Evening star., 1935-10-02

Evidence piles up that prosperity will be
the Democrats paramount issue in 1886.
Mr.. Roosevelt'S Western speeches. stress
ing the boonS the New Deal has con-
ferreC upon industry and agriculture
alike, and National Chairman FarleyS
"look-a the -market-reports' rejoinder
to the Presidents critics plainly indicate
that the administration intends to loud
pedal recovery as its chief claim for
perpetuation. 1t may not harp in those
exact words on the Hoover theme about
two chickens in every pot and two cars
in every garage. but some such thoughts
will inspire the donkey when it brays
for votes for four more years OF RooSe-
welt. The elephant. on its part, is pain
fully conscious that if the national
pocketbook remains as well lined as it
is now the happy -daysar here again
plea is going to be mighty hard to COM
bat, even with the Save-the-Constitu-
ton issue. Coincident with signs that
New Dealers will play up prosperity is
President Roosevelts conspicuous bid for
business support. as manifested by the
breathing SPELL proclamation and his
recent pledge that budget balancing
is in prospect without resort to in
creased taxation. From now on the
farming West and the industrial East
will be twin objects of New Deal af-
fection.
November elections for two New York
City seats in the House OF Representa-
tives will supply the next test OF Roose-
veltian fortunes. Both diStricts-one in
Manhattan and the other in the Brook
lyn region-are heavily Democratic, but
the Republicans will make herculean
efforts to reduce the majorities by which
they were last carried. They would thus
hope to demonstrate that the New Deal
is slipping in the section of the country
on which the Republicans pin their
fondest hopes for next year. The Man.
haitian district has been unrepresented
since the death last January of Repre-
sentative Griffin. The Queens County
seat was vacated the other day by Rep
resentative Drummer, who resigned in
order to accept a nomination for sheriff.
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No stone will be left unturned by the
Democratic high command to end the
Laffoon- -Rhea- Chandler feud in Ken
lucky Capture of the governorship by
Republican nominee King SWope would
be regarded as a Waterloo of the first
magnitude. on the threshold of 1896. On
the heels of the Rhode Island congress
sional reverse in August, disaster in Ken
lucky would be eagerly exploited by the
G. o. P. as prima facie evidence that
the New Deal is on the toboggan. No
one has livelier interest in stamping
out Blue Grass party strife than Senator
M. M. Logan, who is up for reelection
next year. Like the national admins
tration, he has thrown in his lot with
the Chandler forces.
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Friends of Fred K. Nielsen, former
solicitor of the State Department and
veteran in the field of international law,
are grooming him as successor to Frank
B. Kellogg on the World Court bench.
Native of Denmark, Mr.. Nielsen has
lived in the United States since youth
and is a graduate and former foot ball
star of the University Of Nebraska.
Nielsen has represented the United
States on numerous important claims
tribunals abroad and enjoys world
wide reputation as an arbitration ex-
pert He was counsel for this country
before the World Court in the contest
with the Netherlands over the sove-
reirnty of the Island of PalmaS, After