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Sen. McNary's Acceptance Speech One of Typical Moderation
NEW DEAL CHIDED
FOR ITS 'STATU;
Use of 'Fear for Hope Hit
Self-Reliance Uraed for
Nation Credit Given.
Stale Fairground!, Salem,
Ore.. Aug. 27. VP) Charles
Llnra McNary accepted the Re
publican vice-presidential nom
ination today In a 30-minute
ipeech In which with tvpical
moderation he chidcd the
Roosevelt administration for its
doctrine of "statism" but re
fused to "condemn the new deal
In Its entirety."
Oregon's beloved "Charley
Mac" told 40,000 westerners
who gathered for the acceptance
ceremonies that "we must de
cide whether America shall ad
vance again along the path of
her historic mission: or retreat
Mill further Into the fields of
futility."
But In the next breath Wen
dell L. Wlllkie'i running-mate
Hid "I should be guilty of nar
row partisanship . . wen I . .
to condemn the new deal In Its
entirety. Candor requires me
to credit this administration
with certain social gain which
have made the lot of the aver
age man more secure If not
more fruitful and satisfying. I,
for one, do not choose to re
linquish these advances, where
they are genuine . . ."
He took sharp Issue, however,
with the new deal's effort to
"Inculcate reliance on the gov
ernment in place of self-reliance
and to supplant hope with fear
of what lies ahead."
Tha text of Senator McNary's
address follows:
"I accept the nomination for
Vice President so generously be
atowed upon me by the Repub
lican nationnl convention last
June. I endorse the platform and
renew my loyalty to the candi
date for President, the able,
magnetic and forceful Wendell
T. WlllkU
'This is no ordinary cam
paign. The Impact of the wars
raging beyona Dorn our wmn,
together with our urgent con
cern for the pence of this hemis
phere, surround the political de
cision we are about to make
with a heightened gravitv. Do
mestic Issues, linked as they are
with preparedness and foreign
relations, take on enlarged sig
nificance In our present mood.
"For more than seven years,
we have lingered In a bark
water, denying our destiny: ne
glecting our defenses, both spir
it...! rnnA mntorinl. The oreat
energies of America have been
hindered where noi aeiuauy
mU1A fZnmm have Inst faith In
.v.. iiihim. fnith in work, the
source of well-being. No party
Is solely responsible, we or inr
minority have, perhaps, failed
i. ..iniianr. Tint the over
whelming responsibility rests
upon me parry in puwci. nc
have the mandate.
Cnfllri si Phllosoohies
This campaign is more than
a mere contest between rival
political parties. This campaign
IB CTMlliii l uriwi to ... ........
.V.Ua nhtlnvnnhie of ffOVem-
ment and of action. We must
choose in November whether
irnwlpi ahnU advance asnln
along the path of her historic
mission: or retreat, stm lunnn
Into the fields of futility.
T .Knulrl h vitiltv of a narrow
partisanship unsuited to the
great West were 1, nowover, 10
rnn.m 1h NfW Deal in ttS
entirety. Candor requires me to
credit this Administration with
certain social gums, which have
made the lot of the nvrrnRC man
more secure if not more trim
ful and satisfying. I "for one. do
not choose to relinquish these
advances, where they are gen
uine; nor to detract from the
humanitarian Impulses actua
ting the President. In this cam
naicn t ch.-all nnt spek to in-
diet the New Oral's motives
I shall, with all the force at my
command, attack tha New Deal s
capacity to qovern and tha poli
tical and economic heresies
which hare deflected ut from
our courie.
Govt. Versus Self Reliance
Every ariministrntion since
Washington has marie progress
toward fulfilling the Amenean
dream. The New Dual is excep
tional in thnt it, alone, has
sought to substitute new states
of mind for old, to Inculcate re
liance on the Government In
place of self reliance and to sup
riant hope with fear of what
lies ahead.
We may forgive the New
Deal s lncomijctenco In dealing
with economic forces- its inabil
ity rr unwillingness to fur
trier the emplnvrmnt of Idle ca
pital and idle hands. We mighl
overlook the confusion In theory
and practice thnt have curbed
initiative, stalled the engines of
production and multiplied debt.
We are still a rich country
What we cannot forgive Is that
the New Daal, rinding Ittalf un
able to rettore national vitality
fashioned Us plan upon tha the
sis that America is finished, that
our economy Is lasvllabir con
tracting) that opportunity has
bean extinguished and that,
hereafter, we must look increas
ingly to the government lor
Jobs, for security and for the
oversight of our private lives.
