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Evening star., 1940-10-20
importance Enhanced
By Senator Johnson S
Talk Against Sd Term
WiIIkie Holds Support
He Won on Stote Tour;
House Seuts Uncertain
BY STUART WELLS,
pecial Correspondent Of The Star.


Los ANGELES, Oct. 10 With
Wendell L. Willkie still holding the
support he generated on his mid
September swing through the Far
West, California appears likely to
approach election day as an Tncer-
tain State, throwing the decisive
role In the balloting to some 300, 900
voters whose views arc not reflected
by registration figures.
This bloc is roughly composed of
about 126,000 independent voters
who declined to state party prefer
ences in registering and approx
mately 10000 registered Democrats
who indicated a choice other than
the President in the four-way pri-
mary splitup last May
Now that Mr.. Wilkes support
appears definitely to embrace more
than the bare minimum of regis
tered Republicans, these nearly 300,-
600 unknown votes loom as real
campaign factor. Their Importance
was enhanced by the radio address
last night of Senator johnson, Re-
publican, opposing third term for
President Roosevelt and throwing his
support to Mr.. Wiukie The Califor-
MIA Senator was rerominated on
both the Republican and Demo-
cratic tickets recently and is power
In the State. His influence on these
5000 voters will not be small
When National Democratic Chair
man Edward j. FLYNN was here early
in the month ne cautioned against
0verconfidence, and the recent abb
sence from Congress Of many Demo-
cratic Representatives reflects the
feeling that preponderant party reg
iStrationS are not the guarantee of
victory they appeared to be last
summer and that their presence is
needed here.
The congressional situation may
be one of the mosC significant indi-
cations of the State political trend.
In the August primary all seven Re-
publican monuments were reelected,
being nominated on both tickets, as
against three Democratic incum-
bents similarly returned to office
Nine Democratic inCumbents Zone
of the States 20 seats was vacant
face November run-offs, several of
them against strong Republican foes.
The possibility that CALIFORNIA; S
congressional delegation may be-
come a Republican majority in No.
vember causes further uneasiness
among the Democrats. Added to
this are the State elections, which
give signs of retaining Republican
State Senate and of electing State
Assembly. which, if 10: Republican,
will be strongly opposec to the left
ish administration o. Gov. Culbert
Olson
Neither the State nor the national
administrations seem to have COM
posed their differences with extrem-
ist groups. Latest reflection of the
antipathy of these elements was the
refusal of the State Congress of
Industrial Organization Convention
to indorse President Roosevelt for
q third term.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Appointment Of Ball
CIimaxes Disputes
In Minnesota 6. 0.P.
Old Guard Dis9runtIed
When Stossen Sends
Reporter to Senute
BY JERRY VESSELS,

Special Correspondent OF The Star.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 19.-Min-
nesota politics, marked by the quiet
est campaign in many years, got a
shot in the arm this week by Gov.
Harold E. Stassen's selection to
fill the unexpired two-year term of
Senator Ernest Lundeen, air crash
victim.
The appointment Of Joseph H.
Ball. 34-year-old St. Paul political
writer, drew approval from many
Republican quarters, particularly
from the young party members. but
from the old party wheel horses
with whom Gov. Stassen has been
at odds have come mounting ex-
pressions of disapproval. The COM
plants stress neglect Of more de-
serving veterans rather than any
lack of qualification on Senator
Balls part, although he is a polit-
ical neophyte.
The new party troubles centering
on the surprise appointment cli-
NAKED a long series of disputes.
There have been some important
party desertions. Noteworthy was
the boiling of William F. Shilling,
member of the old Hoover farm
board. Shilling'S statement indors-
ing President Roosevelt was inter-
preted generally as a slap at Gov.
Stassen, whom. he has roundly
hazed in his comment column in a
weekly newspaper.
Senator Ball. the new appointee.
probably will get along. Joe Ball
has been getting along right well
all his life He worked his way
through college, did general news
paper work and distinguished him.
self in political reporting. In his
radio speech of acceptance. he made
a favorable impression. He has a
good voice and his advocacy of
maximum help to Great Britain
caught popular fancy.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
New Hampshire Bors
Communist Ticket
BY ], ], MCCARTHY,
Special Correspondent Of The s.al

opCCiAl COIIeSVOhocut' VI 4uc osdIs
MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 19.-
Granite State Republican forces are
confident that Wendell L. Willkie
will carry the State, but Democratic
leaders have been conducting an in
tensive campaign in all sections and
believe they have as much right to
claim victory as the Republicans.
The Communist party has been
barred from the ballot. Wednesday
the Ballot Law Commission ruled
fraud, deceit and misrepresenta-
ton" was used by the party In Sc
curing names on q petition for the
inclusion of the name Of Elba Chase
Nelson on its ticket. The Com
munists may appeal to the Supreme
Court, however.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Situation in 0reqon
Tightening, Leaders
OF Democrats Admit
WiIIkie Records Coins
Both Upstate and
In MuItnomoh County
BY RALPH WATSON,
Special CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

