Evening star., 1938-10-28
PARTY ORATORS
I INTENSITY DRIVE
Rousing Finish Planned as
Campaign Enters Its
Last Week.
~ the Associated Press,

b the Associated Press.
Democratic and Republican head
quarters are rushing their star orators
North, East and West for rousing
finish to the congressional election
campaign.
Little more than week remains be-
fore millions of voters will choose IS
Senators and 432 House members No.
vember 8, but the closing rallies will
have as much red fire and pointing
with-pride as all the political gather
ings Of the previous month.
Only in the South, where few DEM
ocrats have opposition, are the public
platforms fairly free OF candidates.
The climax of the Democratic CAM
paign will take place next Friday
night. when President Roosevelt will
deliver radio speech from Hyde Park,
N. Y. His address is expected to be
primarily in behalf of the New York
Democratic ticket, although many poll
ticians believe he will make his theme
sufi1ciently general to interest voters
IN all States.
ASCpuuHCAH LNAUcTS SOC9k,
Republicans have marshaled a corps
OF speakers that includes both former
President Hoover and Alfred M. Lam
don, presidential candidate in 1896.
Mr.. Hoover will make the last of a
series OF three political addresses in
Spokane, Wash, November S.
Republican Chairman John Hamil-
ton has finished swing through Ohio,
scene OF heated senatorial and guber-
material contests. He has scheduled
several addresses in other States.
Most active among the Democratic
cabinet speakers has been Secretary
Wallace, whose program for bolstering
farm prices has been the subject of
Republican criticism in the farm
States.
He went to PENNSYLVANIA last night
and told an audience at Reading that
the same old Republican big-money
gang" was trying to return to power
IN the State. Several other cabinet
members will 60 into that pivotal State
before the election.
Farley Busy in New York.
Democratic Chairman James A.
Farley already has appeared in Penn
sylvania, but he has devoted most of
his attention recently to New York.
both parties consider victory in that
States gubematorial fight between
Gov. Herbert Lehman and Thomas
E. Dewey essential to their 1910 pros
poets.
Except for the arrangement of
speaking tours and distribution of
FUNDS to State committees, activity at
ootn national headquarters here has
slowed considerably in the last week,
Representatives Of the committees
had little to say about the inflow of
campaign cash. aside from comment
ing that 1t was satisfactory" But
oehlnd the scenes in both camps
there was considerable talk about
What We could do" in various dis
tricts II only there was sufficient
money on hand
Republican spokesmen reviewing the
general situation contended they had
better than even chance to win gov
ernorshlps in Iowa. PENNSYLVANIA,
Massachusetts,, Ohio. MICHIGAN. Min
nesota. Colorado and Oregon.
They claimed at least even chances
OF victory in New York, Connecticut,
Kansas and Rhode Island. OF the 12
States. Minnesota is the only one
which does not have a Democratic
Governor. Its Governor is a Farmer
Laborite.
Democratic leaders not only dis
puted these predictions but expressed
hope OF defeating Republican Gov
ernors in Maryland and California.
They privately conceded the loss of
perhaps Is House seats, against Re-
publican claims of IS or 80 addi-
tional seats.