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Show Republicans have already spent, : since January 1, 1940, about $1,-500,000, $1,-500,000, while the Democratic Na-! tlonal committee has still about $2,000,000 margin left for use in its campaign. But the Hatch law permits State committees and other political groups to spend as much as they can raise. That, at least, has been the general Interpretation of this new "Purity in Polities'' measure as understood in Washington, and it has been confirmed in a formal legal opinion given to the Republican Repub-lican National committee by its. general counsel and former chairman, chair-man, Hon. Henry P. Fletcher. Mr. Willkie, the Republican nominee, has set his foot down firmly against extravagant expenditures expen-ditures on his behalf. Nobody is to be paid for making speeches for him. The radio chains are worrying for fear they will not get their usual large revenue for broadcasting political speeches. But nothing is to stop State and County committees. "Willkie-for-Presldent" clubs and the rapidly organizing Democratic Willkie party from spending whatever they like for local newspaper advertising. IP Washington The presidential campaign machinery ma-chinery of both the major parties has now been set up and the actual ac-tual campaign is about to begin. The selection by the President of Edward J. Flynn, of New York, aB chairman of the Democratic National Na-tional committee to succeed Postmaster Post-master General Farley, while not expected, is considered by Democratic Demo-cratic politicians generally as a good choice. Mr. Roosevelt wanted Senator Byrns of South Carolina to take the post. Mr. Byrns is regarded as the smartest political strategist in his party. He declined the presidential pres-idential invitation on the plea that he is a victim of hay fever which always lays him low for a month or more at the very time of the year when the campaign will be at its height. Martin Tied Up . . . Representative Joe Martin of Massachusetts, the new chairman of the Republican National committee, com-mittee, is not likely to be able to give the close attention to the campaign that he did in 1932 and 1936, when he was in charge of the Eastern headquarters of the party. Mr. Martin has his hands full as leader of the Republican minority in the House of Repp Chairman Flynn inherits from Chairman Farley a thoroughly organized or-ganized party machine. He has not the intimate knowledge o party leaders and workers throughout the nation that Mr. Farley has. He also lacks much of Mr. Farley's personal magnetism which has made the retiring Chairman one of the most popular politicians in the country. Mr. Flynn has a long and excellent excel-lent record of public service. He has been Secretary of State of New York,. Sheriff of Bronx county and is now the acknowledged political leader or that most populous borough bor-ough of New York City. Larger Bank-Roll . . . The Democrats start their campaign cam-paign with a larger potential bank-roll than the Republicans have. Under the Hatch law, no national party organization may spend more than $3,000,000 in any presidential campaign year. The by the aid of Democratic votes. The best and most scientific political po-litical forecasters today are pointing point-ing to a strong trend in the direction di-rection of a Republican victory in November. But the smartest of them are pointing out that at this period in the 193 6 campaign the trend also seemed strongly Republican. Re-publican. In what direction it may swing or continue depends upon events in Europe affecting our own national security, probably as much as upon any other one possibility. pos-sibility. Defense Non-Partisan . . . There is no political capital for ' either side to be made out of the National Defense program, nor does there seem to be any partisan angle which either party could use to advantage in the question of conscripting young Americans for military training. The bill which Congress has before it providing for such conscription was sponsor- sentatives. So John Hamilton, the former chairman and now assistant assist-ant chairman, will run the campaign cam-paign from national headquarters in Chicago and Samuel F. Pryor wTIl Be in charge of the New York offices. The heavy work in the east, however, is expected to be done by the Willkie clubs, under the direction direc-tion of Oren P. Root, the young man who actually started the Willkie Will-kie movement, and who has associated asso-ciated with him Russell W. Davenport, Daven-port, formerly managing editor of "Fortune Magazine," and Raymond Ray-mond W. Buell, . former president of the Foreign Policy association. Besides those political amateurs there is a large bloc of experienced experienc-ed politicians, formerly active in the Democratic party, who are undertaking un-dertaking to organize Southern Democrats for Willkie in the hope of repeating their success of 1928 when they carried five states of the Solid South for Mr. Hoover, ed by a Democratic senator, Burke of Nebraska, who has since bolted the party and declared for Willkie, Will-kie, and by Representative Wads-worth Wads-worth of New York, a staunch Republican. Re-publican. One of its political backers back-ers is Republican Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. On the other political side, President Roosevelt's declaration that he favors the plan is expected expect-ed to carry much weight. Mr. Willkie has promised to state his position on conscription in his speech of acceptance. Some who have talked to him lately expect his attitude to be the same as that of the President. A recent poll of daily newspapers throughout the nation shows more than 87 in favor of compulsory military training. train-ing. A Texas fugutive, at large a year, had lost 65 pounds when the police closed in. Except for the fingerprints, he feels like another man. Birthdays are designated by standard time, so a child born at 12:50 a. m. daylight saving time would count its birthday from the preceding day. The force of gravity on the planet Jupiter is so great that a boy who weighed 100 pounds on earth would weigh 265 pounds on that planet. |