Show NEWS D 1 04 THE by PAUL NALLON MALLON r released by western newspaper union PRESIDENT WILL RUN WILL RUN WITH HIM washington mr wallace the divulged no secre secret t when he said he thought mr roosevelt roo sevelt intended running for the fourth term in truth the president has been trotting a trial heat here the past few weeks by his actions mr roosevelt has let all his associates know his intentions his conduct of the democratic national committee meeting particularly informed all his party associates in and out of congress in unmistakable terms that he expects to head their ticket again the reaction has been mixed to a considerable extent his forwardness ward ness has lessened criticism ot of him and his policies by wayward democratic congressmen the southern bloc has been pushed into the position of accepting the inevitable or openly breaking only one so far senator cotton ed smith of south carolina has stuck openly to his critical guns some still talk of running senator byrd as the opposition candidate in the south organizations working for his candidacy exist in several southern states but the great majority seems prepared to swallow silently the roosevelt pill and organize a real fight on the vice presidency they are determined to prevent the nomination of wallace or any north new dealing man they have not however settled upon a man of their own while speaker rayburn is most frequently mentioned in public many would prefer a more outspoken southern opposition man like byrd who mr roosevelt wants no one knows mr wallace obviously is waiting nervously for an invitation some high democratic gossip however suggests the president might even choose a republican running mate willkie in order to strengthen his candidacy final choice no doubt will be made on the basis of what man will contribute most to the ticket politically thus the trial heat has somewhat watered down to the presidents opposition within the party but all the old coals still burn underneath it has had little effect on the republicans who are extremely confident they will win more than those states now having republican governors 26 POLITICS INFLUENCE ALL washington ACTION politics have guided the final considerations side rations on the soldier vote bill some of the administration senators are acting as if they thought a greater advantage might be gained by dragging out the fight over methods as long as possible rather than accepting a compromise solution they know mr roosevelt has obtained more favorable publicity on this than on any other pending subject and therefore do not want to hurry the final enactment also mr Roosevel ts endorse endorsement meni of the civilian draft bill austin wadsworth which seemed mystifying to me at first in view of the satisfactory manpower situation now can also be clearly recognized as a political move the endorsement of such a stringent action act at n which congress will not take will thus safely add to mr Roosevel ts popularity among the soldiers and sailors who already have been drafted for m military i gitary duty in s snort hort if there is any washington W ashin 9 news you do not understand these h ese days the law of averages will justify your interpretation of it as politics no other motive for doing anything exists here in a campaign campal cam gr year OUR TAX PROBLEM praises for bravery are being heaped upon mr willkie for daring d aring to demand more taxes but not by tax ma makers kers mr willki if denounced the president for having failed to submit a program to raise raisa half that amount but he himmell failed to mention a single additional way of raising the money the federal tax bill now is state and local 1100 oooo the national income is running around theoretical ly IY it is therefore possible for tho th government to take more as the country now has two thirds of what it earns left to live on but it would require so methin like a 40 per cent withholding tax tar meaning that the man earning af 5 a week would got et only anly gg 19 |