That concept, old as human
pessimism, germinates now from
a Europe which has been trans
formed by poverty, political
immaturity and war into a dis
mal despotism. That concept Is
statism; the doctrine of the as
cendancy of the State over the
individual. I deny Its validity in
terms of a youthful, vital
America. I charge, moreover,
that the dlffrAion of that con
cept has Impaired the national
spirit; and. ir persisted In. might
well rob us In time of the will
to be free.
More, Not Less, Democracy
What we need, in times like
these, is more democracy not
less. In an earlier period of
doubt and dismay. Walt Whit
man, the good, gray poet of
dynamic America, thus admon
ished his country;
"Sail, sail they best, ship of
democracy,
"Of value Is they freight,
'tis not the present only,
"The past is also stored in
thee."
The Philadelphia convention,
meeting in the birthplace of our
liberties, handed us our sailing
orders; bidding us look to our
vigorous past, reconstruct Amer
ica and set her anew on her
course. I accept those orders in
full confidence that we shall
triumphantly make port in
November.
Reading Lessons In The
Oregon Trail
This occasipn Is, In a sense, a
personal dedication. I make no
apology, therefore, for personal
references. Lacking only four
years, I have served my native
State of Oregon in the United
States Senate for a third of its
existence. In that 23 years, my
record has been open to the
view of my countrymen. I have
supported progressive measures.
I nave sought to conserve and
employ, for the benefit of all.
our heritage of soil, water pow
er and forest. I stand on that
record. Not one uttered word
can be expunged, not one vote
recalled: nor would I wish It
otherwise, considering the light
that then guided me.
I should be lacking In senti
ment were 1 not gratified by the
presence of the notification com
mittee. Many of them crossed
the continent to be with us. I
hope they find compensation In
the grandeur of our mountains
and forests, and the enchant
ment of the Willamette valley.
I hope they may be recom
pensed also by the opportunity
of mingling with this assemb
lage of free citizens of the old
Oregon country: the Northwest
ern empire, which once em
braced all of Oregon. Washing
ton and Idaho and parts of Mon
tana and Wyoming. This is pio
neer country still. We here are
pioneers, and the sons and
daughters of pioneers: of the
stock that carried American sov
ereignty from the Mississippi
across the magnificent Rocky
Mountain region to the Pacific.
conquering and subduing this
rich domain for the Union.
Some of our visitors, flying
here, crossed the old Oregon
Trail In the air. Their passage
across plains and mountains
took only hours instead of
months. Others motored here.
They reckoned traveling time
In mere days. Accustomed to
the ease of modern transport, it
Is hard to protect our imagina
tions backward a century into
the experience of the bearded
men and the heroic mothers
who rode uncomplainingly in
covered wagons over the "Iron
road" from the Great Bend of
the Missouri to the banks of the
Willamette.
The Jefferson Concept
The settlement of the Oregon
country remains one of our
proudest epics. At the time of
the York town surrender, our
frontier rested on the Alleghan-
les. Sixty years later, the surg
ing genius of our ancestors had
pushed our borders to the Paci
fic. The beginnings of Oregon
lay in the imagination of Tho
mas Jefferson, the apostle of
democracy, who served only
two terms In the Presidency,
frowning upon contemplation of
a third term. It was Jefferson
who, after purchasing the Louis
iana country, sent Lewis and
i Clark to spy out the land be
yond the Kockirs. Their Jour
nals kindled the interest of
I colonial America in the Far
! West. The explorer, the lur
I trapper and trader broke the
trail. Next came the missionary.
and. close behind, the homeseek
er. If we pause today, we may
read In the old Oregon Trail
lessons applicable to the prob
lems besetting us now.
Little Americans Thn and Now
We can afford to smile at the
timidity of the obstructionists
who lived a century ago. In
their day. thev thought Ameri
ca finished. They belonged to
the tribe, seeminiily numerous
in each generation, which holds
that the limit has been reached
Little Americans they were; the
type thnt advocated impeaching
Jefferson for his purchase of
Louisiana and derided Seward
for buying Alaska.
In like manner, the little
American of ln-to maintains that
our race is run. The throb he
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hears la not the hum of Ameri
ca s dynamos, but the harden
ing of America's arteries. It is
his despondent outlook that de
flates the hopes of youth; in
sists that our industrial plant
is over-built and that we must
look forward only to a slippered
senility.