Special correspondent OF The Star.
PORTLAND, Oreg., Oct. 19.-Ore-
gon Republicans. led by Gov. Charles
A. Sprague and a number of Demo-
Gratis, are preparing to celebrate a
Statewide "Oregon's McNary Day"
November 2. the date the senior
Senator and vice presidential nomi-
nee is expected home to conclude
his part in the national campaign.
He will cast his vote November S in
the little country schoolhouse near
Fir Cone, his home.
The day is expected to be the
grand finale and last punch of the
Republican drive In Oregon, with a
central mass meeting in Portland.
from which Senator McNary will
broadcast his final appeal to Pa
cif1c Northwest audience and at
which he will receive by return
broadcast assurances of support
from the heads of Willkie- -McNary
organizations closing their battles in
each of the 36 counties of Oregon.
In the meantime Democratic head
men who will talk candidly concede,
and Republican field men insist,
that the situation "is Tightening up
and that Wendell L. WILKES stock
is rising, not only upstate, but in
Multnomah County, which Is the
particularly bad spot for the Re-
publicans because 1t has around
one third of the vote of the State.
Another precedent was broken in
Portland Tuesday when Mrs. Flea
nor Roosevelt flew into the city to be
the central figure in a Democratic
headquarters reception for the bene-
fit of Mrs. Nan Wood Honeyman,
former third district Representa-
tive, who was defeated two years
ago by Homer D. Angel, and now is
seeking in turn to throw Mr.. Angel
out of Office. It is the first time q
Presidents wife ever has made q
personal appearance as campaign
advocate in Oregon history. Mrs.
Honeyman, indorsed by John l..
Lewis Non-Partisan Leagues Ore
gon af1inate, the Oregon Common
wealth Federation, is waging stren-
uous battle against Representative
Angel, who is Endorsed by the A.
F. of L. and the Republican NOM
inee.
Liberal Democrats of the Com
monwealth persuasion are steamed
up because the State organization
headquarters did not put the cuts OF
President Roosevelt and Henry A.
Wallace together with supporting
propaeanda in the voters Pam
phlet," printed by the Secretary OF
State under Oregon law. They
charge "lukewarm loyalty ineff-
cheney and neglect. The retort OF
the chairman is, Let it lie" what
ever that means.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Democratic Montana
MAY Be Close State Yet
By L. M. THAYER,

Special Correspondent of The Star.
HELENA, Mont, Oct. 19.-Such
straws as have run during the past
week have gone Willkie-Ward. The
Republican nominee has been max
ing slow gains for several weeks,
SO far as opinion goes No polls
worthy of the name are being taken
Attacks on the Hoosier because of
his German descent will make him
votes in this State. German Amer
leans are not and never have been
strong in Montana, but the State
has large percentage. not only Of
foreign born. but OF second and
third generation folk of foreign
parentage. These people naturally
do not like a mans ancestry to be
employed against him
From this period on. the State
campaign probably will be more
intensive. Gov. Roy E. Ayers has
taken the stump as head of the
State Democratic ticket. He seeks
reelection on his record. which in
cludes balancing of the budget.
S. C. Ford of Helena, the Repub-
lican gubernatorial nominee, is con-
Quoting a drive based on a pro-
posal for State civil service.
The senatorial campaign is dead.
Senator Wheeler of Butte seems as
reasonably sure of reelection as
politics ever permits. His opponent,
E. K. Cheadle of Shelby, has been
called to service with the State
Guard and hence is handicapped to
a degree. The congressional race
attracts little attention thus far.
The Democratic majority four
years ago was so great that the Stst te
probably stands, today, in the
Roosevelt column But if Mr..
Willkie can continue his gains, the
result may be close.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Wilkes Nebraska
Lead So Close Neither
Side Can Be Confident
6. o. P. Hos Advantage
Of Chairman With
A Showmon's Abilities
Bv ROBERT LASCH.

