The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-02

In the White House on next Jan. 20 inauguration day.
 q. o. r. to Gain Seats
 Republicans variously predict they will gain from 45 seats up in the house of representatives in which the democratic party now has a majority of more than 200. Democrats privately concede they will lose 35 or more seats. In the dozen border and northern states in which there are senatorial con- tests, republicans have a chance to gain here and there. But 1t is Q mathematical impossibility for the g. o. D. to regain control of the senate this year because 50 many oi the seats to be filled are in sure southern democratic territory. One- third of the senate membership plus persons to i'll vacancies are to be elected tomorrow.
 Over 42,000,000 to Vote
 The parade of voters which form first of the east coast and extend finally across the nation will num- ber 42,000,000 to 45,000,000 in the opinion of statisticians who havo examined records of extraordinary registration increases reported from all parts of the country. The vote four years ago was just short Of 40,000,000.
 Outstanding among political is. sues as this campaign closes is that raised by republicans with working men and women of this country. republicans are charging that the New Deal Social Security program will impose one per cent tax on the workers wage aS of next Jan. uary.
 MT. Roosevelt and his aides arc bitterly resentful of that phase oi the republican campaign. Last min- ute surveys indicate the wage-tax argument has cut Into MT. Roose. velt's strength In tho smoky indus- trial cities of tho east and lake states. It is there that the race Is closes and where 1t may be won oi lost.
 Mould of New Parties
 Trained political observers believe the mould of new parties has been cast in the hot campaign which will end tonight as the president and Gov. Landon turn away from microphones in Hyde Park and To. peka. There has been Q mass moye- ment of left Wingers and So-called radicals toward the democratic party as defined under MT. Roose- velt's New Deal leadership. Conser. vative democrats began more than Q year ago to draw away from the New Deal and many are to bo found now in republican shelter.
 Notable Fence Sltters
 The campaign has produced some notable fence sitters. Republican Senators Charles L. McNary, WI. liam Y. Borah and Hiram w. John. son have been silent or hardly aud. ible on the question of the respec. tive merits of MT. Roosevelt and Gov. Landon. The voice of ell or either would tremendously aid tho Kansans cause.
 Sen. Carter Glass, democratic Virginias favorite son, has refused to campaign for MT. Roosevelt al. though the New Deal high com. mand long hoped 1t would persuade him to reply to the anti-New Deal crusade of another famous and un. happy democrat, former Gov. Alfred Y. Smith of New York. Sen. Ellison D. Smith, D., S. O., and Sen. liar. ry r. Byrd, D., Va., scarcely conceal their dislike of the Roosevelt ad. ministration, but neither has left the democratic reservations. Both finger now near its outermost linn. its.
 Smith ct al Bolt
 The bolt of Al Smith, former Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, former (Wilson administration Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby and other non-offlce holding demo- crats from Mir. Roosevelt to Cover nor Landon is offset, perhaps, by transfers of republican allegiance to MT. Roosevelt. The late Sen. James Couzens, r., Mich., Sen. Peter Nor beck, r., S. D., and Sen. George w. Norris recently Q republican and now an independent, of Nebraska are among former g.o.p. figures who have endorsed the new deal.
 Rank on rank of laboring men