We, of the old Oregon coun
try, reject the hypothesis of the
little American. We are opti
mists We say that America is
not yet half built. The little
American dates the decline of
American enterprise from the
time when the last free land was
thrown open for settlement. We
hold that the theory of the last
frontier is only figurative. Land.
If you had to work it, never was
free. Men paid for it In sweat
and blood and loneliness, if not
in dollars.
As long as great rivers run
idly to the sea: as long as vast
reaches of virgin soil await only
life-giving water: as long as
Americans prefer work to ease,
and as long as well-being is in
equitably distributed, then we
say that America Is not finished.
Our job Is to work for an Integ
rated self confidant country,
ready to undergo the discipline
of the pioneer lo the end thai
we may not only survive In a
threatening world but distribute
our blessings more abundantly.
The call is for a disciplined pop
ulation. I prefer the self-discipline
of the pioneer to the Im
posed discipline of the Europe
an autocracies. The pioneer tra
dition is strong in our blood.
All of us, whether our ances
tors crossed the Atlantic in the
17th century or whether we our
selves came in the 20th, are pi
oneers, or the descendants of
pioneers. The virtues of work,
thrift, and self-denial for the
common good are part of our
tradition. We have the tools.
What are some of the specifi
cations for the reconstruction
of America? Among the first is
the preservation of fuller em
ployment of the natural re
sources of soil, forest and water
power. Prudence dictntes that
we. at least, conserve those leg
acies for this and future gener
ations.
Restoring Agricultural Empire
The prosperity of agriculture
should be the first charge on the
attention of any administration.
Not for sentimental reasons, al
though society owes a real
debt to those who, year in, year
out. supply It with its first es
sentials, food and raw materials.
No, the reason for our preoccu
pation with the farm problem is
social and economic betterment.
The farm stands somewhere
near the center of our economy.
For 75 years, the farms of
America balanced our foreign
trade and, through exportable
surpluses, provided the foreign
exchange that assisted in build
ing our factories, mines and
railroads. The first World war
disrupted that profitable trade
and, for 20 years, we have strug
gled with recurring, unmarket
able surpluses.
The farm problem Is by no
means the exclusive worry of
the farmer. In a true and real
istic sense, the problem Is as na
tional as the problem of na
tional defense. Permit me to cite
an example: statisticians find an
uncanny correspondence be
tween gross farm income and in
dtistrial payrolls in a given year.
When, as in 1h2!i, farm income
rose to 12 billion dollars, fac
tory payrolls also were 12 bil
lions; and when, in 1932. farm
income dropped to five billions,
industrial payrolls fell off simil
arly. The New Desl has administer
ed the farm problem for more
than seven years. What is the
present state of the American
farmer, who. with his denend
ants, makes up a quarter of our
populition? In the vear 1939
his share of the national income
was the lowest since statistics
have been kept. Moreover, his
income during the seven New
Deal, or lean, years has aver
aged only seven billion dollars:
whereas, during the preceding
seven years, under Republican
administrations, it averaged
nine billions. Hear in mind if
you will, thnt the New Deal to
tals included all the benefit pay
ments from the Treasury of tlie
Unltcvl Stntes Bnd that 'the sev
en prosperous Republican years
include the black year 1932.
which marked the depth of the
depression. Throughout this new
deal cycle, we have been con
fronted with the relnted pheno
mena of depressed (arm prices
and industrial unemployment.
Vtith the farmer producing
without profit, the city worker
was Idle, his consuming power
diminished. I have long felt that
these phenomena could not be
separated: that a sound policy
would work toward relieving
both of these disorders
Principle of Parity Endorsed
I shall discuss the farm sit
uation in detail later in the cam
paign. It is a subject near my
heart. For 20 years. I have
sought means and measures to
better the lot of the agrarian
producer. For the moment, let
me pv that the Republican plat
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form recommends hopeful and
affirmative farm program. It
endorses the principle of parity.
