The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-30
California's Primary
 Election Is Bitter
Roosevet's Prestige and McAdoo's Political Fate Are
 at Stake Today

encc voters and was withholding its opinion until then.
 McAdoo was accused of being a member of the Ku Klux Klan and of bringing pressure against federal employees to get their support. He denied the charges.
 Republican Contest
 In the Republican contest for the senate Ray Riley was favor ite over Hilip Bancroft. Riley cam paigned on platform of following the middle of the road" while Bancroft was more vigorous in his denunciation of New Deal policies and his opposition to labor unions.
 In the Republican gubernatorial primary the incumbent, Frank Mer- riam. faced strong opponent in Lieut.. Gov. George Hatfield. Mer- riam's chances of being renominat- ed appeared no better than even.
 Tn South Carolina
 Columbia, 8. C., Aug. 30-UP)- South Carolina Democrats decide in the party primary today whether to follow President Roosevelt's wish es and retire Sen. Ellison (Cottor Ed Smith who has served in the senate since 1908. Seeking renomin- ation, he was opposed by Gov Olir D. Johnson, an ardent New Dealer
 Approximately 340,000 voters were expected to pass on the issue, des- Cribcd aS the New Deal versus Sen Smith"
 It was not the first test of the New Deal in the south this year but 1t was the first test since Presi- dent Roosevelt announced his in- tention of intervening in state prim- aries against Democratic candidate, who had opposed his New Deal pro- gram.
 Roosevelt Let Up Some President Roosevelt had not com mittcd himself as strongly against Smith as he had against Sen. Wal ter F. George of Georgia, whom he denounced by name and to his face but he had left no doubt of how he stood and how he considered Sen. Smith. First, from the rear platform of his special train, he had reminded South Carolina voters that Smith had once remarked in the senate that q man or family could live on 50 cents a day; then later, in a summer White House statement, he had said that the South Carolina issue had been clearly draWn--the New Deal, repre- sented by Johnston against the old order of the south, represented by Smith.
 Brown Drops Out
 But, at the last moment, some of the sharpness had been taken from this issue. State Senator Edgar A. Brown, who had campaigned for 10 weeks for the nomination as @ New Dealer as 100 per cent as Johns- ton.' and who withdrew on Satur- day, sent telegram to Johnston denouncing him as an enemy of President Roosevelt who had be- come his friend as political expedi- ency. He did not say so but he in- dicated that he would vote for Smith, rather than for Johnston.
 Before he withdrew, political eX- perts felt that Brown would get at lea8t 50000 votes. Therefore, his telegram, which was widely publi- cized, waS considered of great im- portancc.
 Both Make Statements
 Smith and Johnston both issued the customary primary day state ments, claiming victory by wide margins. The polls opened at g a. m. (EST) and will close in the country at p. m. and in the cities at D. m. Because of the large number of candidates seeking nom ination to state offices, the final results probably will not be known until Wednesday. In South Caro- lima, the Democratic nomination b aS good as election.