| Show 1 I NEWS BEHIND EH IN D THE NEWS yE I I Written for o The Telegram By Ray Tucker er WASHINGTON WASHINGTON National National politicos politicos politicos evaluating the recent election election election elec elec- tion In terms of 1940 foresee a speedier G. G O. O P. P comeback than the most benighted Republican dared to dream of a few weeks ago It may match the revival of ofa ofa ofa a Democratic party given up as dead after Hoovers Hoover's slaughter of ofAl ofAl ofAl Al Smith States States tates which switched back to Republican affiliation either in gubernatorial or senatorial tests test's possess votes in the electoral are needed to win the White House Other territory where the balloting was too close for anybody's comfort New comfort New York for example example actually actually supply a presidential majority for the Re Re- publicans All they need to do donow donow donow now in their opinion is to nurse along the conservative trend and commit no major blunders on or oroff oroff oroff off the stump It is this underlying aspect of the remarkable reversal which concerns the professional politicians politicians politicians most They think in terms not of so many seats or candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates but of the general direction in n which John Q Voter is going And barring a foreign war or a dizzy boom carrying over for three years its it's a distinct possibility they would not be surprised to see seethe seethe seethe the White House change customers customers customers cus cus- two years hence A rightward rightward rightward right- right ward swing is in the cards Its It's human nature not politics Another cut clear-cut revelation is that though Franklin D. D Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt stands forth as the worlds world's most dominant and attractive personality today he cannot fuse the forces of protest and discontent discontent discontent discon discon- tent into a political party The haves the haves the owners of homes in insurance insurance insurance in- in policies jobs and a small business still business still outnumber that I famous third one in n the United States box Ballot-box symptoms have simply caught up with census and economic statistics F. F D. D R. R swept to 1932 1934 and 1936 triumphs because he enrolled the working men the farmers the unfortunate in a crusade for human human human hu hu- hu- hu man happiness He hasn't delivered in their opinion if you analyze the vote carefully He lost the labor vote in Pennsylvania Michigan Ohio and several New England states The tillers and hewers deserted him in Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota and in other farm belt terri tern tory The relief vote did not turnout turn turnout turnout out for him where it was expected to save a senator or governor The La Follette and Benson liberals liberals liberals lib lib- lib lib- went their own way Like the one hoss shay the new deal broke into pieces all at once despite Wagner Lehman-Wagner victories F. F D. D R. R is merely discovering what T. T R. R Bryan and Old Bob La Follette learned before he came along the along the American people are innately conservative They will embrace an experiment or two if it seems to b be taking them places but they'll drop them them and and the author unless author unless they ride into Utopia on the next political train The The sons of two distinguished American statesmen statesmen Clark Clark and Taft will Taft will head the Democratic and Republican tickets respectively respectively respectively in 1940 if you listen to long- long at the capital Senator Bennett rolled up an amazing majority in Missouri while the ex- ex presidents president's first-born first was soundly sound sound- ly defeating F. F D. D Rs R.'s Harvard college chum Robert churn Robert J. J Bulkley of Ohio Mr Clark has long been the un- un avowed candidate of the Garner- Garner Harrison Byrd wing but in the recent campaign they took the r wraps off of him Along with James A. A Farley and Cordell Hull he should walk into the 1940 convention convention convention con con- as a favorite favorit to win Mr Taft provided he exhibits executive executive executive tive ability and force his father did not show in the White House should be a natural He will come cometo cometo cometo to the barrier with an honored name gubernatorial experience residence in a key state This conservative pair will be hard to beat on a reactionary track especially in view of their financially and politically powerful powerful powerful power power- ful promoters S While the politicos have been monopolizing the public stage nine serious and quiet spoken engineers engineers engineers en en- may have produced a machine machine machine ma ma- chine behind closed doors which will revolutionize American politics politics politics poli poli- tics and economics The nine young men consist of three engineers engineers engineers engi engi- representing the army three for the navy and three for the private utilities They sat as technical experts for the power mobilization committee The report on their work a highly confidential document now rests on the presidents president's desk It describes their agreement upon models for turbines and generators generators generators genera genera- tors which will eventually become standard in every utility plant in inthe inthe inthe the United States It will cut the costs of production of electricity definitely prove the advantage of steam-generated steam juice over water waterpower waterpower I power pulverize both political and economic demagogues It may re remove remove remove re- re move from the field of politics the power trust issue which has advantaged men like Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt himself George Norris of Nebraska and even Al Smith Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |
