Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-10-20
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Lausche Worried

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Lausche Worried
The following is portion of
column OFF THE RECORD writ
ten by Jack Kennon, politics
editor of the Cleveland News. It
appeared in the Cleveland News
on September 27, 1850, and is
herewith reproduced for what
ever use you wish to make of it.
Lausche Fretting, Say the Signs:
The best indication Frank Lausche
Is worried about his reelection
was his voluntary appearances at
the 40-cents-per-sandwich DEM
Ocratic steer roast proceedings on
the recent black Sabbath
at Geauga Lake Park.
If Lausche weren't concerned
over the current upswing in Re-
publican Don Ebrights campaign,
he wouldn't have gone through the
agonies of his personal appearance
at the Demo-fete, and particularly
that touching handshaking act
with Ray Miller for the sake of
newspaper photographs.
Lausche himself is his best po-
1itical barometer. He acts one
way as he did last Sunday ard
at the Democratic state conven-
ton when he thinks things
aren't going satisfactorily; just
the opposite, when it appears to
him to be clear sailing.
The governor appeared worried
and he had that sad expression
when he wasn't posing with Sen
ate Candidate Joe Ferguson at
the Democratic state meeting in
Columbus.
To man, Democratic organiza-
tion chieftains here interpret
Lausche's visit to the Geauga af-
fair as sure sign he's fretting.
They place great significance on
the fact Lausche came to the
county organization, not the local
party to Lausche.
Meanwhile, Lausches one ap-
pearance before Miller & Co.
hasn't altered the hostility be-
tween the county organization
chieftains and the governor.
To his observer, the governor
appears to be in quite stew at
this time.
He goes as far as he thinks
he dares in embracing Ferguson's
candidacy = just short of the ac-
tual spoken word of personal en-
dorsement; he applauds Fer
guson's oratorial criticism of Sem
ator Taft; he tells his party's
state convention that he's proud
and happy" this season to be the
Democratic party's candidate for
governor.
He smiles benignly upon the
little state auditor for newspaper
photographs. He tells Democratic
audiences to lend careful - and
sympathetic - ear to what the
Democratic senatorial aspirant has
to say. He swallows his usual
pride and jumps off his erstwhile
Independent political perch to ex-
tend a friendly hand to Miller &
Co. at its fall campaign opener.
He dictated the major planks
in the Democratic state conven-
tion's platform, but when news
papers reported the document
would place Lausche squarely on
record for the entire Ohio Demo-
ticket, including Ferguson, and
behind President Truman's Fair
Deal regime, Lausche hurriedly
erased from the platform any
mention of Truman & Co. beyond
approval of the national admin
istration's war efforts.
In one breath, Lausche becomes
more of an organization Demo-
crat this season than ever before,
he openly solicits the support of
Miller & Co. and then, to continue
his unpredictable proclivities, the
governor goes way out of his
ordinary path to say he's opposed
to repeal of the controversial Fer
guson Act which prohibits strikes
by public employees.
BY this action, Lausche merely
stirs up the smoldering antagon-
ism of organized labor to his cam
'didacy. Consequently, it's extre-
mely hard for any political OBJ
server to interpret, with any de-
gree of accuracy, what actually is
running through Lausche's mind
at this writing = beyond the in
dication he appears to be genuine
iy concerned about his reelection
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