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Show NEWS Niws / Ft FtBEHIN1J BEHIN1JTHrNI BEHIND BEHIN1J BfHIN NEWSBfHIN iwrol BEHINDiwrol TtlErN BfHINTtlErN TtlErNBy THrNI THrNIBy ByPAULMALLONj By PAULMALWN PAuL MALLON . nalll.ed nallled R fl lea.ed leaed la * . . J by Wutern Western W tern New.papllr Newpapllr Newspaper N w . pa r UnioD UnIon UnIonIUCKERING Unl BICKERING IUCKERING OVFB80LDIER OVFIISOWIEI1 OVFB OVFII BOLDIER 80LDIER SOWIEI1 VOTESWASHINGTON VOTESWASHINGTON VOTES WASHINGTON WASHINGTONMr -Mr Mr - Mr Roosevelt l lauaint s . squaint auaint quaint quest for tor soldier vote advlc advice adviceamong adviceamong < among the state governors ( mostly mostlyRepubl1can mostlyRepublican . Republican Republ1can outside the South ) ) mai may maybave mayhave have bave sounded off hand like Uke a bigbearted bighearted big hearted bearted attempt to be mora mQre more thar than thanralr thantalc tharair ralr talc ( air about this thing But It did diii no1 not so 10 appear to the governorsFrankly governorsFrankly governors Frankly In the true political poUtIc81 ! at atmosphere atmosphere atmoaphere mosphere of the congressional cloak cloakrooms cloakrooms cloakrooms rooms the move also was recog recogI recognized recogfixed recognized I nized fixed as an effort etTort to put the Re- Re Republican Republican He-publican He publican - - - publican govemora governors on the soldier soldierI soldiervote soldiervote soldiervote I vote spot to make them shouldeiresponsibility shoulder shoulderresponsibility I Iresponsibillty responsibillty responsibility for ror whatever vote the thesoldiers thesoldiers th thsoldiers soldiers get making Mr Roosevelt Rooseveltappear Rooseveltappear , appear to be the champion of the thesoldier thesoldier thesoldier soldier aga against Inst sta state te and congres congresslonal congressional congressional theI I slonal sional resistance resistanceIt It did not work out that way The Thegovernors Thegovernors Thegovernors governors apparently sensed what whatwas whatwas whatwas was afoot and gave him repUes replies repUeswhicl1left replieswhich replieswhich whicl1left which left the only spots spota . , of the tbe prob problern prob1cm problem lern 1cm before belore his eyes not under their theirfeet theirfeet theirfeet theirfeetIn feet feetIn In effect a majority told him they theywere theywere theywere were go ng ahead with plans torstate for forstate forstate state voting of ot soldiers if It the army armyI armyand armyand armyand I and navy would co-operate co operate - - in distrib distrib- distributing distributing - - dlstrlbIuting dlstrlb-I dlstrlb I uting the ballots Implying that both bothhe bothhe bothhe he and the congressional bill were wereof wereof ' of considerable Importance to themThe them themThe : ' The depths of 01 his bls resulting difflculty dlt'fl dltfl dUll dUllculty ' culty is evident In the action of dlt'flI his hiscongressional hiscongressional hiscongressional I congressional leaders They held heldback heldback heldback back the bill \ five f\ve f ve days after atter its final finalenactment finalenactment finalenactment enactment This extended to 15 daYII days daYIIhis dayshis dayshis his opportunity of musing over the thegovernors thegovernors thegovernors governors replies repl1es and making uphis up uphis uphis his mind whether to sign or veto vetonow vetoHOW vetoHOW now HOW WILL THEY TilEY VOTET VOTE VOTETNow ? Now the solitary truth of all this thisbacking thisbacking thisbacking backing and pulling puUlng Is that no one oneactually oneactually oneactually actually knows much about how howmany howmany many soldiers are going gamg gomg to vote ortor or ortor orfor tor for whomFrom whom whomFrom From Mr Roosevelt s actions to todate todate you would judge he expects expectsthem expectsthem expectsthem them to vote for ror him and that more morewUl morewUl morewill wUl vote for tor him If he collects the theballots theballots theballots ballots than it if the governors do doTh doThgre doThere Th Thgre re is some evidence to sustain sustainthis sustainthis sustainthis this belief belier but nothing conclusive conclusiveI I recently saw a letter from trom an anofficer anofficer anofficer officer In the South Seas who said 75 75per 75per 75per per cent of ot the officers omcers were agamst against agamstRoosevelt againstRoosevelt againstRoosevelt Roosevelt 65 per cent of the prl pri prlva priyates privales va yates tes tor for h m It may stand something some something something thing like that although the army armyseems armyseems armyseems seems extremely critical of labor laborand laborand laborand and left ( wingers ringers Ingers who are the back backbone backbone backbone bone of ot the fourth term movement movementso so farI far farI I do not know and I cannot find findan1 findany findany an1 any political authority here who whoeven whoeven whoeven even pretends toPersonally toPersonally to toPersonally Personally I suspect more de depends depends depends pends on the army and navy generals generala gener