Show Inside St Stuff ff I I By PAUL MALLON EL PASO Texas Oct 10 Gover lo Gover Governor nor Landon of or Kansas is the man mano manto manto to o watch in the race for the Republican Republican lican ican presidential nomination Top men in the party part through gh the west vest seem to be strong for him Apparent- Apparent andon Gets ly Iy the they intend to Backing Jacking In keep their senti- senti ments to themselves themselves them them- selves for awhile to o see sec how things shape up But when the right time comes it looks now as if the they will step out for the Kansas Coolidge The trend seems to be a natural groundswell which is swelling more rapidly and extensively than some of Landon's advisers would like to see ee No inside or outside campaign campaigns Is s being organized for him It is just that the influential party men have lave been looking into his record and like him You will be surprised when you OU hear some of their names Republican constitutionalists are not as strong for a constitutional type ype of campaign as their published statements indicate They are for forthe forthe the he constitution all right and they believe such a current campaign was vas particularly necessary to hold egal leal reins on the new deal deat But they have lave no idea that it is the type of oC campaign to use in a popular appeal for votes next year The 36 campaign campaign campaign cam cam- camI I will be an appeal for business administration for curtailed spending spend- spend ing ng not for abolition of ot the new deal entirely and not especially con con- You can bet on that The major problem of ot the new deal can be reduced to simple di division division division di- di vision out here where two from two still leaves two The government has spent 2000 00 here to straighten the winding Rio Grande for flood control About has been given for needed construction at Fort Bliss an Important Important Im Im- Im- Im border post A new federal building is being constructed at a acost acost acost cost of Thus about has been spent in this community of approximately approximately persons of whom are Americans and o OOOO Mexicans This means the government has spent about 50 per person for works in n this community It has been a hypodermic to the community It has las enabled business here to operate operate oper oper- ate at a level of about 10 per cent above last year even with existing cotton uncertainty But there were still cases on relief relict the other day Figuring four persons to a case U. 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S Spends this w would o 0 u 1 d be 50 Per about per- per Person sons song A year ago there were about persons the earlier peak was much higher Thes These arc are nearly all unskilled la laborers mostly Mexicans Thus the new deal works spending spending spend- spend ing ng program has exhausted per er relief reBel person but has not cured the he relief relic problem or made a substantial substantial sub sub- dent in it Note The Note The government probably will vill ill spend more on flood control and to finish the work at the fort Both are arc justifiable expenditures the fort tort being especially needed This would bring the total outlay here to about or per person There is no reason to believe it will influence the relief situation any more than in the past A rumbling undertone is heard from the tho Mexican border Those who arc are near to the cactus roots believe the Cardenas government is shaky The well informed would not be surprised to hear that it was uprooted one way or another one of these days The reason is that the president has aroused the antagonism of groups of Rumbling people He is a aHeard aHeard Heard Over reformer but one Rio Grando Granda of tho the strangest of the species a sincere one He does not drink and he docs does not gamble and he does not see why anyone else should His edict has ruined the border towns towns' Juarez is 15 now only a 0 dive for tourists somewhat like Chinatown in New York The palatial gambling hall at Agua Agu-a Caliento is closed tight A high board fence has been erected around this and other gambling Investments In south of San Diego Tho The Agua Caliente backers are now planning to reopen it aOs as a tourist resort but without t much hope The peculiar thing about a Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ex- ex I ican reformation is that it really reforms Unlike most American governmental campaigns it does not merely drive gambling houses off the main streets into the back alleys You cannot bet a nickel on anything now in such famous ex- ex hells as Tia Juana Caliente and Juarez You can find any kind of gambling gam- gam bUng bling you want in the back rooms of towns on tho the American side There were open saloons in El ElPaso ElPaso ElPaso Paso during prohibition The most widely publicized photograph photograph photograph pho pho- still is that of President Roosevelt It is hung in Photograph rants and shops Publicized all across t the h e country particularly particularly lady in the lower class places But you cannot annot get a picture of oC the Mexican president in Juarez The shops over there carry busts and photos of Pancho Villa the onetime onetime one one- time bandit This community Is pro new deal probably by a substantial majority but a local paper polled the ministers ministers ministers minis minis- on Mr Roosevelt's recent appeal appeal ap ap- ap- ap peal and found them very very ery cold Five said they would not answer answer answer an an- the presidents president's letter one answered answered answered an an- generally approvingly and andone andone andone one half critically But the prize comment was from rom a Methodist minister who filed the White House appeal and said I r I very seldom pay any attention to things like that I dont don't think they mean anything anyhow Copyright 1935 for The Telegram |