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JVfwi NMUJ News Analyst n lyJt and Commentalori Commentator Commentalor - WNC WNU WND Service Union Trust BalldiJlr Baildiag BalldiJlrWasbbtrtoD BaildiagWasbLpgtoa BoildlBgWashington WasbbtrtoD WasbLpgtoa 0 D C CIn CIn CIn the politic politicand political cam campalgns campaigns am ampaigns In a week or so andam and already al will be wanning warming warning upready up palgns paigns i4'ulffjiB(4 * attack1and attack1andcounter atta 4'ulffjiB(4 4ulffjiB4 4'ulffjiB(4counter ' * ( ready the main lInes of attaarum [ arum arumcounter counter attack have begunThe begun to form formThe tormThe The bombs will explode tar far from fromthe fromthe fromthe the banks of the potomac-RepublI potomac RepublI Potomac-Repubh Repubh potomacRepublIcan PotomacRepubhcan potoroac - Rcpubhcan headquarters head9uarters and regional otflees of offlees offlees can and andtheU andtheir springing sprlngmg up andtheir flees are already theU their " activities actlVltles are tar far removed removedfrom removedfrom removedrom life But Butnowhere Butnowhere from ( Washington s s daily dally nov.here novhere nowhere . is the Interest In politics politicsBnd politicsand politicsand Bnd and the garnering garnermg of votes as great greatas greatas as in m this voteless CityBefore cityBefore city cityBefore Before Candidate Dewey started startedwestward startedwestward startedwestward westward with Pittsburgh and St StLows StfAms StLouis Lows fAms station stops Herbert Brown BrowneU Brownell Brownell chairman of national nationalcommittee nationalcommittee nationalcommittee eU ell the new committee visited VlSlted Republican Republ1can head headquarters headquarters headnuarters quarters here on Connecticut ConnectJcl.t ConnectJclt Connectict.t Connectictt . . ave aveDue avesue aveaue get acquainted He didAs did and andmade andtnade Due sue to timpre Asmade impressionand impression As Asone Asone made a very y goodone good remarked What a achange achange achange one reporter ' change In the genus chairman chairmanBrownell Brownell BrowneU is quite a contrast to Ius his Iuspredecessor hisprodecessor hispredecessor and andthe andthe andthe predecessor prodecessor Harnson Harrison Spangle Spangler\ Spangler Spanglerand \ the accent is on youth . . . Brownell IS ISto is40 to 40 looks younger although his Ius dusty dustyblonde dustyblonde dustyblonde blonde hair Is sparse He remmded reminded remindedme remmdedme me ot of a fraternity traterroty brother ( he hap hap- happens happens happens - - pens to be one I discovered ) who whowas whowas whowas was assistant assstant ! professor of somethingnot somethingsnot something -not not s-not s ' - ' not too highbrow-the highbrow the highbrow - the ndn academ academic academIc ic type He is a Nebraskan and a aMayflower aMayflower aMayflower Mayflower descendant who won a aEcholarship ascholarship ascholarship Echolarship scholarship at his Ius state wuversltywhich umversitywhich university wuverslty umversity Jwhich which took him lum to Yale where he heedited heedited heedited edited the Yale Law Journal no III m IIIslgni1icant msignificant insignificant slgni1icant significant distinctionBrings distinction distmctJon distinctionBring Bring Brings * . Dewey Cloer Closer CloserTo CloserTo , To General PublicHe Publiclie Public PublicHe He lie made an excellent law connec connection connection connection tion In New York was elected to the thestate thestate thestate state legislature and developed a akeen akeen akeen keen nose for politics which wluch brought broughtlum broughthum broughthim lum hum to the position of counsel for forthe forthe torthe the state Republican committee He Hewas Hewas Hewas of the theDewey theDewey theDewey was one of the inner circle Dewey group and liked Dewey as asthose asthose asthose those who are closest to him do and andUDhke andunlike andunlike UDhke unlike those in m the middle meddle distances distanceswho distanceswho distanceswho who don t . t t . , A part of Brownell slob slobwil s Job Jobwill ] obwill will wil be to bridge that gap He or orsomebody orsomebody orsomebody somebody else has already been giv giving givlug giving ing lug lessons to the governor in thecharm the thecharm thecharm charm school as was evident at his hisfirst hisfirst hisfirst first press conference in Chicago aft after after after er his nomination where he revealed revealedIus revealedhis revealedhis Ius his training trammg The cynical Albany Albanypress Albanypress Albanypress press gang were a little taken aback abackby abackby abackby by the governor s showing showmg at that thattlIDe thattime thattime thattimeDewey tlIDe time tlIDeDewey timeDewey Dewey Is naturally an introvert introvertWith Introvertwith Introvertwith With a tendency toward egocentrici egocentricity ty But he is one of the lucky ones oneswho oneswho oneswho who knows it and from school days dayshe dayshe dayshe he has struggled against agamst the aloof aloofDess aloofness aloofness Dess ness which wluch often otten grows up around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe the man who is always the head bead headof beadof headof of his class as Dewey wasHe wasHe was wasHe He is ready to help the Republi Republl