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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION GOP Leader Places Faith In Simple Election Formula rlarrison Spangler, Party Chairman, Sees Republican Victory as Result of Complete Effective Local Organization. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. 71 - f if tVNU Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. On a recent sunshiny Washington afternoon, I made a pilgrimage to the Republican National committee headquarters. As I entered the white-pillare- d portal of the modest X little house they have rented on Con-- necticut avenue, a number of thoughts, which may be omens of good or ill in the coming election, Boated into my ken. The house was once a private home but now it is situated amidst shops and restaurants and looks across the avenue toward a towering apartment house taken over by the Civilian Defense administration. As I ascended the stairway to the second floor office of Chairman Har-rison Spangler, memories rushed about me and I was transported back to the days when the Republi-can party was suffering in the slough of its deepest despond. The rooms best to meet with a small group of leaders, about 30. He also uakes his contacts with organ-ization- (He, himself, is an Elk and a Mason.) The Farm Problem The farm organizations will be handled en masse. Representatives of all the farm organizations have been invited to attend a meeting in Chicago early next month in order to express their views for possible in-corporation in the party platform. They will meet with members of the Republican postwar advisory coun-cil's committee on agriculture. Its chairman is Governor Hickenlooper, who succeeded the late Senator father of the farm bloc. Agriculture is one of the eight "problems" listed by the advisory council at its meeting in September, 1942. The others are foreign pol-icy; postwar industry and employ-ment; social welfare; federal ad- - ministration; finance and currency; labor; agriculture; and international economic problems. A staff of experts under Dr. Neil Carothers, dean of the school of busi-ness of Lehigh university, has been assembled, who assist the council, which hopes to produce timber for the party platform by scientific methods. Chairman Spangler admits that we face a world in which conditions which will affect the election in No-vember are likely to change radical-,- ' ly, perhaps before the conventions; certainly before the elections. But he believes that insofar as possible, the various "problems" listed by the advisory committee should be threshed out in as much detail as possible before the convention so that they will not have to be dealt with superficially at the last mo-ment by the platform committee a the convention. Votes and Relief "We made several surveys cov-ering different periods in the East a few years ago," he said, "and we found that the New Deal vote rose In direct proportion with the amount rtl rlipf in th piTnTnunitv Trip about me then housed one of the many trade organizations created by that wonderful and awful National Recovery administration presided over by the late and stormy Gen-eral Iron Pants Johnson. And later, as I chatted with Mr. Spangler, I was reminded of another circumstance, gently symbolic of the days when the elephant sulked, impotent and neglected, in his tent the Republican committee was forced to move some two years ago from its snappier, modern quarters on Lafayette Square where it could gaze longingly at the White House on the right hand, and not too hope- - fully at the United States Chamber of Commerce on the other. The reason the committee had to move was because it was only a tenant on Lafayette Square and the CIO (which had tossed a million into the Democratic electioneering fund) was the landlord. Tempora mutantur. - But if the times and the quarters have changed, so have Republican spirits. "Roosevelt won't carry two states (or was it five?)," I was con-- ! Bdentially informed by one of the modest laborers in the GOP vine- - yard. people were grateful for the help they got and gave Roosevelt the credit; they forgot that it was the people's money they were spending. When they are able to pay their own bills, earn enough for what they' need, they want to be independent. They want to shake off government control and regulation." Mr. Spangler and his associates believe that the Republican party will win first, because of the ener-getic response of people which has made the rebuilding of an effective political organization possible; sec-ond, because they consider trends already evident are a factual indi-cation of a turn of the tide. Mr. Spangler did not attempt tc argue the case of the Republicar party, nor are these columns a place for such a political debate, but any-one can see that he and his staff be-lieve that they share a popular feel-ing that "the times have changed," "et nos mutamur illis" (and we are changed with them). The "we" meaning a voting majority of the American people. Of such is the optimism which fills the workshop on Connecticut avenue