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Show BEuINb fctBEuINb BEuINbI NEWS/BEHIND NEWS BEHIND NEWS NEWSfct / fct\ fct : \ V-T V T - ll llBy I II TEE TEEBy ( _ By ' PAUI/MALLON PAUI MALLON PAULMALLON / 2 . 1 1ReJeased Released ReJeased neleased by Western Newspaper Newpaper , UnionDEMOCRATS union unionDEMOCRATS DEMOCRATS GIRD TO nOLD HOLD nOLDSLIM HOLDSLIM HOLDSLIM SLIM CONGRESSIONAL CO'lGRESSIONAL COlGRESSIONAL ' EDGEWASHINGTON EDGE EDGC EDGEWASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASlllNGTON - The crisis cnsls in inDemocratic InDemocratic inDemocratic Democratic politics brought the ChI ChIcago Chicago Chlcago cago boss Ed Kelly down to Wash Washmgton Washington Washington mgton ington for three days ostensibly to tosee tosee tosee see someone here about his airport airportActually airportActually airportActually Actually he came to try to get getMessrs getMessrs getMessrs Messrs Truman and Hannegan out outof outof outof of the glue barrel into mto which they theyhad theyhad theyhad had hopped gracefully with Mr Wal Wallace Wallace Wallace lace and from which wluch they cxtrlcated extricated cxtrlcatedthcmselves extricatedthemselves extricatedthemselves thcmselves themselves ungracefully leavmg leaving leavmgMr leavingMr leavingMr Mr Wallace thereinKelly therein therem thereinKclly Kclly Kelly went back to Cl Chicago Chicagowith Cliicicowith c'lgo clgo c'lgowith ' with the official sub-rosa sub rosa - - . Demo Democratlc Democratie Democratic cratlc cratie story that th'1t th1t thit ' after all you youknow youknow youknow know ItIS it is possible Mcssrs Messrs McssrsTruman MessrsTruman MessrsTruman Truman and Hannegan HaDJJegan may mayhavc mayhave mayhave havc have plinned phnned punned this exploit in m a aglue aglue aClue glue barrel just to cet get rid of ofthe ofthe ofthe the commerce secretary This Is IsqUIte isquite isquite qUIte a tall story one of the thehighest thehighest thehighest highest if 11 not the soundest of ofthe ofthe othe ( the campaign thus tar far but it itwas itwas itwas was accepted without a crimacein grimaceIn grimace In some quarters where certam certain certamDemos certainDemos certainDemos Demos were glad to be relieved relievedof 01 of the Wallace burdenIn burden burdenIn In such ways the leaders have havemanaged havemanaged havemanaged managed to make themselves some somewhat somewhat somewhat what happy about all thiSFor thisFor this thisFor For this or other reasons theu their theuconfidential theirconfidential theirconfidential confidential figures on the election electionshow electionshow electionshow show they expect to lose a few more moreseats moreseats moreseats seats In the house but are con convmced convmced convinced vmced they can retain retam the major majority majority majority ity They cannot afford to lose many manyas manyas manyas as they have only 21 above a major majorIty majority majority Ity ( plurality plural1ty 47) 47 ) The latest house houselineup houselineup houselineup lineup shows 239 Democrats 192 Re Republ Republ Republ publ cans and 4 others The RepubLeans Repub Republicans Repubbeans licans beans must gain gam 24 seats to win wm a aplurality aplurality aplurality apluralityDEPED plurality pluralityDEPEND DEPE\D DEPE D DEPE'D DEPED DEPEND \ ' ON UNIONS UNIO'lS UNIOlS UNIONSA ' A few Democratic senators like like- likeWlse likewise likewise - - wise Wlse have been checked off as be- be beyond beyond be beyond - - yond rescue but the average con conelusIOn conelusion conelusion elusIOn of the high command is they theywill theywill theywill will be able to rescue their con _ _ _ _ _ _ Uu _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ . _ _ _ gress only onlysome some shavings shavmgs miss-ng miss ng mlssJ1g miss.ig missig mlssJ1gTheIr miss.igTheir missngTheir . - Their technique techmque of pol t cal exploitation ex exploltatlon exploitation ploltatlon ploitation is 15 running runmng just about the thesame thesame thesame same as the old Roosevelt sure surething surething surething thing election electron tactics tachcs At bedrock bedrockit It is simply an alliance between the theuruons theunions theunions uruons unions and the city machines machmes The Thequestion Thequestion Thequestion question has been \ whether hether the theunions theunions theunions unions would go along ! this lus t me as asin asin asin in Roosevelt days Demo bosses who whohave whohave whohave have talked with Phil Murray Murraypresident Murraypresident Murraypresident president of CIO say it is a eer cer eertamty certamty certamty tamty they will Wlll His Ills left wmg wing wmgbranch wingbranch wingbranch branch of the unions they assert assertwill assertwill assertwill will jo n m in as usual on electIOn electIOnday electionday electionday day no matter how far they have havestrayed havestrayed havestrayed strayed from the polit poht pout cal eal banner of ofthe ofthe ofthe the administration admlIUStratlon or indeed mdeed how