American Notes of the Week
(By Cable)
[A message from our American Correspondent will in future be published monthly, instead of weekly as hitherto.] PREPARING FOR THE ELECTIONS.
The political atmosphere here begins to be charged with the campaign spirit, preparatory to the Autumn Congressional Elections. The opening salvoes have already been fired from both Democratic and Republican headquarters. The Demo- cratic leaders are launching an attack upon the Administration. They denounce President Hoover's " self-satisfaction " and declare that he and his party have failed signally in all the major tasks to which they set their hands. Neither the Tariff Bill nor the Farm Board Schemes, the Democrats declare, assures the agricultural relief which President Hoover pro- mised. Law Enforcement, it is claimed, is not a whit nearer as a result of the deliberations of President Hoover's Com- mission. As to Disarmament, that story is being written at the London Conference and, in the opinion of the Democrats, it is not a story of which the Hoover Administration can be proud. From the Republican organization comes a list of the Adminis-
tration's achievements. Much is made of the way in which the situation following the stock market collapse was handled. The reduction in taxation and extensive Federal construction programmes are pointed to as instances of the practical help given to industry in its time of need. The attention of the electorate is called also to the prompt success of the Haiti Commission. Simultaneously, the Republican leaders are making strenuous efforts to patch up their differences with the Insurgent Republicans. In place of threats of excommunica- tion, the Insurgents are now being promised full support by the Party organizations in the forthcoming elections. *-
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