where the one concern is the practi cal side of politics there, where the shadow of the Blue Eagle once fel across the portals, not even the flut ter of a ghostly feather can now b detected. Service Education To facilitate the educational pro-gram for servicemen overseas, the United States Armed Forces insti tute has set up branches in five the aters of war Southwest Pacific South Pacific, Middle East, Euro pean and Alaskan theaters. Mem bers of all branches of the Ameri can armed forces serving overseas may now apply directly to the new branches for the same courses thai are given in the states through insti-tute headquarters at Madison, Wis. The curriculum covers the range from grammar school to universitj subjects. An enlisted man may ap ply for as many courses suppliec directly by USAFI as he wishes foi only one enrollment fee of $2. Foi courses, text books anc materials are supplied free a charge. Harrison Spangler made no tall predictions to me. He made no pre-dictions at all. He simply told me about what he is doing, the results so far obtained. He has a simple faith that results already achieved are the precursors of victory. Well-Use- d Word Spangler' s forte is organization, and that's the word he uses most. "The precinct is the squad," he said. "If you have good squads, you have a good regiment." He has reduced the training of the squad to a very simple formula. Get one energetic worker and as-sign him or her 20 Republican vot-ers. See that they vote. Mark Han-n- a used that system. It works. Iowa (Spangler's own state) uses it. Many others do. The important word in the last sentence is "do." Important because Spangler used it in the present tense. In the days of the Blue Eagle, and for many years thereafter, any statement about an effective Repub-lican political organization had to be used in the past tense. But tempora mutantur, again. Sangler believes that times have changed and have been changing for some time. Chairman Spangler is not starting at scratch with his organizing; 26 states which have elected Republi-can governors, he pointed out to me, - already have pretty good machines which are working now. The chairman is a typical, suc-cessful businessman of a middle-size- d town (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in the Middle West. His speech and his speeches are pretty much basic English except when he "rises to pronounce" on party principles. Then he uses good old substantial political phrases marshaled in the conventional manner. But like all committee chairman-ships, his job is eschewing the He can talk about candi-dates, but not a candidate, pro or con; he can talk about platforms but not about planks. He is, according to his associates, a man of action. Already he has visited all of the northern states and that is what he is still doing, dividing his time between the field and the Washington office. He likes : - ,y mil a EVEN as inexpensive a fabric as muslin can be nade into mighty attractive aprons if you dress it up with aright appliques. Use bright red :otton for the cherries, green for the leaves it wUl make a lovely apron! To obtain complete pattern for the Cher ry Apron (Pattern No. 5520) applique d,' sign and finishing instructions, send cents in coin, your name nd addrea and the pattern number. Due to an unusually larse demand ir.i current war conditions, slightly more ti is required in filling orders for a few m the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK 149 New Montgomery St. San Francisco, Calif. Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern No t Name Address buy ASPinn that can do more for you than St. Joseph Aspirin. Why pay more? World's larost seller at 10c Demand St. Joseph Asutji Buy War Savings Bond-s- " SNAPPY FACTS J y- -v ABOUT &) RUBLE?, Window screens, rust-pro-and flexible, that will roll up like shades are among the rubber products promised for post-w- service by ft. F. Goodrich technicians. In 1942, automobile graveyardj wrecked 2,043,000 cars. It is est-imated that 1,196,000 cars will have ceased their g activities in 1943 through the me-dium' of the wrecker. Don't forget the spare In ro-tating tires, for rubber not in service ages more rapid! than when in actual use. At least 16 countriei have soil and climatic condition! suitable for the growing of rubber. REGocflri:!i aC3rWem Crackle ' M Kellogg's Rice Krispies equal the whole ripe grain in IhI nearly all the ft IHf '. DM protective food elements declared , A ' essential to human nutrition. rgiSfijJ WANTED RAW IJATERIfllS FIRE CLAY KAOLINITE SOAPSTONE KAOLIN BENTONITE SILLIMANITE 'L'CA BAUXITE FELDSPAR TALC KYANITE DIASPORE CLAY CANISTER FLINT FIRE CLAY DIATOMACEOUS EARTH Please send 5 pound samples, plainly marked, including address and the name of owner to: SJJTE15TATE DRICEt COMPANY 3100 e P'i.'