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Thursday, October 20f 1938 «**• * * X^WF _ ^ _ Washington iK Lettei' • .Washington,- October 19 -- Casting about for cross-sections of opinion among voters has kept the political scouts working overtime. The next two weeks will witness intensive drives by the two major parties. The, Republican and Democratic Congressional campaign headquarters here are trying their level best to make Headway against what is reportedly an ! Indifferent public. The main job is to! / arouse the electorate sufficiently to! provoke a full turn-out on election day. The Democratic chieftains are v h a r a s s e d with rumors t h a t many o f ; , their camp-followers are too easy-going in assuming that the huge major- ;\ :ities in recent years show that absence •---from the polls would not amount to " "much. Hence the ward and precinct '.-4' ./••••'captains have been ordered to corrai - • ' ,«•. ; . all votes and takt no chances of los-' y>':" i. '"g by a narrow margin. I 4 *"* ' While there is optimism on both ' rr,sides as to gains in Congressional rep-1 mentation, the hard-boiled analysts > * v:'admit the sighs have baffled them. ' * -5*;', Some G. O. P. speakers have claimed .--gains of 100 seats iif the House of *.v Representatives, but the veteran •• wheel-horses do not""go far in their predictions. The conservative estimate (and fervid G. O. P. hope) is to annex at least sixty seats now held by ! D e m o c r a t i c l e g i s l a t o r s . No major u p - j i sets are anticipated which would give the G. O. P. control of a Congress dur- j ing the last half of the Roosevelt term. It is admitted in some political camps that a last-minute tour of Mr.1 Roosevelt on behalf of the party ticket might increase Democratic bidders' i chances in a few stated. -But, at pres-1 ent, the President has indicated ho will confine his personal appearances to his native state where the Republi- j cans are pressing hard for victory, j Judging entirely from unofficial comment, the election season exercises a retaring effect on governmental investigations, which may be rightfully considered politically motivated. The issuance of subpenas against many "big wigs" in industry and finance were dated with an eye to the balloting date. The politicos realized that a spotlighted probe on the eve of national hustings would be fodder for the opposition. It would be a simple matter to raise the persecution cry which is especially significant these days in view of European dictator methods of utilizing government power over minorities. ! It is said that the National Econ- _ omic Commission, <fche« so-called antimonopoly probers, will stage a show with public inquiries beginning this month. Their project calls for a twoyear study and they must have a preliminary report available for the incoming Congress. Then, too, the Com- ~~mission would like publicity to justify ' the special appropriations they want to extend their activities. The fact ::that six Federal agencies are engaged in the investigation shows that the question will be submitted to sub-committees of the House Appropriations Committee meeting prior to the regular session of the main legislative body. The departments have drawn heavily on their allotted funds and want more cash from the public till . to carry on their projects preliminary to devising restrictive laws. I It will be recalled that the Federal government placed its principal hope on the ability of the construction industry to reduce the volume of unemployment. The promotion plan has not been as successful as anticipated. The current meeting of leaders in the construction field here revives flagging spirits. Government construction has t unquesitonably helped, but a number of factors have slowed down the * growth of private work. Labor questions have plagued private builders and government competition has tended to discourage many branches of the industry. It is generally recognized that a vast potential market for new residential construction, some 400,000 new houses annually, exists throughout the country. Builders are swapping ideas, J>ut it jail evolves around the vital: question of Federal policies relating to organized labor, j Chips off the contemporary conversation block: how the White House will go toward accepting Senator Maloney's, of Connecticut, warning that the Democratic party might conceivably be wrecked by too fervent espousal of organized labor and offering the parallel that the^ G. O. P. crash was largely attributable to a similar attitude toward business; how far Vice-President Garner will go toward organizing the new legislative body this winter with a view to the control of the 1940 Presidential convention; possibility of the new Wage and Hour , ... Administration running close second to the late NRA in unpopularity as the full effect of their interpretations dawn on workers and employers after October 24, the date when the law is operative. - FROM A FORMER RESIDENT --r 'C' Evansville, Ind., Oct. 17, 1938. The McHenry Plaindealer. Dear Editor: Being a former resident near McHenry, I enjoy the Plaindealer very much and wish to renew my subscription. As I read the paper, I recall many happy thoughts of McHenry and notice many changes. One is the plan for a new Johnsburg bridge. I hope to have the pleasure to cross it when finished. While motoring, through your beautiful town last summer, I wondered why anyone would want to live anywhere else but McHenry. Also noticed the Plaindealer's new home. Yours sincerely, MRS. BARBARA O'MELCHER. Bread Gift From Gad In Palestine bread is not considered ordinary food, but a special gift from God; until 1844, it was not sold, but only given or exchanged. lAIKDEAUOt S»t,M f* -4^-41*. ' •! • •*. : • - ' ' v-"" • ' ' ; - • Bring " 1 " .5 * • • . * - ' " • - Back ,5 '&:.u with Jobs * * RICHARD J. LYONS Republican Candidate for U. S. Senate >. Henry L. Cowlin for County Judge Wfi Ethel C. Coe for Superintendent df Schools C. Frank Daly for County Treasurer 'WRaymond D. Woods for County r • : CAPABLE EXPERIENCE Lester Edinger for Sheriff Your Support is Courteously Solicited at the ELECTION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938 :• v