The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-04

L eellllg against hoover
is a little less bitter, but it
takes a most sensitive lis
tening device to record it.
Such names as Col. Knox,
Col. Roosevelt, Senators
Borah and Vandenberg, and
even Gov. Landon utterly
fail to spark on the battery
of the average citizen.
Roosevelt resentment seems to
center around lack Of economy
and an increase in the cost of liv
ing-coupled with blind demand
for change.
To increase the bewilderment,
America faces the curious anom-
ally of return of prosperity with
100000 more or less perma-
nently unemployed.
The Democrats are about to
steal the old unbeatable Repub-
lican rally call of 1.-The full din
her pail"
On the other side of their cam
paign banner they will emblazon
the Wilsonian slogan of The kept
us out of war;
y Il 4
TINE threat of high taxes is
Il driving many Little HAYES"
into an Roosevelt alliance
with big HAYES"
The coming election might cas-
lily become a straight arithmetic
problem: Can the sum total of the
Little HAYES and the Big HAYES
equal the Have Nots plus the Mid
west farmers?
My own observations force me
to give it to the Have Nots and
the farmers by three to two.
Huey Longs death removes the
greatest single menace to RoOse-
velt's return.
Yet, strangely enough, the con-
slant pressure for more and more
radical legislation that was forced
by Huey built up vast loyal
legion of F. D. R. supporters
among the lowly millions.
A turn to the right by Roose-
welt can do him incredible harm
among these same millions.
EATHER COUGHLIN can as
Il sure the election of Roosevelt.
His detection would seriously en-
barrass the President, but proba-
bly, not defeat him.
The radio priests strength is
less than half what it was year
ago.
Except for California the PROM
Use that was DR.. Townsend has
largely disappeared.
The six million members of the
A. F. of L. are at least IS per cent
for Roosevelt.
The 100000 members of the
United Mine Workers-and their
wives and sweeJhearts and IA
theirs and mothers and sisters and
aunts-are 80 per cent for F. D. R.
Roosevelt's threat against the
Constitution makes poor Repub-
lican campaign material.
TINE biggest detection from
Il Roosevelt has been in the six
New England states. They feel
F. D. R. has cut them off in ia
svor of the South, Midwest and Far
West. They are likewise bitter
against the cotton processing tax.
Roosevelt has excellent chances
of carrying Pennsylvania-which
he lost to Hoover in 1882.
The keystone States 38 cleo
toral votes more than balance the
total 81 votes of the six New
England states.
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana
are decidedly in the doubtful list
Ohio the least of the three.
The Legion's bonus bitterness
may be smoothed over by some
compromise during the coming
session of Congress.
There is considerable wide
spread feeling against Politician
Jim Farley.
THE split among the Democrats
l. fails to interest the rank and
file.
1t would be easy to give too
much weight to the surface criti-
cism against Roosevelt. If the
Republicans could by magic pro-
duce strong, picturesque leader,
who by sheer personality would
satisfy the hundred and one di-
vergent interests and classes and
emotions of this vast land thew