Evening star., 1942-09-13

1882, and the second in 1884. In
those years the Republican party
was at low ebb, in Maine as else
where in the country. Since those
victories, however, Mr.. Brann has
made three starts and has been
thrice defeated. Twice he tried for
the Senate and once again for gov
ernor.
1t is sometimes difficult for a man
who has been defeated repeatedly,
as has Mr.. Brann, to stage a come
back. However, his supporters in
sist he will win. One thing they
bank on is the great increase in
employment in this district in the
ship yards-they say some 10000
are now employed-and in other
defense industries. They regard the
industrial centers as Democratic
strongholds-although not all Maine
labor is Democratic.
Contrasting Personalities.
Aside from the war issue, the
Brann-Hale contest Is New Deal
fight. Mr.. Brann is a New Dealer
par excellence While he was Gov
ernor during the depression he got
everything gettable for the unem-
ployed in Maine and for others, too.
Mr. Brann makes a good speech.
He is great mixer,
Mr.. Hale. on the other hand, is a
scholarly man who does not relish
mixing. Expansiveness is not a
characteristic attributable to the
Hale family, although soundness
and firmness are. When Mr.. Hale
speaks he has something to say and
we'll thought out.
Mr.. Hale was born in Portland al
most So years ago, the son of Judge
Clarence Hale. He is a graduate of
Bowdoin College and attended Ok
ford University in England as a
Rhodes scholar and later became
graduate of the Harvard Law
School He served overseas during
the World War from December,
1917 to August, 1919, receiving his
discharge as a second lieutenant of
infantry. He also served on the
staff of the American commission
to negotiate peace.
Mr.. Brann lived for years in the
ID congressional district, now rep
resented in the House by Mrs.
Margaret Chase Smith, Republican.
He chose, however, to try for a
House seat in the 1st district.
Two reasons apparently impelled
him to do so. In the first place,
the Republicans say, he could not
have beaten Maggie" Smith if he
tried. She is not only an attractive
person, but has been a good 60
getter for her constituents.
In the second place, the 1st dis
trict, because of it's big industrial
development as result of the war,
seemed to be better hunting
ground for Democrat. Also this
district was carried by President
Roosevelt against Wendell Willkie,
indicating a Democratic trend.
Moved to Portland.
So Mr.. Branrl moved to Portland
several months ago and opened his
campaign. He will not be eligible
to vote in the district, however,
until some two weeks after Mon
days election. The Republicans
hope that all this will initiate
against him, the people of the dis
trict preferring to support one of
their own.
Maine elections are not noted for
mud singing as a rule. The Il
hate Roosevelt" charge against Mr.
Hale by the Brann people and GER
tain charges made by the Republic
cans against Mr. Brann, having to
do with the expenditure of some
S205,oo0 of relief money when he
was Governor, and an S8,35980 fish
ing trip at Moosehead Lake ar
ranged by the Governor in 1885
have served to enliven a rather
dead campaign.
A legislative committee in 1887
criticized Mr.. Brann for not having
made a complete and detailed re-
port on the expenditure of the re-
lief money. Mr.. Brann retorted
that it had all been expended prop
erly and it rested at that.
Senator White is a sure winner
against Fulton J. Redman, Demo-
crat. Mr.. Redman has been a can
didate for Office a number OF times
but has never won a major victory.
He was the Democratic candidate
against Gov. Sewell two years ago
Has Large Following.
Senator White, veteran of the
Upper House, has large personal
following in Maine, people who like
him. He stands four-square in sup
port of the prosecution of the war
and has declared emphatically: Il
am not an isolationist. I want
America to face the world unafraid,
and to aid in making a better world +"
Mrs. Smith in the 2nd district,
which includes lewiston the home