Show General Lack of Interest Shown in Recent Election Campaign contributions proved the general lack of ot interest in the recent national election Republican can and New anti Deal Democrats among business men apparently were willing to contribute to the campaigns of James J. J Davis for re re- reelection reelection re- re reelection election as senator in Pennsylvania and of Judge Arthur H. H James for governor of ot the Keystone state They were willing to contribute to Robert A A. Tafts Taft's campaign fund in Ohio for senator against Robert J. J Bulkley but became very parsimonious parsimonious when asked to contribute to the national fund to the considerable considerable ble embarrassment of Republican National Chairman John D. D M. M Hamilton S Effects of the blast President Roosevelt launched against the Dies committee will ramify and continue to affect both political and labor sit sit- situations situa situations ua for the next two years ears In fact it is almost impossible to ex ex- exaggerate exaggerate ex- ex exaggerate the consequences The President in effect made the sit down strike and Gov Frank Murphys Murphy's handling of ot it the para- para paramount paramount paramount mount issue in the recent gubernatorial gubernatorial tonal campaign So far as most of ot the rest of ot the country was con con- concerned concerned the whole point in Michigan was whether its voters approved the sit down strike This was true despite the Presidents President's Presidents President's Presidents President's dents dent's careful phraseology in his blast at the Dies committee for example example ex ex- ample his denial that at any time Murphy had expressed condonation condonation condonation tion of such strikes or any ille ille- illegal illegal illegal gal practice Those last quoted words stirred up upa a lot of ot conversation in Washington The point was especially In view of ot the fact that the statement was carefully written out before being given to the newspapers whether the President meant to Imply that sit-down sit strikes were not illegal or whether he merely wished to avoid that discussion It will be re re- recalled recalled re- re recalled called that when the activities of ot Governor Murphy on the sit-down sit strikes were front page news Fran Fran- Frances Frances Frances ces Perkins Roosevelt's secretary of labor commented that such strikes es had not n t been proven un un- un- un unconstitutionaL constitutional |