Evening star., 1936-10-18
REACTION AWAITED
ON LAND0N IN OHIO.
State Is Ranked With New
York and Pennsylvania
Among "DoubtfuIs."
BY L. r. CONNOR,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, October ia
prominent Republican Is reported to
have said recently that Gov. Ian.
don's first worry in the coming elec-
ton was Pennsylvania, his second
New York and his third Ohio. The
Governors supporters in this third"
doubtful State are now awaiting the
reactions of his swing though it, dur.
ing which he was wildly and en-
Enthusiastically greeted and entertained,
and in which he made one Of the
most important speeches.
His Cleveland utterance on relief
had been awaited for some time. 1t
has been adjudged almost unani-
mously throughout Ohio as a courage
Gus address on a delicate subject.
That he appealed to those people
who believe in the basic idea Of COM
munity chests for relief and to church
and brotherhood agencies who think
that relief is matter for local su-
pervision there is no doubt.
This address and his Detroit speech
on the threat of the New Deal to
America are expected to rally Re-
publicans and also discontented DEM
ocrats to the Landon banner.
Democrats Take No Chances.
But whatever the effect, the Demo-
cratic high command Is taking no
chances. Within less than a week
from the time Gov. Landon left Ohio
President Roosevelt came through and
in his characteristic, persuasive way
did what he believed was necessary
to counteract whatever good impress
sion his opponent had made on Ohio
voters.
The Presidents appearance served
also to remove some of the neutral i'm
preston left in Ohio's capital by Sec
retary of Interior Ickes, who q few
days ago spoke in Columbus under
auspices of DR.. Stanley Highs Good
Neighbor League. another one Of those
organizations which denominate it
self as a "non-partisan group ac-
lively enlisted in the cause of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's reelection"
Mr. Ickes became quite vitupera-
tive in his Good Neighbor address
and while he may have injected a
little more enthusiasm into the rank
and file of the New Dealers who are
already completely sold on the Presi-
dent, he almost certainly failed to
make any new votes or to affect the
close outcome Of the Ohio election.
Switch Percentages Figured.
The totals in the various straw vote
polls in Ohio being so varied, OBJ
servers have abandoned the idea of
trying to figure the coming election
from the totals and are now centering
their attention on other factors in
trying to reach conclusion. The per-
centages Of switches from Republi.
can to Democratic and vice versa Is
the most common form of drawing
conclusions.
The Cleveland Daily News has de-
cided, apparently through use of this
method, that Ohio will go for Lam
don. 1t has even figured the plu-
rality down to the last vote, and it
finds that this State should now 20
for Landon by 174,894 If the Gin.
NAAH4otA GAl4uAlCL pun ID dCCuEdIc, OF
| by l80,544 if the Columbus Dispatch
poll is accurate.
Roosevelt Leads, However.
This conclusion is reached by the
News in spite Of the fact that so far
the Enquirer totals show II $50 straws
for Roosevelt and only 9,974 for Lam
don, and that the Dispatch totals
show 27,657 for Roosevelt and 25,231
for Landon.
1t is upon differences in the per-
centage of those who are changing
that the experts are basing their pre-
dictions and trying to figure out within
100 votes or less exactly how Ohio is
going.
In Columbus, where a detailed
analysis of the increased registration
has been made, it is found that the
increase is divided thusly: In Demo-
cratic wards, an increase of 1s,763;
in wards which in 1882 voted for
Hoover, an increase of 26,5ss votes.