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Newspaper unionHONEST Union Un10n UnionHONEST HONEST DIFFFRENCESNEW DIFFERENCES DlFrFRENCES DIFFFRENCES DIFFERENCESNEW NEW YORK - Luckily the non nonsense nonsense nonsense sense of American pol ! deal lcal tical cam campalgns campaigns campaigns palgns paigns generally evaporates as fast fastas fastas fastas as the ballots themselves themsclves wh ch chonce chonce chonce once counted lose the r value and andbecome andbecome andbecome become waste paper Only sub substance substance substance stance survives Falseness cannot cannotendure cannotendure cannotendure endure the calmer atmosphere of ofreasoning ofreasoning ofreasoning reasoning and acquire acqUlre permanence permanenceIn In the closmg closing of the campa gn gnsome gnSome gnsome some hasty people on the rad o 0 for formstance forinstance forinstance mstance instance suggested Dewey or orRoosevelt orRoosevelt orRoosevelt Roosevelt should be impeached for forsomethmg forsomething torsomething somethmg something or other wh ch was rot rotclear rotclear rotclear clear m in the speakers excited minds mindsand mindsand mindsand and at the other extreme I heard heardthe heardthe heardthe the all too reasonable suggest on onthat onthat onthat that now the elect on is over the thelosers thelosers thelosers losers should give in m their vIew vIewpo viewP0 viewpo po P0 nts sits to the wmners winners ' ' The 'The Issues Issuesare issuesare issuesare are decided and now we must all allwork allwork , work together Neither course Is Islikely Islikely islikely likely to be followed this time The ThefrenzIed Thefrenzied Thefrenzied frenzIed few Cew will quiet qUlet down gradu gradually gradually gradually ally from impeachment thoughts as asthey asthey asthey they come face to face w th new newdevelopments newdevelopments newdevelopments developments It is equally equaUy m in meVltable inevitable mevitable eVltable evitable that the genuine genume faith of ofpeople ofpeople ofpeople people in m certa n 1'1 11 ' truths and Ideals Idealsat Idealsat Idealsat at the moment I am writing wntmg this Is Isnot isnot isnot not going gomg to be turned around for forthe forthe torthe the espousal of opposite ideals after afterelection afterelection afterelection afterelectionBut election electionBut But there was a surviving survlvmg subtance subtance sub subtance tance -tance - developed during this cam campalgna campaigna campaign palgn-a palgn a paign-a paign - a substance which could be beas beas beas as important to the future of the thecountry thecountry thecountry country and the world as the out outcome outcome outcome come of the elect eiect onBOTH on onBOTH BOTH PROMISED PRonSED PROMISEDBoth PROMISEDBoth , Both s des promised the same sameth sameth sameth th ngs in m great instances Tlus This Tlusagreeable Thisagreeable Thisagreeable agreeable residue of the debate IS ISwhat iswhat iswhat what the country has the right to toexpect toexpect toexpect expect from the v ctor mdeedhat indeed mdeed \\hat hat \ whatit hatIt hat hatit It must ins ms st upon The mutual mutualpromIses mutualpromises mutualpromises promIses were basically theseJobs theseJobs these theseJobs Jobs Dewey promised them to all alland alland alland and Roosevelt promised 60 000 000 000Indeed 000Indeed 000Indeed Indeed they both promised the themethod themethod themethod method of furnishing furnishmg them-free them free them - free en enterprise enterprise enterprlse terprise Both prom sed aga nst nit the theCommunist theCommunist theCommunist Communist and Socialist Sociallst way of fur furDlshmg furnishmg furmshing Dlshmg nishmg them ( free enterprise enterpnse clear clearly clearly clearly ly d savows socialistic methods ) Both promised a high wage wagehigh wagehigh wagehigh high priced economy with fair fairemployment fairemployment fairemployment employment practices and I\lr I lr Mr IlrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt \ MrRoosevelt Roosevelt even defined lis 1 I is hv liv hvmg living hving mg ing wage as applying applmg appIing ) only to a aCull afull afull Cull full \ work \ ork wee week ) , . in 1D rejection of ofpreVIOUS ofprevious ofprevious preVIOUS trends toward less lesswork lesswork lesswork work Both promised quick VIC vie VICtory vietory vietory tory and a sound peace and andnearly andnearly andnearly nearly agreed agrecd on how They said saidthey saidthey saidthey they would continue contmue e\Jstmg e Jstmg e'ustmg eustmg eJstmgnuutary e'ustmgmilitary existingmilitary ' \ ' nuutary military leadership tor Cor for war and andwould andwould andwould would seek peace through the theDwnbarton theDunibarton theDumbarton Dwnbarton Dunibarton Oaks arrangement arrangementfor arrangementCor Cor for a new League of at ' . Nations l.ahons lahons i'ations iations ' On Onone Onone Onone one league point pomt only