Show 4 r I California in Turmoil 1 Democrats Split Wide Open Defeat J I By IRWIN BARBOUR Instead of the usual scent of ot orange blossoms a heavy stench of political bodies buried burled too close to the surface pervades the balmy spring air of Cali Cali- fornia The vultures are gathered and today it Is better than an even money bet that the first Democratic administration the state has seen in half a century Is on it its S way out via the recall route Cleverly organized and apparently apparently well financed a a lot of the financial S sup support u p p o 0 r t reportedly coming from independent oil operators the operators the signing of recall petitions against Governor Culbert Culbert Cul- Cul bert L. L Olson is in tn full swing S Something in excess of is legally required for a recall election and usually ab about ut twice that number Is necessary tomake to tomake tomake make a recall stick after the boys in the saddle have thrown out the the dead lists and the But smart politicos in Los Angeles Angeles' and San Francisco not FranciscO not to mention the state capital at Sacramento Sacramento- are willing to lay it on the line that the California political picture picture pic plc- ture is about to change and with It to some some extent the national picture In an election year One scandal has baa followed another an an- other dug other dug up by investigating committees of a legislature which is entirely out of ot hand and has been definitely lost to th the gov gov- In Hotel Such stuff as a found in the hotel suite occupied by the speaker of ot the assembly an an Olson anti-Olson man man and and traced to individuals directly associated with the tle governors governor's office Of other alleged methods employed employed em em- played to enforce support from froma a rebel legislature Of ot large sums of cash paid out of state funds to an G anex G ex man for obscure in in- in Of heat put on both bothof bothof bothof of southern California's showplace showplace showplace show- show place race tracks for heavy contributions contributions contributions con con- described as campaign campaign campaign cam funds under threat of an increased state take on the mu- mu and In the case of the magnificent Santa Anita layout of losing of-losing its winter dates which would be equivalent to breaking it up into small building lots Then the rather unusual seizure seizure seizure seiz seiz- ure of the two hundred million million- dollar Pacific States Building and Loan on the ground of protecting protecting protecting pro pro- its depositors from its officers Its president Odell testified testified testified tes tes- tes- tes he had contributed to the Olson fund refused a repeater Less than a year of state custodianship has cost more than for operating ex ex- Word has been passed around that something in the neighborhood of at of this was spent for special auditing in an effort to get something on Odell Odeli but there have been no efforts made toward indicting anybody Politicos who dont don't like the governor say the operation did make a lot of jobs for the faithful who couldn't be taken care of ot in the state offices or S. 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A Gross Relief Inefficiency Charges of inefficiency If not worse in the pet Olson state relief administration have been almost daily occurrences for months Gross waste of ot funds an official family shot through through with communism a top-heavy top setup of on job-hangers-on to the extent that as one of ot its congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen said on the floor of the house California is s bankrupt bankrupt bankrupt bank bank- rupt have brought to a head the final break between the governor governor gov gay and even some of ot his last- last ditch supporters in the legisla legisla- ture His proposal for additional taxes rather than economies which would reduce the present burden created a deadlock dead dead- lock not yet broken A special session called to put through a huge biennial Olson relief program program program pro- pro gram has recessed after barely enough II the reli fers wont won't sta that ve e it reassembles N sill I Incidental stenches ha hav have I indictments of state 4 i l their investigators and andl i ai and t I tors tars for grafting on oi Pee j loons loans in Los I Angeles und plea of ot Campaign Wider er ui the I The governors governor I on secretary an Richard Olson Olson oison been mentioned before D j. j hai investigating bodies seve severa the a as one ne I Ifor principal bagmen l fo for 01 funds Political caa on his part have not acre the man in the governors governor's h Party Split Wide Open The Democratic pa party i fornia is split wide l CaI enough factions 0 Open onen e n i iem Into to f for form em saw puzzle The Ham and a jig are well organized and f fi group which will throw om i l t a weight to any candidate flop for in opposition 07 to To them he is the rr rotten O Chit 01 on with their ham They n helped elect him and he say t they them down as he def e The in their special election last i conservative or sO-c sO Creel McAdoo-Creel group a and members in the legislatUre helf elf h have ve fought every Oiso Olson pro from the day he took office P TV Th lh naturally stand wJ t the e administration with but a an group of wingers left-wingers radi C I ers 0 and II rallying around Lieutenant C Gov Ellis Patterson There Ther-M b talk here and there that Senator Senate Robert Kenny former judge a OJ son floor leader in the se sens' sens seia ate and staunch supporter of the th governor until he pulled the n rui out from under him in the re reo cent relief fight may may-be the r am man about whom some of these ft di ij verse and antagonistic Snipe groupS can congeal Kenny has A F Foil oi i. i support j The California Democratic Democrat split is important nationally fa be cause it is likely to lose eW independent voters to throw t the state back into its normal Be p publican column despite re re- e. e Ham Ham-a Ham Ham-f Eggers or what have you to th h 1 contrary There might be ber G. 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P new deal Ickes No Peacemaker I Curre Currently four slates are fig ing it out for control of th h Democratic delegation which w represent California at the p pa paty's tys ty's national convention at Ch ci CI cago I One is headed by Governor O OF son It is pledged to Preside President Presides Roosevelt for a third term JL An j other regarded as partially p pr J JI I Roosevelt but with reservation is headed by Lieutenant Lieutenant-Gover nor Patterson A third um iiii and nominally pledged Ham-and-Egger Ham Willis in a strategic position to b bi ba gain if it wishes The fourn fours is definitely pledged to v Via vI President Garner and s seems ms bes equipped to put on a running campaign J The Olson ticket originally j eluded Patterson National Con OJ Co William Gibbs l y Adoo Representative Lee Gey of Los Angeles Godfrey Andreas of San Bernardino Bernar- Bernar dino and Manchester Boddy Olson and McAdoo never tat hive been regarded as political b i- i fellows When Secretary of th the Interior Ickes came to Sa lii sE Francisco supposedly with th benediction of ot his boss immured himself in a hotel room liberated a few prop stuffed doves oj s1 peace and announced had tucked Olson and MeMos McAdoo into the same bed he was r It as a superman But foi fa foia 1 a few days only Patterson feihe fel fei felL he had not been given consideration in an lining fining up to the delegation and withdrew So did McAdoo Andreas Geyer d iii Boddy I IThe I IThe The Pacific according to theory may be a calm But all is not quiet along it shores I i |