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...last week's primary old white-crested "Jim" Couzens lost to Wilber Marion Brucker, who was Republican Governor of Michigan until he was washed out on the ebb of the Old Deal tide in 1932. Last April when Mr. Brucker decided to run against Senator Couzens he had in his favor the following facts: 1) he was born on June 23, 1894, the same day that the then Duchess of York gave birth to the now Edward VIII; 2) he was the son of a onetime Democratic Congressman; 3) he was a pre-Repeal Dry; 4) he weighed...
Candidate Brucker harped on Senator Couzens' defection so much that he was nicknamed "The Toy Hoover." But even these harpings did not seem to damage the Couzens popularity in Michigan at first. Instead of grubbing for renomination in the primary campaign, the Senator rented a yacht, disdainfully went off fishing on the Great Lakes. His cause was still far from lost when he returned to shore last month. Then, against the advice of friends, he boldly announced: "Believing as I do that the most important matter confronting the nation is the re-election of President Roosevelt, I intend...
...suicidal devotion to the New Deal. Few dreamed, however, how bad that beating would be. Not only did "Jim" Couzens fall badly behind in Michigan as a whole, but even in Detroit, where his friends had predicted a majority for him, he ran a sorry second. Score: Brucker, 315,000; Couzens...
Considering that Wilber Brucker had polled 315,000 votes on a strictly anti-New Deal platform, the Michigan trend against the Roosevelt Administration looked so strong to the Detroit Free Press that it published an editorial making fun of all straw votes and polls which indicated that the State was politically nip & tuck, announced that Dr. Daniel Starch's survey which had been appearing in its columns would be discontinued...
...Senate. He is also about its most independent. Nominally a Republican, he has given vast aid and comfort to the New Deal in the last three years. Up for renomination in the September primary, Senator Couzens is opposed by Michigan's onetime Governor Wilbur M. Brucker. Refusing to campaign for his seat, the onetime partner of Henry Ford went off for a yacht cruise, remarking: "I don't intend to compete with Brucker. If the people are dissatisfied with my work, I shall be content to stand aside." Back in Detroit last week, rich and radical Senator Couzens...