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Frank P. Kent
The Great Game of Politics
Observer Sees Stassen’s Chances
Jeopardized by Left-Wing ‘Spokesmen’
The Republican choice for President in 1948 obviously is limited
to four or five men who already have achieved some distinction in
public life: Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Senator Robert A. Taft, Ex-Gov.
John W. Bricker, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and Ex-Gov.
Harold E. Stassen. That is the list of available candidates* The
idea of a “dark horse” whose name has not yet been mentioned
is not seriously entertained by prac-*
tical men.
For one thing, there is no such
animal. For another, there would
not be time to
develop him if .
there were. Of j
the five avail- i
ables, Mr. Stas- j
sen is the most i
outspoken a n d j
active. He is j
that rare com- i
bination—a lib- I
eral with com
mon sense. He ;
has youth, cour
age, character,
candor and
capacity.
In civil life he
has a fine rec
Frank R. Kent.
ord as oovernor of a great State, I
and an equally fine war record as!
an officer in the United States j
Navy. To every one of the other j
four availables can be ascribed some
of these Stassen assets. But to
none can be ascribed them all.
In addition, Mr. Stassen is the
only one now' campaigning for the
nomination. Whether he can prof
itably keep this up for 26 months
remains to be seen, but certainly |
he is trying every day in every way i
to promote his prospects, setting
up Stassen organizations wherever j
it can be done and, so far as he
can. making friends and molding
sentiment. Nor is he insufficiently!
financed—not by any means.
Making Progress.
But, with the national convention
more than two years off, no pru
rient man w;ould attempt to forecast
its action. There is, however, no
risk in saying that Mr. Stassen is
making some progress, almost cer-j
tainly will be a strong figure when
the balloting begins, easily may be
nominated despite the present
strong opposition within his party.!
Nevertheless, it is a long row' he
has to hoe and there are a good
many ways in which he may be
ditched or may ditch himself. At
the moment it appears that Mr.
Stassen w’ill make his fight as the
•‘liberal'’ candidate, assailing all
other aspirants and their friends as
“reactionaries” and "Old Guards
men.” At least that is the idea
spread by some of his supporters
with CIO affiliations and extreme
left-wing tendencies who recently
have been posing as authoritative
interpreters of the Stassen mind.
Perhaps, this may be smart strat
egy but some of Mr. Stassen's close
friends do not think so and are
somewhat disturbed.
They reason, rather soundly, that
Mr. Stassen has got to be nomi
nated in a convention controlled by
conservatives in which neither he
nor any one else will have a major
ity on the first ballot. Obviously,
his chance is to obtain on the de
cisive ballot support from conserva
tives who start out as opposed to
him. They think that it would be
easy to turn these present, oppo
nents who ultimately might swing
to him into bitter enemies who
never would.
Difficult to Combat.
It would be easy to do this by a
name-calling, mudslinging campaign
such as (judging from the denun
ciatory outpourings of these un
solicited spokesmen) he plans.
Those who know Mr. Stassen best
and are most eager to see him nom
inated insist that this is far from
the fact: that the unbridled use of
derogatory adjectives is not his w:ay
of describing men who are not for
him. Nor does he make the silly
charge that Senator Taft, two years
in advance, has “bought up” the
Southern delegates, or is likely to
“buy up” any one at any time.
Those who use these adjectives and
make these charges are not, it is
said, speaking for him.
Mr. Stassen, his intimates insist,
realizes that this sort of stuff does
him no good and that it comes from
advanced New' Dealers who would
like to push him much further to
the left than he intends to go. But
his friends do not see exactly what
he can do about it. He cannot, they
say, control these embarrassing and
overzealous advocates. Nor can he
very well repudiate them without
getting himself into sticky contro
versies calculated to confuse his
actual position.
About all he can do is to hope
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that events will prove that vituper
ation, misrepresentation and de
nunciation are not weapons he in
tends to use: that while firmly sus
taining his common-sense liberalism,
he has no disposition to regard those
who disagree with him as either vil- j
lains or morons. However, there,
would be relief in the inner Stassen
circle if these authoritative spokes-j
men would become a little lessj
authoritative.
Answers to
Questions
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Bv THE H.ASK1N SERVICE.”
Q. How many cents out of each
dollar collected by the Federal
Government are spent for social
security, relief or similar activities?
—W. B. R.
A. One cent out of each dollar is
being spent for these purposes in1
1946.
Q. Are potatoes more fattening
than bread?—H. O. F.
A. The Department of Agricul-1
ture experts say that potatoes are'
no more, fattening than bread. One j
medium-sized potato and one thick
slice of bread (or two thin slices'
both have about 100 calories.
Q. What is the average salary of
clergymen?—S. S.
A. According to data complied by
the Bureau of the Census. 90.8 per
cent, of clergymen in the United
States received salaries of less than
$2,500 in 1939. Only 1.2 per cent
were paid $5,000 and over.
