The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-16

between the rural and city
 The question of who will carry Michigan sirnmers down to whether the farmers ill rural districts can carry the state for Landon or industrial labor ill the cities can carry it for Roosevelt.
 So far it has been a 5O-5O race. with Roosevelt, in the last few weeks, registering a one or two point lead. .
 It is nothing to risk too much money on, but if elections were held today, Roosevelt probably would win. 4 Business Boom
 It may or may not be the result of the New Deal, but business throughout Michigan is booming as almost never before. Auto mobile plants, the backbone of the state, are working night shifts.
 Naturally both political parties are attempting to use this to then own advantage. Democrats claim the revival was brought about by Roosevelt. Republicans claim 1t was natural pickup and warn labor that if Landon is not elected the boom will evaporate.
 The farmers are inclined to be- lieve the republicans, and LA BOR IS INCLINED TO BELIEVE THE DEMOCRATS.
 COat-Tail Candidates
 Most colorful politicos in Michi- ban are Frank("Dew and Sum shine") Murphy, former high commissioner to the Philippines, and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, referred to by introducers as po- litical rallies as "Our future presi- dent"
 Murphy resigned his glamorous job in the Philippines to help carry the state for the democrats, but is now running behind. If he is elected governor it will be by hanging on to RooSevelt's coat tails.
 Senator Vandenberg is not run ming for office = unless 1t be that of future" president-buJ he is staging lusty campaign. The republicans, incidentally, had to use little persuasion to draft Arthur. Not at all enthusiastic over Landon, he did not want to campaign at all. But now that he has been pushed into it, Ar thur is the best haranguer in the state.
 Murphy, former mayor of De- troit, and famous as a gouger of automobile manufacturers in order ot feed depression bread lines, is immensely popular in De- troit, but not in the rest of the state. Furthermore, he is 8 Catholic, and never before has a Catholic been governor of Michi- gan.
 Religious Issue
 With his usual forthrightness, Murphy himself injected the re- ligious issue into the campaign. Speaking at Port Huron. he said:
 "I do not want to be voted for because of my religion. Neither do I want to be voted against for the same reason. The President of the United States, a Protestant, appointed me, 8 Catholic, to rule over 3 nation of 15,OO0,00O. I do not believe will suffer in the State of Michigan because of my re- ligion."
 According to present indica- tions, it would not be surprising to see Roosevelt carry the state, while the two chief dcmocrati candidates, Murphy and Con- gressman Prentiss Brown (run- ming for the senate) lose.
 Special Guards
 The Roosevelt Special is being guarded like almost no other presidential train. Lavish pre- cautions are taken by each road over which the President travels.
 Special guards watch all
 bridges to prevent anything
 from being thrown onto the
 tracks, while special detectives line the railroad yards.
 Clear signals are flashed along the line about AS minutes ahead of the train, and then to make absolutely sure there has been no accident ahead. . pilot