.Box 1 44' Su9ap Houe Station 1 1 East Sat Loke city 5, Utah Manufacturers of Heavy Clay Products Building Brick . Fire Brick Flue Lining Jfied Cloy Sewer Pipe . Drain Tile Clays WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS Nazi Forces Retreat Tovvard Rumania As Russians Regain Rich Farm Lands; Allied Troops Drive New Wedge Into Germans' Main Defense Line in Italy (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are " Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ol this newspapers Released by Western Newspaper Union. IRELAND: Faces Isolation Traditionally strained, Ireland's relations with Great Britain have again tensed, this time over Lon-don's threat to completely isolate the Emerald Isle from the outside world if German and Japanese offi-cials are permitted to remain in Dublin and carry on alleged espio-nage activities detrimental to Allied invasion forces massed in the Unit-ed Kingdom. Anxious to maintain its neutrality, one reason being given that its cit-ies were open to destructive bomb-ings, Ireland replied that it could not banish Axis diplomats without inviting war, and insisted that it had clamped down on any suspicious enemy activity. As the U. S. refused to sell Ireland ships for carrying needed imports and Britain closed all travel be-tween the two countries, Eire grim-ly awaited events, its economy al-ready hard hit by unemployment caused by a scarcity of imported raw materials. COLD STORAGE: More Meat, Produce With cooler space 73 per cent oc-cupied and freezer capacity 92 per cent filled, U. S. storage holdings as of March 1 were at record levels, with only apples at a low mark. Beef stocks aggregated 276,300,000 pounds; pork, 792,700,000 pounds; trimmings, 151,300,000 pounds; lard and rendered pork fat, 354,300,000, of which War Food administration held 200,200,000. Frozen fruit stocks were 29 per cent over those of a year ago, frozen vegetables 107 per cent, creamery butter 792 per cent, cheese 85 per cent, frozen eggs 75 per cent, and poultry 117 per cent. 1 -- J: -- "TTTl I" 4? ' r Italy Row on row, these little white crosses in Mount Soprano ceme-tery mark the graves of fallen American Doughboys in Italy. EUROPE: Drive Wedge in Italy Having driven a wedge into the Germans' main defense line by lev-eling Cassino with a devastating aerial attack by heavy bombers, Al-lied forces fought hard to advance up the road to Rome and get at the rear of the enemy hemming in U. S. and British troops on the Anzio beachhead. Although the thunderous leveling of Cassino left that village standing directly on the road to Rome a pile of jumbled mortar, Nazi guns established in the sur-rounding hills continued to rake Al-lied troops, making progress slow. Preliminary to the big showdown in the west, Allied bombers contin-ued to roar over Axis Europe, rip-ping at Nazi channel defenses, France's network of rails over which the enemy plans to shuttle troops to meet invasion armies, and German industries turning out the weapons of war. To counter the raids, the Nazis sent up swarms of fighter planes, and great sky battles raged. PACIFIC: Troubled War-Lord- s As U. S. army and naval forces kept up a running fire over the en-tire Pacific area, Japan's jumpy lit-tle war-lord- s had this to worry about: Continued Allied bombings of Wee-wa- New Guinea, and Rabaul, New Britain, feeder bases for Jap troops in those regions. U. S. control of the Admiralty is-lands lying along the supply route to Rabaul. General MacArthur's increasing isolation of the 30,000 Jap troops hemmed in on Bougainville island in the Solomons, with the U. S. fleet and air force in control to prevent major reinforcement or general withdrawal. Navy and army bombers continu-ing attacks on the Jap fleet's big outpost of Truk, guarding the en-trance into the waters of the ene-my's South Pacific empire. OPA: Renewal Sought Claiming that OPA has held war-time price increases to half the level of World War I, Vi'trt'X " Price Administrator Chester Bowles ap-- ' ' peared before the f . i senate banking com- - I - mittee to testify for I continuation of the t k agency for another I year' I lf 1 Following early in- - , jj. 1 creases to iron out prewar depression Chester prices, the cost of ing has been held ab-solutely stable during the last 11 months, Bowles said. Asking for retention of present powers, Bowles said OPA would con-tinue with present techniques for keeping down prices, including sub-sidies, which he called essential. Cattle Subsidy To bring cattle oft the range and prevent a market glut in the fall, OPA considered increasing packers' subsidies by 30 cents to enable them to offer higher prices for the stock during spring and summer. At the same time, government of-ficials considered placing a floor un-der medium and lower grade cattle whose quality may be affected by the tight feed situation, with floors for the spring and summer above those for the fall. While increased subsidies were be-ing considered for cattle, lower sub-sidies were being studied for hogs, in line with government policy for decreased pig production. Now $1.30 a hundred pounds, the hog subsidy may be cut by 30 cents. SOLDIER VOTE: President Gets Bill Passed by congress, the compro-mise soldier vote bill, allowing use of the short federal ballot if cer-tified by the governor and state bal-lots are unobtainable, found its way to President Roosevelt's desk for sig-nature or veto. Once outspoken in his opposition to a bill limiting soldier voting to state ballots alone, the President took up the compromise measure with caution before acting, wiring all 48 governors to report to him whether they would permit use of the short federal ballot, which only lists the presidential and congres-sional offices without including the names of the candidates. If the governors O.K. the short federal ballot, servicemen will only be able to use it if their states have no absentee voting laws, or if they have applied for state ballots but have not received them. Knitting Vet f: 'ivf 41 I ! 