Tire rations to be placed on new basis
OPA reclassifies drivers; only ‘essential’ ones get new rubber
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Truman urged by Kane to run with President
War program investigator is outstanding, says commissioner
By Kermit McFarland
County Commissioner John J. Kane yesterday advocated the nomination of Senator Harry S. Truman (D-MO) as the Democratic candidate for Vice President.
Mr. Kane said he thought it could be assumed that President Roosevelt would be renominated for a fourth term and that the principal job of the nominating convention which will meet in Chicago in June will the selection of a candidate for Vice President.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace apparently will not be slated on the 1944 Democratic ticket.
Outstanding service
Mr. Kane said:
Senator Truman, as chairman of the committee investigating the national defense program, has performed an outstanding war service.
I do not know whether Senator Truman has even been thinking of this idea, but he certainly deserves consideration for the nomination.
He and his committee have done a first-class job of seeing that the men in the Armed Forces, who are doing the fighting, get the kind of materials and equipment they need.
State meeting Friday
Mr. Kane’s suggestion, so far as is known here, is the first linking the Missouri Senator’s name with the vice-presidential nomination. Previously, Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-TX) of the House of Representatives and War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes have been the most prominently mentioned possibilities.
Meanwhile, the Democratic State Committee prepared to meet Friday in Harrisburg to complete a slate of candidates for state offices.
Mr. Kane is backing federal judge Charles Alvin Jones of Edgeworth – the 1938 Democratic nominee for Governor – for the Supreme Court nomination. Another federal judge, Guy K. Bard of Lancaster County, has also been proposed.
Guffey backing Black
If U.S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey is unsuccessful in his efforts to slate Ramsay S. Black of Harrisburg, third Assistant Postmaster General, for the U.S. Senate nomination, the candidate will probably come from Philadelphia.
Congressman Michael J. Bradley and former Congressman James F. McGranery are avowed candidates.
Auditor General F. Clair Ross of Butler is a potential candidate for one of the two Superior Court nominations. Superior Court Judge Chester Rhodes of Stroudsburg, the only Democrat on either appellate bench, will be slated for a second 10-year term.
Democratic leaders virtually have agreed on State Treasurer G. Harold Wagner of Wilkes-Barre to succeed Mr. Ross as Auditor General. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution, neither the State Treasurer nor the Auditor General may succeed himself.
Senator Byrd reopens feud with Guffey
Pennsylvanian’s job demand for surgeon starts latest fight
By Robert Taylor, Press Washington correspondent
Washington – (Jan. 29)
Senator Harry F. Byrd (D-VA) today reopened the still-smoldering feud with Senator Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) with a prediction that Mr. Guffey will be ousted as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Mr. Byrd charged that Mr. Guffey has been using his influence as head of the committee “to advance his demands upon the various agencies of the government.”
He said:
Senator Guffey was never and is not now the choice of the Democratic membership of the Senate for this position. He was appointed and not elected. As soon as a caucus can be held, unless he first reigns, I make the confident prediction that Senator Guffey will be removed as chairman of the committee.
Guffey admits threat
The Virginia Senator made his complaint against the Pennsylvania New Dealer in a letter to District of Columbia’s Commissioner Guy Mason,. Who became involved in a dispute this week with Mr. Guffey over failure of the District officials to appoint a Guffey protégé as a hospital surgeon.
Mr. Guffey admitted authorship of letters threatening a Senate investigation unless his friend and personal physician, Russian-born Dr. Eugene de Savitsch, was appointed a surgeon at Glenn Dale Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
District officials retorted that the Guffey-sponsored physician was not qualified for the type of work he proposed to do.
Called ‘reprehensible’
Mr. Byrd, in his letter to Commissioner Mason, called Mr. Guffey’s attempt to bet a surgical post for his personal physician:
…especially reprehensible because it was proposed that Savitsch would only perform operations on indigent patients who could not protect themselves.
