| Show FIRESIDE CHAT SET FOR NOV NOVI 4 By GEORGE DURNO WASHINGTON Oct 15 15 INS INS INS- As the 1938 campaign went into the he home hoine stretch President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt volt was billed today for a November November November Novem Novem- ber 4 radio address on election eve which will be sufficiently extensive extensive exten- exten sive ive in range to interest the nation as a whole White House announcement to this effect had candidates on both sides of abe Ghe political fence pon pon- dering Generally it was assumed that Mr Roosevelt despite reverses in his lis attempted purge campaign in inthe inthe the he Democratic primaries intended to o mal make e one final appeal to the electorate to send men to congress and high state office who will represent represent rep- rep resent a liberal or new deal point of f view as against the conservatives conserva gives tives ives Although there are many battlegrounds battlegrounds battle battle- grounds this year New York and Pennsylvania with their large presIdential presIdential pres- pres electoral votes as usual constitute the prize packages most sought by both Democrats Democrat and Re- Re publicans The presidents president's speech will be delivered from his Hyde Park home and will primarily concern concern concern con con- cern the voters of New York state said the White House statement The statement was issued Incidentally incidentally inci mci- dentally shortly after Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt elt entertained James A. A Farle Fancy Farley postmaster general Democratic national chairman and nd nd New York state chairman at lunch New dealers are not worried about the he outcome in New York state Those closest to the president are willing to wager considerable sums of money that the Democratic slate slat headed leaded by Governor Herbert H. H Lehman will smother the Republican can ticket headed by New York City's district attorney and former special rackets prosecutor Thomas E. E Dewey New York state affords Mr Roosevelt his one point of speaking vantage without criticism in the opinion of his advisers As a voting resident and former governor the president always has reserved the right to take an active part in Empire Empire Em Em- pire pine state politics He thus is en- en aMed to make a campaign speech there here without violating his promise to remain aloof from individual state contests The radio is counted on to carry his message to voters oters elsewhere in th the nation Any observations on national politics his aids predicted predicted predicted pre pre- will be confined to an amplification amplification am am- of his new deal policies policies poli poli- cies des of liberalism as against conservatism conser Coming Corning as it will just four days before election Democratic leaders are banking heavily on the presidential presidential presidential radio talk to pull new deal candidates over the hump all over the country Mr Roosevelt has refused earnest to campaign actively in n Pennsylvania He compromised by jy greeting the Democratic state ticket of Hyde Park last week and posing with them for innumerable photographs in his library This week Senator Joseph Guffey Guffey Guffey Guf- Guf fey called at the White House to predict the Pennsylvania slate headed b by Governor Go George Earle running for senator would win by instead of his earlier forecast of a vote ote ote margin The president also has declined urgent invitations to speak in Michigan Michigan Michi Michi- gan gaii and Illinois among other states He took the position that it was his right to speak out in primary contests but not in the final elec elec- The executive is leaving Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington tomorrow for Hyde Park Early next week he will confer with Governor vernor Lehman to map out further further further fur fur- ther what he proposes to say on the evening of November 4 Mr Roosevelt talked to Governor Lehman by long distance telephone t today day and arranged for the conference conference conference confer confer- ence to be held at Hyde Park Tugs Tues day |
