The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-27
CREEL REVERSE
HURTS SINCLAIR,
EXPERTS AGREE
Foes of Author Rejoice in
Detection of Prominent
Democrat.
ByUnited Press

By ntfed Press
LOS ANGELES. Oct 27-Upton
Sinclair today accused George Creel
of bad faith and babe him a curt
good-by. Mr.. Smclair's associates
accused Mr.. Creel Of selling out 10
Wall Street. Mr.. Sinclair's enemies
hailed Mr.. Creels reputation Of
Mr.. Sinclair gubernatorial candi-
dacy on the Democratic ticket as
definitely ending any possibility of a
Sinclair victory.
Mr. Creel, wartime propaganda
chief. and loser to Mr. Sinclair in
the Democratic gubernatorial pri-
mary. repudiated his agreement to
work for Mr. Sinclair's election on
the ground that Mr.. Sinclair had
failed to abide by an agreement to
modify his famous Epic plan.
Mr.. Creel's withdrawal spread
miSgivingS among Mr.. Sinclair'S fol-
lowers. Mr.. Sinclair. a novelist and
former Socialist, who astonished the
country by winning the Democratic
nomination, issued a statement adj
dressed to Mr.. Creel and ending with
the terse comment. Good by"
You have done all in your power
to elect a reactionary Republican"
he said.
Kaight Now Hopeful
Almost all political observers and
partisans were sure Mr.. Creel's &C
ton had weakened Mr.. Sinclair'S
chances of winning. Even Sheridan
Downey, candidate for Lieutenant
Governor on MIR. Sinclair'S ticket,
was uncertain. He said he had no
idea" what the result would be.
Raymond L. Haight, gubernatorial
candidate on the Progressive ticket,
opposing Mr.. Sinclair and Governor
Frank F. Merriam, conservative in
cumbent, took it as a harbinger Of
his own success.
1t now becomes very apparent
more so than ever, that the Pro-
gresSive movement is the only hope
to save the voters of California
from the reactionaries, he said.
Only a few days ago Mr.. Haight
and Mr.. Sinclair met privately in
Sacramento to discuss the posi-
bility of one withdrawing in favor
Of the other.
Sinclair Drafts Reply
Each declined and the matter was
stalemated. Mr.. Haight, however,
intimated he had not abandoned
hope of gaining Mr.. Sinclair'S
eventual withdrawal.
Mr.. Sinclair learned Of Mr.. Creel's
action shortly after he returned
from a speaking tour in northern
California. He closeted himself with
advisers and at the end of the con-
ference issued his statement. He
had denied he had scrapped the
Democratic state platform for his
own epic program, as Mr.. Creel had
charged.
you accuse me Of breaking faith
on the ground that after accepting
your help in the drawing and adop-
ton Of the Democratic platform, I
published a book called Immediate
Epic which you consider not to be
in accord with the platform" he
said. 1T is too bad that you did lot
have the courtesy to ask me-"
Immediate Epic was written
printed and published before I met
you and before we co-operated on
the Democratic platform. I have
Loyalty kept every agreement with
you. I have Travelled up and down
the state reading its passages from
the Democratic platform to audi
enceS and praising it to them.
Merriam Is Silent
Il have urged them to vote the
Democratic ticket. have even gone
so far as to urge them not to vote
for me unless they voted the Demo-
cratic ticket straight You now pub
licly charge me with breaking faith.
1t is you who have broken faith
with the Democratic party of Cali
fornia and with the New Deal
which We support. You have done
all in your power to elect a reac-
tionary Republican"
Richard S. Otto, Mr.. Sinclair's
campaign manager, denounced Mr..
Creel for having sold out to the
money barons of Wall Street"
Although expressing keen interest
in Creel's letter repudiating Mr..
Sinclair, Governor Merriam refused