Mr. Byrd’s letter said:
This is a question of life and death. Yet a U.S. Senator used his political power even to the extent of threats of reprisals against the District Commissioners unless his protégé was permitted to perform experimental operations on the poor people who could have no protection against being operated upon by one who is incompetent, in the opinion of those in authority.
I do not think I have ever heard of a kore contemptible act.
Stand firm, Byrd says
Mr. Byrd urged the District officials to stand firm against Mr. Guffey’s effort to get a job for his physician, and predicted that if Mr. Guffey succeeds in getting an investigation “neither the Senate nor the House would permit you or your subordinates to be coerced in this manner.”
Mr. Guffey aroused Mr. Byrd’s enmity when he identified him as leader of Southern Democratic Senate members, who, he charged, teamed up with Northern Republicans in an “unholy alliance” to defeat the federal soldier-vote bill.
Another speech planned
Mr. Byrd replied, on the Senate floor, with a demand that Mr. Guffey prove or withdraw his charges, promising to speak further on the Pennsylvania Senator’s past record, if he doesn’t do so.
The Virginia Senator has reportedly prepared another speech on the subject of Mr. Guffey.
WLB member quits to enter Senate race
Roosevelt accepts Wayne Morse’s resignation with ‘sincere regret’
Washington (UP) – (Jan. 29)
Wayne L. Morse, public member of the War Labor Board, resigned today to become a candidate for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate in Oregon. At the same time, he announced his resignation as dean of the University of Oregon Law School.
The party primary will be held in May. Mr. Morse will oppose the incumbent, Rufus Holman.
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation effective Feb. 2, declaring that the reasons set forth by Mr. Morse left him no alternative.
The President said that he accepted the resignation with “sincere regret” and that Mr. Morse had shown as a WLB member “great industry, vigorous thought and an enlightened point of view.” Mr. Morse had done work of supreme importance to the war effort, the President added.
Regrets leaving
In his letter of resignation, Mr. Morse said that in many ways he regretted leaving the board at this time because he appreciated what he described as the importance of its work to the war effort on the home front.
He said:
I believe, however, that the major policies and procedures of the board for the settlement of labor disputes and the stabilization of wage already have been established in decisions rendered by the board.
‘Record will continue’
Hence, I am sure that the splendid record of the board will continue for the duration of the war, irrespective of changes which may occur in its personnel.
Therefore, after weighing all of the factors involved, I have decided to become a candidate for election to the United States Senate.
This decision was reached only after a large number of friends and groups in my home states urged that I could perform a much-needed public service if elected, especially in view of the fact that the issues which will undoubtedly be decided by the Congress in the next six years will greatly affect the destiny of our nation for many years to come.
Army authorities probe major’s anti-strike speech
Walkouts sabotaging soldiers, officer says; inquiry reported prompted by labor
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Theater sues Petrillo, aides for $50,000
2 corporations also named in action involving hiring ‘compulsion’
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In Washington –
Federal union joins in plea for more pay
Many leave U.S. jobs, CIO leader explains to committee
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Dies demands Congress curb Jap plotters
Groups accused of working in and out of relocation centers
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Allies may end food shipments to Spain soon
Seek to force Franco from playing both ends against middle
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Soldier vote compromise believe due
Federal ballot subject to state controls thought likely
Washington – (Jan. 29)
The capital today considered it likely that the Senate and House will accept a compromise on the soldier-vote issue and pass a bill providing for a federal ballot subject to state controls.
Senator Scott Lucas (D-IL), co-author of the Lucas-Green Bill, said he had taken an informal poll of the Senate which showed that the administration has strength enough to pass a federal-ballot bill “without crippling amendments.”
Rep. Eugene Worley (D-TX), sponsor of a companion measure, said there were “encouraging signs” to force a record of how House members stand.
The force of President Roosevelt’s message to Congress terming a straight state ballot a “fraud” on the troops is reported to have increased the public pressure on the Senate and the House to approve the federal ballot, although it angered many Congressmen.