howmuch howmuch howmuch much they have tried tned to tear it down downdurmg downduring downduring durmg during the recent strikes stnkes Now I do donot donot donot not guarantee this I am merely merelyreportmg merelyreporting merelyreporting reportmg reporting the confdent expectations expectationsof of the Truman strateg stsNaturally sts stsNaturally Naturally N at urally It f if [ they get all theonions the theUDlOns theunions UDlOns unions back htek : into mto their campthey campthey camp they . can stage be0 what might be - - - - - - ---0- 0 - - - 00 - - - - - ----0--- 0 - - - - - - described descnbed as a prewar Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - - velt election elechon Personally how bow however bowever however ever I ajn am far from convlDced convinced convlDcedthat convincedthat convincedthat that the unions umons will come comearound comearound comearound around for them in a croup group as asusual asusual asusual usual and I have in m mind par parhcularly particularly particularly hcularly ticularly the new antagonism antagoDlsm of ofthe ofthe ofthe the railroad brotherhoods and andthe andthe andthe the CIO economistsNot economists economistsNot Not until unW returns from the unIOn unIOndlstncts uniondistricts uniondistricts dlstncts districts are available the day dayafter dayafter dayafter after elect on can anyone be con convmced convinced convinced vmced vinced in m the face of such recent recenteVidence recentevidence recentevidence eVidence to the contrary as the de defeat defeat deteat feat of o1 good labor friends hke like hkeWheeler likeWheeler likeWheeler Wheeler and La Follette in m the pn pri pnmar primar pnmar mar es Certainly bits of electoral electoraleVidence electoralevidence electoralevidence eVidence thus far have suggested suggestedthe suggestedthe suggestedthe the un ons are not subject to one onehorse onehorse onehorse i onei horse leading leadmg A BID FOR RED VOTESSome VOTES VOTCS VOTESSome Some information mformatlOn from the clec elec clectoral electoral electoral toral feedboxes however suggests suggestsKelly suggestsKelly suggestsKelly Kelly may have had something somethmg to todo todo todo do with wlth National Chairman Hanne Hannegan Hannegan Hannegan gan s bringing brmgmg not only Wallace but butSenator butSenator butSenator Senator Pepper back into mto the 1 I st it of ofolliclal ofofficial ofofficial olliclal official olliclalspeakers officialspeakers speakers with glue still fresh freshand freshand freshand and running runnmg from them Wallace al always always always ways has been characterized charactenzed gen generally generally generally erally heie hele here as a mystic a rat rail rat ! ! er or ermnocent orinnocent erinnocent mnocent innocent one bet\\ bet between beteen \ een elections but butPepper butPepper butPepper Pepper is strictly paprika papnka The color colorsho colorsho colorsho sho vs throughNow throughNow through throughNow Now the Demo side of o1 the story storyand storyand storyand ( and I am tellng tell ng the ins de of o1 only onlythis onlythis onlvthis this one today ) is the famil famll Tamil ar tale talethat talethat talethat that the Communists Commumsts do not amount amountto to much but their vote may come m in mhandy inhandy inhandy handy Pepper and Wallace they theysay theysay theysay say are be ng held out to the Com Corn Commun Cornmun Cornmun mun stic StlC clement elcmcnt as two cakes cokes of o1 ofsugar o1sugar ofsugar sugar the ( < the mix up of metaphors inth m mth mUis th Uis s yarn is not mine mme but a proper propercontrast propercontrast propercontrast contrast bet vccn vcen object vity vlty and the thev thev v e vpo nt of the politico pohtJco politicos ; , involved mvolved ) lou 10u may recall ncaU _ Pepper "as as was "asroundly wasroundly " wasroundly roundly applauded by the Com Corn CommUUlsts Cornmurnsts Cornmunists mUUlsts murnsts tthcn nhen when Willace W\l1ace W l1ace Wallace " \ was wasbooed wasbooed wasbooed booed He lie could eould not be any Ihmg thing anythine anyIhmg anything but Communist sugar b\lt b lt but bltill butin biitin " \ ill in this situation sltuahou because he hI hi . , has hasno hasno 110 no organization In FlorIda FlorIdan Floridawlich Floridawlich n wlich lleh means mt.1ns mt1ns me.ins meins . . . anything an ) thuip thlllg to the theDemocratic theiemocratic emocratlc Democratic ; ) command Lately It Ith'ls ithis ithis h'ls hls his ' been rail rat rati ! er weak neak there ( few fewrIoridans fewCioridans fewrioridaus rIoridans Cioridans tal talk 1 < muchabout much about his hisuntlcs hisantics hisantics untlcs antics ) ) : Even Iven it If he be had an or orgamzatlon organization orCanization gamzatlon ganization bis hIs state Is not In Inloubt Indoubt inioubt loubt doubt ; In this election and there thererore therefore therefore rore fore his si so pport at hon hOIl e a means meansnt meansnith meansDtthuc nt nith Ih ng rig to t tl ! lie I c . adm1 administration l trnhon |