4 w v ii ' I I :. I I rrl in nun mi-- ii Mrs. Christine Lorenzen of Clinton, Iowa, is an old hand at knitting for the boys, having first made mittens for Civil war sol-diers, and other apparel for vets of the Spanish-America- n and World War I conflicts. Now, Mrs. Loren-zen knits for the Red Cross for World War II's heroes. Declaring that Americans are suf-fering little deprivations compared with Civil war days, Mrs. Lorenzen said: "We had no coffee at all, and, sometimes, little to eat but corn-bread- ." WAGES: Control Attacked Labor's efforts to revise the War Labor board's stabilization formula limiting wage increases to 15 per cent over January, 1941, were thwarted by the public's and indus-try's representatives on the board, who advised holding off considera-tion until congress goes over the whole question of price control. In an effort to revise the stabiliza-tion formula, labor asked that the President be requested to modify the wage ceiling to reflect actual living costs, and the War Labor "board hold public hearings to bring out facts which might justify higher pay. Steelworkers pressed for pub-lic hearings on their demands for a raise. MONEY SYSTEM: Shaped for World Long in consideration, the United Nations' plan for an international money system after the war is tak-ing shape, with bld to play an im-portant part as a result of Russia's support. Based on a plan drawn by the U. S. treasury's monetary expert, Harry D. White, the new money system would require each country to contribute a certain percentage of gold and its own currency to a stabilization fund, which would then operate to prevent any nation's ex-change from rising or falling. White's plan differs from Brit-ain's, which considered having each nation contribute to an international stabilization fund on the basis of its prewar trade, thus tending to favor countries which had heavy foreign commerce. With a comparatively small pre. war trade, Russia found the U. S. plan more acceptable, thus swinging the balance in its favor. POPULATION DRAFT: Tighten Deferments In order to meet the services' de-mands for 1,160,000 men by July to bring military strength to 11,- - n 300,000, local draft v boards have been , directed to tight- - en up on all de- - Ci""" j ferments, particu- - I f J larly for those in the 18 - 25 age I t r , i group. Under the new J directives issued A J k-- by Selective Serv- - i ice Chief Lewis B. Gen. Hershey Hershey, only in-dispensable employees, regardless of family status, are to be deferred, and only the state draft head or na-tional headquarters is to pass on any deferments for the 18 to 25 year age group. Only farm workers producing 16 units will be eligible for deferment, and careful consideratibn will be given to the cases of 470,000 farm workers under 26. While Selective Service pressed for more men, General Hershey said few of the 3,485,000 4Fs will be found ac-ceptable for military service. Only about 11 per cent of those with de-pendents, including fathers, have been taken thus far, he said, and only about 1 in 10 will pass physicals. RUSSIA: Free Ukraine Germany's remaining foothold in the Ukraine was loosened as Rus-sian troops smashed into Nazi lines along the Bug river, and as the en-emy's forces fell back toward Ru-mania, the Reds ' regained the rich farm and mineral land. As Russia scored its military suc-cess in the south, Finland in the north turned down Moscow's armis-tice offer, based on restoration of the 1940 borders and internment of German troops entrenched in the little country. Russia's southern drive carried Red troops to within 30 miles of the prewar Rumanian border, while far-ther to the northwest, they were within 100 miles of the old Czech and Hungarian frontiers. At the present rate of increase, the Russian population will number about 250,000,000 people by 1970, or 25 million more than there will be in all northwestern and central Eu-rope, according to a survey by a League of Nations committee. The 1939 census of the Soviet Republics gave a total of about 170 millions. Current estimates place the figure at 180 millions. The survey stated that the popula- tion of Europe as a whole is now declining. CORN Because of the shortage of corn on the market, War Food administra-tion laid plans for requisitioning from 20 to 30 per cent of all grain held in elevators for processors on a priority basis. No less than 20 farm and processing