Evening star., 1934-10-28
NEW DEAL SWAPS
GOVERNORS RACE
MASSACHUSETTS
Curley's Hopes Are Pinned
on ROOSeveIt'S Popularity.
Ely His Foe.
SENATOR WAL LSH HOLDS
EDGE FOR REELECTION
Bacon and Washburn Both May
Win if Democratic Tide
Continues to Ebb.
BY w. 4. MULLINS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, Mass, October 27-Like
the voters of many other industrial
States, Massachusetts, voters appar-
emily are sympathetic to the New
Deal policies of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, and if James M. Cur
ley, former mayor of Boston, is elec-
ted Governor, his victory will be due
entirely to his shrewd and noisy ad-
vocacy Of President Roosevelt and his
recovery program.
Curley, although the overwhelming
choice of the Democratic party in the
primary election as its standard
bearer in the fight for the governor
ship. so far has failed to consolidate
the party leadership behind him and
his candidacy has been bolted by Gov
Joseph B. Ely, who is retiring volun-
tarily to private life after four years
as the Commonwealth chief exc
cutive
The Republican nominee is Lieut.
Gov. GaSpar G. Bacon, brother OF
Representative Robert L. Bacon and
son of the distinguished man who
served in the cabinet of Theodore
Roosevelt as Secretary of State. Ba-
con has waged vigorous campaign, in
which he has stopped just short OF
charging corruption by Curley dur
ing his several terms as mayor OF
Boston.
Candidates Cover State.
The campaign has been lively now
for more than three weeks and the
two candidates have covered every
section of the State. Curley has been
delivering his message to the larger
audiences. and so militant has been
the type of his campaign that he has
pushed into the background Senator
David l. Walsh, Democrat, who Is
seeking a new term against Robert
NJ. Washburn, a Boston Republican
whose only previous public service
has been in the two branches Of the
Legislature.
Senator Walsh is reasonably sure of
being reelected, but the evidences OF
party rebellion on many sides to Cur
ley's candidacy threaten him with
defeat unless the tide of the New Deal
is running with sufficient force to at
tract to his support the votes Of
thousands of Republican workmen
who may be convinced that their fu-
ture welfare is wrapped up in the
success of candidates pledged to the
New Deal.
Curley has adopted the slogan of
"Work and wages" without going into
any specific details as to how his elec-
ton to the governorship will produce
work or increase wages. The phrase
has operated to focus attention on his
devotion to Roosevelt policies.
Aided by Presidents Son.
His tie-up with the Federal admin
istration has been dramatized by the
appearance at Curley rallies of James
Roosevelt, oldest son of the President
who is voter here through his
residence in Brookline. Young Roose-
welt acted as presiding officer Of one
Curley rally, at which he pledged his
personal support to Curley. At SUBJ
sequent rally ne read telegram from
Postmaster General James A. Farley
pledging the administrations support
to the Democratic candidate.
In advocating the reelection oi
Senator Walsh, young Roosevelt told
one audience that his father and the
administration need and want the
services of Mr.. Walsh in the United
States Senate"
Curley has predicted that he will
win the election by more than 100000
votes and that he will lead Demo-
cratic sweep which will elect the en-
tire State ticket and also carry with
it several additional Representatives
At present this States Democratic
delegation at Washington consists OF
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