him in
the Senate so long. California is
doubtful State. but the Democrats have
reason to be hopeful about it"
Observing that Senator Norris is
getting ready to hit the political trial.
and that he will "Set out on coastto-
coast speaking tour in behalf of Gov.
Roosevelt" the Roanoke Times Demo
UttldlCS tildG OClldLOk INOiln
has great influence with the people of
the West, and his presence on the
stump advocating Roosevelt's election
is Just one more hair shirt for Mr..
Hoover"
THE New York Governor. by his own
words and actions" charges the Provi-
dence Bulletin independently "has
shown willingness to align himself on
the same side Of the political street
with Senators johnson, Cutting and
Norris and with Candidate William G.
McAdoo. Fellow progressives and lib
erals, they call Themselves brother
hood that will reconstruct the Govern
ment at Washington" The Bulletin
concludes that there is something so
incongruous as to make the average
conservative citizen Of the East, to whom
Norris ideas are anathema, stop and
give thought to the strange lineup be-
hind the candidacy of Gov. Roosevelt"
The Bulletin feels that there Is no
doubt that johnson wants Roosevelt to
carry California" but that paper re-
marks that Republican managers are
skeptical toward the idea that johnson
can turn over the State as. he did in
1916" The Rochester Times Union
independently observing that IAN effort
Is being made to attach the Progress
sive vote to Gov. Roosevelt" charges
that "the Progressives of today seek to
build up paternal government upon
the theory that such government can
care for everybody" holding the theory
that "the few slHuld pay the taxes to
support The neH. The Eimss. Union