Republicans Republlcans Republlcans cans put the accent on youth and andunderlme andunderline andunderline underlme underline It heavily Brownell fits fitsinto fitsinto fitsInto into that picture naturally and Dew Dewey Dewey Dewey ey can be counted upon to match his hisown hisown hisown own conduct with his Ius years as far as asvigor asvigor asvigor vigor and energy go and he will willprobably willprobably willprobably probably be able to acquire acqwre acginre thehall thehaul the thehail hail hall haul fellow flavor tor for public rela relatlons relatuons relations relationsIt tlons tuons tlonsIt tuonsIt It is IJI clear when you talk to Brown Brownell Brownell.that Brownell ell ell.that ellthat . . that he is all for the wim Wlm and andwigger andwigger andwigger wigger type of electioneering TheDemocrats The TheDemocrats TheDemocrats Democrats know what to expect expectThey expectThey expectThey They started a defensive ddenslve defepsive offensive offensiveon on the need and wisdom and experl experi experlence experience expenence ence in their convention speeches speechesThey speechesThey speechesThey They are going gomg to try to prove thatwhen that thatwhen thatwhen when the contestants weigh in inDemocratIc inDemocratic inDemocratic DemocratIc gray matter will out bal bal&nce balance balance &nce nce ance & the red corpuscles and vita vitamlI1 vitammg vitamins mlI1 mmg $ which their opponents display displayand displayand displayand and of which they will WIU boastAs boastAs boast boastAs As we waited to interview mtervlew Brown BrowneU Brownell Brownell eU ell on that muggy Washington Washmgton after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon a figure emerged who may have mayhave been exhibit A of the Republl Republi Republlcans Republicans Republlcans cans immortal pep He was the theman theman theman man who nominated nommated Taft tor for Presi Presl Presldent president dent so you can date him mm He was wasformer wasformer former Sen Jim JlID Watson of indiana indianaborn Indianaborn Indianaborn born ( ( 1863) 1863 ) not juvenile but he hehadn hadn t lost his up-and up and - - - at em As AsUncle Uncle Joe Cannon always used to toadvise toadvise toadvise advise toall me Senator Jim allowed to toan toall all an and sundry give em hell boys boyst hellboys hellboyst ' boystI I asked Brownell later if the Re RepUblicans Republicans Republicans pUblicans Intended to campaign inan inas in inan an as unusual way since smce the Presi dent President had said be he wouldn t campaign campaignn In fn , campaignIn campaignfn ( the usual way Brownell smiled smiledand smiledand smiledand and replied with a sentence the bur den burden of which was energetic energeticHowever However a pean to o youth will not be notbe the only song In the Dewey DeweyBncker DeweyBricker Bricker repertoire Mr Bricker Bnckers s lush but powdery thatch doesn t go goso goso goso so well weU with thatControl thattControl that thatI \Control Control tControl \ I . Control of the Democratic DemocratJc par party party party ty said Mr Brownell , , rests whol wholly wholly wholly ly with two elements-the elements the elements - the bosses of ofthe ofthe ofthe the corrupt big city machines machmes and andthe andthe andthe the radical left wingers who are arecloser arecloser arecloser closer to communism commwusm than any oth other other er po political tlcal philosophyRight philosophyRight philosophy philosophyBight Bight Right there you have two key keynotes keynotes keynotes notes the first which the ex prose prosecutmg prosecuting prosecuting cutmg cuting attorney can sound in all Its Itsvariations itsvariations itsvariations variations and no doubt he will willThe willThe willThe The second will w1ll fit splendidly mto into mtoMr intoMr intoMr Mr Bncker's Bnckers Bricker's Brickers ' ' style ot at of oratory and andwill andwill andwill will appeal to the audiences of the theMiddle theMiddle theMiddle Middle West which werg wer were so moved movedbefore movedbefore movedbefore before Chicago Chlcago that they thcy almost almostwould almostwould almost.would almostwould . would not let him h1m take a second secondplace secondplace secondplace place on the ticket they wanted walted waited ) him himso himso himso so badly to topExpect top topExpect Expect Dewey to RIp RipTruman's RipTruman's RipTrumans Truman Truman's Trumans ' . 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A Democrat who was a Wallace Wallacebacker Wallacebacker , , backer said to me just lust after the Tru Truman Truman man bandwagon began to roll I Ican Ican Ican can t figure out what this Is all allabout allabout allabout about They nominate nommate a man- man manwho - whogot whogot who .got got . got his Ius start from the Pendergast Pendergastmachme Pendergastmachine Pendergastmachine machme machine because Pendergast swore sworehe sworehe sworehe he could take an unknown and make makelum makehun makehim lum hun a senator and did What will willMr willMr willMr Mr District DlJltrlct Attorney do to him lum ' ' ' It is true Pendergast gave Tru Truman TruMan Truman man his Ius start but . whatever v.hatever vhatever yoU yoUmay youmay youmay may think thmk of Mr Pendergast s moralsthey inoralsthey mor inor | als-they als