Mr. Roosevelt's . Foes When Mr. Lemke of North Dakota was
nominated as presidential candidate of the new inflationist Union Party, it was assumed that he would have the definite support of Father Coughlin. But the radio priest has now joined Dr. Townsend of the $200-a-month pension plan, which he formerly denounced as crazy, while Townsend and his lieutenants say they have no intention of losing with Lemke. The Townsendites have been holding in Cleve- land a great convention before which many speakers have advocated mutually destructive nostrums. Dr. Townsend does not lead a political party but is organising pressure upon candidates for the purpose of creating .a pledged block in. Congress. Although the Townsend crowd is mainly anti-Catholic, this movement is more dangerous to Mr. Roosevelt than is the Lemke third party, which can make -little headway even in the West. Meanwhile the Federal Government is pouring relief funds Into the drought-devastated States, and is proposing to purchase 4,000,000 acres in the North-West for conver- sion into pasture. The devastation is so far not nearly so extensive as it was in the great drought of 1934, but the general outlook throughout the farming States is extremely, grave.
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