Washington, Nov. 2.
Significant municipal, county and state elections to-day reflect marked politico] developments since President Roosevelt's re-election in 1936.
New York City's mayor Mr. Fiorello La Guardia, is attempting what no reformer has ever accomplished to beat Tammany twice in succession, The municipal elections in Philaadelphia, Boston, Cleveland and New York are significant as indicators of the popularity of the Democratic Party. In Detroit the contest marks the first time that the Committee for Industrial Organization has attempted to control the political machinery of a major city. The election 's expected to result in a record of 400,000 ballots.
The odds, in New York City favour Mayor La Guardia, four to one. and his running mate for District Attorney, Thomas E. Dewey, eight to five.—United Press, "While we recognize that the League is at present seriously handicapped by its incomplete membership, we believe that it still provides the best means for obtaining that result "We shall not be deaf to proposals for League reform provided they are really calculated to strengthen international confidence and make the League more capable of fulfilling the aims of the' Covenant."
"It follows that we will join in no anti-Communist and no anti-
Fascist bloc. It is the nations' foreign policies and not their internal policies which concern us, We offer our ce-operation to all, but we will accept dictation from none."
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