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sity does not necessarily reflect any
favor for Landon and the Republic
ans. 1t Is merely that Mr.. Roosevelt
is in the White House and, therefore,
is more shining mark. Also, Father
Coughlin. Smith, and Lemke sup
ported Mr.. Roosevelt in his campaign
for the Presidency in 1882. All three
feel that Mr.. Roosevelt has disap-
pointed them-the word they use is
not disappointed" but betrayed"
1t is going to be Mr.. Roosevelt that
these leaders will most bitterly attack.
And 1t Is from Mr.. Roosevelt that they
will take most OF the votes they get
for their new party. 1t is difficult to
imagine many voters who, II the new
party did not exist, would otherwise
vote Republican.
This statement is subject to some
qualification. Within the Townsend
movement are many persons who are
traditionally~ Republican, and who. II
the Townsend movement did not exist,
would probably vote Republican. Also,
the program of the new party includes
way vi I6o6Cto NooACl W
pay. This may appeal to some
harassed farmers and others who in
the past have been Republicans. Yet
even as respects this point, these
harassed farmers would probably be
for Mr.. Roosevelt if Lemke did not
exist. In short, it seems clear that
much the larger portion of the voters
who are stirred up by Coughlin, Smith
and Lemke are voters who, If these
leaders were not at work, would vote
for Mr. Roosevelt.
Limited Radicals.
For yet another reason this four
in-one movement will concentrate
their attacks on Mr.. Roosevelt and re-
gard Gov Landon as only a minor
enemy. The four organizations and
their leaders can be called radical in
only a limited sense. They have pro-
posals about money and finance which
are utterly unorthodox For that any
one can call them radical. But as
respects organization of society they
are not radical at all. They are what
In religion would be called funda-
mentalistS. There is no socialism nor
communism in their creed. They think
of themselves as defenders of the
Constitution. They are most vehement
when they talk of protecting the
farmer in the possession of his farm,
the home owner in the possession of
his home. They charge President
Roosevelt and his brain trust with
taking America toward communism
They feel they have a call TO oppose
that.
1t Is conspicuous that Of the four
leaders, two are clergymen. II is con-
spicuous that Catholic priest and a
Protestant clergyman should stand
side by side in a political movement.
The explanation lies in their suspicion
of communism. They think COM
munism means the negation Of reli-
glon and as clergymen they feel they
have a call to defend religion.
With religious zeal is combined much
genuine feeling for the economically
oppressed and very great power of
emotion stirring oratory. That is not
the whole of the combination; there
Is also the egotism which goes with
consciousness of their oratorical
powers, and the zest to function as
nature endowed them. The whole
combination is one which may 90 a
long way and have more effect in the
campaign than is now anticipated.
Copyright. 1880
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says, we are supporting lnQlVluudIS,
but not parties"
These reservations reflect desire
on the part of the leaders to avoid di-
visions within their respective groups.
DR.. Townsend, when he personally
wished to indorse the Union Party,
found that considerable number OF
his lieutenantS are candidates for Of
flee on the Democratic ticket in vari-
GUS parts Of the country. He found
also that some of his rank and file
are by tradition Republicans.
Vague Common Cause.
Nevertheless, as respects the heads
OF the four organizations, there Is
cooperation, And as respects most
OF the rank and file of each, there is
a common cause. What this common
cause is is not easy TO express in terms
of principle. Perhaps the National
Union for Social Justice, when it meets
this week, will present a platform in
which we may be able to identify an
affirmative program. OF the leaders
OF the four organizations. Father
Coughlin has perhaps the nearest to
an approximation of an exact mind.
Certainly he has the most aggressive
mind. Whatever he declares to be
the program of measures for his own
organization is likely to become the
program for all four of the organ
izatlonS.
If it is not yet easy to recognize
Just what the combination wants. it
is utterly easy TO recognize one thing
they 90 not want. They do not want
Mr. Roosevelt to remain President.
True. in the speeches Of the leaders
Father Coughlin, Rev. Mr. Smith and
Lemke-they attack both the old par
ties. But read carefully any speech
OF any one of these three, and you
find three-fourths of it is denuncia-
ton of President Roosevelt. There are
jeers at Gov. Landon and the Repub-
licans, too; but these are offhand
jeers rather than impassioned denun-
citation, and the filings at the Repub-
licanS occupy much less space than the
attacks on Roosevelt.
This ALLEGATION of space and inten-
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amount
shareholder Of either
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rights its stock shall not be treated
diuidend the that constitute mhin the
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attorney explained the
the baSicdly complicated but that
much litigation also that defects hare been ound
dollar
appreensons within the
likeness who enlarged
Bridgeport something difficulty
appears collection of
officials Republican National Committee
fCopyright
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doubt that the heavy Democratic vote
in the primaries in some States dis
closes the effect of the w. P. A. and
other relief" organizations. This
shows up especially in noting the alb
normal increases in the Democratic
vote in States where there are populous
cities and towns. 1t indicates cor
responding failure to increase pro-
portionately the Democratic vote in
States that are more sparsely popu-
lated, where it is difficult for the
'relief" vote to be corraled so easily
es in the cities and large towns. Here
is table showing the percentage Of
the total vote obtained in the recent
primaries in II States. l have COM
piled it so far as possible from official
returns or from the latest published
unofficial returns:
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1t is not surprising to find the fore
going FIVE States in the Republican
column, as they have voted more often
that way than Democratic. But it is
surprising to find Illinois, California,
Nebraska and West Virginia, as well
as Wisconsin, showing such heavy
Democratic total. The fact that
President Roosevelt's name appeared
on the ballot in some Of these States,
as in Illinois, for example, and that
he got $4,000 more votes than both
Mr.. Knox and Mr. Borah, is inter
esting. but even more so is the fact
that $4,000 of the Roosevelt majority
over the Republican presidential
nominees was obtained in Cook
County, which includes Chicago and
environs. Here is where the relief
vote can be easily concentrated.
In the doWnstate counties Mr..
Roosevelt had $40, ,631, and the COM
bined Republican vote was 630,849,
There are, of course, number of
little cities in what is called down
state" Illinois, so that the opportuni-
ties for organizing the relief vote are
on small scale to what they are in
Chicago. In other words, the usually
solid Republican vote outside of Cook
County does not materialize when
examining the primary figures.
Must Work Downstate.
To beat this showing the Republi-
cans will have to find in downstate
Illinois enough votes to offset the
New Deals advantage. for obviously
Cook County is not going to give Mr..
Roosevelt less votes than it did in
the primary.
1t all comes to a question Of getting
out the vote. There were in 1882
about 100000 persons eligible to
vote who did not vote. Had they
voted they probably would have di-
vided in about the same ratio that
the 22,000000 did who voted for Mr..
Roosevelt and the 100000 who
voted for Mr.. Hoover.
The objective Of the Republicans
Is TO get out the so-called indif-
ferent vote, for in that group is
large enough number this year to
swing the election. The get-out- the
vote drive has commenced. But the
Republican command has not yet ap-
praised properly the intensive job
that has to be done if it is to win
the election by getting out all the
voters who are inclined to oppose the
New Deal.
The New Deal is depending in the
campaign on the job holders and
their friends. The Republicans are
depending on volunteer workers. Or
ganization will be the deciding factor
in this election.
tCopyright. 1880
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group and accompanying him will be
George Harris, G. L. Hightman and
F.. H. Eastman.
The Greater National Capital Com
mittee, convention bureau Of the
Washington Board of Trade. is CO.
operating with the Loyal Knights of
the Round Table in their efforts to
bring the meeting here.
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Headline Folk
and What
They Do
Ballantine Will Help
Hamilton Organize
G. 0. p. Forces.
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

