The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-16

while the big bad businessmen
are curslng Governor PinchOt,
whom they consider as poisonous
as the hair dye that his wife
once dPanke by mistake. PinchOt
is to run against Dave Reed for
the senate this fall, and the
chances are he will smother him.
And herein lies an interesting
criterion of Roosevelt's popular
ity. Pinchot Is not particularly
popular either in Pittsburgh or
in Philadelphia. But he will win
solely on a Support the Presi.
dent Program" "A Vote for Pin
chot is q Vote for Roosevelt"
will be the governors campaign
slogan and 1t probably will do
the trick.
LOCAL LANDSLIDES
The same thing happened re-
Gently in Rochester, which has
hardly seen local democratic
administration since the old-tim-
ers can remember. Now chiefly
on the strength of the Man in
the White House, Rochester is
ruled by the local democracy.
Rochester, incidentally, wealth.
cred the depression better than,
most of its neighbOrs--chicfly
due To the wise labor policies Of
the Eastman Kodak company
and the Rochester clothing fac.
tories. Long ago they had put
into effect the labor benefits
which the MIRA only now Is try
ing to get universally adopted by
industry. So when the dcpres-
sion hit Rochester its wage
carriers were partially buttresscd
TO weather the storm.
Buffalo has cast off its hag-
gard look of q year ago, and the
steel city of Lackawanna over
which hung the pail OF q funeral
last year Is beginning to stir
again. A lot of lake boats are
still rusting at their wharyes--
mute testimony to the high tar
IFS which have hit trade with
Canada, but the railroads are
doing a thriving passenger bust
ness, and the good old days
when you had to come early TO
get a lower berth are back again.
Around Syracuse and Roches-
ter farmers are counting on
repeal to bring back their wine
industry. and hope that repeal
wine will be even more profitable
than the wine-in- the-keg- aged
in-the-h home racket which Mabel
Walker Willebrandt helped to
make legal, popular and profit
able.
Farmers are still little con-
fits, but land prices have begun
to lift the tinicst fraction and no
longer are banks and insurance
companies so worried about their
farm mortgages.
FORGOTTEN BLUE EAGLE
Probably the two most signifi-
cant developments in this area
are the general praise for the
civil works administration and
the general oblivion which has
fallen upon the Blue Eagle.
Two months ago the chief
topic of discussion everywhere
was General Johnson and his
bird. Today this Is not the case.
The reason appears to be two
fold. First, big industry has
pretty well accepted the MIRA,
and Is getting as much or more
from 1t than 1t gives. Second, the
little businessman generally has
accepted the MIRA as unfair and
unsuitable for him, and al
though he still pays 1t lip-serv-
ice, Ignores the restrictions
which pinch.
The CWA Is given credit as
the chief factor that has boost.
cd business this winter, and
probably this is deserved. CWA
pay-checks have given buying
power a real squirt.
There has been criticism Of
politics in various CWA projects.
In Rochester the democrats are
accused of hogging all the Jobs
and politics and various minor
chicaneries are in evidence here
and there; some of them newt
able in pouring out money
wholesale in 80 short q time. But
local blemises do not affect the
popularity of the president. So
far as the iron and steel belt il
concerned. Roosevelt today
stands ace-high.
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