The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-15

Wtksten l6 WOukU tAAVS oAtASA lt had been inserted in the speeeh At the urging oe LandonS liberal advisers. among them Ray Clapper, columnist oe the Scripps~ Howard newspapers and an eIa- thuslastlo admlrer of Iandon.
 But feur days before Cover nor Eanaon delivered hts Ads dress, hts uncle. William L NaOsaman, PietshuFgh publicity man and lebbylst for Che Jones Q Eoughllm Steel corporation, arrived ln Topeka. After . peFuaal oe Che aeoeptance speech MossmAn eold EAnaon that the lAhor statements would offend important industrial interests supporting Che candidate, and suggested some changes.
 These revlslons were inoorpor- atOd in the address without the knowledge ot LAndons liberal counsellors, and in this form the speeoh was delivered,
 When the drumfiro ot labor ate taeks began cracking about Lan- aOnS ears, Als liberal advisers urged him Go Issue Q statement denying the charge that he was against independent union organ iSAtlon. And using tho Nor- man Thomas letter as an excuse, Landon did 30.
 Undiscovered
 Big Jim Farley was holding his last press conference as Post- muster General before beginning his three months leave of absence.
 ''Is nlll Mowes (the new acting postmaster general going Co use your office while you are Nwaye" asked Q reporter.
 "T dont knOwi you'u have to ask BllL"
 ~VVllI he use your swanky shower?" tn Che large tiled private washFeom adjoining tho postmaster generals office ls an elaborate, glass a-encl0aed sh0wer.l
 "Ie he does," laughed Farley "lt will be the first time iCs been used."
 Three Tests
 Three primary eleetionS in the next five weeks will write tho verdict on Governor Landon's chance os capturing any states tn that stronghold Of democracy tho Solid South.
 Each of tho contests iS c clear cut New Deal test, There are no ifs, ands, or buts about them, .Th campaigns are being wagod sduNrely on the issue Of approval or dlsapproval of Roosevelt poli- olOs, and throo of tho incumbent candidates are top-notch Adminis- tratlon leaders. h tho third fight, tho political lifo ot Gene TRlmadge-bltterest democratic foo ho President has in the South--is ct stake,
 The elections arc:
 MISSISSIPPI, August 2b, Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the seAnte Finance Com- mitteo, running for his fourth term. Already served i00 years,
 SOUTH CAROLINA, August 2B, Senator Jimmy Byrnos, tho Presidents congressional liAlson man, running for tho second term,
 GEORGIA, September Q, sen- Ator Richard D, Russell, Jr,, running for his second term Mississippi
 The fight against Pat Harrison, while revolving around the ques- ton of loyalty to the President, is heavily tinotured with personal animosity,
 Senator 'ThO Man" Dilho, who broke with Harrison last spring over tho appointment of Q judge who had jailed Bllbo, iS after hts colleagues scalp. And So deter- mined ts he to get it, that ho has patched up Q ten-year old vendetta with former Governor Martin eOnnett "Asiko" Conn0r and X backing him against Harrison.
 The Mississippl melee is hot and furious. Harrison is fighting tho political battle of his life. Ho ia bearing down lustily on hiS loyalty to the President and is given the edge on the betting.
 South Carolina
 Both of Senator Jimmy ByrneS opponents arc New Deal critics,
 Mayor Tom Ston0y of Charles. ton, and Colonel w, O, Harlloe, Q retired marine, arc trying to out- do each other in donounoing the President.
 Because of this split in hls op. position, and the further fact that neither of his foes Is an effective campaigner, Byrnes should have no difficulty In winning, How. ever thero is strong anti-New Doal sentiment in the state. Dyrnes t not dodRing the issue. Ho is run hing squArely on his record as q 100 per cent administration man Georgia
 In Georgia, the Presidents "soc' ond home," Senator Russell Is tho candidate, but the real fight i' Roosevelt vs Gene TalmNdge. The fiery red-gallused governor i' seeking Russell's place on only | ana iaaila-AnYl0giti0n t0 tho preRi-