TNHERE are so many Harvard
men on both sides of the ma
tional political campaign that
n 1t begins to look like Just a
localized intramural contest. The
latest important entrant is Arthur A.
Ballantine, Harvard claSsmate OF
Ogden Mills. who a few days ago was
made special assistant to Chairman
John D. Hamilton, and from the Chi
cago Republican headquarters comes
word today that Mr.. Ballantine is
performing wonders in teamwork and
organization.
There have been persistent reports,
even from friendly sources, that Mr..
Hamilton's speaking engagements left
him no time TO cinch up the cam
paign organization and that Snarls
and pickering were developing.
Hence, it is understood, Mr.. Ballan-
tine, an experienced and competent
organizer, was an emergency choice
to restore drive and efficiency.
He is New York City corporation
lawyer. Undersecretary of the Treas
ury under President Hoover. For
many years. before entering the
Treasury in 1881. he quietly and un-
obtrusively became one Of the coun-
try's leading authorities on taxation.
In 1917 he was special counsel to the
United States Government on taxa
ton, and, in 1918, solicitor of inter-
nal revenue. Europe recognized his
skill in finance. CZechoslovakia sum-
moned him to straighten out govern
mental tax tangles and gratefully be-
slowed upon him the Order Of the
White Lion when he made everything
ship-shape again.
In the immediate postwar DAYS
he and Mrs. Ballantine were Of the
socially elect in Washington, and
again during his term as Undersec-
retary. He is Of the Locust Valley,
Oyster Bay Republican genro occupy
ing a home once owned by Theodore
Roosevelt, jr, where stands the rock
which George Fox, Quaker saint, used
for pulpit in 1872. A native Of
Oberlin, Ohio, he practiced law in
Boston, and in New York became a
member Of the firm of Root, CLARK,
Buckner, Rowland & Ballantlne,
(Copyright. 1850
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intricate excep-
tions. The Town
send movement
at it's rece n t
Cleveland con-
Vention was not
willing to go so
far as to indorse
Lemke, the Union
party candidate
for President.
Father Coughlin
seems to indorse
Lemke, but stops
short of formally
uniting with the
Union part t Y,
Father Coughlin
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Recovering at 102.

