| Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Grassroots Poll Reveals Political Thinking in Home Town of Country THE BIG GUESS What is the political thinking in the home towns of America one year before the most important presidential election in the history of the Who will be the Who will In an attempt to answer these The Publisher's weekly newspaper published by Western Newspaper Union and direct-id to the publishers and editors of the country's small town recently polled Replies revealed a trend of political think ing that lias not been touched by previous national Of the editors with every state fl per cent believed that President Truman would be They also believed that Rober Willi WILL DC Bt TUr A. Taft would be the GOP NEXT The startling re sut of the however 40 S was that neither Taft ot Truman were the editors personal Gen 24 J Dwight Eisenhower was th personal favorite by 30 4 pei with Taft second per President Tru r man polled only pei votes on Pcr 0 i a I A choice y 37 is a. m The adder 4 4 significance in that it re V fleets the thinking of editors who know what the of the home towns and cross roads are And unlike other polls it samples the rural thinking of generally conceded at having been the balance of power in the last presidential A similar poll conducted in 1947 by The Auxiliary was per cent accurate A brief summary of the questions asked and the answers revealed this thinking at the grassroots Who do you think will be the next Percentage Scattered Stassen and other political Who do you personally favor for the Percentage In your what candidate will the Democratic delegation from your state be pledged to at the national Editors of 42 states said 4 states or rated 1 was said pledged to and 1 to In your what candidate will the Republican delegation of your state be pledged to at the national Editors in 38 states believed 6 to 1 probably pledged to 1 divided between Taft and 1 to and 1 or Which candidate do you believe will receive the national Democratic The consensus showed that editors in all states believed it would be Truman by per Which candidate do you believe will receive the national Republican Taft was picked by per cent and Eisenhower second with per LAW The strangest tax law In the history of the United States is now in It is the 10 per cent tax on This federal tax levy presents a strange It is supposedly a revenue raising yet it provides a public list which will allow local law officers to stamp out gambling and thus kill the expected source of Gambling is illegal almost everywhere in the U. S. outside of If the gambler complies with the federal he then puts the finger on himself as a probable violator of the local If he doesn't then he'll have the treasury men down on Treasury men reason that many gamblers will stay In business because they have spent a lifetime operating outside the local policemen already know who's gambling without aid of federal and registrants for the may still dodge jail unless it is proved they received a DRAFT BOOST The Defense Department has announced a draft quota of for the largest number asked for In any month since last Of the will go to the Army and to the The department said the induction call for January was to an orderly buildup of the armed forces to authorized Including the recent increase in the strength of the Marine and to compensate for the low call in FARMERS' GIFT A gift from America's farmers was turned over for loading on a Friendship Food Ship in Chicago The gift was donated in a good will gesture to refugees in Western through the Germany the nation carloads of exportable farm produce as free gifts to the world's PAY BOOST American Federation of Labor members of thi government's Wage Stabilization Board have suggested a new wage policy under which pay raises would be permitted for Increased effi and The move was seen as a possible solution to the 5 per cent pay Increase which labor has hinted at in the last few Added to the 10 to 12 per cent cost of living increases now permitted by the Stabilization Board above January 1950 that would send the figure to 11 per The contends the plan will cut costs and thus permit wag Increases without boosting WON'T TALK Gen- Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the United last week for a series of talks with President Truman and military ex concerning the defense program w. But the question ir the minds of everyone in the from home towns to the was what are Ike's political Harassed by reporters and politicians alike the general called the White House and had a long talk with the When he de parted he again told reporters he did not talk he had not giver anyone authority or a go-ahead to undertake any political activity or his Thus Eisenhower cut the ground from under a number of leaders who have been Intimating broadly that he had authorized to seek the Republican presidential nomination for But he stil left political picture wide open when he replied to a question it hi talk by not Just |
