Show NATIONAL NAL AFFAIRS Reviewed by CAR CARTER fER FIELD Could id ha K Killed i 11 C rl 1 r 0 I s t 0 otc t c I Hopes 7 Por V 1914 19 19 M Election Bell f re WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-If tr It on one the cr very view le that on nn one of or the reasons for th tho unexpectedly heavy gains by bv the Republicans In Th tin election was widespread with tI the pio loti n of or orthe the Wilt war then tho the Democrats fell ku n victim to unfortunate timing for the first time since lOW 1930 when the Democratic Dem m. tic victories in the Iho congressional election foreshadowed the Ro Hor sevc Cell landslide over r H hoover over in 1032 The point I is Iut IhA t If the hail been bein held belil on tin November NO 10 li Iii In- lend Blend nf of November 1 I the thC voter would hl hate gone to in the polls all 11 H I In In n ft 11 1 of enthusiasm about hat wha hat heir was u doing In th war WRt as a result o of the lauding I In fn Northwest Africa Not only that tha but U It Is thought here lIre that a grua great many humy voiers rl who ho on November 3 remained home would have voted Strong party parly men mu In general on and ond Democrats more to roo o than others fo for some reason hate to go all nil the WRY way In a R protest vote vole It If they are arc sore with the Ole actions of oC their own party part leaders and particularly of the tv can cnn for lor whom they are arc belli being asked tasked to vote they ore nrc apt to sla stay stRY home Not nil all of them of course Some of or them will hold their theft noses nose and vote the ticket anyhow The Votes Now in Army Mr Wallace Vallace did not allude to that He Ho placed more emphasis on the number o of young men ofT off with wilh the fighting forces Implying that it was youth that supported the New Deal But nut it was vas actually much more the old Democratic of sulking sulk ing when politically disappointed disappointed- going fishing on election day ni as they put it through the border states slates Why this dissatisfaction Most ost shrewd old politicians li In Washington nrc arc convinced that i iwas It was due dut iti to the conviction that the UK government Io was not doing Its utmost utmost ut ut- most In the war effort Here arc ANI there were Indications that people did not like the tremendous attempt to carry carryon on social and economic reform ie- ie form at the Ute expense e of the war ef ct- ef- ef fort A protest which could hove have been mollified If not eliminated had tho the sN African al Jaa landing been been exploited two days before I No one knows this of ot course better than President Roosevelt a consummate consummate mate politician Hence it is to tc his eternal credit that he did not beat the gun by speeding up the landing Governor John Bricker Bricher Wend Wendell ll Willkie Tom Dewey War or no war politics marches marcheson on and it is not surprising that with such a surprising showing of strength by the Republicans on November 3 that there should be speculation here about 1944 ni Disinterested observers think that tha t de despite pite this lOP GOI upsurge 1 rank Frank lin un T 1 n. n still tilI has the 1914 1014 election hogtied assuming he lie t ikes it and they hn have vc no don doubt bt be lie will lake take the fourth nomination In which case car they opine II no Republican lican lie an can enn whip s hip him This is on the that i i if Is always easier for the party parly out of power to make gains in an election where there is no national ticket ticket- where the Ins are arc hurt b by every ery resentment against the Ule tion and there is no national target for the administration to shoot But none of this opinion that FORis FOR is too strong to be beaten stops talk about Republican candidacies The three men about whom most of the talk centers arc are U Wendell em ndell el I Will- Will kie Ide Thomas i E. E Dewey and Governor Gover Goser nor John Bricker of or Ohio M J Many my politicians prefer Bricker to tl either of the other two twoS on the thc broad general gen gm eral theory that r has no national national na na- na- na weakness eaknes whereas the other i two have lue developed dl th them 1 I Brickers Bricker's victory was wa S outstanding this time with all aU his record as gov governor an open book Proportionate Proportion Proportion- ate to the size sile of the electorate in inthe inthe inthe the two states Brickers Bricker's s majority in Ohio was even more spectacular than that of Dewey in New Nework York ork This does docs not always add up to a successful bid for a presidential nomination If I it had Vie Vic Donahey Donehey Dona Done hey would have been the Democratic Demo cratic presidential nominee in Instead of Alfred E E. Smith for Donahey's runs in Ohio were wre even cven more snore spectacular proportionately proportionate en an those of ot Sruth in New York In man many respects Ohio is the most pivotal state In the Union It is not as important in the electoral dec elec toral college as r New cw York or Pennsylvania Penn sylvania or Illinois but It U has a abig abig abig big big- chunk of votes otes It u used ed to tobe tobe tobe be a stronghold hold but it has been going going- heavily il I tince since 1032 1932 has shown he lie can carry It Ohio Ohl is proud of him and stands lands by his record It is the sort bort of record calculated to appeal to o Republicans and Ii theto yes everywhere |