OMAHA, Nebr., Oct. l9.-With a
little more than two weeks to go,
the political tempo is quickening in
Nebraska without much perceptible
change in standings Wendell l..
Willkie still is believed to be ahead,
but the margin is so narrow the
two major parties are taking
nothing for granted.
The issue now lies with the ma
neuvers of the two candidates in the
Eastern theater of war. and with the
precinct organizations. In the lat
ter the Republicans appear to have
an edge in militancy and effective
ness for the first time in 10 years.
The demand for new faces which
swept many Republican circles after
1886 produced as State Republican
chairman Kenneth Wherry, for
mer small-town legislator who mar
rowly missed the party's nomination
for Governor several years ago. He
has revitalized an organization
which tended to creak in the years
of unquestioned Democratic control.
Has Showman's Instinct.
Mr.. Wherry has a showman's in
stinct, developed by building his
local county fair into one of the
best in the State. and is at his best
in a political rally. Last spring he
marshalled all Republican primary
candidates into a monster caravan
which toured the State in quest Of
votes and interest in the party's
cause.
Apart from show business, he is
an effective organizer, and has built
local strongholds where successive
defeats had discouraged the faith
full. He claims to have working
organization in every one OF the SO
counties for the first time in years.
This parade of big time" speakers
for the State has been exceptionally
noticeable. Senator Taft Of Ohio
made several speeches last week,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr.. has
been making a hit with small-town
audiences and Gov. Harold StaSsen
of Minnesota is on the calendar for
a big Lincoln rally.
Democrats Not So Active.
To date the Democratic organiZa-
ton has given the appearance OF
sluggishness, but there are signs
that it is becoming more energetic.
Nobody, however, expects it to re-
gain the effectiveness which it had
under the late Arthur F. Mullen, the
leonine national committeeman
whose Washington law practice in
the early years of the New Deal
brought about his resignation from
the national committee.
Mr.. Mullen's successors are James
o. Qulgley- of Valentine and w. A.
Schall, Omaha attorney. Since
Senator Burke left the New Deal
reservation Mr.. Quigley has been in
charge of Federal patronage. He
and Mr.. Schall are counting on
Omaha to pile up Democratic ma
jorities big enough to counteract the
Republican tide outstate.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Massachusetts, Close;
Wi||kie Gains by TouI
Of Industrial Cities
RooseveIt's Campaign
Is Largely in Hands
Of Dean Lundis
BY w. E. MULLINS,


BOSTON, Oct. 19.-Wendell L.
Wilkes recent tour througfhMassa-
chusetts undeniably furnished new
impetus to his fight for the II
Massachusetts, electoral votes. 1t
was significant that his route was
plotted chiefly through industrial
cities carried substantially by Presi-
dent Roosevelt four years ago
The Republicans propose to imple-
ment his personal appearance here
by importing Gen. Hugh S. johnson
and Alfred e. Smith. These dis
tinguished Democrats nave accepted
different speaking engagements
during the next 10 days, but their
visits have provoked some contro-
versy among Republicans interested
in the election of their nominees
for Governor and Senator, on the
ground that their candidates well
may be injured by such Democrats
appealing only for Willkie votes.
The campaign on behalf of Presi-
dent Roosevelt seems to be largely
under the direction of Dean James
M. Lands of Harvard Law School.
Working independently of the Demo-
cratic State organization, he is
functioning as the head of the
Massachusetts Independent Voters
Committee for Roosevelt and WAL
lace. and thus far the Democratic
candidates for Governor and Sena tor
have not campaigned with his
group
1t is the common opinion among
politicians that this will be a very
close State. One competent OBJ
server has predicted there will not
be more than $4,000 votes separating
the two candidates for President
when the 100000 votes are counted.
Under recent court decision the
Communist, Socialist, Socialist
Labor and Prohibition party candi-
dates were restored to places on the
ballot for the various State Offices.
The State ballot law commission
ruled these four party tickets of
the ballot but an appeal to the
courts resulted in reversal.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Rhode Islands Votes
Still on Doubtful LIST
BY FREDERIC w. COLLINS,
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

OptClal SOIIeSpOuocHt Ol 4uC Quar-.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 49,
The destination of Rhode Islands
four electoral votes remains doubt
full today.
Indication exists that the New
Deal may be somewhat worried
about the State. Disclosure Of q
projected increase in rolls nation
ally on the eve of election brought
the related disclosure that the ratio
of increase in Rhode Island Is sched.
uled above the national average.
Election frauds and machine poll
tics have become a major issue. The
Pawtucket Republican organization,
battling the machine of Mayor
Thomas P. Mccoy, told the Attorney
General this week that a houSe-to-
house canvass had turned up the
names of 5000 dead people and
dummies on the 1910 voting lists.
Keenly aware that this is the
first modern presidential campaign
in Rhode Island in which Demo-
cratic daily newspaper has not been
spreading the word, Democrats are
laying out their efforts on radio
time and in such personal contact
as they can achieve in an age which
has forgotten the old-time rallies.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Shift in Washington
Favors Republicans;
Democrats Worry
6. O. P. Candidates
Hompered by Lack
Of Finances, However
BY JAMES DE X. BROWN,

