Evening star., 1938-10-31


and vote, nothing could prevent
its enactment into law.
Lodge Heads RedecOratOrs.
The Republican party in Massa-
chusetts, to all intents and pur-
poses. is having a new coat of paint,
and the color chosen is decidedly
liberal. The head and forefront of
the party today, despite his youth,
is Senator Lodge. His baptismal of
liberalism began while he served in
the Legislature, where he became
chairman of the Committee on La
Dor Legislation. His liberal trend
has continued during his service in
the Senate, where he has ANNOYED
the Roosevelt New Dealers out
rageously by supporting prevailing
wage amendments to appropriation
bills and other devices to improve
labor conditions, which they them
selves have not been ready to place
on the statute books.
Mr.. Lodge is an attractive per-
Sonality. He is said to be hundreds
of thousands of votes stronger in
Massachusetts, today than he was
when he defeated Mr. Curley in
1886. And the whole State pricked
up its ears when it learned that a
group of New Jersey Republicans
had launched Lodge for Presi-
dent movement during the Sena-
tors recent visit to that State to
speak for Warren Barbour, candi-
date for Senator. Mr.. Lodge him.
self merely laughs at the suggestion,
and so does his political mentor,
Thomas w. White, one of the most
astute politicians of modern Mass
achusetts. The suggestion. it seems,
has come little too early.
Mr.. White. who ran the campaign
which resulted in the election Of
Senator Lodge over Curley, is now
at the helm for Mr.. Saltonstall. He
has had more difficult task build
ing up the gubernatorial candidate,
for while Lodge and Saltonstall
come from the same strata of So
ciety in this State, where society Is
spelled with large S, Lodge had
for number Of years played the
game of politics in and with a dem
ocratic manner. But Mr.. Salton-
stall is coming along. He is talking
today in favor of wage-hour law,
for example. for the State of Mass
achusetts that would put the new
Federal act to shame.
Jim Curley, dynamic and elo-
quent speaker, is tearing into Sal
tonstall on all occasions and belit-
Ting his claims Of liberalism. Cur
ley also says that if he is elected
Governor he will be able to 60 to
Washington and get $l20 900 900 for
flood relief and prevention, where
Saltonstall would come away empty
handed.
Democrats Doubt Preference.
Democrats take this last state
ment OF Curley's with a grain of
salt, for it is understood that Mr..
Curley is not SO welcome at the
White House as he might be, despite
the fact he was the first Democrat
of major position who came out for
Roosevelt for President back In 1881.
Gov. Hurley, cut of from a nomi-
nation for a second term by Mr..
Curley's ambitions, is doing nothing
for Mr.. Curley and porbably some
thing against him. Nor is former
Representative Russell of the Cam
bridge district, or 1t. Gov. Kelly, also
candidates for the gubernatorial
nomination this year, turning
finger for Curley. Senator David I.
Walsh, who addressed recently the
Democratic dinner here attended by
National Chairman Jim Farley,
spoke eloquently of Democratic vic
tory in 1910 and forgot to mention
1888.
The issue in this campaign is
good government" and if the Re
publlcanS are not led into other
fields, they should win against Cur
ley.
The G. o. P has 10 of the IS
members of the House in Washing
ton in the present Congress.
Two or three of the Republican
members are having real contests
or they appear real-for reelection.
But if there is swing away from
the New Deal, it does not seem In
the cards for any of them to lose.
Representative Treadway, veteran
Republican from the 1st district, is
opposed by Owen johnson, author,
whom he defeated in the last cleo
ton.
In the 14th district, Representa-
tive Joe Martin, chairman of the
Republican Congressional Campaign
Committee, has strong opposition by
L. j. Bresnahan, who has labor
support, and even in the 10th
district, represented for years by
George Holden Tinkham, the Demo-
Gratis are putting on a fight. Mr..
Tinkham, following his usual tech
nique, has been big game hunting
in Africa during the campaign and
will return to Boston only in time
to vote. His hold on this Boston
district, otherwise tremendously
Democratic, has been amazing.
Representative Luce has fight to
win reelection against Martin j.
Kelly in the 10th district.
The Republicans, on the other
hand, are hopeful of picking up one
seat now held by the Democrats, in
the Sd district, which is representAd
by Joseph Casey-but Is more q hope
than chance.