they als - they did land him temporarily temporarilyin temporarilyIII III in jail-the jail the jail - the one quality that every everybody everybody everybody body who knows Truman talks about aboutand aboutand aboutand and the thing thmg the senator s record recordpomts recordpoints recordpoints pomts points to is honesty But what are arefacts arefarts arefacts facts farts in a political pol1tIcal year anyhow7 anyhow anyhow7Brownell ' Brownell hinted hmted that there would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be plenty said about Bosses of cor corrupt corrupt corrupt rupt political machines machlIles So that thatsthe s sthe sthe the scent and a fairly faU"ly faUly " noisome one onewhich onewhich onewhich which you can expect the Repubh Republi Repubhcans Republicans Republlcans cans to follow lustily and in m full cryBrowneU cryBrownell cry cryBrownell Brownell BrowneU was asked if the mflu influ mfluence influence mfluence ence of the CIO on the DemocratIc DemocratIcparty Democraticparty Democraticparty party would be exploited Brownell Brownellmerely Brownellmerely Brownellmerely merely said we could expect some something something something thing on that subject too He would wouldI wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot I not say however whether hethought he hethought hethought thought that nominating nommatmg Truman III in IIIstead inStead mstead stead of Wallace for whom Sydney SydneyH SydneyHillman SydneyHillman H 1man Hillman s CIO political committee committeewas committeewas committeewas was pulling pullmg so hard strengthened strengthenedthe the Democratic ticket ticketHe . , He was asked if he expected the thesupport thesupport thesupport support of John Lewis He didn dldn t tans tanswer tanswer answer ans . er that directly but be he did say saythat saythat saythat that he expected a large proportIon proportionof of labor support and that party lead leaders leaders leaders ers in Pennsylvania West VlrglDla Virginia VlrglDlaOhio VirginiaOhio VirginiaOhio Ohio ' and 8I'd 8Id Illinois ( where LewIs LewIsUnited LewisUnited LewisUnited United Mine MmE ' Workers are chiefly 10 to 10cated tocated located cated ) were strongly Republican Republicanand Republicanand Republicanand and that editorial writers of the theUMW theUMW theUMW UMW periodicals and union leaders leadershad leadershad leadershad had noticed the trend and were fol foi followmg foilowing following lowmg lowing It it . . The don dont t change horses argu argument argument argument ment will be met with arguments argumentsoffered argumentsoffered argumentsoffered offered at the Republican c'mven cmven conven c'mvention convention convention ' tion that there will be no change changein changem m in the American high command no nomterterence nointerference nointerference mterterence interference with military leaders or orthClr ortheir ortheir thClr their strategy and then of course coursethere coursethere coursethere there is the pious hope too that thatshould thatshould thatshould should the war in Europe end be before before betore fore the ides of November the thestream thestream thestream stream will be reduced to such a atrickle atrickle atrickle trickle that nobody w will l worry about abouta a little l1ttle leap from one saddle to an another another , other saddle . . . How War Map Maps MapsAre MapsAre , Are Made MadeA A map is the foundation stone stoneof stoneof stoneof of any operaton operat on says a long and andprecise andprecise andprecise precise document issued by the Brit British British British ish Information service entitled'Llberatmg entitledLiberating entitled entitledLiberating Liberating 'Llberatmg Llberatmg ' a Contment-Index Contment Index Continent-Index Continent Continent - Index to toInvasIOn toInvasion toInvasion toInvasionI InvasIOn InvasIOnI I have had a little Jlttle to do with the themaking themaking the.making themaking . making of war maps myself and andknow andknow andknow know that information that goes intosuch into intosuch intosuch such maps comes from many manysources manysources manysources sources Some of the data is as an anclent ancleat ancient clent cleat depictedin as the hills hulls that are depicted in the convolutions resulting from frompamstakmg frompainstaking frompainstaking pamstakmg painstaking topographical surveys surveyswhich surveyswhich surveyswhich which show every three toot foot rise riseSome riseSome riseSome Some of the data on the other hand handis handis handis is so tresh fresh from the fighting front frontItself frontitself frontitself Itself that the maps upon which it itis Itis itis is superimposed and furnished to of offibers offleers fibers cers from the mobile mobl1e lorry borne bornephoto bornephoto bornephoto photo htho litho printing printmg equipment in the thefields thefields thefields fields are hardly dry These field fieldmap fieldmap fieldmap map producing producmg units umts can be set up upand upand upand and be ready to begin begm printing prmtlng With Withm within within m in 20 minutes mmutes They can make r rg reproductions productions rgproductions of maps with recent recentcorrections recentcorrections recentcorrections corrections on them and produce producethem producethem |