Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-28

ID ARADE
Bye. R.
Brown

OKLAHOMA CITY Okla,
" March pa special cleo
ton is being held in this state
today, the outcome of which
may determine whether Mr..
Roosevelt will become q candi-
date for is years in the White
House.
1t is taking place in the Sec
ond Congressional District. 10
fill a long-existing vacancy in
the House OF Representatives.
The administration has thrown
everything IL has into the con-
test in a frantic effort to elect
w. G. Stigler, the Democratic
candidate, over his Republican
opponent, Ed o. Clark.
But actually party lines have
been wiped out. and the battle
is between conservatives of both
parties, and the Roosevelt New
Deal.
II Mr.. Stigler should be de.
feated in this heretofore i'm
pregnable Democratic district
he will carry the Presidents
prestige down with him in what
would be regarded nationally "a
the most crushing rebuke and
reputation ever administered
to the New Deal since it came
into power in 1888.
a
| OVEN a New Deal victory bv
- a close vote would indicate
that the trend against the
Roosevelt domestic policies con-
tinues to increase and that the
President would be in grave
danger of a humiliating defeat
in November.
All signs indicate either that
the result in the second district
VIII be very close, or that the
Republican candidate will win.
The heat has been turned on.
The Oklahoma papers declare
that money has been dumped
IN, and that an army OF ma
chine workers" has been turned
loose.
Senator Alben Barley o
Kentucky. New Deal leader or
the Senate, has come TO Okla.
homa 10 put in an administra-
ton plug for Stigler in Okrnul-
gee and Muskogee.
On the stump with him have
been Gov. Robert s. Kerr. Sena.
tor Elmer Thomas and Rep. Mike
Monroney OF the Fifth District
All are ardent Roosevelt New
Dealers.
IN the other side are Senator
" w. Lee ODaniel, Democrat
OF Texas. and Senator Ed n.
Moore, Republican of Oklahoma.
Moore closed the debate With
slashing radio attack on the
New Deal. O'Daniel has asked
for a crushing defeat of the
Washington dynasty"
Senator Moore has told the
people OF Oklahoma that Clark
and Stigler are not the issues.
but that the issue Is whether
we shall restore constitutional
government in America"
Many Democratic newspapers
are supporting the Republican
candidate.
The News-Sentinel, published
In Stgler, Okla, the home town
OF both candidates, in declaring
for Clark said:
Tho News-SentineI sincerely
believes that today tho New
Deal. together with the vicious
political machine IL has created,
constitutes a serious threat to
our future, and that unless II !.
destroyed IL Will undermine the
very foundations OF our national
existence.
The nominee for Congress on
the Democratic ticket Is n New
Dealer D.. He has continued tn
endorse the unorthodox policies
OF this administration, and must
now shoulder his share Of n
responsibility for the communist
tic monster that has sprung up
In tho nations capital"
That gives faint idea of the
underlying bitterness Of the
campaign.
Clark is not emphasizing the
fact that he is a Republican.
Stigler has dropped the ia
miliar old slogan, win With
Roosevelt" II is a remarkable
phenomenon that in this Demo
cratic state of Oklahoma the
President has become a recog-
nized Democratic liability.
An interesting Sidelight IL
that Rep. Wesley Disney OF
the First (Tulsa) DISTRICT, an
anti-New Deal Democrat, has
launched his own campaign for
the Democratic nomination for
United States senator, against
New Deal senator Elmer
Thomas.
Significantly, enough, Mr.. Dis
ney is not supporting the Demo-
cratic candidate for the House
in this stirring and sensational
election.
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