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Show Behini Released by Western Newspaper Union. ST ASS EN DUE TO LEAD PRESIDENTIAL POLLS WASHINGTON. Polltios is warming up. The young men and women are coming back from foreign for-eign fields plainly displeased at the way things are going. go-ing. Some tell me Uncle Sam is known in many foreign for-eign nations as "Uncle Sugar." They tell of waste, inefficiency, or throwing our mon- j ey around, and talk of getting into poli- ' tino Thp hnllnt lists ' Dewey this fall will con- j tain a lot of veterans veter-ans who think they can do something in congress, if they get home in j time. Certainly the group displeas- J ure of this 12 million voting mass, j : now fairly well congealed in ideas, ! threatens a complete overturn of existing legislative personalities if not the whole political complexion of affairs. REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE j FOR CONGRESS SEATS Scenting opportunity, the Republicans Re-publicans are getting busy. The national committee has, for the first time, assumed responsibility responsi-bility In the congressional campaign cam-paign (committees of congressmen congress-men usually head the effort). The staff at headquarters has been about trebled to create 11 departments, one of which has started a monthly newspaper with a circulation to date of 230,000. A state quota system of raising money (like the Red Cross) has been started, and a small contributions mail campaign cam-paign has been launched, in order or-der to take financing a' ay from the gentlemen of bulk contributions, contribu-tions, known in the political trade as "fat cats." All this has been done by Gov- ; ... . ... I I . . - 1 ..,-'- ... 1 I . . . i . . t . ii.... i . ' . 0 mail, . , ' j i . T . . i i i ell Jr., the committee chairman, 1 who says his drive is to "elect a Republican congress." I hear, incidentally, Dewey has i told friends he is not in the runnina for 1948. He points out to them that Republicans have never in history re-nominated re-nominated a de- feated candidate, ! which was news to me. Dewey would like the nomination apparently, but does not expect it. Personally I expect much will rest on whether he is reelected re-elected governor this year. Last time he won against Brlcker a split, and it is possible he will have more formidable for-midable opposition this time. If he wins, it will be said no one could have beaten Roosevelt in a war ! year, and he will be back in the running. SUPPORT BEING GIVEN STASSEN CAMPAIGN The Stassen grasp for leadership Is finding form, in the way of organization or-ganization and money. A St. Paul man is on the road traveling for him. The same man was high in the Willkie entourage, and there are further indications that the New York crowd which backed Willkie already has its hand In pocket for the former Minnesota governor to be next President. They have been conspicuous at the speakers tables where Stassen spoke. A weekly magazine has published a report that the ex-Lord and Taylor executive, execu-tive, Walter Hoving, who was active ac-tive in the last Dewey headquarters, headquar-ters, will eventually play Hanna for Stassen. The Cowles brothers, publishers, pub-lishers, appear to be running the Invisible In-visible bandwagon so far, particularly particu-larly brother Mike In Iowa. My Republican Re-publican sources say he has been hiring people. All this inside activity has caused many who have observed it to surmise sur-mise that Stassen will keep on his speaking tours (he has not yet tak-j tak-j en a job that I have heard), the organizing will Increase in tempo and when the Gallup polls start, Stassen will be on top. Many think he will remain there. My own opinion Is he will have his main trouble keeping in the limelight without a political office, now that he has started so early. Willkie killed himself doing it. Bricker is a good bet to come to the senate this year, the in-knowing Republicans agree. With Stassen Stas-sen he is at the top of private party ! polls now. His '44 difficulty was that 1 he tried to run a campaign with Ohio friends who had not been ac- I tlve in politics. The Dewey people 1 had the New York know-how. With the best of publicity success in his seriate race or later In that forum, I his chances will depend on whether I he can get an organization to match i the one now quickly congealing be-hind be-hind Stassen or which Dewey may ' set up if events this year warrant. |