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Show D.nv Thursday, November 13. igi7 THE TTM'ES. NEWS. NEPHT. TTTAH Txvr ' " " I 1948 Chances Uncertain democrats1 Truman's Popularity Grows But Party Itself Is Shaky j; v w ir- 'A 1 ' L ' :"':v. w v. ...v::: ' V ' 4 By BAUKHAGE t $ v umiimmmnMiimiiii (j j. ' - 1 wwwMwmfJ!&v.wm. 4 1? lip ' iiiiiiMiM . wsjiinrii . tank s tm no i a1?" ' - r News Analyst and Commentator. (This follows a series on the men most talked about as candidates for Republican presidential nomination). tht WASHINGTON. One Sunday last month, a friend and I watched President Truman unveil a plaque on Covenant First Presbyterian church. The occasion was a ceremony establishing the church as a national house of worship for Presbyterians. Just previously, a wreath had been laid on the nearby statue of John Witherspoon, Presbyterian clergyman, signer of the Declaration of Indee pendence, and president of what is now Princeton university. "There never was a time. PresiFranklin Roosevelt claimed there dent Truman said, in paying tribute to John Witherspoon, "when we was no labor vote, as such. Former needed more of the backing of those Secretary of Labor Frances Perkpeople who believe in the Golden ins said there was none, and in Rule, and who believe in the teach- those days, there wasn't, despite the existence of the American Labor ings of Jesus Christ." The President was, of course, party in New York City. I doubt that there is a "laspeaking of moral support, but he bor vote" now, despite the had reason to be AFL's new "Education and Pubrather cheerful belic Relations" nnit, and the CIO-PAcause of another and their threats to punkind of backing ish supporters of the which he had just law. As a matter of fact, learned he had I understand opposition to the the kind measured law is cooling, except where Dr. by Gallup's fires are being artificially fanned, polls. Gallup called and it "one of the most tell me It will dramatic reversals (a) be modified and (b) be forof political sentigotten. ment in history." The fall congressional election in On October 16 of the eighth Pennsylvania district last year, tne poll tA where such Herculean efforts were reported Demo- put forth to make the bill an issue, didn't prove too much either way, party Baukhage lowd strength at its CIO except that the est point in 16 years. Three weeks campaign did NOT defeat the Relater, the survey was confirmed at publican candidate. the polls with election of a Republican congress. Party Machinery But today, Mr. Truman's popular- Has Deteriorated ity is way up. A year ago the score Democratic party machinery has was 53 to 47 in favor of the Redeteriorated rapidly since 1938 when publicans; in tile last count it was it was discovered that Roosevelt's 56 to 44 in favor of the Democrats. coat-tail- s were no longer strong to put local candidates On the question: "Do you apenough into office. Gradually, precinct, city, prove or disapprove of the way n Mr. Truman is handling his job county and state organizations' to take far more interest in as President?" the scoreboard 55 per rent said: Approve electing local officers than they were in working together as a unit Disapprove 29 per cent. The for the national candidate. In Rooserest expressed no opinion. velt's case, that was hardly necesMuch water has flowed over the sary. And the White House got Into dam since the two polls were taken the habit of thinking it wasn'A necMore will flow; and, at any rate essary to do much for the loal peono poll can measure the imponderple either. So the gulf widened. ables facing the Democrats They It is true that real have been going through a whole was carried on by the left wing orcycle of hopes and fears. The Octo- ganized around the but ber poll may have been almost as in some cases this support proved surprising as pleasing to party lead- the kiss of death. The Democratic ers. They know there must be an machine will have to work for the end to all things, and it is pretty of Wallace and the hard to prove that the stream has present offshoots of benot been crossed and that the voters cause it cannot afford to alienate who used, sometimes, to elect Rethat type of support. Gallup a month publican presidents, still shudder or so ago reported in a survey cf at the danger of changing horses. political orientation that 50 per cent The one biggest abstract obstacle of the American favored a to the election of the Democratic middle - of - thepeople - road policy. is Demofact the that the president Of course, much depends on crats have just been around too who becomes the Republican long. Undoubtedly the biggest concandidate for president. That crete threat is General Eisenhowis the reason that the possibiler. When that atomic boom first ity of an Eisenhower or even a threatened to break, the President on MacArthur the horizon was on the high seas, but the deraises jitters in the executive tails were reported to him blow by mansion. blow and it was quite a blow. Much also will depend on the Probably the next biggest strength of the big city bosses. The headache is the internal condiKelly machine is pretty weak. Chition of the party. After long cago's new Mayor Kennelly is givdelay and much dissatisfaction, ing the city an administration such a new national chairman. Sen. as it hasn't had in a long time. But Howard McGrath (Dem., R. I.) he has weakened, not strengthened, was selected, and welcomed in the old Kelly outfit. However. I hear most quarters. He has a job cat that Sen. Scott Lucas a out for him because the Demowho always fought Kelly until the cratic machine has grown very last time, may run for governor of . Illinois. He is strong rusty in the last years, and it is not only rust which bas corThis might help Vruman with the Illinois delegation. rupted. How strong will the new Kansas Nor is it the machine alone that City machine be? O'Dwyer is recreaks. Wallace with furbishing Tammany, but the Tiger his constant threat of a third party hasn't its old wallop. How much a is threat to the Democratic party the Hague maitself. Nobody believes that a third chine in New Jersey can contribparty candidate could possibly be ute, I don't know. There is one elected as things stand now. thing to be considered. Almost all But did you ever see that traffic-safetthe machines (except Crump's slogan: "Don't try to guess Memphis regulars) have been weakwhat a child will do?" Democratic ened by the growth of power of the leaders are up against the same labor bosses. What the Democrats thing. They don't dare guess what may gain by the labor bosses' Influ, that problem child, Henry ence in attracting some of the libwill do. He is quite capable erals who made up the Roosevelt of going ahead and starting a third following, may be lost in alienatparty with the full knowledge that ing some of the party it couldn't accomplish anything but the election of a Republican president A third party would have not 75.000 WORKERS merelv a nuisance-value- , but Wal- act might dream one-tim- Taft-Hartl- fll: rs cratlc highly-organize- g CIO-PA- CIO-PA- down-state- down-state- greatly-weakene- d Wal-lace- old-lin- up a long-rang- scheme of leading a political labor movement like Britain's. After many defeats, that turned a into political party which finally attained power and put a socialistic on the impress whole British naMallace tional economy So the Wallace threat is a very defl- nite one. And what about the labor vote? It has long been a theory, iterated by former AFL bass Gompers, and (until passage of the Taft Hartley act) reiterated by hit successor. Mr. Green, that there was no such anlmaL V FALL IN . . . Harold S. Shields of Columbus, Ohio, a war veteran, won the gTand prize ($1,500) in the newspaper national snapshot awards contest this year with this picture of a baby sparrow in a situation unique among baby sparrows. Shields called it "Fall In." ' J ' . Mr ) WINTER AGAIN . . . Ruth WiIde of Cheyenne, Wyo., rushed out to pick one last bouquet when the first snow of the year blanketed Cheyenne recently. Unusually warm weather had given Cheyenne's summer flowers an extra long season this year. v J I hfJfapx NEWS REVIEW w.ift.wvwwCTAW.wwww....y..: Meat, Wheat Peril Seen; Get Tough: U.S. Public FOCD PUZZLE Meat vs. Wheat ...v . ittiMjjjiiMii, - X , -- ' Ml- - wm'ui - JOHN BARLEYCORN TAKES A HOLIDAY . . . With Americans cutting down on their drinking so that hungry Europeans may step up their eating, distilleries have stopped making whiskey for 60 days upon request of the citizens' food committee. Here, Joseph Rodo, employee at a Philadelphia distillery, is shutting off the valve that stops the mash from entering one of the huge vats. All grain unused by the distillers up to the shutdown will be turned back to the government. GET TOUGH: U. S. Approves Soviet leaders, who cry "warmonger" every time an American diplomat splits an infinitive, are