Q. Did any children of Stradivari
become famous as violin makers?
—D. W. A.
A. Stradivari had 11 children
but only two of them became violin
makers. Neither of them achieved
fame.
Q. What is the smallest bird?
What is its size?—G. V.
A. The smallest bird in the world
is Helena's hummingbird of Cuba,
l’i to 2ii inches long, with the wing
only li'j inches long or less, and the
bill less than \'2 inch long. The egg
j measures \2 inch long by y3 inch in
I diameter.
Q. What is the value of the
known supply of gold in the world?
How much has the United States?
|—M. R. A.
A. According to the last estimate,
the value of all the gold in the world
is $25,702,000,000. Of this. $20,036,000,
000 was owned by the United States
as of October, 1945.
Q. When is a Citation of Honor
awarded? Does a medal go with it?
—C. E. R.
A. The Citation of Honor is an
award made by the commanding
general. Army Air Forces, to com
1 memorate the services of every sol
dier of the Army Air Forces who
gave his life for his country during
the war. It is an expression of ap
preciation for his devotion to duty
and is presented to the next of kin.
No decoration accompanies the
I citation.
i _
i Q. When will the course of.train
ing at West Point be restored to
the 4-year period?—M. B.
A. Beginning with the next aca
demic year this summer, the 4-year
course will be required for all new
1 students and for all cadets with the
exception of the members of the
present first class, and one-half the
members of the second class, who
will complete their studies on the
wartime 3-year basis.
Q. What would be the monthly
income of an enlisted man in the
Army if food, clothing, medical care,
etc., were included?—L. W.
A. At present pay scales, the aver
age for enlisted men of all grades,
including allowances and cost of
food, clothing, medical care, etc., is
S158 a month, according to a state
ment by the War Department.
Q. What basic foods and in what
quantities are needed by an adult
to supply the daily needs of vitamin
A?—L. B. E.
A. The vitamin A requirement of
a normal adult can be supplied by
a daily allowance of a pint of whole
milk, one egg. one-third of an ounce
of butter (two ordinarv-sized pats),
and an average serving of leafy
green or yellow vegetable. Many
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McLemore—
To Run for Office
In Coming Elections
By Henry McLemore
ATLANTA.—X don't know about
you. but when I am handed my
newspaper and burnt toast in the
morning, the first thing I look at
is the pages
carrying the
paid political
advertisements.
Let others
worry about
B. O. Plenty
and Iran, about
housing condi
tions and the
latest golden
wedding in Hol
ly wood. Those
things do not
interest me in
an election year.
My heart
leaps up when I
Henry McLemore.
read political advertisements. It,
would be a very dull fellow, indeed,!
who didn't get a lift from these
advertisements and the knowledge;
that the United States is soon to j
be governed by such fine, sterling, i
upstanding and progressive men.
I subscribe to papers from nine
or ten States and, judging from
the advertisements, there isn't an
ordinary man running for office in |
any of those States. Every single!
candidate is good locking. There
isn’t a weak chin, or a bloodshot
eye, or a receding forehead seeking i
office. Every one of them is well]
dressed. There is no suit or shirt
shortage among the candidates.
Every One Fearless.
Every one of them stands for
the things you and I hold dear, j
With a fearlessness that makes us
voters feel humble, these candidates:
come right out in the open and1
take a stand on some of the most
controversial subjects in the world.
Looking at a Kentucky newspaper
I find a Progressive-Liberal seeker
after the county solicitor's office!
who trumpets a challenge for purer
water for his home town. Without
one moment's hesitation, he flatly
declares that he takes a firm stand
against poisoned wells in his com
munity.
In my own locality we have a man
running for the Senate who, despite
the votes it may cast him, is against
another war. Two of the planks
in his platform flatly declare that
war is bloody, expensive, and that
he, once placed in the Senate, will
do his level best to save his con
stituents from World War III.
Another thing I like about the
candidates is that every one of
them has seen military service of
some kind. Frankly, a man who
hasn’t served as a soldier in some
war is not going to be elected. He
may have an I. Q. of 199, have in
ternational knowledge at his finger
tips, and have the Nation’s interest
at heart, but unless he can wave an
old Sam Browne belt over his head
! and do right dress on the plat
form, he's a dead pigeon.
Proof of this is to be found in the
political advertisements. Candi
dates are digging up some of the
most remote war records you ever
heard of. In Jacksonville. Fla., a
man is making capital of the fact
that he was an air-raid warden,
and that his w’ife w'as the first mem
ber of the Motor Corps to tear
down her own car and not be able
to reassemble it.
Favorite Candidate.
My favorite candidate, however,
lives in Dallas, Tex. He is appeal
ing to ex-servicemen on the
strength of having given blood to
World War II through a blood
bank. He was also a watcher, and
takes a great deal of the credit for
the fact that no bombs were dropped
on Dallas. While campaigning he
wears an overseas cap which he
stole from the blood bank when
they put it over his eyes to keep
him from fainting.