The advantage of time, however, lies on the side of the advocates of the state ballot, for unless the Congress completes action on a soldier-vote bill next week, the War and Navy Departments will have to begin the distribution to the Armed Forces of postcard applications for state ballots, according to the terms of the 1942 soldier-vote law.
Senate debates compromise
The Senate is in the midst of debate on a bill providing for a uniform federal ballot and guaranteeing the right of election officials in the states to determine the validity of the ballots returned to them.
The House is about to open debate on the Rankin-Eastland Bill which the Senate passed before it decided to reconsider the issue and commence debate on the compromise bill. The Rankin-Eastland legislation keeps the voting in the hands of the states and revokes the provision in the 1942 voting act which suspended the poll tax and registration requirements.
The rule adopted by the House Rules Committee forbids the House on the floor to amend the Rankin-Eastland Bill, but the Committee of the Whole House may offer any number of amendments before the bill goes before the House for a vote.
Wary of recorded votes
The effect of this legislative device is to free members of the House from having to make a record vote on the different amendments. No roll calls are taken in the Committee of the Whole House. This will make it easier for Representatives to vote to change the nature of the Rankin-Eastland Bill.
Cyrus Eaton calls Wall Street banks morgues for cash
New York investment firms are ‘pusillanimous’ – lawyers, accountants and engineers are ‘parasitic,’ Ohio banker says
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Californians charge Japs ‘living off fat of the land’
Townspeople angered by atrocity story; Army to reduce guard at internment camp
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First Lady explains –
Retort explained by publication of first letter
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Poll: Dewey gaining in popularity; Willkie drops
MacArthur pulls into third place, ahead of Bricker
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
The popularity of Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York as a GOP presidential nominee has increased substantially during the past six weeks. Wendell Willkie’s popular standing has showed a slight drop.
These are the highlights of the Institute’s latest survey among the rank and file of Republican voters from coast to coast.
Governor Dewey’s gains have come in virtually all sections of the country, but principally in the Mid-Atlantic area, which includes New York State. Mr. Willkie’s best areas are New England and the South, and he has shown a gain in both areas.
MacArthur tops Bricker
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, whose popularity as a candidate has increased slightly since December, runs third today, with Ohio Governor John Bricker fourth. Next comes Lt. Cdr. Harold E. Stassen, former Governor of Minnesota.
Voters from coast to coast were shown a list of men most prominently talked about as possible presidential candidates and were asked to indicate their choice today. Based on those who named a Republican, the results show:
| Today | December 1943 | |
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| Dewey | 42% | 36% |
| Willkie | 23% | 25% |
| MacArthur | 18% | 15% |
| Bricker | 8% | 15% |
| Stassen | 6% | 6% |
The remaining 3% of the vote in today’s survey was divided between California Governor Earl Warren and Eric Johnston, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In the December survey, Senator Taft (R-OH) received 5%, while Mr. Johnson, Governor Warren and Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall each received 1%.
Willkie strong in East
Mr. Willkie is the top choice of New England Republicans at present, and he runs Governor Dewey a relatively close race in the Far West – the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states. But in the Mid-Atlantic area – New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia – Governor Dewey is favored by better than 5–2. From Ohio across the prairies to Western Nebraska, Governor Dewey likewise leads Mr. Willkie by about 2–1.
The sectional standings of the four men with the highest votes follow:
| Dewey | Willkie | MacArthur | Bricker | |
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| New England | 38% | 41% | 14% | 3% |
| Mid-Atlantic | 54% | 21% | 16% | 4% |
| East Central | 35% | 15% | 17% | 21% |
| West Central | 40% | 23% | 19% | 3% |
| South | 30% | 36% | 24% | 6% |
| Rocky Mountains | 37% | 26% | 21% | 7% |
| Pacific Coast | 35% | 27% | 12% | 4% |
With the nominating convention only five months off, the Bricker boom as yet has made comparatively little gains outside the East Central area. However, in that area, which will send a large number of delegates to the convention. Governor Bricker is second only to Governor Dewey.