Evening star., 1942-10-23

to direct the affairs of state in this
great war crisis. He has no labor
record and his only connection with
labor was to steal the nomination
from the candidate that labor really
wanted in the primary. This he
was able to do by padding the pay
roll of the auditor generals Office
and grabbing control of the party
machine by lavish and unwarranted
expenditures of public funds"
Davis to Boost Martin.
Gen. Martin is the Pew-Grundy
candidate nominated overWhelm-
ingly in the Republican primary
over Senator Davis. The Senator
is coming into the State to speak
for the general, however. The DEM
ocrats have hammered at Gen.
Martin from the inception of the
campaign, charging that he paid off
loans at 12.5 cents on the dollar
after being hit by the depression.
They also have asked him what he
intends to do about loans" of
$4,000 and $4,000 made by Joe"
Pew and State Chairman Taylor
during the primary campaign. Gen.
Martin last night replied by saying
that he had not solicited a dollar
either for his primary campaign or
for the general election; that con-
tributions made to his campaign
were voluntary contributions "by
unselfish friends of Pennsylvania
from their own funds"
Gen. Martin went on to quote
from Senator Guffey who wrote a
letter during the primary campaign
excoriating Mr.. Ross. In that letter
Senator Guffey said: Ross secured
the State committee endorsement
with jobs. He is endeavoring to
secure the nomination with jobs.
The Ross campaign is largely a pay
roll proposition" So Gen. Martin
claimed that the taxpayers paid the
bill for the Ross nomination.
The Philadelphia Record has
stirred up mess, involving police
official in the 36th ward. Capt. Jo-
seph (Pop) Phelan, whom the paper
charges with appointing a reporter
for the Record (planted for the pur-
pose of turning up a connection
between the police and Republican
politics and the underworld) as
head of Democrats for Martin"
headquarters.
Phelan Suspended.
The Mayor, Republican, has
suspended the policeman and or
dered an investigation. Attorney
General Biddle has instructed the
United States District Attorney to
investigate, which may mean the
use of the FBI. What effect this
will have on the voting in Philadel-
phia remains to be seen. There
are several schools of thought on
the practical side of the expose
One is that it will turn voters away
from the Republicans in disgust
another, that it will stir a lot of
people, including some of the police
to take rap at the Democrats. It
has been charged many times that
politically Philadelphia is corrupt
and contented."
Taken all in all, however, the sit
uation does not look bright for Mr.
Ross. The more impartial observ-
| ers here believe that Philadelphia
will give Gen. Martin around TO-
600 to $4,000 majority. This is
some $4,000 better than Gov. James
had in 1888. From Pittsburgh. q
Democratic stronghold, comes the
legubrious report for the Demo
crats) that Mr.. Ross may not have
more than 10000 majority there
The Republicans have in the past
and probably will this year roll
up big majorities in most of the
counties lying between the two big
gest cities in the State.
AS for issues, Gen. Martin earl,
In the campaign took the war ava,
from the Democrats. He is a vet.
eran OF the Spanish american Wa,
and OF the World War and, until hi
was retired for age. was serving a,
a major general IN this war. H,
has proclaimed his intention of do.
ing everything possible, if electe,
Governor, to aid in the successful
prosecution of this war and of up
holding the President.
With mud and money f1vinp
everything is about as usual in :,