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- war settlement because of his hisfather hisfather hisfather father s grudee grudge agimst ag\mst ag mst agiinst ' \ Wood Woodrow Woodrow Woodrow row Wilson I 1 suspect It was wasmamly wasmainly wasmainly mamly mainly because he was seldom seldomon on the JobFamlhar jobFamiliar job jobFamiliar Familiar Famlhar Cotton Ed Smith s defeat defeatwas defeatwas defeatwas was attributed attnbuted to his opposition to tothe tothe tothe the New Deal ( ( and unquestionablythp unquestionablythe unquestionably thp the New Deal won that race ) ) but I Isuspect Isuspect Isuspect suspect the fact that he is over 75 75years 75years 75years years of age had much to do with witht t He just could not organize as he heformerly heformerly heformerly formerly did against agamst the long longplanned longplanned longplanned planned Ne v Deal bulk orgamzmg organizing organizingof orgamzmgof of Olin Olm JohnsonSen JohnsonSen Johnson JohnsonSen Sen Rufus Holman lost in m Oregon Oregonand Oregonand Oregonand and this tlllS too is sa d to be a victory victoryagainst victoryagainst victoryagainst against isolat on sm but it also may mayhave mayhave mayhave have been due to personal pres preshge prestige prestige prestigeScore hge tige hgeScore tigeScore Score Stinds Shnds Stands Even EvenAs EvenAs EvenAs As far as isolationism versus mter inter mteroat internat internat oat nat o 0 alism allsm is concerned the score scoreso scoreso scoreso so far stands exactly even Defeated Defeatedor or not running for reelection are the theso theso theso so called anti Intern internal internat at onalIsts onalIstsClark onalistsClark onalistsClark Clark of ot Idaho and Reynolds Renolds ) of ofNorth ofNorth ofNorth North Carol na ma as well as Holman Holmanand Holmanand Holmanand and Clark of M ssoun ssouri ssouriBut ssounBut ssounBut But the successful list of anti antiInternational antiInternational antiInternational International sts includes mcludes Nye GII Gil GIIette Gilfette Gillette ette fette ( of Iowa Gurney of South SouthDakota SouthDakota SouthDakota Dakota Tobey ol of New HampshIre HampshIreand Hampshireand Hampshireand ( and notably Rep Ham FIshwhose Fish whose whosevictory whosevictory whosevictory victory is attributed attnbuted mainly mamly to the thepersonal thepersonal thepersonal personal sympathy engendered by byh byh byh h s heavy oppos tion tlon which v.hlch vhlch . made madeh madeI I h ) m an underdog ) Mrs Caraway Carawayon Carawaym Carawayan m an : the other hand who supported supportedthe supportedthe supportedthe the FDR policy pollcy was defeatedtShat defeated defeatedhat \ \\hat hat tShat \ \ hat this plainly plamly shows is that thatthe thatthe thatthe the argument is dead drad This "as as was "aseVident wasevident " wasevident eVident before the primaries primanes m in mfact infact infact fact before belore the war when boUr both boUrNye bothNye botbNyc Nye and Tobey announced they theywere theywere theywere were for world cooperationThe cooperationThe cooperation cooperationThe The stands taken by Roosevelt Rooseveltand Rooseveltand Rooseveltand and Dewey tor for the national natonal , fray frayalso frayalso frayalso also show sho\v sho v \ the only rem'llDmg remllDmg remeinmg rem'llDmgargument remeinmgargument remiinmgargument ' argument may develop between betweenIdealistic betweenidealistic betweenidealistic Idealistic or practical coopera coopera- cooperatIOn cooperation cooperation - - tion with wltb the world not wbether whether wbetherthere whetherthere whetherthere there should be cooperation cooperationMcny cooperationMany cooperationMcny Mcny Many false symptoms therefore thereforeare are being bemg read into the results Two Tworeal Tworeal Tworeal real ones stand out truly in my myopin myopin opin : > pm on Primaries Prunanes are largely or orgaruza orgamzational orgamzational garuza gamzational tlOnal fightsThe fightsThe fights fightsThe The man with the best orgaru organs orgaruzahon organszation oreanization zahon zation usually wins especially especiallywhen especiallywhen especiallywhen when voting is light and Interest Interestlow interestlow interestlow interestlowIt low lowIt It is plain plam from the results that thatInner thatInner thatinner Inner political pohtlcal organization orgamzatlon has de developed developed developed veloped tar far beyond what we have havekno havekno havekno kno vn before ( ( This will be true also alsonationally alsonationally alsonationally nationally with WItll Dewey spending spendmg the thebulk thebulk thebulk bulk of his Ius labors so far in m orgamza organza organizat orgamzat organzat t on and Democratic Cha Cba rman man rmanHannegan manHannegan rmanHannegan Hannegan call ng rig for house to h house housecanvasses housecanvasses use usecanvasses canvasses ) ) But wherever the tlle orgamzat organizat on ex explana explanat explanal plana planat t on does not hold true the theheavy theheavy theheavy heavy turn over is a sign people are aretllmkmg arethinking arethinking tllmkmg thinking things thmgs out for a changeThe changeThe change changeThe The new pout pollt poht cal figure Sidney SidneyH H l llman 11man nian of CIO has been statement statementmg statementing statementing mg ing almost da daily y that honest to good goodness goodness goodness ness he be is not trying trymg to capture Mr MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt Roosevelt , , the Democratic party partyand partyand partyand and the congress in m this tlllS electIOn electIOnHe electionHe electionHe He is only trying to cooperate cooperatewIth cooperatewith cooperatewith wIth them Any suggestion oth otherWIse otherwise otherwise erWIse is distorted and unprm unprin unprmeipJed unprincipled unpnnciplcd eipJed cipled So he saysThe saysThe says saysThe The tacts facts of the matter are these theseas theseas theseas as near as I can ascertain themThe themThe them themThe The secretary ot of the Democratic DemocraticcongressIOnal Democraticcongressional Democraticcongressional congressIOnal campaign committee committeesays committeesays committeesays says the CIO H llman 11man lhnan front has hasbacked hasbacked hasbacked backed about 7j 7u 7 . > congress onal oral can candldates candidates candidates dldates didates firmly flrmly and directly All 01 of ofthese 01these olthese these are Democratic except oneS one oneIn . S . e . eIn In an editorial Labor charged charged$6 charged6 $6 6 $ 000 000 would be spent by the Hill Hillman Hillman Hillman man groups to elect men frequel frequei lIy tly lIyrepresentIng tlyrepresenting tlyrepresenting representIng causes causcs of no concerD concern concerDto concernto concernto to the work ng manThus manThus man manThus Thus you may see the true piC pie piCture pieture picture ture As tar far as congress is co I t Icerned tcerned icerncd cerned H 1-1 1 - llman IIman Ilman is try ng rig to estab estab1 estabI I 1 sh ill a left wing bloc of at nt least 75 7S 7SI 75I 75I I ( ( ( I suspect his endorsement endorsemcnt li&t lit IIJot List & will willbe willbe willbe be much lirger hrger ) ) within Vllthin the Democrat Demo- Demo Democlat Demo-ciatc Demo ciatc - - - clat crat C party This mayor may or may nol not nolco notco notco co trol the party in the ho se de depend depend depend pend nb ng n on how many Democrat Democrats Democratsand Democratand . and ClOers CIOers are elected |