did they theyd theydiffer theydiffer d differ Ter and then not as much as asadvertised asadvertised asadvertised advertised The most tervld fervid tervldRoosevelhan fervidRooseveltian fervidRooseveltian Roosevelhan Rooseveltian internatlonahsts internationalists internationaliststhe internatlonahststhe ( the Ball Davenport mmonty minority minoritysaid ) said they wanted the American Americanagent Americanagent Americanagent agent m in the league council to tovote tovote tovote vote for war only by conshtu constitu conshtu&lanai constitutlonal constitutlonal &lanai lanai tlonal & means and that is actullly actually actulllywhat actuallywhat actuallywhat : what Dewey insisted mSlsted upon uponBehind uponBehind Behind these generalized agree agreements agreemerits agreements ments merits there now lies of ci course coursegreat coursegreat coursegreat great prospects of change and andsharp andsharp andsharp sharp irreconciliable Irreconcl1lable irrecondiliable d fferences iferences on onbeth onboth onboth beth both sides On the Roosevelt sIde sIdeor sideor sideor or rather the inside mSlde it became eVl evi eVldent evident evident dent State Secretary Hull s a health healthmIght healthmight healthmight mIght eliminate ellIDlllate his sound search searchfor searchfor searchfor for unity on fore gn policy and the theadmmlstrat theadmmistrat theadministrat admmlstrat admmistrat on s 5 economic director directorJames directorJames directorJames James Byrnes definitely made ar arrangements arrangements arrangements rangements to qu t before elec elecbon dec dection election bon tion If someone like Sumner Welles Welleshappened Welleshappened Welleshappened happened to get Hull s job lOb you can canread canreadily canreadily read readily y see how the measure of ofumty ofunity ofunity umty unity so tar far achieved v . would ould fade fadeaway fadeaway fadeaway away If It the radicals took tOOh . control controlof controlof controlof of Byrnes place the change m in mdomest indomest indomest domest c policies would be equally equallysharp equallysharp equallysharp sharp The changes through a ne v vadmmlstralon vadministration vadministration admmlstralon administration ! leadersh p by Dewey Deweywere Deweywere Deweywere were more obvious ObVlOUS and fully fuUy pre presented presented presented presentedNo sented sentedNo No doubt the various seltseek selfseek self selt seek seeking seeklag seeking ing lag classes will be interprehng interpreting Interpretingthe interprehngthe the general re result uIt for Cor their 0\\ 0 0n own 0purposes ownpurposes ownpurposes \ n purposes by the time t'me tme ' you rcad read rcadthis readthis readthis this so it may be well to get gettbe getthe getthe tbe the truth in 1D first fir t A Roose\ Roose RooseeIt Itooseielt Itooseieltvictory Rooseveltvictory \ eIt eItvictory victory would ould not be he a victory victoryfor victoryfor victoryfor for the purposes purpose's ' of any at of o ( the themlnonty theminority theminority mlnonty minority groups which took lead leadcr leadership leadcrs cr ership > hp h > , p In seeking seekmg his IDS elcctlon election elcctlonbecau electionbecause electionbecause becau because e tl tI ey do not control controlenough controlenough controlenough enough votes to accomplish such sucha sucha a result Such fL & class victory victoryWlS victorywas victorywas WlS was : not promised Roosevelt Rooseveltdecbred Rooseveltdeclared Rooseveltdeclared decbred declared the winner it was sole soleIy solely solely Iy ly beeau because e so many people were wereafraid wereafraid wereafraid afraid of the \ war ar and tbougbt thought thoughthe tbougbtbe thoughtlie be lie could conclude it sooner or orbetter orbetter orbetter better A Dewey victory would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have reflected a demand for a acbange achange achange achangeThere cbange change cbangeThere changeThere There is less cause for the quad quadrenmel quadrenniel quadrenniel renmel renniel metamorphosis this t meOf meOf me meOf Of course the Ule frenz ed few man managed managed managed aged to call each other liars but butnot butnot not many proved it and after all allI allanyone allanyone allanyone I anyone in m pol pal tics Is supposed to be bea bea bea I a liar these days so the charge is ishardly ishardly ishardly hardly sen scn&at scnat sensat & at onalPs onal onalfs } fs Ps s a matter of fact I achieve the thedlstmctlon thedistinction thedistinction dlstmctlon distinction of being bemg called a liar by byfour byfour bytour four or five of my 20 20000000readers 000 000 000readers 000readers readers ( circulat clrculat on going up ) for forI forhaving I havtng having quoted Mr R as sa sajr ) ng m in mI mhis inhis inhis his Boston speech that he would wouldnever wouldnever wouldnever never send scnd our boys abroad In < o tore1gn foreign tor for I e1gn eign wars |