The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-14
F. D. R. TO LOSE
NEW ENGLAND.
STOKES CLAIMS
Territory Is Stronghold of
Republicans, Writer
Says.
BY THOMAS l.. STOKES
Times Special Writer

A"AiN AONhOOAliQ COdSb perhaps
looked hardly more forbidding tc
the Puritans than it does today tc
Franklin D. Roosevelt and jim Far
ley.
Democrats profess little hope ir
any of the six states, four of which
Mr.. Roosevelt carried in 1882. Re-
publicans take them as a nucleus In
starting to count up probable cleo
toral votes.
The President, though nurtureo
at Groton and Harvard, is referred
to often merely as that fellow" in
this section where the Elys speak
only to the Smiths and very few
speak pleasantly to the Curleys and
Farleys. They sputter and a cold
CLEAN shines in their eyes when they
speak of the father of the process
ing tax, Secretary Wallace.
The Irish, who did not come over
in the Mayflower, will be found
voting for Mr.. Roosevelt in Novem-
Der. But leading the cheering
against him will be those with whom
he has much more in common, the
Harvard men of his vintage and
later who have gone out into busi-
ness and finance.
To Them He Is Revolutionary
To them, he has left his class
and become something Of a revolu-
tionary. And revolutionaries are
not popular in the seat of the Amer
lean Revolution-except, perhaps
among the foreigners who came
hopefully to these shores and now
sweat out bare existence III New
England's mills.
The explanation of New Deal I'M
popularity in New England lies
basicaliy in the conservative, in
dividualistic and economical tenn
permanent which shudders at the
spending, resents bitterly such gov
eminent planning and interference
as the now defunct AAA and NRA
which forced textile magates to help
cotton farmers in Dixie and to re-
adjust wages and limit working
hours.
The individualistic and economy
streak, so we'll eXemplified' by Cal
win Collidge, also reaches here, per-
hapS as nowhere else, into the rank
and file of small business men and
merchants and to farmers who
struggle on rocky hillsides.
Region Set Apart
New England is still, to many OF
Its inhabitants, region set apart
with little active consciousness OF
the great nation which sweeps away
from it to west and south. This
may be illustrated by the story Of
two spinisters who, encountered by
friend in far away Los Angeles
were asked how they came to be
there. They came by automobile
they said. BY what route, they were
asked
BY Dedham," was the reply.
Also contributing to the unpopll-
larity of the national Democratic
regime with the fundamental New
Englnader in this state is the inva-
sion of Curleyism which carries the
opprobrium here that Farleyisn
Goes elsewhere-control by Demo
cratic machine which has few illu-
sions of craftsmanship and is SEN
sitive to the needs of it's friends.
Typical Political Leader
Gov. James M. Curley, formel
Mayor of Boston, is the typica
Irish political leader. He ha.
aroused resentment by his patronage
methods, displacing veterans anC
old-timers with deserving Demo
cratic friends. Likewise his expan
sive state budgets, necessitating in.
creased taxes, have antagonizec
business men.
The Roosevelt family issue alsC
is present in Massachusetts, in tht
person of James Roosevelt, thu
Presidents son, in business here
who has collaborated with Gov
Curley in dispensing patronage
which task Senator David I. WALSH
has been constantly overlooked. Tht
Massachusetts, Senator, conSe,
quently. is getting more frigid abou
the New Deal.
AL Smith still has some influ
ence here which is exercised through
former Gov. Joseph - one os the
bright stars in the A ,fican Lib
erty League galaxy, but it is forecast
here that Mr.. Ely will not get fal
with his plan for an uninstructec
delegation at Philadelphia, anc
probably won't even get to go as &
delegate.
Curley Aspires to Senate
Gov Curley aspireS to the Sen.
ate seat of Marcus A. Coolidge and
though there are at this time re-
vived rumors that he may decide
to seek a second term in the gilt.
domed statehouSe, it is generally
believed he will be found running
for the senatorial nomination.
Two famous names are founc
among Republican senatorial as.
pirants-Henry Cabot Lodge, young
grandson of the late Senator Lodge
former Washington newspaper cor
respondent and now member oil
the State Senate; and Sinclair
Weeks, son of the late John w
Weeks, United States Senator ano
Secretary of War, who is mayor
of Newton and a World War vet
eran. Both are wealthy.
Competent observers here predict
that the rough-and-t tumble Gov
Curley can defeat whoever is nom
mated.
Gov. ALI M. Landon of Kansas
has gained most favor among the
Republican presidential aSpirants
in New England, which responds tc
his appellation of kansas Cool
idge," and it appears now that he
will have the majority of delegates
from this block of states.
Some Sentiment for Hoover
Some Hovoer sentiment exists If
Massachusetts, and the ex-Presi.
dent NAV GET fem delaootac Dr.,