ROCHESTER, N Y, August u
P).-Struck by an automobile driven
by a 77year-old motorist, Henry
Peet, 102, apparently was completel:
recovered today from the slight shock
Of the accident Sunday.
Police reported that Peet was
struck by an automobile driven by
Charles W. Lee. The report said
Peet walked into the side of Lees car.
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U. S. RECOVERY LAUDED
Miss Perkins Tells Gathering in

Miss Perkins Tells Gathering in
Geneva of Success.
GENEVA. August II LP).-Miss
Frances Perkins, United States Sec
retary Of Labor, said last night Ameri-
ca was proud of the economic recovery
achieved by August, 1896.
Speaking before the International
Labor Organization. she asserted S.
100000 unemployed had been put to
work. 100000 others had gone back
to agricultural occupations and 3,00o,-
600 more were employed by the Gov
eminent in various fields.
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quarters, I n e y
can hardly get
much comfort out
Of a re-eXamina-
tion Of primary
voting, but so far
as indicating the
job the Republic
ans have ahead of
them if they are
to win, the tabu-
] a tion shows
clearly W n e r e
the organization
work of an in
tenSive character
must be done.
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MAY CANCEL SUIT

HOLLYWOOD. Calf. August II
CP). - Hollywood wondered today
whether kiss instead of a decree
would end Judith Aliens divorce suit
again Jack Doyle. Irish singer-boxer.
The brunette actress, ex-wife of
Wrestler Gus Sonnenberg, and Doyle
were seen together today talking
things over"
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The Treasury has not made
understanding of the new tax bill
easy by issuing 80 pages of ex-
planatory regulations. To give you
an idea how simple the regula-
tions are, here is a typical para
graph:
The term dividend for the pur-
pose Of title one of the act tex
cept when used in sections 203A
and 207C. one. thereof comprises
any distribution in the ordinary
Evening star., 1936-08-12
Four-in-One
DiSSenterS
Powerful
Coughlin-S n-Smith-Lemke-
Townsend Group May
Alter Election.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

~ N FRIDAY, at Cleveland, will
occur the convention of the
\ National ie Union I,3l.o q of Social Social
Coughlin's organization. In the pres
idential campaign this organization
does not stand alone. 1t is geared
into some kind of informal co-opera-
ton with three other movements. The
other three are the Townsend organ
ization, the old Huey Long share
the wealth" movement, which Is now
apparently led by Rev. Gerald L. K.
Smith. and finally the Union party.
which is a formally organized third
party, with candidate for President
in the person of Representative VII.
liam Lemke of North Dakota.
In the working arrangement in
which these four are united there are
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R0UND.TABLE KNIGHTS
CONVENTION SOUGHT

