The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-01
new DEAL HELD
NOT INVOLVED IN
SINCLAIR FIGHT
Policies of Roosevelt Are
Being Advocated by
Republicans.
BY MAX STERN
Times Special Writer.

bI NlsAA EhAN
Times Special Writer.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. Upton
Sinclair may lose his fight for the
governorship of California and lose
it by a heavy majority, yet no re-
sponsible Californian will point to his
defeat as a blow to the RooSeveltian
New Deal.
It is a significant fact that cam
paign so bitter as to have divided
families, caused one murder and
reeked with political passion such
as this state never has seen has
left unscathed the personality and
program of the President no matter
what the result of the election Is
to be.
Said Republican nominee Frank
Merriam 1T will not be a rebuke
to our great President or to the New
Deal or to the Democratic national
program
The Sinclairites on the other hand
have decked their halls with the
Presidents pictures. applauded his
name on every occasion, sought val
iantly to tie their EPIC plan to the
Administrations recovery program
and sworn answering fealty to what
the state platform calls the inspired
leadership Of Franklin D. Roose-
welt.
Merriam Goes Liberal
If Sinclair goes down under a
majority of several hundred thou
sand as betting men are willing to
gamble he will, California may lose
a number of Democratic seats in
congress. The present majority of
eleven out of twenty seats may be
cut to a minority.
1t is possible that the anti-Sin-
clair drive may cut the majority
down to seven or eight seats, but
both in Sacramento and Washing
ton it will not be forgotten that
it took the combined aid of Demo-
cratic and Progressive Republican
leaders to save the G. o. P. from
an inglorious slaughter by left
wing revolt against its years of
misrulC
All three candidates have moved
to this crucial sector for the final
battle of ballots. Governor Mer-
RAM continues to talk like pro-
gressive. most emphatically," he
wrote a liberal editor here, Il do
not believe the pre-1930 economic
system can restore prosperity to
this state"
Sinclair Charges Unfairness
Sinclair charges unfairness by the
movies, newspapers and others OF
his enemies. Commemorative Ray
mond Haight fits from one refe-
renee to another and lends color
to the belief that he would like
to withdraw in somebody's favor.
With the arrival of ]. F. T. OCon-
nor, allegedly a Farley emissary,
talk of Sinclair's withdrawal in
Haight's behalf was on many
tongues, in spite of Sinclair's dec
laration that he is in the fight to
stay.
Mr.. O'Connor conferred recently
for an hour and a half with Sinclair
but neither commented on the sub
ject of their talk.
Uptonia, as Los Angeles Is called.
is taking the full brunt of the allied
fire. Pretty girls are IN the streets
stopping autos to paste Merriam or
Bust" signs on windshields. Holly
wood, resenting Sinclair's San Fran
cisco promise to put the state into
the movie business, is in the fight
and is staging talkies of run-of-the-
mill citizens political opinions.
Riot on Campus
A local Republican organization
is crying registration frauds. Riot
ing at the University of California
in Los Angeles over suspension Of
four allegedly radical students who
insisted on conducting an open
forum was part of the scene. Both
sides are organizing for fair count
at the polls.
The Sinclairites claim unfair OPP
position tactics have strengthened
them in this county. Anti-Sinclair-
ties claim to have cut the EPIC lead
in the county to nil.
I ne drive to stop Sinclair began
five weeks ago under a cloud of
gloom. Then he was a betting ia
vorite to win. Now betting odds are
to that he will lose.