The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-01

In other words, Roosevelt h the state.
 Jim will not admit that question mark publicity, nor will he admit another item, not writetn in his notebook, but mentally noted by every stategist around the demo- cratic council table. It is that Roosevelt's biggest handicap in Ohio is his alleged democratic friend and running -mate, Cover nor Martin Luther Davey.
 Martin Luther Davey has 8 more highly developed capacity for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time than any other gov- ernor in the country.
 BunbIing Davey
 If there is any possible way to humble a situation, whether it be eating a pickle at a Sunday school picnic or calling the roll at 8 cabinet meeting, Davey will find out the way to humble 1t.
 WITH Ohio State turning out one of the most popular football teams in that part of the coun- try, he charged that thirteen foot ballers had government jobs and walled that Football had become the supreme purpose of higher education"
 WITH the Relief vote 8 highly important factor in the state, Davey got himself in a position whereby he was charged by Harry Hopkins with shaking down" firms selling to the Ohio Relief Administration, in order to make LID his campaign deficit.
 About the only thing Martin Luther has done expediticusly has been to win membership in Ro- tary, Masons, Elks and Odd FeI- lows, and to card-index his friends and acquaintances in order to send greetings on their birth days.
 Canned Speeches
 For time also he appeared to be going great guns on the radio. His voice would ring out on the ether morning, noon, and night three times a day. Folks won- dered how Davey was able to spend so much time at the broad casting studio, how he had de- veloped that cast-iron throat and that unfailing technique before the microphone.
 Then one day while the gover- nor was broadcasting, 8 strange thing happened. For the first time in his life he appeared at a loss for words.
 'T want to tell the people of Ohio," he stormed, "that .. I want to tell the people of Ohio that ... I want to tell the people of Ohio that ."
 AND so ON, OVER AND OVER.
 What happened was that the governors voice had been tram scribed on a wax disc. And the needle got stuck in the same groove. The transcription records explained Davey's great speaking prowess. No wonder he was able to broadcast thrice daily.
 Where Davey gets his campaign contributions no one knows, but he gets them. Already he has contracted for $66,0o0 worth of radio time. It is all a part of Davey,s fight for political life. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEATH RATTLE.
 Roosevelt Strength
 The fact that Roosevelt stands as well as he does in Ohio in spite of Martin Luther hanging to his coat-tails indicates that F. D. has real strength in the Buck eye State. All the newspape polls-and one of them is con- ducted by the arch-Republican Columbus Dispatch-show Roose- welt running ahead of Landon. The Literary Digest, on the other hand, shows the opposite
 So take your pick.
 Real fact is that Ohio is any, body,s guess. Publicly both re- publicans and democrats claim 1t. Privately they both are worried. Jim Farley is right. It is 50- 50 proposition.
 Here are the factors for and against the two candidates:
 PRO-LANDON:-
 1. The farmers are decided
 ly with the Kansan. even those
 receiving AAA cheeks.
 2. The Townsend and Cough
 lin movements still carry weight
 in Ohio, and while they are
 not lining up for Landon, they
 are taking votes away from
 Roosevelt.
 3. Republican factions have
 buried the hatchet. and 8 we'll
 oiled machine with plenty of
 contributions Is waging an im-
 pressive campaign. In contrast,
 democrats maintain both na-
 tional and state headquarters
 fin Columbus, and there is much
 factional pickering.
 {. Business and professional
 men are strong for LandOn.