Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

Dewey Win Would Boom G. o. p.
A victory in the Empire State for
Thomas E. Dewey, the colorful,
racket-busting prosecutor, who talks
like Franklin D. Roosevelt and looks
like Charlie Mccarthy, would lift
to great heights Republican hopes
for the presidency two years hence
1t would bring to the fore candi-
date who has raised the issue of
crime and corruption, of graft and
machine politics, of collision be-
tween Democratic politicians and
the underworld-not only in New
York but throughout the country.
For the first time since President
Roosevelt entered the White House
the Democratic party has been
placed on the defensive in this cam
paign. Restless under an admins
tration that still leaves huge I'M
employment and low prices for farm
products, many of the voters are
inclined to swing away.
In a desperate effort to prevent
New Deal losses and Republican
gains, the w. P. A. and organiza-
tions set up in the agricultural States
to operate the administration farm
programs, as we'll as persons on
State and Federal pay rolls, have
been called on to do their part for
Democratic candidates. Again and
again, the Senate Campaign Ex-
penditures Committee has called at
tention to the fact the w. P. A. was
being used for political purposes in
various States. but coercion of the
workers goes right ahead.
W. P. A. May Save New Dealers.
Napoleon once said that victory
goes to the army with the biggest
guns. The New Dealers have a trs-
mendous advantage because of the
avalanche of money from the Fed
eral Treasury which they have
tossed into the States in recent
months and weeks. Thousands
more men and women have been
placed on w. P. A. rolls. hundreds
Of millions of dollars have been al
located for public works. The po-
htical effect Of these expenditures
made in accordance with the laws
OF Congress-may we'll stave off de-
feat for New Dealers in many of the
election contests.
A feature of the campaign now
closing has been the wave of sup
port for greatly increased old-age
pensions which has swept across the
country, from California to Maine.
Plans ranging from the $30-every-
Thursday ham-and-eggs' proposal
OF Sheridan Downey, Democratic
nominee for the Senate in Cali
fornia, to the more modest 5000
clubs" of Thomas Gallagher, the
Democratic nominee for Governor
in Minnesota, have been put for
ward.
The granddaddy of all these fam
tastic pension plans, the Townsend
plan, and its supporters have for
the most part taken up with the
Republican candidates. This is not
unnatural, since Democratic House
committee had DR.. Francis E.
Townsend sentenced TO Jail for con-
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House leadership successfully pig
eonholed his bill for old-age pen
sions. In some States, the Townsend
organization is still material.
G. o. p. Has Raised Red Issue.
An amazing development has been
the kindly manner in which Repub-
lican leaders, in Maine, Massachu-
sets and other States, have given
encouragement to the Townsendites.
Republicans have raised in this
campaign the issue of collision be-
tween the Communists and the New
Dealers. In this they have had Aid
from the House Committee on IN
American Activities. Democrats. on
the other hand. have sought to pin
on the Republicans association with
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