Red Cross tops goal by $11 million
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Liberty ship named for biologist
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In Washington –
GOP plans tax to fill budget of $20 billion
Subcommittee studies demand for ceiling
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WLB public members defend union policy as ‘just, stabilizing’
But industry officials dissent and suggest court test of board’s authority
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Party contests may hinge on second place
Several mentioned by both parties
By Lyle C. Wilson, United Press staff writer
Washington – (April 29)
The trend toward selection of President Roosevelt and Governor Thomas E. Dewey to head the major party tickets this year suggests that the national convention contests will center around the vice-presidential nominations.
Neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Dewey is an avowed candidate for the presidential nomination. But the President’s renomination is inevitable unless he refuses to ruin. Whatever may have been said of his third term selection, there is every evidence that the Democratic Party is determined to draft him for a fourth term.
Dewey in lead
Mr. Dewey is less securely established, but in the first four months of this campaign year, he has consistently topped all others in the expressed and implied favor of Republicans.
Mr. Dewey was the favorite, also, when the Republican National Convention met in 1940. The 1,000 convention votes then were scattered among 13 persons on the first ballot. Mr. Dewey polled 360, Senator Robert A. Taft (R-OH) 189, Wendell L. Willkie 105, and Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI) 76.
Mr. Dewey’s strength steadily diminished and Mr. Taft’s and Mr. Willkie’s steadily increased until the sixth ballot when Mr. Willkie went over the top. He had passed Mr. Taft on the third.
Warren mentioned
Mr. Dewey’s position appears this year to be much better – so much that if nominated he may be able to choose, and obtain nomination of a vice-presidential running mate without a real contest.
Many observers believe Governor Earl Warren of California would be the most suitable running mate for an Eastern presidential nominee. But there are others available in case Mr. Warren, as reported, prefers other employments. Mr. Warren has a large family and no personal fortune. Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio is making an aggressive campaign for the presidential nomination. If he misses the top spot, he would be a prize for second place.
Others listed
Other frequently mentioned include LtCdr. Harold E. Stassen (former Governor of Minnesota), Rep. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois (one of the ablest members of the House), Governor Dwight Griswold of Nebraska and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts (House Republican Leader).
Mr. Roosevelt, if he is renominated, will determine whether there will be a convention floor fight over the vice-presidential nomination. By refusing to accept nomination himself unless he had a free hand in choosing his running mate, the President undoubtedly could compel the convention to accept his choice.
If that choice were Vice President Henry A. Wallace, there would be at least a minority explosion of considerable force.
Barkley, Rayburn?
Organization leaders who ultimately hope to regain party control from the Roosevelt faction of the party probably would meet such a maneuver by proposing “a man more satisfactory to themselves but whim it would be difficult for Mr. Roosevelt to oppose.”
Senator Alben W. Barkley (D-KY), Senate Democratic Leader, is mentioned as a possible compromise vice-presidential nominee.
Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-TX) has backers, as does Senator Harry S. Truman (D-MO).
Tension rises in Italy after air attacks
Allied fliers rake supply ports
By Reynolds Packard, United Press staff writer
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U.S. priest and Stalin confer in Kremlin on Polish situation
Unprecedented parley lasts for two hours
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Poll: Governor Dewey increases lead; Gen. MacArthur trails in second
New Yorker popular choice of 55%
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
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German people believe they’ll beat invasion
But they’re worrying just the same
By Philip Whitcomb, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Editorial: ‘Life up to the hilt’
Theodore Roosevelt often said a man should “live life up to the hilt.”
Frank Knox, who followed TR up San Juan Hill, and followed him in politics from then on, was never short in observing that maxim.
As a youth he was poor – in language popular in recent years he could almost be said to have been underprivileged. But Frank Know was not a fellow to waste time sympathizing with himself. By working hard and making good on his opportunities he achieved wealth and influence. A small-town newspaperman, he became general manager of a chain of metropolitan dailies, and crowned his business and professional career by becoming owner and shirtsleeve publisher of the great Chicago Daily News.