organizations backed the plan. With corn pegged at an average of $1.16 a bushel, farmers have found it more profitable to feed hogs with the grain than ship it to mar ket, thus tightening the commercial supply. Worn sheets can be cut to suit-able lengths and dyed for window curtains, or they can be used as covers for dresses and coats. Soft soap is all right if it works. And this time it does. Nails and screws are much easier to drive if rubbed over a cake of soap first. Why not use that old piano stool in the attic for a dressing table seat. Upholster the top and at-tach a ruffle of chintz, or other fabric harmonizing with the room furnishings, to the outer edge to cover the legs. No one likes greasy soup, and now we've a double reason for not wanting it our country needs the excess grease. One way to serve both purposes is to allow the soup to harden and cool after making, then skim grease off while cold. Reheat the results are good soup and no excess grease. And do not forget to bring your excess fats to your meat dealer. A girl's skirt can be made out of a pair of men's pants that are worn out in the seat. Use the bot-toms of the pants for the top of the skirt and the top of pants for bottom of skirt. This makes a four-gor- e skirt. When making doughnuts, put them in a covered dish while still warm and they will keep fresh for some time. Bring baby's bonnet back to shape after washing by drawing the hood over an inverted mixing bowl of appropriate size. In pressing hems, press from the bottom up. Pressing around the bottom of the skirt stretches the hem out of shape. When the glaze begins to wear off wringer rolls and they lose their grip, a light sandpapering with coarse sandpaper may help. Use sandpaper with discretion, of course, and then wipe off with a damp cloth. I HIGHLIGHTS ... week's newt PENNIES: Since the copper situ-ation has improved considerably, the War Production board has de-cided to permit addition of enough of the red metal to pennies to re-store the old copper-zin- c ratio of 95 parts copper to 5 parts zinc. Pro-duction rate currently is at 150 mil-lion one-ce- pieces per month. It is expected that the annual output will exceed a billion steel pennies. FASTEST PLANE: The world's fastest plane is the 1 Mustang, capable of 425 miles per hour in level flight, the war department re-veals. This U. S. fighter also holds records for ceiling and range per-formance and has a tactical radius of 500 miles. It is powered by a Rolls Royce-Merli- n engine, driving a d propeller. KNIGHTHOOD: The grand cross of the Order of the Bath, exclusive British society, was presented to Gen. Douglas MacArthur by Gover-nor General Gowrie in Canberra, Australia. FOOD PROCESSORS: There will be a need for at least 700,000 sea-sonal workers in canneries and oth-er food processing plants this year, Paul McNutt, manpower commis-sioner, says. This is 100,000 more than were needed last year. Stu-dents, women, and part-tim- e work-ers will be the only source, he be-lieves, though prisoners of war and soldiers on leave can be called upon. MENINGITIS: The dread disease, spinal meningitis, is almost con-quered, according to a prominent army doctor. He stated that sulfa drugs had reduced the death rate from about 39 per cent in the first World war to about 2 per cent in this one. Use of penicillin, he be-lieves, may complete the conquest of the disease. TAX PAYMENT: What is be-lieved to be the largest check ever received at the New York internal revenue office for a quarterly tax payment, amounted to 27 million dollars. BRIEFS ... by Baukhage A campaign to fill 100,000 present and impending job vacancies on the railroads will be conducted by a newly established railroad manpower mobilization committee representing the united efforts of the government and railroad la.bo.r a.nd management. The system of in-come tax collections is being con-sidered in Aus.tra.lia.. Old used collapsible tubes should be turned in at once to drug, retail and chain stores so that needed tin can be salvage.d... Cancer kills two to three times as many young people as does infantile paralysis, according to U. S. census bureau statistic.s... Gold Star scholarships will be awarded by New York university to sons and daughters of graduates of the university who lose their lives in the war. American servicemen consumed approximately 143,192,000 cups o: coffee and 70,000,000 doughnuts a' Red Cross clubs, canteens and club mobiles overseas during the last 1! months. ... Horse-draw- streetcars after ar absence of 40 years are again be-ing used in Amsterdam. They maj be slow, but po.we.r .is conserved. American troops, notable for theii personal hygiene, want a bath, i shave, and above all else want tc clean their teeth, immediately after they return from front-lin- e action oi battle. ... Under the emergency maternitj and infant care program, hospita and medical care are provided with-out cost to wives of servicemen ii the four lowest pay grades, durin pregnancy, childbirth and for sii weeks after the baby is born, and foi the infant during its first year. |