Evening star., 1932-05-12
CONFIDENCE FOUND
BIG FACTOR IN OHIO
Writer Declares People Are
Hopeful in Politics and
Business.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

L SOLOMbO0s oAi1O-, May LIZ liz
budget has been balanced here thanks
to the economy program of Gov
George White and a cooperating
Legislature, but the State of Ohio has
had to come to the rescue of countie:
and municipalities in aid of the un-
employed. Balanced budgets alone dc
not make jobs.
The Legislature in special session
appropriated $22,ooo,o0o for unemploy-
ment relief, sums being made available
in the form Of loans to the counties
Eleven million dollars was raised by q
tax on gross business of public utilities
an equal amount was diverted from
gasoline revenues SO that If the counties
wished to do so they could use the
money for purposes other than highway
building.
Thousands of Families Fed.
Nineteen thousand families are being
fed in Cleveland, 5000 families here
and large number in Toledo, Youngs-
town and Cincinnati. City budgets
plus private charity are being strained
to the utmost. The Cleveland dole has
been reduced from $24.So per month te
S4.75 per week for each distressed
family. A virtual moratorium on rem
paying has cut the income of the small
landlord and placed him in jeop.
But the spirit of the people remain.
hopeful. Business men talk of the
future with more confidence every day
Whether it Is the fact that the Middle
West breathes q different air and, ir
almost everything, Is a contrast to the
cities on the other side Of the ALE.
ghenies, or because agriculture is to M
small extent a factor in Ohio's eco.
nomic welfare-for the farmer can al
least produce the food he eats-the
fact remains that Ohio is talking
politics and prohibition and not SC
much sales tax or Federal deficits.
This weeks primaries revealed thai
Gov. White, rugged and wholesome
type, with long record of service ir
the Democratic party, is to have the
So delegates from this State to the
national convention, and he is no stalk.
ing horse for Franklin D. Roosevelt
either.
Outstanding Political Figures.
Ohio has her own ideas about the
presidential race. She has three out.
standing citizens to offer-the Governor
| and Newton D. Baker and James M
Cox. All three are talked about, anc
while Mr.. White Is the only active
candidate and will have the solid sup.
port of his delegation, there are not
few hereabouts who think that thi.
State may, after deadlock, furnish tn,
compromise candidate.
Mr.. Bakers name is heard frequently
| outside of Ohio as possible beneficjary
of deadlock and he is being quietl!
more or less withdrawn from ACTIVE
| politics, but nevertheless he is vel
| liked by the Smith faction and it vii
be recalled he ran with Franklin Roose
velt in 1920. His defeat by Warren G
Harding 10 years ago is not held agains
him In this State, in view of the trouble
subsequently developed by the Harding
regime.
Whether at the top of the ticket or /,
the vice presidency Ohio believes some
how the three men mentioned-White
Baker and Cox-will figure in the finale
Ohio Vote Draws Interest.
The national administration is deepl
interested in how Ohio will vote, ant
the outcome OF the Republican primar,
for Governor has left no i'll effects, TO
David ingalls,. 33-year-old aviation ace
now Assistant Secretary of the Navy
and a popular figure in Cleveland, is T.
make the race. He ran on the wet sid
against two drys who together polle'
more votes than he did, so the Anti
Saloon League refuses to concede tha
the party has changed its point of vie1
about prohibition. A wet, Attorne
General Gilbert Bettman, defeated in
mixed race Louis Taber, master of tn
National Grange and an Anti-Salool
League man. for the Republican nomi
nation for the United States Senate II
opposition to Senator Bulkley, Demo
crat. So two vets will oppose eacl
other in the Ohio senatorial contes
next Fall.
President Hoover is gaining fl
strength, but some of his ardent ad
mirers here concede that If the election
were held tomorrow he could not be sur
Of Ohio's electoral votes.
Politics Affecting Business.
There Is a feeling here that polite
is hanging like cloud over the bust
ness situation and that II Congres
Should adjourn before the nations
political conventions and cease its de
bates until next Autumn, a bette
psychological situation will be produced
The Legislature here Is to be calle
together next Monday for what ma
be record In special sessions. A
amendment TO the banking laws per
rnitting loans to be made on the asset
Of closed banks, has been found neces
sary to obtain the cooperation Of tn
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gov. White thinks 1t win take only 2
hours. The last time the Legislator
met It was here only three days. ]
expedition on the part of Congress 9
there is on the part Of some Of thes
State Legislatures, many business me
Z who blame Congress for most Of the