gravely in error if they suppose there is any major cleavage begovernment, determined to tween the American public's views 500 million bushels of on Russia and the state departwheat to Europe by next June, is ment's "tough" policy tocampaigning to save a major por- ward the Soviets. tion of that amount by cutting down That conclusion was brought out on the feed consumption of cattle, in a recent Gallup poll which indiThat line of cated that, actually, the predomihogs and poultry. reasoning holds that smaller flocks nant mood of public opinion today and feeding to lighter weights will save more grain than any other single effort. supply of meat is going to 2 The be considerably less than it has been and the demand will be greater. Meat prices are expected to go much higher in 1948. Further curtailment of meat production by saving grain at the feed trough will intensify that already serious situ- Domestic food situation in the is entering a critical stage, with two aspects standing out in sharp opposition to each other: U. S. 5., IThe "X- , 's - sv TUGBOAT ANNIE'S RIVAL . . . Bellowing orders from wheelhouse of the salvage tug, Beaver, in Los Angeles harbor is stalwart Marion McKaye, able seaman, 200 pounds plus, who is saving up to buy a tugboat of her own. .in j pijnirrwm ation. There is no danger of a bread or food shortage of any kind this winter because of the nation's bumper wheat harvest. The pinch, if it comes, will appear after the middle of next year, precipitated by a cur- favors an even tougher policy than the state department is following. Answers to the question, "Do you think that in dealing with Russia and other countries the U. S. is inrently threatening drouth and fail- sisting too much on having its own ure of the winter wheat crop. way?" were: Yes, 12 per cent; No, Added to that is the fact that do78 per cent; No opinion, 10 per cent. mestic uses, plus exports, will leave Further, 62 per cent of the Amerifrom this year's harvest of 1.4 bilcan people believe that the U. S. is million-bushlion bushels only a 100 being too soft in its policy toward carryover by the time of Russia. Only 6 per cent think it is the next harvest too small a vol- being too tough, and 24 per cent say ume in the event of a short crop. our official attitude toward the SoMeat, which right now is a little viets is about right. cheaper than it has been because more animals are being slaugh- FINAL TOUCHES: tered, will continue in great de- Marshall Plan mand next year because consumer After caroming from praise to buying power will remain high. criticism to condemnation for the The supply, however, will be less. past few months, the celebrated estiThe agriculture department Marshall plan to help Europe remates there will be only 21.5 bil- gain its feet is being whipped into lion pounds of meat produced in final shape under direction of Secre1948, compared to 23.2 billion tary of State George Marshall, its pounds this year. There will be 4 progenitor. million fewer cattle on farms next One known fact loomed large In January than last January, small- the mind of the American taxpayer: er hogs will be sent to market and The plan may cost up to 20 billion there will be no increase in the dollars for the four-yea- r period durstocks of sheep, which are at an ing which it will be in effect. low. Marshall, who abandoned temporarily his debating in the U. N genPLAGUE: eral assembly, returned to his Washington office to put the finishEgypt Stricken ing touches on his plan, which will Cholera, the dreaded black plague be laid before congress when the is spreading so swiftly in Egypt that special session opens November 17. The Marshall plan, subject to late a total of 6.000 dead has been prerevisions, may be outlined broadly dicted by year's end. in these main points: With many stricken villages isolated by troops, other small com1U. S. would makea available to munities are ringed with bonfires of relief and next year combination recovery supplies totalday nd night in the belief that fire six billion dollars. Relief about ling will keep out the disease. supplies (food) would be free; reMeanwhile, neighboring nations covery supplies would were taking steps to prevent the be financed with (machinery) loans. of cholera from the upper spread of shifting conditions, 2 Because Nile valley. Greece, Italy and Palesit will be impossible accurately tine have discontinued international to forecast the amount of help Eutraffic, while private shipping lines rope will need beyond the first year. will bypass Egyptian ports ar.d air Sums from the U. S. would de- travel is diverted away from Egypt. 