It advocates and this if a de
parture incentive payments to
farmers willing to experiment
with tillage of crops we now
import. We stand pledged to
continue soil conservation pay
ments, commodity surplus
loans; to encourage acquisition
of farms by tenants and for re
search aimed at developing in
dustrial uses for products of the
soil. We favor continuing the
food stamp program, which
serves the double purpose of as
sisting the needy and helping
the farmer by reducing surplus
crops. The platform offers no
magic formula. The problem is
far too complex for any all
embracing cure. It does consti
tute a promise that the Republi
can party genuinely seeks solu
tions. Question of Markets
A substantial solution of the
farm problem may be resolved
Into a question of markets. Any
rational plan must assign the
American market to the Ameri
can farmer. Beside being far
and away the greatest market
it is the only one we may hope
to control. The farmer is, at
least, entitled to that and no
treasury benefits can compen
sate him for its loss. Yet the new
deal, which, in seven years, has
failed to map out a long-range
plan for reconstituting the agri
cultural emnire, pile confusion
upon confusion by following two
contradictory policies at once.
With one hand, the New Deal
pays farmers not to sow and
reap: with the other, it lowers
tariff barriers so that foreign
crops undersell our own in our
market.
Opposes Reciprocal Treaties
Secretary Wallace, a high
minded and sympathetic Secre
tary of Agriculture, may not be
blamed for this second policy.
Any secretary of agriculture
would be hampered by the re
ciprocal trade system, which, in
the last two years, has admitted
competitive farm products to
the value of 337 million dollars
a year. That sum. It is Interest
ing to note, approximates what
the government has paid farm
ers to reduce acreage and pro
duction. Experts estimate that
the 3S million acres withdrawn
through government- payments
from production correspond
closely to the acreage displaced
by competitive imports. I have
always opposed reciprocal trade
treaties, as formulated by the
New Deal. When I spoke against
their renewal last Spring in the
senate I charged that the treat
ies had failed to "dissipate, al
leviate or liquidate the uneco
nomic conditions" affecting ag
riculture. I hold to that opinion
still. Moreover, as the war
spreads the areas of closed trade
I gravely fear that the effects
on agriculture may grow worse
and we have no assurance that
peace will restore foreign mark
ets for our surpluses.
After seven years we need a
realistic reappraisal of the
whole problem and. whichever
party assumes the responsibility
next January, we should de
mand and have the formulation
of a long-range policy looking
to the restoration of our agricul
tural empire. The farmers do
not wish to rely perpetually on
subsidies which stop short of
economic Justice. They wish to
re-enter the economy as inde
pendent producers. Thev are en
titled to the fulfillment of that
wish.
Renewing Our Forests
I come to a problem that pro
foundly touches my emotions.
We stand today in the heart of
the last considerable area of vir
gin forest left in the United
States; the majestic remnants of
nearly a billion acres of timber
that clothed this country when
the first Europeans saw it. I
was born within sight of the
great trees that characteristic
ally dominate the Western scene
from the Rockies to the Pacific.
In my lifetime. I have witnessed
the growth of the lumber in
dustry to its present huge pro
portions and the expansion of
the sooial and recreational value
of our forests It is but natural,
therefore, that during my years
In the Senate I have made legis
lation affecting the forests my
special province.
Everyone knows that Ameri
can timber resources are being
swiftly depleted. We take assur
ance for the future, however,
from the knowledge that they
may. with care and wise govern
mental policies, be restored.
Happily a substantial portion of
our forest lands are being man
aged and utilised in ways that
best safeguard social values,
provide maximum employment,
guarantee future supplies, stab
ilize streams and soils and con
serve our rich endowments of
natural beauty and wild life
Power A National Heritage
Power Is the prime requisite
of modern Industrial existence.
A measure of America's indus
trial magnitude may be found in
the fact that one half the instal-
led horse power in the world is
ur t-miM-,i wiimn our oorncrs.
Steam power made England the
Industrial colossus of the 19th
century; steam plus electrical
power has made the United
States the industrial giant of the
20th. Yet America's water pow
er resources are still largely un
developed. In the mountainous
parts of the Pacific West, where
strong rivers run unimpeded to
the sea, a major portion of the
country's potential hydroelec
tric power still waits to be har
nessed. Fortunately, the prin
ciple on which this power may
be made available has long
been recognized. The Federal
government accepts the obliga
tion to control floods and assure
navigation. Out of these services
flows te by-product of power.
Unfalte ngly. the congress
has granted to the public prefer
ential rights to power genera
ted from navigable streams.
