Evening star., 1934-09-12

Despite reelection of Senator Hale
and capture Of a House seat by for
mer Gov. Brewster, both Repub-
licans, the pivotal Maine election is
smashing evidence that the New
Deal is still in full tide. The twelve
fold increase in the vote by which
Democratic Gov. Louis j. Brann has
won a second term-in itself a rec
ord-smashing achievements the
true hallmark of the Rooseveltian
victory, further emphasized by Sen
ator Hale'S narrow escape. Gov.
Brann personified more than any
other candidate the administration
issue. Had he been showed under,
the Republicans would have been
justified in claiming rebuke, Of the
Roosevelt evolution" and 1t would
have been so screamed from the
housetops. If the ancient adage
about the country going in November
as Maine goes in September holds
true this year, the complexion OF the
next Congress Is not headed for any
very drastic change, as the Pine Tree
delegation is left exactly as it was be-
fore-two Republican Senators, one
Republican and two Democratic Rep
resentatives. Democratic leaders
hail the defeat of Representative
Beedy, Republican, House veteran Of
IA years vintage, as a particularly
satisfactory upset. He was violently
anti-New Deal on the stump.
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Senator Frederick Hale comes hon.
estly by his senatorial heritage. Not
only was his father before him,
Eugene Hale, Senator from Maine
for 80 years, but his late mother
had the distinction Of being, in sue
cession, the daughter Of a Senator,
the wife of a Senator and the mother
of q Senator, a proud record which
she shared with Mrs. Stephen B.
Elkins of West Virginia. During his
l8 years in the Senate Fred Hale
has distinguished himself principally
as a G.. o. P. wheel-horse. His chief
public service was rendered as chair
man of the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee. AS confirmed big
navy-ite as he is a bachelor, ne DID
good work at the right time in the
cause of national defense at sea. Hale
is famed on the Hill as a one-time
amateur boxer of unusual prowess,
and in Harding's day, along with
Republican National Chairman Henry
P. Fletcher, he was member of the
late Presidents favorite golfing four
some. Like F. D. r., Senator Hale
is Groton and Harvard.
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On this weeks Jewish new year
day President Roosevelt sent the fol-
lowing personal message to the Ma
tional Jewish Ledger in Washington:
Il am happy, at this festival season
of RoSh Hashana, to renew my good
wishes to my fellow-citizens of Jewish
faith throughout the land. It is
suitable opportunity to pause, and,
by dedicating ourselves anew to the
responsibilities of the present day, to
continue the work which, in common
with all Americans, we have under
taken toward realizing the promise of
the years which lie before U.s."
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James P. Warburg, former Treas
ury brain truster, has just published
his third book of the year dealing
with national affairs. It's called Its
UP To U.s." The young New York
banker-lyric writer, who retired from
the New Deal in order to fight inf1a-
tion. favors social insurance and
fair and reasonable" Government
regulation Of business, but thinks
Uncle Sam should stop, look and lis
ten before intruding too far into the
sphere Of private initiative.
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California presents one of the po-
htical phenomena of all time-a
campaign in which Hiram johnson
is a candidate, but not the central
figure. It's the first contest in the
States history, since he was first
elected Governor In 1910, in which