3 crease each year as recovery Outside help in combatting the progress was made. disease is at a minimum in Egypt. The plan would be administered Swiss scientists alone were said to 4 in the U. S. by a new governbe helping local health officers. ment agency and in Europe by an There is a desperate shortage of organization representing the 10 navaccines, DDT and medical special- tions which drew up their estimate of needs at the Paris conference. ists. HIPPO, HIPPO, HOORAY . . . Pygmy hippos that's a new one. At any one, and its proud mother looks like she might be cheering the event lustily. Gumdrop IV, the pygmy, was born not so long ago at the Washington, D. C, zoo. He weighs 12 pounds, his mother is a delicate 450. The Washington zoo has bred about eight pygmy hippos, and is the only zoo in the country that does. rate, this one in the picture is a new " 'I 4 r " . 1 . iz a I - ' - vx ' ' " - ',; - , -- ' ' v ' - " t - iA ..r- - DECRIES 'FUMBLING' . . . Testifying in Washington before the senate war investigating committee, Bernard Baruch, adviser of presidents, declared g and fumbling" in World War II cost the U. S. thousands of lives and billions of dollars. "foot-draggin- ' ' Y 'A, - r '' r " ' -- " -. !' I vl i " ....... 4 :AV-- v t t . , ', 'fUZ ; s-- ' tU',-',"- 7 ' ; r j - " V j FIGHTING CHOLERA EPIDEMIC . . . Cholera vaccine Is urgently needed to battle cholera plague now sweeping Egypt, and production of the precious vaccine bas been stepped up at the Sharps and Dohme laboratories in Philadelphia. Alice Hcrron and Betty Guy, working In sterilized room, fill vials with the serum which will be Down to the plague area in Egypt as soon as It Is ready. tv. Ri l l (iEE . . . Ktanlslaw leader of the Polish Feasant party and head of the forces In Poland, has fled from his country to escape possible persecution by Communists there. rtliko-lajezj- ..... Y5tcA!iUfioi;a ft ; ftTjTOVtVKLt, t uilding U.N. Home Huge Task The 65 million-dolla- r Job of con structing the United Nations' world capital along the East river in New York City will benefit more than 75.000 workers during the next three years, headquarters planning have predicted. Chief architects of the future skyscraper city of glass and marble estimated that a total of 25.000 persons eventually would be employed In construction and other direct work upon the actual site. An additional 50.000 workers are expected to contribute Indirectly In production of materials and in other outside labor. Labor expense will account for 42 million of the total 65 million dollar construction cost. offl-cin- Currently, the more than 50 ad ministrative, architectural and engineering members of the headquarters planning staff are more or less marking time while they wait from day to day for some word on how the skyscraper project Is to be finance'!. r detail of 100 already has demolished about 40 per cent of the old slaughter houses and garages now occupying the area, but no large scale construction can begin until the general assembly gives the A sledge-hamme- workers signal. And that signal will not be forthcoming until a financing program, almost certainly to be bapd on a big United States loan, has been arranged. In the meantime, considerable work Is being done on refinement of detailed designs, improvement of a master system for circulating people and vehicular traffic through the international zona and on preliminary surveys regarding Interior design and furnishings. Officials say U. N. may decide to follow the example set by the League of Nations and accept furnishings from each member country, each nation contributing a product for which it is famous like rugs from Persia and tapestries from Belgium. fit 2.. 1 rAl4 i?. . fr y Al iMH m .. ." .. " 8AVINO GRAIN . . . Three ways of stretching grain to save vital foods for the government export program are Illustrated here by the grain and feed dealers' national association. The first two basl.ets show how grain can be stretched for feeding through grinding. The third and fourth baskets show how much farther supplemented rond is Increased for feeding. grain lMSA-- 1 SAFE BY A NOSE . . . Mrs. Halter Polltte of St. Louis bravely (no understatement) demonstrates how tame Is Snooper," her pet cflot, by letting It nibble at her Bose. |