The Washington times., 1938-11-12

THE GREAT incoherent, un-
L organized, unled middle
class seems to have done the
bowling in this last election.
The God-fearing, Sunday school
going, quiet-living business and
professional people who earn
their way in the town and on
the small farms appear to have
arisen in mass to assert their
majority.
A close check of final returns
bellies any suggestion that the
city conservative or labor lead
erS, financial interests or big
business or wealth had a major
voice, if any, in the result.
They can't blame this one on
so families; it Vas the Is mil
lion families who spoke.
The expression was not with
out exceptions, notably in New
York and Illinois. But one OF
these exceptions, at least, en-
phaSiZed the changing political
situation. Favored candidates
of New York city barely escaped
upstate opposition majorities.
Elsewhere the highly organ
lied industrial centerS, strong
holds of relief voters or C1O,
generally failed to offset the
rural wrath of their States.
This is strikingly true in Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, New Jer-
Sey, and evident to some degree
in Ohio, Connecticut, PennSyl-
vania, Indiana and elsewhere.
X X
THE IMPRESSION is more
l. clearly provable in the type
of men who won. Very few old
familiar political faces are in
this new batch of legislators
coming into Congress. Less than
5 per cent are come-ba Re
publican congressman. Only 20
per cent have had any previous
political experience, generally
as mayors, county judges, sher-
ifs, State legislators.
Fully three-fourths are small
town business men and profeS-
sional people, and many differ
ent kinds of farmers.
You can scan the economic
background of those newcomers
who won in these few following
typical States and get the gen.
eral idea:
CALIFORNIA An orchard
ist, a real estate and insurance
man, an auto agency manager
and mayor.
CONNECTICUT - An insur-
ance agent, architect Gin the
legislature 10 years., a doctor
and a lawyer.
DELAWARE A bank presi-
dent.
ILLINOIS "A dairy farmer,
son of a former Congressman,
q county judge twoman), a
banker and farmer.
INDIANA-A veterinary and
sheriff, two lawyers, two nomi-
nees previously defeated.
IOWA Lumber yard mana
ger. college treasurer, mayor.
OHIO-A retail store man.
two former congressman, two
lawyers, a judge, prosecuting
attorney, newspaper publisher,
a former mayor.
PENNSYLVANIA F or m e r
Congressman. business m a n,
physician, lawyer-farmer, farm
er, railroad lawyer.
INCOMING new Senators in
4 clude: A radio station man
ager and seed merchant from
South Dakota: teacher, busl-
ness man and State treasurer
from Oregon; a labor lawyer
from Connecticut; district
attorney from Wisconsin; a
iea ding newspaper publisher
and business man from Ohio; a
former Republican S en- a t or
from New Jersey.
FARLEY STRENGTH GAINS
Tim FARLEY is the only New
d Deal official who came out
of the election bigger than he
went in. Insiders credit the
National Chairman with having
saved New York by personal
management of that situation
on the ground for several weeks
before election.
Some leftWingers here already
are mumbling that they had bet
ter get back under the Farley
tent and forget their freak side
show.
His personal power within the
Administration is likely to be
enhanced.
DANGER now, as many a New
~ Deal politico here sees it,
is that an aroused Congress may
isolate the President, as in the
last two years of the Wilson
Administration. This probably
is not a live possibility, but these
incoming boys may turn out to
be far more conservative tby
recent Washington standards
than advertised.
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CIO is SET BACK
CIO SETBACK was more COM
" plete than the major re-
turns, from MICHIGAN. Ohio and