SEATTLE, Oct. 19.-As both the
Democratic and Republican cam
paigns drive on in high gear there
is a shift in sentiment throughout
Washington. The Willkie- -McNary
ticket is increasing in strength, ac-
tivity and optimism. The defeatist
attitude which had been marking
the Republican campaign has dis
appeared and has been replaced by
a general feeling of confidence.
At the same there is every evi-
dence that the Democratic leader
ship in the Pacific Northwest is be-
ginning to worry over the national
ticket. So far as the general State
ticket is concerned, the Democrats,
with former Senator C. C. Dill their
nominee for Governor, still are well
out in front. On the other hand, the
Republican nominee for Senator,
Stephen F. Chadwick, is carrying on
a whirlwind campaign. leading his
ticket. He is showing well above
Representative Wallgren, Democratic
nominee. in the various straw ballots
and polls being taken.
Mr.. Chadwick and Paul 4. Preus,
Republican nominee from the 9Th
district. are the two outstanding
Republican candidates who so far
have been making their own can
didacies of secondary Importance
and are devoting virtually all their
time to the Willkie- -McNary ticket.
Mr.. Preus is finding his services in
demand in various sections of the
State at the expense of his own fight
within his district.
All Republican candidates are
complaining of lack of finances.
The State Central Committee asserts
it is finding it hard to obtain enough
funds and has served notice upon
the individual candidates that they
will have to make their own pleas
for money. This has resulted in the
setting up by the individual candi-
dates of separate Offices. The Demo-
Gratis are so we'll financed they are
not having these troubles to face.
The recent flare-up in Settle over
the shipment of the city,s old street.
car rails to Japan is not aiding the
candidacy of Mayor Arthur Langlie
of Seattle for the governorship. Al
though as Mayor he had nothing to
do with the sale of the rails as junk,
the public takes the attitude that he
should have known when these rails
were sold they would ultimately
reach Japan.
Trouble also brews for the Demo-
crat party. Open charges are flying
that all employees of the Federal
Agriculture Department in the
State are being assessed for the
Democratic national campaign.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
. BY CHARLES w. HOLMBURG.
Special Correspondent Of The Star.

Special Correspondent Of The Star.
MADISON, Wis. Oct. 19-Repub-
icans welcomed Wendell l.. Willkie
to Wisconsin today for his second
visit in about three weeks.
Mr.. Willkie stopped over in La
Crosse, Wis, for an address at that
historic Mississippi River boat town
on his way to st. Paul. After SPEND
ing tomorrow with Minnesota's Gov.
Harold Stassen. he will re-enter the
Badger State and travel to Milwau-
kee, where rally is scheduled for
Monday night. Numerous requests
for him to speak at towns en- route
to Milwaukee are being pressed, and
it is likely Green Bay. Wausau, APP
pleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac
may have train platform appear
anceS.
Mr.. WILKES previous Wisconsin
appearance put new life in the Re-
publican drive, and his cross-State
tour, Republican leaders say, will
make the contrast even more
marked between the vigorous Re-
publican effort and the spiritless
Democratic State campaign.
Republican party harmony was
strengthened by a meeting of the
State Central Committee at Wis
consin Rapids this week, which in
dorsed all G. o. P. candidates and
elected a slate Of Offices acceptable
to virtually all party leaders.
Only disturbing news of the week
for Republicans was the announce
ment of DR.. James K. Robinson Of
Milwaukee. head of the so-called
Progressive Republican organiza-
ton, that he has decided to support
President Roosevelt. DR.. Robinson,
little known before the September
Evening star., 1940-10-20
90 900 Unpredctabe Votes Switch California Doubtful List
WiIIkie Visits Wisconsin Again;
All Parties Intensity Drives
6. O. P. Solid Except for Robinson Detection;
Proeressives Fight Alone. Democrats WroneIe