He was a Bull Moose leader, a Republican nominee for Vice President, but gained his only public office – and that a high one – as an appointee under a Democratic administration. And he took time off from journalism and politics to be a combat soldier in two wars and Secretary of the Navy in a third.
A stout partisan in peacetime – there was no more vigorous critic of the New Deal in the balmy ‘30s – he forgot politics when war clouds gathered.
It must have been a source of great satisfaction to Frank Knox that, at the age of 70, he could take an active and important part in this war. One of his last acts was to urge on business and labor leaders the need of compulsory service in war industries to provide for the impending Battle of Europe. Another was to attend the funeral of a former business partner – and there he was stricken.
Frank Knox’s life was rich in rewards. It was a “life up to the hilt.”
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Taylor: A lone lame duck
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
Washington –
Last Tuesday’s apathetic Pennsylvania primary created three lame ducks in the House of Representatives, but two of them are voluntary lame ducks who are running with formidable backing for other jobs.
The sole Congressman who was involuntarily eliminated is Democratic Rep. Robert Grant Furlong, Donora physician and first victim of the 1943 reapportionment of Pennsylvania Congressional districts. Mr. Furlong is a first-termer, elected in 1942 from the patchwork 25th district, composed of Washington County and part of Allegheny County, which was a feature of the compromise 1942 apportionment.
The district reverted to its former boundaries when the present Republican Legislature reapportioned for the second time, and became the Washington-Greene district. Mr. Furlong won in his home country; was defeated in Greene.
Two years ago, Mr. Furlong was strongly backed by the United Mine Workers and the Democratic organization. He was elected by the slender margin of 413 votes out of a total of 76,219. His voting record has been consistently pro-labor and in support of administration policies.
Republican Rep. William I. Troutman of Shamokin, elected as Congressman-at-Large under the makeshift 1942 apportionment, couldn’t run again for the same job because the at-large post was eliminated in the new apportionment.
To remain in Congress, Mr. Troutman would have had to run against Rep. Ivor D. Fenton, Schuylkill County Republican. Instead, he ran for nomination to the State Senate against Republican Senator George A. Dietrick in the 27th district (Northumberland County), and eliminated Mr. Dietrick from the running.
Mr. Troutman, an attorney, became Congressman-at-Large with the support of his brother-in-law, Henry Lark, Northumberland County Republican leader. Mr. Dietrick, a member of the Senate for eight years, fought consistently with Mr. Lark’s organization and will be replaced with a more friendly member.
Two in one district
The third lame duck in the House is Rep. Francis J. Myers, Philadelphia Democrat, who didn’t run for renomination because of his designation as the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate against the veteran Senator James J. Davis. Both were unopposed in the primary.
The new reapportionment caused the unusual situation of pitting two members of Congress against each other in the November election in Philadelphia’s new 3rd district.
Republican Rep. Joseph M. Pratt, who was elected only three months ago to replace Democrat James P. McGranery in the former 2nd district, is now in the 3rd district, represented by Democratic Rep. Michael J. Bradley.
Mr. Bradley, with some labor backing, was a strong contender for the Democratic endorsement for U.S. Senator, withdrawing only at the last moment in favor of Rep. Myers. He now must campaign against an opponent who turned a normally-Democratic district Republican.
Only four of the 19 Republican Congressmen from Pennsylvania who sought renomination had any opposition in the primary and all of them came through unscathed.
Party regularity
The renomination of 19 Republican Congressmen and 11 Democratic members and the loss of only one incumbent candidate is a sort of testimonial to the party regularity among Pennsylvania Congressmen.
The state’s delegation here splits along party lines in the voting in the House with such monotonous regularity that nobody has to wait for the official count to find out how his Congressman voted. If he’s Republican, he supports the party policy; if he’s a Democrat, his vote is for the administration.
There will be more – perhaps many more – Congressional lame ducks from Pennsylvania after Nov. 7. By common agreement, the most important factor, and the question Congressmen would like to have answered, is: How well will President Roosevelt run in Pennsylvania this time?
Brig. Gen. Wilbur: Infantry still decisive factor in winning war
By Brig. Gen. William H. Wilbur, Assistant Commander, 36th Infantry
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