generplies als ala than on what kind of a law ap applies applies plies If they actively go out and andfurnish andfurnish andfurnish furnish ballots of any kind kmd to sol soldlers soldiers soldiers dlers diers and collect these large lerge lorge num numbers numbers numbers bers will w1l1 vote otherwise no law lawwill lawwill lawwill will get In that vote to In bulkPerhaps bulkPerhaps bulk bulkPerhaps Perhaps the most Important fea featura featore teature tura tore of the bill was an unobserved unobservedprovisIon unobservedprovision unobservedprovision provisIon It would restrict any service serv servlc servIce lc Ice officer or executive official omclal from fromIssuing fromIssuing fromissuing Issuing campaign speeches to sol aol soldiers aoldiers soldiers diers and forbid broadcasts span spun spansored spunsored sponsored sored or paid tor for ( or by the govern government government government ment concerning political pol1t1cal argument argumentor or material materialIn In fact all news reports of poIlU politi poIlUcal political political cal speeches and activity would have haveto haveto haveto to be divided even between all presl presi presldentlal presidential presidentlal dentlal dential candidates entered to In six sixstates sixstates sixstates states or more The penalty for to't tot ' vlo vlolations yb yblations violations lations would be $1 1 $ 000 fine and a ayear ayear ayear year in jail This would certainlyhamper certainly certainlyhamper certainlyhamper hamper materially matenally the freedom 01 oi 01tourth oifourth olfourth tourth fourth term campaigners In Ira chargtof chargfot chargeof chargf charge ot of soldier news distributionINDIVIDUAL distribution distrtbuhon distributionINDIVIDUAL . . . INDIVIDUAL SPENDING SPENDING'VS SPENDINGVS ' VB VS GOVERNMENT GO , ERNMENT SPENDING 81'L'lJIHNG 81LlJIHNG SPL"4DlNG SPL4DlNG SPENDINGSome 81'L'lJIHNGSome SPL"4DlNGSome ' ' " Some economic authorities and andreaders andreaders andreaders readers have alked asked how it would be bepossible bepossible bepossible possible to work out in detail the thetheory thetheory thetheory theory of individual spending a as asa asa ! a replacement for ror government spend spendIng spendIng spendIng Ing in a postwar programThere programThere program programThere There are a thousand and onE onEways oneways on onways ways All the government would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have to do would be to adopt thlf thit thlfpoBcy thitpolicy thitpolicy poBcy policy and then pursue it in all aU pos pus possibil pussible possible sibil sible ' democratic waysThe waysThe ways waysThe The development of ot methods te teencourage teencourage tencourage ( encourage private spending in slackbusiness slack slackbusiness slackbusiness business times and discourage It Ir IrUmes irtimes Irtimes Umes times of ot plenty could rest primarll primarily primarilyon } on taxationSpecial taxationSpecIal taxation taxationSpecial Special allowances could be grant granted granted granted ed tor for constructive expenditurel expenditures expenditurelsuch expendituressuch expendlturetsuch such as home building home tmprovement 1m fin 1mprovement finprovement provement and business plant ex cx expanion cxpansion expaniion panion pansion ' ! when the national IncomE Incorri IncomEhas Incorrihas tocoirxhas has dropped below a certain figureSpecial figure rure . . < ; Special pE'ci pEci ' a I extra taxes could go Int inta intaeffect InUeffect < etTect effect tending to retard boomlik boomUkf boomilk boomUkfbusinesses boomlikbusinesses , businesses when national Incomf tacoma Incomfrises tacomarises tacon-nrises tacon nrises - rises above a certain figureIn figure figureIn gure gureIn In fact ract the whole structure of In Income income tocome come taxation could be geared ttpromoting t ti < tipromoting promotmg promoting a balanced economic flowThe flow now flowThe The great spenders of the countr1 countri countr1are countriare countnare are the great business firms rms Theh Theii Thehnatural Theiinatural Theiinatural natural tendency iendency is to expand witt witl wittgood witlgood willgood good bus business mess beyond their Ion long longrange lonranee ( , range necessities necessitleq necessitiec and then wall wail a aunu aunused aunused unu unused < ; ed plants when business falb failt falbotT failtof fallioff otT of ? A wise government would gfJ gfJthem gthem g gthem them into planning plannmg directly in addl addi addltlOn addition addtlon ! tlOn tion to tax lures luresGovernment luresGovernment luresGovernment Government loan policies as as.could ala alaeould als.could alscould ! .could could eould . . be adj isted Jsted to this purpoqe purpose purposeIf purpoqeIt It If Jcsse Jesse Jnes J nes and his RFCch RFC sh ch h I Idown idown idown down on loans in good peacet InCt InCtand rneand mp rne mpand and entered upon them thf'm thfm ' as siacken slacken siackenIng slackentag slackentog Ing tag becomes noticeable ft It v.n vn wit . n II it IIhave ithave ilhave have a 8 powerful powertul effect |