Show S S Merr Round Merry GoRoun By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN Editors Editor's note The series of guest ALLEN'S columns is ag again in interrupted by a story about Ohio from S Bob Allen AlIen now taking inking a vacation by sifting the political news in the middle west Further reports from 1 Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Wis Iowa Indiana and possibly Idaho will appear from time tune to time during during- the next couple nf of weeks i COLUMBUS Ohio The Ohio The little black book which Jim Farley Parley opens up only to a favored few at Democratic national headquarters has a question mark and the numerals 50 noted after the word Ohio In other words Roosevelt Roose Booze velt has a 50 chance of carrying the state Jim will not admit that question mark publicly pub pub- nor will he admit another item not written in his notebook but mentally noted by every strategist around the Democratic council table It is that Roosevelt's handicap in Ohio S is his alleged friend and running mate Governor Martin Luther Davey Martin Luther Davey has a more highly de de- de capacity for doing the wrong thing at atS at the wrong time than any other governor in the S country If there is any possible way to burgle bungle a situation Davey will find out the way to bungle it With Ohio state turning out one of the most popular football teams in that part of the coun try he charged that 13 footballers had gove govern govern- ment jobs and wailed that football had become the supreme purpose of higher education With the relief vote a highly important factor in the state Davey got himself in a a position whereby he was charged by Harry Hopkins with shaking down firms selling to the Ohio relief administration n in o order der to make up his lila campaign deficit Canned Speeches For a time also he appeared to be going great guns on the radio His voice would rin ring out on the ether morning noon and night three night three times a day Folks Folks wondered how Davey W wa was 1 able to spend so much time at the broadcasting how he had studio developed that cast iron throat and that unfailing technique before the microphone Then I hen one day while the governor was broad broad- casting a strange thing happened For the first in his life lie appeared at loss for or a words I want to tell the people of stormed storm d that that I X want to tell the Ohio he ot of OhIo h that I J people want to ten tell the S Ohio that people of And Arid so on on over and over What happened was that the governors governor's voice had been transcribed on a wax disc And the he needle got stuck in the same groove No wonder was able to broadcast thrice daily Where Davey gets his camp campaign ign no o. o one knows but he gets them Already he has haic contracted for worth of radio time It is all aU a part of Davey's Davey s fight for political life And it it looks like the death rattle Roosevelt Strength The fact that Roosevelt loosevelt stands as well as he does des in Ohio in to spite of Martin Luther to his coat tails indicates that F. F D. D has hanging real strength arn the inthe Bucke BUckeye e state state- All Ail the newspaper newspaper news news- paper polls polls and and one of them is conducted by the Republican arch-Republican Columbus Dispatch show Dispatch show show- ahead of Landon The Literary Digest on the other other- hand shows the So Sn o ta fk take e your pick nick opposite teal near ia rack is that mat Ohio is anybody's Publicly both guess claim it P Privately Republicans they both and Democrats Farley Parley are worried Jim is right It is a 50 proposition candidates Here ere ere are the factors for and against again t the two Th The ThC farmers are decidedly with Landon send even and those receiving A A A checks The Townsend Town Town- Townsend Coughlin movements still carry weight in Ohio and while Roosevelt Landon they Republican ey are ir-e ir they ia taking are e- e votes not lining away up from for factions h have ve buried the hatchet and a well Piled machine with of Contributions ns is waging waging- an impressive plenty cam cam- In contrast Democrats and state maintain both na headquarters headquarters' n Columbus and there Is much ranch factional professional bickering Business and men are strong for foi Landon Labor is tt more re united for Roosevelt before than ever The relief rebe a and much of ot the is in the Roosevelt negro vote bag Business is booming in every section of the state Booming Business This business factor is important Factories are busy DUSY employment is Up there has SS summer decline in lit been no retail sales Telephone installations in in- in motor sales les' sa-les' car loadings every thing and everyone is up This may a dent in the may even put puta p pro-Landon pro Most important nt of business mens men's vote all aU Labor is however is labor JS- JS enthusiastically and the president and militantly behind this is the trump card he counting fJ on to hold W Ohio Ohla in k 1 his column is Jade Headed drive by y labors labor's it is nonpartisan league a tremendous tre tre- und under way In center to every industrial r deliver f per cent for tor the L. L N. N L. L is doing a remarkable Roosevelt And nd job It hanf may offset the e clutching hands T Luther of Martin Si the Davey at the Ro Roosevelt sevelt coat But But- word remember is may and its it's be goth going to one ot of the toughest fights of the whole whore cam cain S S S Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth opened her has reopened re- re reopened used Use Cincinnati hone home for lor the duration of the campaign Princess take Alice will silently part in the G G. G O. O P. P drive in Ohio but I I 5 cabinet Newton Baker Secreta of war in the Wilson and a for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932 is active part in this taking no years year's but scrap his friends he be say will not vote for torney for giant power Roosevelt interests Baker is tit tit- attorney deal utility policies fighting neW i tiT P at I Sn t t I |