Evening star., 1942-10-05

uP AuCA dIAFc Jaw pdCtICS WHICH
ne first went on the bench.
Conditions in Detroit are enor-
mously improved because of his
work. But Judge Ferguson realizes
that they will not always stay
cleaned up. When he was boy his
mother told him to sweep out the
kitchen. He demonstrated, saying
that it would be dirty again the next
day. She made him understand
however, that it was necessary to
have it clean that day, and to re-
turn to the job when necessary
That expresses his philosophy of life
as well as of government. He does
not believe in political expedients.
The judge Is running against an
able opponent, Senator Brown. His
contention, however, Is that Sena-
tor Brown is too willing to go along
with the Administration; that he
will take orders rather than delve
into the facts and decide for him.
self. Mr.. Browns friends, however,
deny fatty that the Senator is any,
AOAy 4ANUCA oVdAAPs
Senator Brown Popular.
Senator Brown, who halls from
far up in the peninsula" has a
host of friends and admirers among
whom are many Republicans. He
has had lot of unfavorable pub
licity in recent days because of his
handling of the anti-inflation bill,
now a law, while it was before the
Senate. The newspapers in Detroit
have extolled his courage in defying
the farm bloc. He will be tough
man to defeat in the coming elec-
ton.
He served four years in the House
before he was elected to the Senate,
and he has made his mark in the
latter during the last six years. He
Is, however, better known in Detroit,
it is said, than he is in the rest of
the State, except for his own home
district in the far northern part.
The charge is being made in some
quarters that an RFC loan of $685.
100000 has recently been made to
a group in Detroit-Many of them
Republicans-to help buy up assets
of the First National Bank, closed
during the depression of 1888, which
will be distributed to help out some
10000 depositors before election
day. Senator Brown, it is alleged,
was helpful in getting this loan
made. There is no charge of any
thing crooked about the transaction
but from a political point of view,
it is said to be very timely.
Judge Ferguson's campaign for
the Senate is complicated by the
entrance of Gerald Smith-whom
he defeated for the Republican
nomination in the primary election
AS sticker candidate in the
general election, Mr.. Smith is run
ming on rubber tires" His one
big promise to the farmers who are
unable to buy tires is that If they
will send him to Washington he
will get them plenty. He charges
that the big men" in the rubber
and tire business are holding out on
the Michigan farmers, in effect
placing them in concentration
camps on their own farms, be-
cause they will not permit the man
ufacture of plenty Of tires from
synthetic rubber.
Says He'll Compel Sale.
Put him in the Senate, he tells
the voters and he will drag the
whole thing into the open and COM
pei the manufacture and sale of
tires. Delivered with all the punch
OF an accomplished, though dema-
gogic, orator, this kind of thing has
appealed to many Of the people who
find themselves handicapped when
1t comes to getting around and run
ming their farms.
Mr.. Smith has inherited the
Father Coughlin following to large
degree, and the Townsend Old-age
pension plan supporters. He calls
himself an Independent Republi-
can. His announcement that he
will enter as a sticker candidate is
only a few days old. 1t is not yet
possible to assess with any degree
of certainty what the effect is likely
to be on the outcome. There is no
slightest doubt, however, that the
Smith candidacy has brought Joy
to the hearts Of the supporters Of
Senator Brown.