Evening star., 1936-10-26

Just as Gov. Landon is laying final
campaign stress on the constitutional
issue, President Roosevelt is devoting
himself assiduously at the wind-up to
avowal Of his devotion to Stree enter
prise" and private profit. F. D. RS
tactics plainly reflect anxiety to WOO and
win the business vote while there still Is
time. It is among that element that
New Dealers recognize the strongest
single body of resistance to the Presi-
dents reelection. Whether his over
lures to wear it down will prove effective
at this advanced stage is more than
problematical. On his success or other
wise in doing SO depends to conSid-
cradle extent Democratic ability to
carry New York, Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusettS and New Jersey, where Landon
strength is running high. Mr.. Roosevelt's
conspicuous latter-day abstention from
belaboring of business has to certain
extent probably diminished its antip-
athy. BY the time the votes are
counted Democratic leaders predict that
in consequence of industrial and finan-
cial trends it will be shown that business
"hate" of the President never was as
potent or perilous as once was thought.
Two former Undersecretaries of State,
]. Reuben Clark, jr., who served during
the Coolidge-Kellogg regime, and VIII
liam r. Castle, jr, who held the job
under Hoover and Stimson-were the
architects in chief of Gov. LandonS S
Indianapolis speech on foreign affairs.
Messrs. Clark and Castle have been in
more or less steady contact with the
Republican nominee at Topeka and
during his campaign tours. In the
event Of Republican victory 1t is re-
garded certain that they would be con-
spicuous in the conduct Of Landonian
foreign policy, either at the State De-
partment or as Ambassadors. Clark was
once Ambassador to Mexico and Is
Latin American specialist. He's now a
ranking member of the Mormon hierarchy
in Utah. Castle, who was born in Homo
lulu, a scion of one of the original Amer
ican ruling families in the Territory, had
q period of special ambassadorial duty in
Japan during his State Department
career and rates as an authority on the
Far East.
DR.. Fernando de los Rios, newly
accredited Ambassador OF Spain, Will
make his first public utterance in wash
ington as the luncheon guest OF over
seas Writers on Wednesday. He Is ex-
pected to give a graphic account OF
conditions now prevailing in hard-
pressed Madrid and possibly some inkling
of the Leftist governments hopes ana
plans. The envoy, a Spanish scholar OF
distinction, is former president OF the
University of Madrid. He has nuent
command of English. When the Presi-
dent received DR.. de los Rios credentials
at the White House the other day, MIR.
Roosevelt was diplomacy itself In
punctiliously abstaining from any REFER
ences to the government OF the enVoys
country. The formal response to the
traditional ambassadorial greetings was
confined to salutations to the Spanish
people" That goes for whichever
regime comes out on top in the oioooy
unpleaSantneSS over there.
Speaking of Spain, the most important
American interests at stake In tnat
country are the ownership of the ma
tional telephone system by the Inter-
national Telephone & Telegraph Co.
The chairman of its board. Sosthenes
Behn Of New York, has held the tort
tenaciously and courageously IN the
company's magnificent 22-story Madrid