Show 1 i fN r Sp U 11 t Ilu h a N B Br J AUL LOH Released Release by Western Newspaper Union I DIFFERENCES HONEST I f NEW YORK Luckily the nonsense non non- sense of American political cam- cam i d generally evaporates as fast as is the ballots themselves which r tonce once counted lose their value and become waste paper Only substance substance sub sub- stance survives Falseness cannot endure the calmer atmosphere of r seasoning reasoning and acquire permanence J In the closing of the campaign some hasty people on the radio for instance suggested Dewey or Roosevelt should be impeached for something or other which was not I lear clear in the speakers excited minds and at the other extreme I heard the all too reasonable suggestion that now the election is over the losers should give in their viewpoints viewpoints viewpoints view view- points to the winners The issues are decided and now we must allwork all allwork work together Neither course is likely to be followed this time The 1 frenzied few will quiet down gradually gradually gradually ally from impeachment thoughts as they come face to face with new developments It is equally inevitable inevitable inevitable in in- evitable that the genuine faith of people in certain truths and ideals at the moment I am writing this is not going to be turned around for far forthe forthe the espousal of opposite ideals after election But there was a surviving substance substance substance sub sub- stance developed during this campaign cam cam- a a substance which could be beas beas beas as important to the future of the country and the world as the outcome outcome outcome out out- outI I come of the election I BOTH PROMISED I Both sides promised the same things in great instances This agreeable residue of the debate is what the country has the right to expect from the victor indeed what it must insist upon The mutual promises were basically these Jobs Dewey promised them to all alland alland and Roosevelt promised Indeed they both promised the method eth d o of f furnishing them them free free re en- en n- n Both Soth promised against the I Communist and Socialist way of furnishing furnishing furnishing fur- fur them free enterprise clearly clearly clearly clear clear- ly disavows socialistic methods c Both promised a wage high priced high-priced economy with fair employment practices and Mr Roosevelt even defined his living liv- liv t- t ing mg wage as appl applying ing only to a lIa full work week in rejection of previous trends toward less work Both promised quick victory victory victory vic vic- tory and amI a sound peace and nearly agreed on how They said they would continue existing military leadership for war and would seek peace through the Dumbarton Oaks arrangement for a new League of Nations On one league point only did they differ and then not as much as advertised The most fervid internationalists the Davenport Ball-Davenport minority said they wanted the American agent in the le league gue council to vote for war only by constitutional constitutional constitutional means and that is actually what Dewey insisted upon Behind Behind these gen generalized d agree agree- ments there now lies of course great prospects of change and sharp differences on both sides On the Roosevelt side or rather the inside it became evident evident evident evi evi- evi- evi I dent State Secretary Hulls Hull's health I might eliminate his sound search for unity on foreign policy and the administrations administration's economic director James Byrnes definitely made arrangements arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar to quit before elec elec- tion If someone like Sumner Welles happened to get Hulls Hull's job you can readily see how the measure of unity so far achieved would fade away If the radicals took control of Byrnes' Byrnes place the change in domestic policies would be equally sharp The changes through a new administration leadership by Dewey were more obvious and fully pre pre- No doubt the various self seek ing classes will be interpreting the general result for their own purposes by the time you read this so it may be well to get the truth in first A Roosevelt victory would not be a victory for the purposes of any of the a t 1 o k 1 0 d m y groups w U uc too uura H ea U- U in seeking his bis election because they do not control enough votes to accomplish such sucha a result Such a class victory was not promised Roosevelt declared the wither winner it was solely solely solely sole sole- ly because so many people were afraid of the war and thought lie he could conclude it sooner or better A Dewey victory would have reflected a demand for Cor a change There is less cause for the quad- quad metamorphosis this time Of course the frenzied few managed managed managed man man- aged to call each other liars but not many proved it and after all anyone in politics is supposed to be bea a liar these days so the charge is hardly sensational As a matter of fact I achieve the distinction of being called a liar by four or five of my readers circulation going up for having quoted Mr R. R as saying in his Boston speech that he would never send our boys hoys abroad in fore for- for e eien wars |