Evening star., 1936-10-31
45,OOO,OOOPoll
Indicated on
Tuesday.
SECURITY ACT
ROW SURPRISE
Maritime WalkOut
Brings Leaders
to Attention.
By the Associated Press.

Amid a noticeable tautening of
nerves, the tremendous hurly-burly of
the 1886 campaign roared on today
toward an imminent conclusion.
AS President Roosevelt and hum
dreds of others prepared to speak
their last major pieces tonight, all
sides agreed that the emotions and
cerebral processes stimulated by the
economic and political events of the
last few years and the clashing argu-
ments of the past several months
probably would lead next Tuesday to
an outpouring of ballots shattering all
records.
Advance analyses of registration
figures have indicated a possible vote
of well over 45,000,000, exceeding by
more than 100000 the total cast in
1882.
The campaign fever that has gripped
the Nation indicated to seasoned OBJ
servers that the issues and the debates
have struck home to citizens in un-
precedented numbers, arousing de-
termination to let nothing stand in the
way of expressing their preference at
the polls.
Denounces Republicans.
Before Brooklyn crowd that howled
with glee at his thrusts, President
Roosevelt denounced the Republican
leadership last night, saying it is driven
by sinister forces" which have op-
posed social legislation for generations.
o@e Il y,
had made better, happier America" J"
Tonight Mr.. Roosevelt planned to
bring his campaign to its finale with a
speech in Madison Square Garden. his
last prediction pronouncement except
q brief radio appeal from Hyde Park
Monday night.
Gov. Landon, who had spoken what
he termed his credo and challenged
Mr. Roosevelt to tell where you stand" I"
before yelling throng in the Garden
Thursday night, was homeward bound
today stressing what he termed the
New Deals waste and extravaganza
on an unparalleled scale"
On Thursday Mr.. Landon pictured
the New Deal as menace to consti-
tutional freedom and declared he was
against governmental planning" and
concentration of power" Tonight
Mr.. Landon planned to speak in st.
Louis before going on to Kansas to
await the election returns.
1lth Hour Developments.
This week produced two eleventh.
hour developments being watched
closely by campaign leaders. One was
q fight over the social security act.
The other was the maritime strike,
walk-out which brought political stra-
tegists to alert attention to determine
what, If any, bearing it might have on
Tuesdays ballotting.
The sudden intensity of the clash
over the social security act came as
surprise. Previous the act had not
been at the center of the hottest cam
paigning, though Gov. Landon had
denounced it as unavoidable and
stupidity drafted" and John G. VAIN
ant had quit his post on the Social
Security Board to assault Landon's
stand as a call to retreat"
This week, however, there were cries
Of fraud" from both sides of the
argument. The Social Security Board
complained to the Justice Department
that the boards name was fraudu-
lently used on posters announcing
forthcoming taxes on wages and pay
rolls to finance the program. Co.
incidentally, William Hard, Republic
can radio commentator, charged the
act was "a deliberate coercive fraud
upon youth"
Praise and Attack.
With campaigners springing to arms
on either side, high party leaders
continued the hot clash last night.
President Roosevelt called the act "a
new magma charta for those who
work." He said sinister forces" were
behind the Republican attacks and
that "pay-envelope propaganda" was
carried on by "old time exploiters of
labor"
Col. Frank Knox, who incidentally
Is concluding 20,00O-mile campaign
called the most arduous in national
campaign history, assailed the act at
Gary, Ind, as scheme for sharing
poverty" He also declared the pen
sions and insurance measure puts
half the working people of America
under Federal control"
Meantime a campaign which has
torn longtime regulars" from their
political moorings continued also to
develop sharp differences of opinion
even among close relatives. The
latest example Is that Of the Edison
family. Charles Edison, son of the late
Thomas A. Edison, urged the re-elec-
tion of Mr.. Roosevelt. Only a few
days ago the inventors widow, now
Mrs. Edward E. Hughes, spoke at q
Landon rally.
Purse Strings Loosened.
The campaign also has loosened the
purse strings of contributors as per-
haps never before, the drive has be-
come the costliest in history. The two
major parties already have reported
q total expenditure of nearly $4,000
600, with large sums being spent by
other organizations.
Expressions of confidence were
heard from both camps. John D. M.
Hamilton, Republican national chair
man, said there was "a nationwide
sweep for Gov. Landon" and against
the "Roosevelt-Farley political! ma
chine" Hugh S. johnson said 'it's
doubtful whether Gov. Landon will
carry six States-it's another land
slide"