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been linked With the New Deal never.
theless.
State Sometimes Radical.
Rockribbed and rockbound Maine
for all its conservatism, follows q radi-
cal path now and then. For years II
stuck to prohibition. It Joined the
Ku Klux Klan in a big way a few
years ago. Now the old age pension
ers are stirring things up. Two years
ago the Townsendites backed Mr.. OH.
yer for the Republican nomination TO,
the House. Oliver won. This year
the Townsendites have persuaded the
whole Republican House delegation to
give them favorable consideration.
This makes Q considerable number
OF the old line Republicans of Maine
see red. They do not believe in the
Townsend pension plan. Indeed, they
DO not think very highly Of any of the
Republican nominees for the House
But they do not. on the other hand
wish to give aid and comfort to the
Roosevelt New Dealers by voting for
&ny Of the Democratic candidates,
and so they will go to the polls and
vote the ticket Straight That, by
the way. is what the Republican lead
efs have been campaigning for. vote
her straight" is their slogan.
Mr.. Chase is seeking to align the
middle class Republicans, the work.
6s and savers, savings bank deposit
tors. owners Of insurance policies and
all others who by work and Thrift are
trying to achieve security by their own
EFFORTS" against Mr.. Oliver. In an ad-
dress over the radio he said: I'VE
people are in sorry plight, from a
political point Of view. The Repub-
hcan party in Maine, of which we
constitute the backbone, has sacri-
need our interests by permitting con-
sressional candidates to indorse the
Townsend plan. We have become the
prey Of radical politicians of Ill par
ties and no existing political agency
affords us the means of defense. lam
trying, by organization aiming at mid
dle-c1ass unity, to create such Z
means"
Emery Candidacy Pushed.
In support of Mr.. Emery. the Demo-
cratic candidate in the first district,
Mr.. Chase insists that he, Emery, is
not . New Deal Democrat, that he
belongs among those Democrats who
have offered the only effective oppo-
sition to the most radical New Deal
reforms"
Mr.. Emery is the treasurer of York
County. He is typical Maine Yankee
and many Republicans would be glad
to support him against Mr.. Oliver
were it not for the fact they do not
wish to give the New Dealers a chance
to crow over the Maine elections.
Chase, they say, will influence num-
Der of Republicans against Oliver, but
while some Of them will actually vote
for Emery, others will merely not vote
at all. Against this detection, Oliver
will have the fanatical support of the
Townsendites-and they are numer-
Gus.
Chase has been a Republican rebel
on other occasions. He rebelled In
1924 when the Klan won the nomina-
ton for Governor with Brewster as
its candidate. In 1882 he lead a fight
for fortnight platform declaring for
the repeal Of the 18th amendment. He
called upon Republicans to support
Democratic candidates for Congress
and the then Representative Carroll
Beedy Of the first district was de-
feated. Beedy was a Republican and
an ardent dry.
Hope for Dubord Victory.
The Democrats are hoping that Mr..
Chase will repeat for their candidate,
Emery, what he did for the Democrats
in 1882. They are even more hopeful
that Mr.. Dubord, their candidate for
the House in the second district, will
take the measure of Mr.. Smith. There
are several industrial centers in the
district, including Lewiston. Mr.. Du-
bord is 100 per cent New Deal. The
fact that he is a Catholic of French