primary, polled $4,000 votes for the
Republican gubernatorial nomina-
ton, abeut half the total Of Gov
Julius P. He'll.
All parties stepped up speechmak-
ing tours, although the Democratic
State nominees were far behind in
the number Of personal appear
ances. Three La Follettes were out
talking to voters. They were Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette, jr.; his
brother, former Gov. Philip F. La
Toilette. and Mrs. Isabel Bacon La
Toilette, wife of the former Cover
nor. Philip La Toilette is campaign
ing for the State Progressive party
ticket and his brothers reelection.
Senator La Toilette continues to
blast at the He'll record and to de-
fend his position on foreign affairs.
Mrs. La Toilette. who has been ac-
tive in women's organizations in the
past, has high praise for the Sena-
tors efforts Ito keep America out
of war" Only minor mention OF
President Roosevelt, whom Senator
La Toilette belatedly Endorsed. Is
made by the La Follettes.
State Democrats are wrangling
over the appearance of Henry A.
Wallace, Democratic vice presiden-
tial nominee, who is to speak in
Madison Tuesday The 5th congress
sional nominee. Francis T. Murphy,
insists that he indorse all State
Democratic candidates or face an
organized boycott. Organization
Democrats are discounting Mr.. Muir
phys threats in view of the an
nouncement of Charles E. Brough-
ton, national committeeman, that he
could not support James E. Finne-
gan. senatorial candidate whose hos
Utility to President Roosevelt Is well
knOWn
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Iowa Still Republican,
German Vote Seems
TO Leave Roosevelt
Corn Belt Opinion
Against New Deal
Spending Is Growing
By C. C.. CLIFTON,

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF Inc 6tAI
DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 19.-The
trend that began in Iowa in the
State election of 1888 still Is keeping
this State in the Republican column.
on the presidency. Wendell L.
Willkie continues in the lead over
President Roosevelt because the Re-
publicans who went back to their
ticket in 1888 after six New Deal
years are staying with it now.
The Democratic campaign consists
largely in hoping that the personal
popularity of President Roosevelt
will carry to victory a ticket for
which there would be no fight By.
Democrats. If he were not running
They do pin some hopes on John K:
Valentine, the Democratic candidate
for Governor.
Mr.. WILKES strength in Iowa.
which sagged for time when the
enthusiasm Of the Philadelphia con-
vention wore of, has been making
a comeback through increase in Re-
publican sentiment on the farms,
detection of Iowans of German
descent from the Democratic ticket,
lukewarmness of Did line Democrats
to the third term. and increasing
fear that President Roosevelt's
belligerency is taking the country
toward war.
New Deal Spending Disliked.
A survey of sentiment in Eastern
Iowa made during the week by this
writer indicated Democratic fears
that the German vote largely has left
President Roosevelt are well founded.
The Iowa Germans now are third
and fourth generation Germans who
dislike being called even German
Americans. They are just as much
against war as they were in 1917,
but where they have turned against
President Roosevelt, it is for another
reason. They do not like the spend
ing of the New Deal and the increase
in debt. Much of the Catholic vote
also is against the third term, as it
was against the attempted purge Of
Senator Gillette in the Democratic
senatorial primary of 1888.
Democrats believe. however, that
the I'd district, in which there is
the greatest concentration of Cath
olic and German voters in Iowa, will
go for President Roosevelt and that
Representative Jacobsen of Clinton
will be reelected. Mr.. jacobsen, one
Of two remaining Iowa Democratic
Representatives, has a fight on his
hands with Judge w. A. Mccullough
of Clinton. The district, impartial
observers maintain. will 60 Repub-
lican on the State ticket. even if 1t
goes Democratic for President and
Congress.
G.. o. p. Poll Released.
The Republican State Central
Committee this week released the
figures on governorship in the poll
it had taken for it by central surveys
in the 10 days preceding October 2.
This poll. which showed 81 per cent
for Mr.. Willkie, showed 66 per cent
for Gov. George A. Wilson, Repub-
lican incumbent, to ~ per cent
for Mr.. Valentine, with Z per cent
undecided.
The undecided vote reported in
this poll is the lowest of any taken
on the percentage basis. Interviews
with voters now indicate that nearly
all of them have made up their
minds. The most difndent about
stating their views are farmers who
finally say they are for Mr.. Willkie.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
New Mexico 6. @. P. Looks
To Democratic Desertions
BY A. N. MORGAN,


SANTA FE. N. Mex, Oct. 19.-
Wendell l.. WILKES chances for
carrying New Mexico depend upon
the number Of Democrats who turn
against President Roosevelt.
The Republicans cannot carry the
State, not even If all voters regis
tered as independent join hands
with, them Realizing this, party
leaders are avid for every bit of
news indicating strength of Willkie
sentiment among the Democrats.
The States first primary, ap-
preached with trepidation on the
part of the politicos, doesn't appear
to have left enough soreness. among
the losers, to make much difference.