Such power should be a com
mon heritage. The government,
having made this power avail
able, should have undisputable
right to control its utilization
and distribution. Maximum ben
efits for domestic consumers,
farmers and small users of pow
er should be the yardstick by
which we measure the useful
ness and serviceability of every
federal develonment. Moreover,
rates should be maintained at
the lowest level consistent with
sound amortization. Where ir
reconcilable conflicts arise be
tween public and private inter
ests in the development and dis
tribution of power, private hold
ings should not be confiscated
and we now have a working
precedent for such fair treat
ment in the recent acquisition
by purchase of private com
panies by the Tennessee Valley
Authority. From the standpoint
of the treasury, the records of
the great public power projects
at Boulder canyon on the Colo
rado and at Bonneville on the
Columbia are reassuring. Both
are liquidating their commit
ments to the government, as, no
doubt, the mighty power and
reclamation development at the
Coulee dam on the upper reach
es of the Columbia likewise will
do. The subject of hydro-electric
power deserves fuller treatment,
which I expect to give it in a
later speech.
Prepare For Defense
The resources we have been
considering bear pertinently on
a subject uppermost in our
minds as we look across the At
lantic. I refer to preparedness
for defense. The last war dis
closed deficits in power and
farm and forest products. A
shortage of power in certain
Eastern Industrial districts de
prived domestic consumers of
service. Food deficiencies caused
meatless, wheatless days and
the plowing up of the short
grass prairies In what is now the
dust bowl.
In common with what 1 be
lieve to be the overwhelming
majority of my countrymen I
oppose involvement in foreign
military adventures. America,
as always, prefers peace. Hut
America does not prefer the
peace of appeasement: nor the
surrender of our national dig
nity, our independence of action,
or political freedom or the civil
ized values that we cherish.
The existence of aggressive
despots in Europe is not new
to our experience. We adminis
tered a lesson to George III. Na
poleon inconvenienced our com
merce. Monroe and John Quin
cy Adams effectually warned
the Holy Alliance to keep its
arbitrary hands off this hemis
phere. We helped bring Max
milian's imperial adventure In
Mexico to an inglorious end.
Nor have we failed to exer
cise our guardianship over coun
tries within the scope of the
Monroe Doctrine. Unless I mis
take our temper, we are no less
firm and positive today. We are
not a docile people and we pro
pose to work out our destiny
on our terms. In the present
world situation, we still have
a choice. We shall be strong, in
which case we shall deter our
enemies at home and abroad:
or, we may remain weak and
thus invite their agression. For
my part, I prefer the part of
strength That has been the
American choice.
America To Co Forward
In conclusion may I remind
you that the Republican party
this year lifts the standard of
hope; a standard to which all
men and women of courage and
clearsighted faith in our mighty
traditions may repair. Every
where we hear that our country
faces greater perils than at any
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time since the Republican par
ty preserved the Union under
Abraham Lincoln. In another
hour of crisis, the Republican
party, cradled In a great tradi
tion and seasoned in govern
ment, offers to lead America
out of doubt, negation and dis
unity. Problems change, new
dangers arise yet remain the
ancient virtues, self-reliance,
faith, hope and courage which
animated and sustained the pi
oneer in his quest for a greater,
ever greater, America.
With your cooperation, we
shall renew that quest; setting
our country again on the path
of high adventure toward her
true destiny. With jour help, we
shall not fail.
TEXT OF MARTIN'S
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State Fairgrounds, Salem,
Ore., Aug. 27. The fol
lowing is the text of a speech
by Rep. Joseph Martin (R-Mass),
chairman of the Republican na
tional committee, introducing
Governor Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota at ceremonies notify
ing Senator Charles L. McNary
of the Republican vice-presidential
nomination.
I am happy to come to Sal
em, Ore., which Is closely tied
in sentimental bond with Salem
of my own state of Massachus
etts, and to Join with the good
people of the West in paying
tribute to a great statesman, an
able legislative leader, and a
splendid citizen. In my long ex
perience in congress, I can say
I know of no one, who has won
more completely the respect and
confidence of his associates and
the American people than has
your own native son, Charles L.
McNary.
That appreciation of his splen
did qualities and the high es
teem In which he is held in the
country brought to him, un
sought, the nomination for vice
president on the ticket with one
of the most vigorous, able and
patriotic Americans of today
Wendell Willkie.
Through the years, Senator
McNary has fought the battles
of the people and has made life
a little easier and a little bet
ter for his countrymen. No one
recognizes more clearly than he
that if the country Is to go
forward it must be through the
advancement of the masses.
My part in the program is a
simple one. It is to present to
you another distinguished lead
er and a great American I am
proud to claim him as a warm
personal friend.