Indiana has more than its share
of men who have come out for the
rights of the people. There's an
Indiana Congress member who.
against the advice of the machine,
advocates houses for every one. In
New York City a candidate is gain
ing popularity by his amazing stand
against bank robbers. He does not
believe that bank robbery is good
for this country.
So, my friends have asked me to
run for office and have prepared the
following advertisement in case I
decide to run:
“Vote for Henry McLemore.
Young, capable, fearless, clean cut,
and a man you'll be proud of. In
conversation he has declared him
self against the following evils: 1.
Moths. 2. Mosquitoes. 3. Certain
types of poison snakes. 4. Bills—at
the end of the month. 5. Cakes
containing saws given to long-time
prisoners.
“He is for: 1. Cakes not contain
ing saws for long-time prisoners.
2. The dredging of the Potomac
River from a point marked A to a
point marked A-plus. 3. A cafeteria
in the Washington Monument with
a reasonably priced blue-plated
lunch. 4. More money for colum
nists whose initials are H. M. 5. The
elimination of national committee
men. patronage, nepotism and neu
ralgia."
This column was written and paid
for by a friend.
(Distributed by'McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
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Is to Be Factor in World Security
Milk toast diplomacy will not serve the interests of the United
States any better in the future than it has in the past. I have a
deep conviction that the only chance for future peace and security
in the world lies in the United Nations. But the United Nations, in
my opinion, will have to do what it does not seem willing to do with
respect to Spain if it is even to approach a realization of the hopes
of those who love peace.
An accessory before the fact is
indictable and punishable under
the law. In view of the aid and
c o m I o r t that
Franco indispu- I
tably gave Hit- !
tpr. Franco Is an j
accessory before
the fact as to
the war. In ad
dition, he was a
receiver of
stolen goods. If
he is to be al
lowed to get
away with a
friendly pat on
the shoulder
and a “hail fel
low well met” 1
fellowship, fu
Mr. Ickes.
lure Francos in other Spains will I
feel no hesitation in the event of j
another war in giving aid and com-'
fort to the enemy just as Franco
did.
Franco rebelled against a legally 1
established government in Spain.
Hitler and Mussolini made no se
cret of the fact that they were aid
ing him with both arms and men.
Spain was a laboratory in which!
thev wished to try out new weapons
and develop new strategies.
Franco in turn gave other active
help to Hitler and Mussolini. When
France lay prostrate, the jackal
Franco led his troops across the
frontier to commit murder and rap
ine in cowardly security. He sent
critical materials to Germany and
manufactured munitions of war for
Hitler's use. His spies became Hit-'
ler's spies.
With the cordial consent of our
State Department, Congress had
Passed what was called the “'Neu
trality Act.” This was a notorious
law. but our pusillanimous cookie
pushers in the State Department
did not want to sell munitions of
war to Loyalist Spain, although
Spain had gold with which to pay
and although Loyalist Spain was
entitled, by every known canon of
international law. to buy of us.
Nonetheless, the State Depart
ment surreptitiously encouraged the
passage of the "Neutrality Act”
which might better have been
named the "Franco Relief Act." The
result was that our Milquetoasts
piously referred to this law as an
excuse, contrary to ancient interna
tional law, for not selling munitions
of war to a beleaguered democracy.1
After Fianco had won, with our help
and the help of Hitler and Musso
lini. we appeased him with cotton
and gasoline and other goods that
he wanted.
Some of our exports found their
way to Hitler. We continued to
appease him until the end of the
war. We are appeasing him today.
We maintain diplomatic relations
with an international brigand who
committed wholesale murder in his
own country and who, by ruthless
and cruel repression, undertook to
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break the spirit of those who had
set uo a republic and fought for it. i
I told President Roosevelt on more
than one occasion that, with respect
to Spain, we were writing one of
the most, shameful chapters in
American history. We have not yet
wTitten "finis" to that chapter.
Rather, we are adding to it by our
fainthearted inaotion. We pre
tend that we would like the Span
iards themselves to overthrow
Franco, but we are too noble and
too pure, and, I might add, too fool
ish, to give any encouragement of
that deed.
Poland has demanded that all
members of the United Nations
who maintain diplomatic relations
with the Franco-dominated gov
ernment shall sever them. Break
ing diplomatic relations is not
enough. Let the United Nations col
lectively apply economic sanctions
and ostracize Spain, economically as
well as diplomatically, from the
world family of nations. Denied all
except surreptitious comrfiunion
with the world, the Franco govern
ment would not long survive. And
Spain would proceed to make sure
that an acceptable government
would replace it.
It is not the time for a Mark
Antony, enfolded in rich robes of
sanctimonious equivocation, to ex
claim: “We come, not to bury
Franco, but to investigate him."
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