Evening star., 1938-08-03
SENATOR AVOIDS
HER '32STRATEGY
Mrs. Caraway Campaigns
Alone Without Aid of
Showmanship.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 3.-Sena-
tor Hattie w. Caraway, stumping the
State Of Arkansas for denomination in
the August Q Democratic primary,
today offered campaign In sharp
contrast to the spectacular drive
which landed her a full term in 1882.
Opposed by Representative John L.
Mcclellan of the sixth district and
World War Veteran J. Rosser Venable,
the lone woman Senator has cast aside
tactics OF the late Senator Huey p.
Long OF louisiana which involved
sound trucks and bombastic oratory.
Senator Long in 1882 swept into
this State from his Louisiana balliwick
and dramatized Caraway liberalism in
an eight-day whirlwind campaign fea-
tured by the then novel sound trucks
and door-to-door distribution of litera-
ture
Demonstrating his showmanship at
It's best, the Louisianian steered his
colleague through a campaign tour
that brought her victory over five men
opponents, some of them backed by
the most powerful politician organiza-
tions In the State.
Runs Own Campaign.
But this year the soft-spoken Mrs.
Caraway is running her own campaign,
and along different lines. She is de-
voting most of her time to informal
handshaking visits throughout the
State, and is attempting but few
major addresses.
On the other hand, Representative
Mcclellan. famed in these parts for
his oratory. is going to the forks OF
the creek" with hts candidacy. follow
ing schedule calling for $50 speeches
before election day.
Mr.. Venable. who ran a poor third
70 the late Senator Joe T. Robinson in
1895, is giving Wall Street and the
power trust" a lambasting in his scat
tered public addresses.
First real fire of the campaign was
struck when Representative Mcclellan
complained to the Senate Campaign
Expenditures Committee that high
salaried Federal officials were helping
to manage Mrs Caraway's race. He
said in campaign address that Fed
eral employees had been asked to make
campaign contributions. charged a
Federal employe machine" was in
the making. The committee an
nounced yesterday that an investigator
would be sent into the State.
Mrs. Caraway commented: 1T ap-
pears my opponent has grown quite
desperate that he makes such
charge
Praised BY Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt last month de-
scribed Mrs. Caraway to Arkansans
gathered about his special train as AN
old friend of mine and of yours"
Representative Mcclellan, who has
opposed some New Deal proposals. has
told the voters he would not be "a
rubber stamp Senator"
Mrs. Caraway, now 50. was q
"homebody'' before the death Of her
husband, Senator Thaddeus Caraway,
in 1881. She first went to the Senate
by appointment, won his unexpired
term unopposed, then a full term in
her own right in 1882
Representative Mcclellan, ~, has
been in politics IL years. serving as a
prosecuting attorney before winning q
Congress seat four years ago.
Mr.. Venable. 40. gained notice as an
outspoken critic of the late Senator
Robinson during the latter's political
career
Gov. Carl E. Bailey seeking second
term denomination in the primary is
opposed by r. A. Cook, Little Rock
business man, and DR.. w. s. McNutt.
college professor running on a pro-
hibition platform.
Six Congress seats are at stake.
Only congressman seeking reelection
TO escape opposition is Wade H.
Kitchens Of the seventh district.
Broin TwizzIers :