Show r I Deportation e of fridges Bridges Demanded by Dies Dies WAY 4 BATTLE HOLDS INTEREST IN CALIFORNIA Sen Smith Opposed by Johnston in Carolina By GEORGE GEORG R. R HOLMES HOLIES I WASHINGTON Aug 30 INS Two INS Two states that are are about as far apart as the poles geographically as well as as otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise ballot today in primary contests and the results results are re important important important im im- im- im to President Roosevelt and the new deal In both South Carolina and California California California Cali Cali- fornia separated d by t the the e span o of a continent Mtv Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt has risked his political pr prestige by taking sides in Democratic family rows Upon th the results In these st states tes may well depend the degree of effectiveness en s of the new deals deal's effort to p purge rge itself of dissident Democrats In South Carolina arolina Mr Roosevelt is after the scalp of Senator CottonEd Cotton CottonEd CottonEd Ed Smith who who has been a consistent consistent consistent con con- thorn in the side of the new deal for five years Smith is chairman of the senate senat e agriculture committee He has has' been in lathe the senate for 30 years The administration administration administration ad ad- ministration is backing Governor Governo r Olin D. D D Johnston who rose from th the e cotton mills to the statehouse In California the Roosevelt Roose i candidate is year old Senator W. W Gibbs McAdoo Six weeks ago Mr Roosevelt spent spen t three dYs days in the state with M McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Adoo at his side continuously In the end Mr Roosevelt publicly publicly publicly pub pub- appealed to California Demo Demo- crass to and reelect th the e senator However McAdoo Is not without t considerable opposition His principal principal principal prin prin- cipal opponents are Sheridan Downey Downey Dow Dow- ney ncy an old ex Judge ex-Judge Judg e John W. W Preston and James VV W Mellen the the latter being the only Y anti antl new d dealer al r in the race Political Interest Is riveted on these contests In South Carolina and California today as in no other state primaries save sa Mary Mary- Maryland land and Georgia where here the new deal hopes to accomplish the def defeat de tie- f feat at of Senators an an and l lGeorge George a couple coup of weeks h ice aice The political of the ca capi capital l- l tal cal have been a bit cautious about making malting too positive predictions I concerning today's balloting in South Carolina and California al although although at- at though generally they have believed Smith and McAdoo will win giving the administration a A theoretical u I fifty-fifty fifty split spilt Originally the South Carolina race was three-cornered three the third candidate candidate can can- being State Senator Edgar i Brown who had the backing of Ben Sawyer chief highway commissioner commission commission- er who was supposed to have some lome votes in his hip pocket But over the week end there were some surprising develop Clop developments ments Brown withdrew from the race leaving it a contest between Smith and Johnston which act prompted President Roosevelt to to burn all his bridges behind him him and call outright outright outright out out- right for Johnstons Johnston's nomination The voters of South Carolina said Mr Roosevelt now have their choice between two candidates representing representing representing rep rep- resenting entirely different political political political cal schools of thought One of these candidates thinks in terms of the past and governs his actions acc accordingly The other thinks in terms of 1938 and 1948 1918 and 1958 as well This drew from Cotton Ed Continued on Page Pace Two Column Seven SenD M m I New Deal Prestige Gets 1 j j. Test in it Two Primaries Continued from page Fag One Smith a bristling retort th indeed Johnstons Johnston's political political political po po- he did not belong to school of thought and the certain issues he did boast that on He think in terms of the past went back to reconstruction and days after the Civil war when federal powers extended in South Carolina and all but destroyed de- de destroyed destroyed de de- our commonwealth I Cotton Ed has pitched his whole campaign campal on issues that have not failed lim urn in 30 j years years- ears ears- white supremacy states state's rights and more money for the cotton farmer Johnston has run as a per cent new dealer The major question in the Smith- Smith Johnston race seemed to be the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate destination of those votes which SaV Sawyer yer had lIn lined d up for Brown The Smith people claim they will get most if not all of them for or Sawyer and Governor Johnston have lave been bitter political enemies for or years years' McAdoo in California has advised his friends here that he expects to win and win handsomely There are some Democrats however who believe the former secretary of the treasury is fortunate in having his opposition badly split spIlt They think If f the McAdoo opposition was centered centered centred cen cen- tred in one candidate rather than two wo he might have hav a more mor mores difficult time ime Complicating the California contest contest contest con con- test is the pulling and hauling between between be- be tween the various schools of old age pension thought It is proposed to pu put jut on the ballot in the November election a proposition calling caIling for the legislature to appropriate 30 a week for all persons over the age of 50 who are neither employer I no i iThe The three principal senatorial J McAdoo candidates McAdoo McAdoo Downey and pj pT can ton ton have have gingerly sidestepped ing any positive position on tn talc tak although Downey and Preston bat MS said they favored a vote J on L I McAdoo contented himself Wi With having the social security security board u k hi Washington render Ma a a finding thai ys such finances a law would ruin the st state |