Evening star., 1933-11-10

mo Remorse Apparent" seems to be
what N. r. A. stands for, as far as
White House reaction to recent cleo
ton results, especially the New York
mayoralty melee, Is concerned News
paper men and women assembled at the
executive offices en- masse for the regu-
lar Wednesday forenoon press confer
D. r. bowed down in that morning
after" mood were doomed to disap-
pointment. There has been no presi-
Dental expression on Tuesdays vote,
either as to the sad fate of the Farley
backed Recovery" ticket in Gotham or
the outcome elsewhere. Nor has Mr..
Roosevelt said anything about the final
triumph of repeal, although 1t repre-
sents the fulfllment Of his 100 per cent
1882 campaign pledge. AS to that, the
President has confined himself simply
to announcing that the Government
departments concerned are buckling
down to all the problems raised by
legalized liquor.
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Roosevelt supporters don't accept the
theory, advanced in some Republican
quarters, that La Guardia's victory or
isolated Democratic reverses here and
there constitute rebuffs of the national
administration. Against Democratic
losses in few local contests are to be
set real Republican reverses, like the
smashing Of the Ware machine in Phil
adelphia and the Mellon machine In
Pittsburgh. Everywhere, Democratic
leaders hold, practically without excep-
ton, purely local issues and factional
squabbles within the parties were para
mount and the record Of the new deal
to date was not involved. Even in
New York voters trooped to the polls
to vote either for or against Tam
many and not for or against Roosevelt.
Nevertheless, La Guardia's defeat would
have caused wider smiles in Washing
ton than his election, inasmuch as
Postmaster General Farley, administra-
ton political generaliSsimo, saw fit so
conspicuously to pin the Roosevelt label
on the Mckee candidacy. The future
organization of Tammany Hall and its
attitude toward the President, when
1886 rolls around, will be of more i'm
portance to him than the circumstance
that the campaign will happen to find
the metropolis in the hands OF Re-
publican municipal administration.
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Capture Of the two great Pennsyl-
vania vote producing regions Of Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh by a coalition
of Democrats and Pinchot Progressive
Republicans on November Z doesn't
foreshadow any too smooth sailing for
Senator David Aiken Reed when he
comes up for denomination and re-elec-
ton as regular Republican in 1884.
The chances are now greater that Gov.
torial race. Whether he can hope for
any Democratic support is another
question, but he has demonstrated his
vote-getting qualities in the State on
too many previous occasions to be un-
worthy of Senator Reeds notice, either
| as primary or election opponent.
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Senator Clarence Dill, Democrat, of
Washington, returned to the Capital
this week to Cooperate with his col
| league, Senator Bone, in securing Fed
eral aid for an extensive Seattle muni-
Senator Dill supplied President Roose-
welt with an encouraging picture Of po-
litical conditions in the Far Northwest.
Dill declares F. D. RS prestige out
there Is unimpaired and that popular
through the recovery program remains
strong, "even though folks don't like
all of the things some Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's people are doing, especially the
slowness with which the S3 800 900 900
public works program is being carried
out Senator Dill says there's no farm
strike sentiment In his neck of the
| woods as a protest against the agri-
cultural program, but imitation senti-
ment Is widespread. The Spokane
statesman himself has long been an
advocate Of some form of controlled
imitation" though not by means of
printing-press money, and holds 1t to
be imminent and inevitable.