When the Republican nation
al committee sought a man to
keynote the issue of this Im
portant campaign. Its task was
easy. There was but one man
considered and he became the
unanimous choice of the large
committee.
It chose Governor Harold E.
Stassen of Minnesota. He is the
youngest of a group of Repub
lican governors, who. through
wise leadership and able admin
istration, have contributed
largely to the rebuilding of the
Republican party.
He is a real representative
of the progressive and forward
looking West. He reflects the
new type of leadership which
during recent years has revi
talized the Republican party
and rededicatcd it to the genu
ine service of the nation.
Today there is a new Republi
can party; a sound, sensible,
forward looking party to which
the people of this country are
turning for leadership.
The distinguished and able
governor of Minnesota is ma
terially contributing to that
leadership.
I am delighted to present lo
the people of Oregon, to the
people of the Far West, yes to
the people of all the United
States a great governor a
great American Harold E.
Stassen.
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DEBATE REQUEST
IN 'LOOK' ARTICLE!
Says FDR. Should Not Shield
Himself Behind Dignity of
Office.
New York. Aug. 27. Sp
Wendell WUlkie declared today
that a presidential candidate
should not be "shielded by the
dignity of office," when he
again proposed public debates
with President Roosevelt in an
article published in Look mag
azine. Willkie's article, entitled
"I Challenge Roosevelt On
I These Issues," contained what
'appeared to be a thrust at the
i "fireside chat" technique. The
Republican candidate's article
j for Look said in part: "Voters
are entitled to see the man for
whom they are asked to vote
and to find out for themselves
what kind of fellow he Is in the
free exchange of ideas. Never
was there a time when the dem
ocratic principle of free and
open discussion of all the issues
was more essential. Political
campaigns have fallen too much
into the stereotyped reading of
essays Into the radio."
Other high spots from Wen
dell Willkie's Look article:
"A Democratic Unity party
I am not naming it, but that
might be a good name is being
proposed so the Democrats of
the south may cast their vote
for the Republican candidate
withbut losing their Democratic
identity. Nothing has been more
gratifying than to see the splen
did type of Democrats who are
rallying to this cause."
"There may be a business
man, big or small, who has con
fidence in the present adminis
tration. If there is, I do not
know him."
"The English and French fell
for a candystick philosophy of
government. To them, society
was an infirmary of crying
babies to be quieted with sooth
ing syrup. The thought never oc
curred to them that well babies,
if fed and left alone, stop crying
and learn how to live."
"We must have more candor
and less provocative statements
about national affairs. What
good does it do to attempt a
colossal bluff about producing
SO.OOO airplanes annually when
the nation we try to impress
is the greatest producer of air
planes in the world?
"Talk about going back to the
days of Harding and Coolidge is
just plain nonsense, because we
are not going back to anything."
"America today la divided
into discordant units. Mutual re
spect and confidence are gone
and we invite disaster to the
only completely free society left
in the world."
New Power Line
Portland, Ore., Aug. 27. ,V)
Construction of a 69.000-volt
transmission line from Walla
Walla, Wash., to Pendleton, Ore
will be completed within a year,
the Bonneville power adminis
tration said today.
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SIXTH AND BARTLETT
ON ECONOMY BLOC
FACED BY VOTERS
San Francisco, Aug. 27. P)
Nearly two million Californi-
ans were expected to vote today
in a state primary election cli
maxing a campaign marked by
Senator Hiram W. Johnson's bid
for re-election, and Governor
Culbert L. Olson's effort to end
an anti-administration "econo
my bloc's control of the state
legislature.
A prediction that 5S per cent
of the registered total of 3,782.
702 persons would vote was
made by Charles Hagerty. dep
uty secretary of state.
A total of 690 names appeared
on the official state ballot, In
cluding candidates for senator,
20 congressional places. 20 state
senators' seats, and 80 state as
sembly places. These races,
along with Judgeship and other
local contests made the major
party ballots lengthy.
Although the selection of par
ty nominees is the purpose of
the primary election, Califor
nia's election law allows candi
dates to file on more than one
ticket, and this circumstance
contributed to the Interest in the
re-election campaign of Senator
Johnson.
The veteran senator fighting
his hardest battle since 191 6
sought nomination on the Re
publican, Democratic and Pro
gressive party tickets. He was
opposed by three on the Repub
lican ballot, five on the Demo
cratic, and one on the Progres
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Stayton, Aug. 27. ifl- Tha
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daughter of Henry
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