The facts do not even warrant
an assumption, with respect to the
Presidential election, that "as
Maine goes, so goes Maine." Pour
years ago the state elected a Dem
ocratic Governor in September, but
voted for Hoover in November; for
the state election and the national
election not only are divided by a
matter of months, but often are
waged on entirely different issues.
This, however, is the factual side
of the business and politics very
often does not rest on a factual
base at all. It deals Instead ha
theories and psychological calcula
tions. 1 With regard to Maine, the
politicians are interested not so
much in what the returns actually
mean, as in the interpretation which
the public may place upon them.
CUES THE BANDWAGON
There can be no doubt, for in
stance, that when Maine went
Democratic in September of 1932,
the event made a profound impres
sion throughout the country.
It did not mean, as it turned out,
that the Republican national ticket
had lost Maine. Furthermore, had
the result been the other way, and
had the September election return
ed a substantial Republican major
ity in Maine, there is no proof that
Mr. Hoover might not still have
been defeated in the nation in No
vember.
But it did mean that the Repub
lican managers had suffered a shock
and a surprise, and the psychologl
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NAZI VESSEL
HALTED, THEN
SEARCH MADE
Berlin Government Orders
Warship Commanders
to Act Quickly
ITALY MOBILIZES
ATTACKING FORCES
American Reported Held as
Prisoner—Embassy Of
ficers Make Trip
BERLIN, Aug. 20.—The German
Government today issued a flat ul
timatum to the Spanish Socialist
Government, that German warship
commanders will take all means to
prevent illegal search of vessels fly
ing the Swastika.