Washington will make bid to the
Loyal knights of the Round Table TO
hold their 1887 convention here.
A delegation of four members will
leave here Sunday to represent The
local club and to extend the invitation
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It will be noted that IN every one Of
these States the Democratic percent
age of the total vote is the larger.
Republican States
Now the States in which the Repub-
fcans exceeded the Democratic per-
centages in the primaries are these:
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News Behind the News
Jim Reed Seen Dominating Figure of Jeffersonian
Democrats-Speech Brings Tears.
BY PAUL MALLON.


the birth of the Jeersonian
Democratic learned largely Jim Reeds baby
The Incompatible caustic ex-senator from Missouri conceived
the original had his political friends issue the
zation.
Smith afraid that strong
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The falling of in the Republican
vote, small as 1t was. does not seem
to indicate a Republican landslide
this year.
Republicans are consoling them
selves by the fact that in spite of
there being no contest in it that
stirred statewide interest, they still
polled 100000 more votes than did
the Democrats. The Democrats are
pointing out that the nominees for
Governor and United States Sena-
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Mysterious radio fade-outs at Bel
grade, Yugoslavia, have been traced
to flies.
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Kansas Disappoints Parties
Small Vote Fails to Show Trend, but Each Machine
Finds Some Solace.
BY CLIFF STRATON.


<OPEKA August 12Nether Republican leaders
with the possible exception of Senator Arthur Capper
renomnaed for fourth term by lopsided vote over
his the Republican
over the results of the Kansas statewide primary
botn poed smaller
ago. The Republican
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Six Primaries
Tell G.. O. P.
Weakness
Votes Call Attention
to States Needing
Republican Work.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

~HICAGO, August II. - There
may be much food for con-
versation in the various polls
~ and straw votes that are being
made nowadays, but the last and
most important poll of any large
number of voters that will, upon
careful study, reveal some significant
trends, is the primary vote in IL
States.
Here, at Republican national head
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sonality, too. He does not mix read
lily with other personalities of
strength. This explains why he re-
manned in the celestial labyrinths of
his Empire State domain and drop
ped somewhat grouchy comment
concerning convention suggestions
that he would take the stump for
the new movement. AL will stump,
but under auspices of his own choos-
ing.
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MERE are so many Harvard
men on both sides of the ma
tional political campaign that
~ hanips tn looI, ill., I,,.4 .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21
A Thought for Today
Among the Unmentioned

No one has of recent weeks called at- tention to the fact that little is heard or said these days about drafting former republican senator from this state for the gubernatorial nomination. No, we're not referring to Hiram A. Bingham. Accord ing to the Hartford Times eX-Senator Bingham is now under consideration for the 2. o. p. congressional nomination in the Second District in place of Dr. Will liam L. Higgins, although not so long ago Colonel Raymond Gates, the head of the Soldiers Home at Noroton was being ac- corded this honor even as Dr. Higgins friends in eastern Connecticut were gird- ing to defend his honor and put him back in office.
 The ex-senator to whom we refer is Frederic c. Walcott of Norfolk, at present State Welfare Commissioner. Oddly enough this links him to Colonel Gates, who was, until the 1885 session of the Legislature had taken action, state agent. This job was joined with the duties of a State Welfare Commissioner then and it was the Norfolk man who received the appointment from Governor Cross, while Colonel Gates little later was made superintendent of the Soldiers Home upon the death of the head. The Walcott appointment, though, caused many demo- crats to claim that Gov. Cross had in- jected former g. o. p. officeholder back into the political limelight.
 Other democrats contended that by the same token Gov. Cross appointment had removed eX-Senator Walcott from the lists as an eligible gubernatorial candidate in 1886. All of which may be sustained by events of recent weeks in which almost every republican who has held state or national office in the last 20 years has been dragged out as a potential candi- date We can't say, though that we recall seeing the name of Walcott in this group. All of which might seem to indicate that the governor didn't act so unwisely in putting republican in the commis- sionership, save that it does conflict with democrats who are firm believers in the spells system without reservations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21
Cards and Souvenirs

