Evening star., 1932-08-07
PARTIES FOCUSING
. ON EMPIRE STATE
Economics Force Concentra-
tion There-Dispute Effect
7 of Stock Market Spurt.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK, August 6-This is the
political capital Of the presidential
campaign-A1bany and Washington
may pull the strings. but the contest
itself will be directed and staged from
here.
Economy has forced a concentration
Of effort In New York. But at the
same time it has compelled State
organizations TO shift pretty much for
themselves.
The Republican headquarters is at
Chicago, but Everett Sanders, Repub-
lican national chairman, will find him
self in New York most Of the time.
James A. Farley, Democratic national
chairman, Is already intrenched here.
Money Comes in Slowly.
ORGANIZATION work is slow and
money is coming in most intermittently.
It is doubtful whether more than 81
600 1000 will be spent by both political
parties.
Gov. Roosevelt is very much inclined
e. take a trip to the coast, though
some u his aides think it is not
necessary 4Hl that the delivery Of few
well-prepared speeches will count for
more than constant travel and back
platform appearances.
The issues of the campaign have by
no means shaped themselves. Mr..
Hoovers acceptance speech Will be
known In another week, but mean
while the Democratic side Is feeling
the effects Of the charge that Gov.
Roosevelt is a radical.
Efforts will be made by his lieuten-
ants to erase that impression. In fact,
conferences which Mr.. Roosevelt has
been holding in Albany and Hyde PARK
n VNJyn6 and
Daniel Willard are calculated to remove
any implications of radicalism.
Utility Views Stated.
within the last few days the Gov
ernor has revealed indirectly his views
on public utilities and the financing OF
holding companies so as to erase the
idea that he planned to make special
attack on public utilities. He argues
that there are good and bad holding
companies and that proper regulation
Is essential for the good Of the public as
well as the holding companies.
It is also being made clear on behalf
of Governor Roosevelt that, If he is
elected, he will call prominent conser-
vatiyeS TO his cabinet. His supporters
point to his record In New York State
and contend that, while he has been
progressive Governor, he should not be
classed as radical.
The furry In the stock market has
been the principal went Of the week.
Both Republicans and Democrats OF
prominence are already discussing the
effect Of the rise on the fortunes Of Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr.. Hoover. The Demo-
cratic view is that even If the stock
market does get better and business con-
ditions show a decided improvement,
~;
pie back into employment and that the
existence of bloc of between and
10 million unemployed voters and their
families Is a big enough group to hold
the balance of power in a presidential
election. When it is considered that a
shift of about 100000 votes In 1928
would have brought Smith victory, the
difficulties of appraising the outcome of
a campaign in which there Is a large
amount Of discomfort are apparent.
Polls Encourage Democrats.
The early polls being received at
Democratic headquarters are so over
whelmingly pro-Roosevelt that the
managers cannot quite understand the
decisive character Of the trend. They
get pro- Roosevelt polls not only from
States like Illinois but also like Pennsyl-
vania and Maine.
The Repubncan view Is quite the Op-
poSite. While they have no polls to
show the Hoover strength and are In
clined to concede that II the election
were held tomorrow 1t would go pretty
much as the Democrats think, the Re-
publicans argue that October will tell
a different story. The upturn In the
stock market is regarded by the Re-
publican leaders as having already pro-
duced drift back to Hoover which will
become more pronounced as there is
general improvement in economic con-
ditions Republican n other words are
stalking their whole case on better busi-
ness and are confident that even though
unemployment has not begun on a
large scale by election time, the people
who have Jobs will be strong supporters
Of the idea of avoiding the gap between
November and March In the event that
o change in administration were to take
place. The argument will be based
entirely on the thought that there must
be no change in a crisis, particularly
when it begins % be apparent that the
patient is convalescing.
Both Republican and Democratic
views today are influenced by typical
Midsummer perspective In national
campaigns. The issues are yet to be
clarified and the appraisal OF the
Presidential personalities on compare
tive basis is still to be made.