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adjustment must be reached by Oc-
tober 26 This has given the Dem
ocrats breathing spell, however, and
they hope to stave of trouble until
after November 3. election day-or
perhaps bring q real adjustment Of
the troubles.
Other Unions In Arms.
Other labor troubles continue. how
ever, to cause q stir. The ware
house union is fighting for more pay
and lesser hours. and threatens a
strike. The Milk Wagon Drivers
Union has been fighting milk distrib-
utors in this section. And down in
Salinas. the lettuce country. there
has been more or less civil war, with
the workers demanding a closed shop
for the lettuce workers.
The impression created on the law
and-order population and the farm
ers in particular by these labor dis
turbances is not so hot. Charges that
such strife has been fomented by the
Roosevelt New Deal policies are NUT
tered resentfully.
The Endorsement given Landon by
DR.. Francis E. Townsend in Cali
fornia is considered q real break for
the Republican nominee for President.
Estimates Of the Townsend Club mem
bership in the State run from SOC, 900
to TOO 900. Many of these people have
been Democrats and Independents. If
they all Topped over to Landon, fol-
lowing the doctors advice. Califor-
MIA might very well be found in the
Republican column.
1t Is not thought likely that any
such thing will happen-even some Of
the inner people at Townsend head
quarters say not The Townsend
leaders do claim, however. that . very
considerable ma jority of Townsendites
will 60 through for Landon.
There is a rumor about that the next
political move in this State will be q
statement from the Coughlin Union
party leader here, urging the Father
Coughlin followers to vote also for
Landon. This has not been confirmed
yet. The only reason for such q move
on the part Of the Coughlinites lies in
the fact that Lemke, the presidential
candidate Of the Union party, backed
by Coughlin, has been unable to get on
the ballot in this State. That fact
brought DR.. Townsend to declare for
Landon, in California and all other
States where there was no chance to
vote for Lemke.
The followers of Coughlin in Cali
fornia are comparatively few as COM
pared to the Townsendites. However
such q shift in votes to Landon might
be- of some effect.
The Republicans in their campaign
for LAndon here are being aided by
groups of Democrats who have been
unable to swallow the New Deal. There
are the constitutional Democrats, the
Jeffersonian Democrats and the pro-
gressive Democrats. three different
groups, but all animated by the desire
to defeat Roosevelt for reelection. The
constitutional Democrats say they
have some 5000 workers. II they have
that many votes, it will make another
dent in the Roosevelt total on election
day.
Democratic Roll High.
when all Is said and done, however
the Republicans are staggered as they
consider the vast Democratic registra-
ton of voters in California Before the
primary election in August, the Demo-
cratic registration stood almost 600, ,0oC
higher than the Republican. 1t has
changed some since then, but the
Democratsstill have half million more
voters registered than the Republicans
In San Francisco alone. the registered
Democratic votes outnumber the
Republicans by $4,000. In Alameda