The Tacoma Washington, Chamber Of Commerce is doing it's community ser vice by getting out new picture postcards to replace what Tacoma newspaper calls the "antediluvian" cards now on sale. It is small matter, perhaps, but one well worth attention. And that goes for Waterbury as well as Tacoma. We of- ten marvel at the postcards depicting places of interest in and around Water bury. Evidently once picture is taken the concern that puts 'em on postcards won't change them for love or money.
 Picture postcards all over the country have an uninteresting similarity. There is too little imagination in the choice of subjects and too little art in the pictures. Buildings and bridges and park lawns which resemble the same items in many other cities are the common subjects of pictures. Monuments also come in for plentiful attention. A postcard, if it is to be good advertisement for city, ought to display some attractiveness, as well as distinction.
 Another reform which tourists would welcome is an improvement in souvenirs. Fortunately or unfortunately this is some thing that Waterbury has not gone in for extensively While our local industrial pldIlLS uIluOuULeuly IuIH out HlllllOIlS Ol souvenir items for communities, etc, few if any are made and sold to advertise the Brass City. And what brazen oppor- tunity there is at hand for some enterpris- ing person to entice bit of trade in the souvenir line. Every community worth visiting can afford to display bit of individuality in postcards and souvenirs -trifles to be sure, but trifles that often make last impressions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21
Worthy of Comment

Just as worthy of comment and con- gratulations as the fact that it has just observed the 50th anniversary of it's es- tablishment is the 50th anniversary edi- tion of the Meriden Journal Souvenir editions commemorating various events in the lives of our daily newspapers, as well as the communities they represent, have come into our possession, but we are quite frank in stating that our near neighbors on the other side of Southing- ton Mountain have reached an acme of success in their endeavors to observe ap- propriately worthy occasion.
 The Waterbury Democrat takes great pleasure today in rendering the palm ot success to Frank E. Sands and the corps of assistants who put their heads together to produce the fine and complete anni- versary edition Just as our own Publisher and Editor, E. Vincent Maloney, rendered his congratulations and well wishes to the Journal on the occasion of the anniver- sary so do we of the Fourth Estate now before the craft of men and women who have so fittingly proved themselves worthy to dip their fingers in ink by the fruit of their labors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21
American Egypt

The New World has it's own Egypt, says Mrs. Edna Robb Webster, an American archeologist who has spent many years Investigating the monuments and culture of the prehistoric Mayans. That was a wonderful race of builders, whose struc- lures in some ways were as grand and iI1- teresting as those of the Nile builders. And there is new information about them.
 A recent translation of some of their old records, carved on stone, indicate that the Mayans came "after the flood, with their leader Itzamna, from out of the eastern seas" This is taken to mean not from the traditional Lost Atlantis" mentioned in ancient Greek literature, but from submerged island probably in hhe Caribbean Sea-
 They brought with them high culture writing. history, art, architecture and lcientific knowledge. That was about 5000 years ago. They settled in the Yu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21

Forty states are cooperating with the U. s. Bureau of Public Roads in an econ- omic survey to bring about a safe and sane expenditure of motor tax revenues. We have heard much of diversion of high way funds in this state. At every session of the Legislature some effort is made to utilize some part of the money raised through motor taxation for purposes other than departmental maintenance and highway construction. To date all such efforts have usually failed, although there may have been borrowing of such funds for temporary purposes. In New York state it is claimed that diversion has deprived motorists of $200, 100000 worth of highway improvements. That's big sum of money. We can st picture what this state would do with two hundred mill lions. Think of the Merritt Parkway alone and what $200, 0,000,000 would mean to it. We perhaps should be thankful that diversion has not yet made its ap- pearance in our state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21

catan Peninsula and spread over Yuca- tan, Campeche, British Honduras and Guatemala, an area of about 12,OOO square miles, developing many great cit- ies, some of which contained 500,OOO to 100000 people.
 After thousand years they were con- quered by idol-worshippers from the west, and their civilization had faded by the time of the Spanish conquest. That region should be worth seeing. We shall probably be having excursions down there before long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-21

Down near Harrisburg, Pa, there is a huckleberry bush that is declared to be the oldest living thing in the world. Dis covered back in 1920 botanists and scien- tists now credit this lowly little growth with an age of 12,000 years. It's even older than the California redwoods which at one time were thought to be about the oldest living examples of plant life that we had. The age was determined by the spread of the plant, as it's seeds are sterile and growth is by movement of roots underground. Uncle Sam ought to build fence around this hoary old in- habitant.