The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-05


 truSters and Democratic biI
 On all previous junkets the President was accompanied by Q corps of master minds and party chieftains. Last year Judge Sam Rosenlnan, original brain truster, took the campaign trip, also one or more Cabinet members and @ flock of Senate leaders.
 His 1885 and 1884 trips were equally well attended. Back in 1889 his first election campaign was chaperoned by Q small army of brain-trusters and Democrat 10 notables, headed by the now forgotten Professor Ray Moley.
 BUT ON THE PRESENT TRIP THE PRESIDENT IS ABSO- LUTELY ION HIS OWN"
 Only members of his personal White House staff are with him. There isn't 8 political big-shot or intellectual on the train. Every where along the route, local lead- CTS and congressional members have come aboard for a few hours, but that has been the extent of such participation.
 The Presidents 1one-handed tactics are deliberate. He is pur- posely travelling unaccompanied in order to glean impressions and re- actions strictly for himself.
 Gloomy Outlook
 Oregon Is ardently pro-New Deal Even Senator Charles Me- Nary, popular Republican. floor leader, barely scraped through by 4,7OO votes last year. And he accomplished the feat solely by tending his own knitting, saying nothing about Landon and Knox. When Knox canpaigned in Oregon, McNary was ct the far end of the State.
 Steiwer's likely nemesis Is willis Mahoney, handsome, 4o-year-old insurance salesman, who came within a hair's-breadth of snatch ing McNary's scalp. A New Dealer, Townsendite, EPIC adher- ent and what-have-you, Mahon- ey already is in the field against Steiwer. He will address any gathering from two persons up.
 Despite the gloomy reelection outlook. Steiwer is sticking by his anti-Administration guns. Just before the recent New York may- orally election, he made public 8 telegram he had sent to Senator Royal Copeland wishing him suc- cess. Steiwer's friends admired his spunk but groaned at his po- Mtical ineptness. honey whooped with glee.
 Independent
 Governor Clarence D. Martin of Washington may be Democrat, but he is independent. Further more, he Is 8 devotee of strict protocol. @a
 Senator Joe O'MahOney could barge into the Presidents party without an invitation if he wanted to, but not Martin. No personal invitation from the President, no Martin.
 He made this crystal clear when the President visited Bonneville Dam. OfilciaIs Of both Washington and Oregon turned out to welcome the President, including Senator McNary. BUT NOT MARTIN.
 He refused to participate unless personally invited by the Pres tdent.
 Senator Louis schwellenbach asked him to come, after Q long distance telephone call from White House Secretary Marvin Mcintyre. But Martin disdained this indirect invitation and did not show Up.
 Publicity Hunters
 One of the most difficult prob lems confronting Secret Service men on this trip is to shield the President from publicity y-seekers.
 The task involves combination of tact and firmness. The SS-men must keep them away from the President and yet not offend them. Sometimes this Is made difficult because a local politician will try to introduce his friends to the President and ask him to pose for Q picture.
 The types that seek to bask in the Presidential limelight are many and varied.
 Easiest to handle are aspiring p0litic0s. The SS-men simply tell them the President is "in conference" Another group are idealists with panaceas guaran- teed to cure the worlds ills. Others are unique characters seeking to publicize themselves.
 An example was Q cowgirl from a Wild West show, who ap- peared at the Presidents train at Boise claming she had ridden horseback 300 miles to meet the President. The lady saw the President - as did thousands of others-but she did not meet him. nvSw% IwSwuV% wNV%NNnN