PRIMARIES: Symbols & Shibboleths

While Franklin Roosevelt was instructing Georgia and hinting to South Carolina about his preference in Senators, four other States last week held primaries which instructed both Franklin Roosevelt and his enemies that in politics there are still a few issues besides the New Deal. Internationalist, Graft, Third Termer, Million Dollar Candidate, many another symbol or shibboleth antedating March 4, 1933, rang through the hot campaign air.

Ohio's Democratic National Committeeman Charles Sawyer was defeated in the gubernatorial primary in 1934 by Tree Surgeon Martin Luther Davey. Davey—"the best dressed Governor Ohio ever...

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