Evening star., 1934-11-06
Voting Places
in New York
Guarded.
4S,ooo,ooo ON
BALLOT LISTS
Hoover Pleads for
COP. Opposition
in Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Clement weather beckoned millions
of American voters to test OF the
New Deal today after momentous
election campaign SCARED at the last
moment by a mass shooting Of para
ders in Pennsylvania mining hamlet.
A machine-gun ambuscade at Ke-
layres, Pa, whicn killed three march
ers IN a Democratic procession and
wounded Is other persons, emphasized
a tenSeneSS prevailing in several areas
as voters across the Nation ballotted
on 466 members of Congress, 33 Gov
ernors and host of other contests.
Unusual police precautions to pre-
vent more bloodShed we're the rule
as the voters poured forth in what
seemed sure to be record numbers for
an "off-year" election. Nearly 48.-
100000 persons had registered and it
was believed that 30,000,000 or per-
haps more would vote before the last
polling place closed at II pm, East
ern standard time.
Other States Fearful.
Besides Pennsylvania battle
ground where the political campaign
has stirred passions to white heat
contending factions warned of pos
sible disturbances or irregularities in
California, New York, Delaware and
other States
Almost perfect" weather was in the
cards for the At States in which elec-
tions we're being held. The voting was
heralded as a rough, if ineXact. cri-
terion of the Roosevelt administra-
tion's hold on the electorate.
Many months of campaigning ended
at midnight in burst of conflicting
predictions by Democrats and Repub-
licans. Chairman James A. Farley of
the Democratic National Committee
and Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of
the G. o. P Committee, made final
appeals to voters over the radio.
Fletcher said: I'VE are going to
recapture seats in the Congress, and
we are going to win back control of
State governments, but whether our
victory be great or small, the Republi-
can party and Republican workers will
have to stand firm during the next
two years
Making bids for votes for the New
Deal" rather than along party lines,
Farley predicted a gain of six Senate
seats for the Democrats with prob
able increase in House representation.
He thanked those Republicans, inde-
pendents and thinking people of all
sects who have been thoughtful enough
to lay aside their party label in the
public interest"
Surprises Forecast.
The most optimistic Republicans
conceded that Democratic Congress
was being elected and that admins
tration followers would fill more than
half the 80 governorships at stake.
But they insisted that in some contests
surprises" were in store for New
Dealers"
Only a count of the returns from
contests in 81 States for "a senator
ships and in AZ States for 432 House
seats will show whether the Democrats
accurately predicted that they would
control both branches OF Congress by
tWo-thirds majorities.
SiXty-four are necessary for two
thirds majority in the Senate; 290
are required in the House. At present
there are go Democrats, 35 Repub-
licans and l -Laborite in the
Senate; 314 Democrats, ia Repub-
licans, Farmer -Laborites and va
cancies in the House. In September
Maine elected Senator Hale, Repub-
lican; Gov. Louis J. Brann, Democrat,
and one Republican and two Demo-
cratic Representatives.
Nerves were on edge in sections of
California, where a specta cular race
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