U.S.A. PRESIDENCY

Grey River Argus, 17 October 1936, Page 7

U.S.A. PRESIDENCY

SWING TO ROOSEVELT Landon’s Lack of Policy BETTING 5 TO 2. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) MONTREAL. October 14. The strategy in conduct-ng the campaign of both Presidential candidates seems to have changed Utt cBoth are now cont nuously addressing audiences n n ccnt r a’ group of cru ci al or doubtful -States. New F.nojaml Sta T es. with the execution of Massa ch usqtts, Now Jerse ; and Illinois, show Landon trends in special straw votes conducted by 'ending farm journal. The only ’Vav. no'l that consistently continues to g ve Landon a majorly is that of t 1 “TJterarv Digest. ” bu! th’s has bee:i prog - ess! vciiy diminishing, and ti efl'i.ir Ims warned that “it is rot inounce valfle that : n the final ■’■print 'he remaining tabulations l»ef°r*; the election, Roosevelt cmfd drve tl I.andon figures below 50 pet cent ” Ohio remains uncertain but to aeh’eve victory. Governor Landon would be compo’hxl to win a large number of the eruc ; nl Str.tes menfoned, and which seem Lost to Ivm. Among imuor’atii agr'c.u’tural States. California Town, and Oregon are showing preference in the straw vote- - , .and other of popular sentment. whi’e many c ources igree that Kansas. Landon’s own Sta’e. has shown such a movement to Roosevelt that the Republ'cans. if thev win the State, may do so by. a majority of only 8000. Landon is attacking tho New Deal wastcfti’n'K). W.P A-, and the relief and reciprocal trade agreements. Roosevelt is attacking the “ economic rovciHstSy J * po’iit'ng to incre&s* ing evidences of recovery, even of prosperity.

The reason why there has been a movement away from Landon is .said to be the fact that, while he is vigorouslv, and not without accuracy, attacking th<\ profligacy of relief methods, he has thus far failed to develop his own plans for that portion of the which is still drawing re’ief being anxious to know these. Marvlbnfl. Pennsylvania, and New York report that a strong current has set in for Roosevelt, the “Baltimore Sun,” a Democratic newspaper which is supporting Landon, conceding Roosevelt a 63 per cent, majority in Man-land, in a StatCj-wide “straw” vote, which it has just completed. An interesting sideVght in New York is that, the Duchess County, the.. President’s home county, and always Republican. i.s giving hi m a larger vote in the, straw poll this year than, he received in 1932.

The Labour vote in Pennsylvania is still so strongly for Roosevelt that it is believed ties traditionally Republican State, which made one of its rare ventures into the Democratic column in 1934, will stay Democratic at this election.

Further strong support has developed for a reciprocal' tariff, particularly as the result of the effort 1 ’ of Senator Hull,, whose philosophy of international trade as an antidote to economic dis’oeation and (wars' is becoming increasingly popular, the Republican attack on the agreements thus proving in the nature of a boomerang. There has beien a. discernible trend toward Roosevelt, in certain so-called “doubtful” States in the past ten days. Whether this is sufficient to assure him that large popu'ar Electoral College majority which made; his v ctory in 1932 so outstanding is doubt fill, but unless wholly unforseen events occur between now and November 3, it seems indicated that his return wiF be ach.'eved by a more comfortab’e majority than could have been hoped for from the signs up to th’s writing. The belting odds now favour the President by five to two, whereas oven money has been wagered hitherto. THE STRAW VOTE. LANDON’S LEAD. (Received October 16 at 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 15. The seventh “Literary Digest” report covers voting in forty-eight of the States. Governor Lando captured thirty-two with 370 elector votes, and President. Roosevelt sixteen, with 161 votes. The Republicans led by a s’ightly lower percentage in the first of the big city returns, which returns give Mr Roosevelt New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg. The total figures in the “Literary Digest’’ vote to data are: Governor Landon 1.811,489; President Roosevelt 728,088.