The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-03

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 The banker said; "of course stAtO politics here In New Jersey IS with certain equally crooked demo- cratic clements that you can't Do very passionate about anything.
 "Naturaily, I don't care for the way federal money has been thrown about, nor for the powerful machine that Jim Farley has built up on tax" payers money.
 "f think Landon is Q good sound man and would stop Q lot Of this extravaganza. When 1t comes to tho national election, I would soy that it will bo mighty close in New Jorsey-.with tho odds Q little In fa- Vor of Landon."
 The business men said practical. ly tho same thing, although one of them was bitter and outspoken against Roosevelt personally.
 My host, the political corrospon. dent, analysed the local situation nB follows: "The shadow Of the un. fortunate Lindbergh baby is cast over this whole political mess in New Jersey. It is equalled in i'm. poFtRnce only by the shadows Of tens of thousands of WPA workers leaning on their shovels. I'd say thNt ono just about counter-baiane- es the other,
 Hoffman took Q big chance and fi0iiFNd that he could become Q national figure if he solved the LlndborRh case. Out of the mess popped the Wendell Kidnapping which New Jersey was very happy to dump into the lap of New York.
 "Hoffman lost, the Lindbergh mystery is still only partly solved and the WPA'ers arc still lean- ing on their shovelS.
 "As for as the national election ls concerned, New Jersey is still anybody'S state-with Roosevelt having the edge here at the end of June"
 State in a Grand Muddlc
 Now in i032 Roosevelt carried New Jersey by 30,eeB votes, although Barbour, Q republican, won over the democratic nominee for the .. s. Senate by l0,223 votes. Tn '34 the former democratic governor, Harry Moore, was elected senator, and Harold c. Hoffman was elected re. publican governor, and the fantasy that is New Jersey politics and Jus. tico went into It's dance,
 Joining forces with some of Frank Hague's democratic clique that con- trois Newark, Governor Hoffman faces tho last year of his three-year term with the knowledge that things have never been in such Q muddle in his state as they are at this moment.
 Golf called the banker and the business men away from the lunch. con table, and my host, in turn, was forced to leave the club for half en hour.
 [ wandered out to the deserted hall to put in Q long distance tele- phone call at the office desk. It was toward mid-afternoon, and three or four of the club staff were about, chatting among 
 broke in, and soon we were dis- cussing politics. A waiter or two Joined us, and one of the elevator boys drifted over. No banker or prominent business man was in sight.
 The Common Folks l" Slant
 There was Q good deal of stall ling ct first, and then one of them out: "What's the use of kidding I'm for Roosevelt. Who else could l be for? If 1t hadn't been for Roosevelt, millions in this country would have starved to death."
 The ice was broken. A white- collar employe took up the story: Look? what these fellows in this state are doing to us. Hoffman calls a special session for relief and they adjourn @ few days ago-and they didn't do 6 single thing for the poor people. Say, we've got to look to Roosevelt"
 It was the same old story: the working people here in the east whether they wear white shirts or blue shirts-were conceiving the coming campaign as class affair.
 They had nothing at all against I,andon. As a matter of fact, many of them really like his looks. And an equal number of them have no faith in the democratic party as such. It is @ personal belief in Roosevelt.
 Class Feeling Rampant
 go to this length to tell this par ticular incident because 1t dram- atizes so clearly what I have found pretty generally over the eastern states. The outstanding fact that have discovered here in the east. since the conventions, is this con- stantly growing class feeling.
 As one experienced observer said to me, "T'he greatest problem the