| Show ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings that affect the dinner pails dividend checks and tax bills of every ever individual National and international problems inseparable inseparable arable arabic from local welfare It wont won't be long now until the Republicans and the Democrats meet in more or less solemn con- con conclaves conclaves claves laves to select their 1940 standard bearers And in the meantime a a along long Jong ong up line-up of political hopefuls their hearts beating nervously are arc working overtime in an attempt to convince the voters the delegates and nd the party machine leaders that tha they hey are arc the logical choice for the number one position of the United States There will be 1000 delegates to the he Republican convention of whom 96 are arc now pledged to Dew Dew- Dewey Dewey ey 22 to Hanford MacNider 18 to I Senator Capper and 2 to Senator Taft Not all aU the delegates have been een selected as yet so further pledges will be effected between now and convention time There will be 1095 delegates to the Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic convention o 0 so far the President has Postmaster General Farley Parley 38 Representative 22 and vice president Garner 4 In each case the major major- majority majority majority ity of delegates will wilt be And the pledges do not mean a great deal deal in in most instances pledged ed delegates are arc only duty bound to vote for their candidate on the first few ballots and thereafter consider themselves free to throw their sup sup- support support support port elsewhere The inner New Dealers argue arsue that l the president is lite logical logical choice and nd the only available Democrat who vho would be reasonably sure of winning vinning the day A number of pol- pol political commentators subscribe to that hat view At the same time a very recent Gallup poll throws something i ing ng g of a monkey wrench into that I chain of reasoning Dr Gallup ask ask- asked asked asked ed a section cross of voters whom they hey would vote for as a between the President and Dewey Dewcy and Mr Roosevelt was favored by 52 per cent He then asked the same vot- vot voters vaters ers rs to choose between Secretary Hull and Dewey Dewcy and Hull came but bur o on top with ith 51 Sf per p cent ent That obviously indicates two things things- that hat Republican and Democratic strength is amazingly evenly bal bal- balanced balanced balanced this year and that Mr Hull would be practically as strong a candidate as the President On the Republican side of the battered mattered political fence there is a growing feeling among the publicists publicists as well as among experienced politicians that the three leading i candidates Dewey candidates Dewey and Taft Taft are are likely to kill each other off thus paving the way for a of the dark or dusky horse variety An influential group in GOP circles is quietly booming I Senator McNary of Oregon the minority leader Jeader McNary is a mid mid- the road is universally respected by his colleagues and has lias specialized in farm aid legisla legisla- tion He would be a certainty some borne ome Republicans think to sweep the politically vital corn belt would carry most of the west and would have a good chance in the industrial East He has few political liabilities the the most important being that his state is extremely small in population population tion ion and vote vote and and his rec record record ord rd in the Senate has been that of a moderate He is a factor worth con- con coni i The Vendell Wendell drive goes goeson goeson on and gains force A few years ago Mr was almost com com- completely unknown to the public at now large arge now he is unquestionably a first class national figure His many speeches ches radio appearances and magazine articles have brought him lim into the limelight with astonish astonishing astonishing ing ng speed A growing group think him lim the perfect choice His liability is s lack hack of a political machine but that is by no means means necessarily fa fa- fa tal Cynical political reporters have talked with longing of the possibilities possibilities possibilities of a Willkie Roose fight Different as these men are in point poin of view both are born politicians both ot are are ideal id al radio personalities pe both know how to play the angles It would be a great campaign So far as the party platforms are concerned they will probably mean little and will say next to nothing at great length Both Doth parties will wil pledge themselves to stay out o of war var to aid the needy and the farm farm- farmers ers to cut government go costs if as asand asand asand and when and so on It will be the candidates who count not the windy planks And it should be a ared ared ared red hot campaign The United States still watches bloody Europe But Dut in the view o of statesmen and foreign experts exerts w we should be keeping a closer eye on the Far East For there is the mos most immediate threat to American peace and security Hitters Hitter's invasion of Holland brought with with it a situation that th the State Department has long expect expect- expected cd el and dreaded Within reach o of Japan are the rich Dutch East In In- ties tics principal source of the worlds world's supply of tin and rubber The Ii In- In Indies Indies dies could not be defended by th the small Dutch navy nav and garrison sta stationed sta-I sta sta- sta stationed I there and Britain and France are too busy elsewhere to protect I them They would make a rich prize for ambitious Japan and would in ml immensely increase her economic ant and military prestige So say sa the military military mili mili- tary men if Japan makes a grab for them it will be up to us to stop her Secretary Hull huh has sent strong warning notes on this subject to Nippon And the Japanese position as expressed by her Premier has been that of satisfaction at the main maintenance maintenance of the tile status quo But Dut the Indies are still a danger spot |
