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Pennsylvania Primary
Seen Showing Stassen
Is Far From 1st Place
'Right/ 'Left' Inclinations
Held Less Favorable for
Him Than in Nebraska
By David Lawr ence
Harold Stassen may win the vice
presidential nomination, but his
.showing in Pennsylvania indicates
he is far away from first place in
the opinion of the rank and file of
the Republican voters. %
What happened in Pennsylvania
was less favorable for him than the
vote in Nebraska when the totals-are
appraised in terms of "left” and
"right” inclinations.
Thus, in the Pennsylvania pri
maries, with 7,339 of the State’s 8,
-62 precincts reporting, Mr. Stassen
got 74,289 out of a total of 229,842
Republican votes, or about 33 per
cent. If the choice had been be
tween Mr. Stassen and Senator Van
denberg alone, for instance, in the
Pennsylvania primaries, the chances i
are the Dewey, MacArthur and Taft
votes, pfus those cast for Senator
Vandenberg in the wTite-in primary !
would total far more than a
majority.
Internationalists Favored.
On the basis of internationalism
versus isolationism, the prepondeiW'
ant vote, as reflected in the Pennsyl
vania primaries, is for the inter
nationalist side.
On the basis, however, of “left”
and "right” and "center,” the Stas
sen vote plus the Wallace and Eisen
hower vote makes about 35 per cent
of the total. If the Dewey and Van
rienberg votes are put in the center,
this makes a total there of 33 per
cent. As for the "right," this totals
32 per cent assuming that Senator
Taft, Gen. MacArthur and Senator
Martin are grouped together in that
category.
Thus, the combination of the votes
for Senator Taft, Gen. MacArthur,;
Senator Martin, Gov. Dewey and
Senator Vandenberg makes a total
of 85 per cent, leaving the votes of
Mr, Stassen, Gen. Eisenhower and
Mr. Wallace to make up the remain
ing 35 per cent.
43% “Left” Vote in Nebraska.
In Nebraska, the so-called ‘•left"
vote amounted to 43 per cent while
the "center" and the "right" com
bined—Senator Taft, Gen. Mac
Arthur. Gov. Warren of California,!
House Speaker Martin. Gov. Dewey
and Senator Vandenberg—made up
the other 57 per cent.
There are doubtless more conserv
atives in the Republican Party in
Pennsylvania than in Nebraska] but
the fact remains that in both States'
Mr. Stassen won only a minority of
the votes cast and that his showing
is good because of the large number
of other candidates who split the
entire vote.
It is easy to be misled by the
headlines on the voting in these
various primaries. A convention Is
not an election. The delegates are
usually hand picked. Even the dele
gates selected in a primary are in
many instances not pledged to vote
in the convention, after the first
ballot, for the nominee who ran
ahead in the primary. _
Business Backed Willkie.
The Republican convention is
never stampeded by a radical or a
"left winger.” Many observers who
point to the case of Wendell Willkie
in 1940 forget that his liberalism or
"left wing" characteristics did not
manifest themselves in the precon
tention campaign of 1940.
On the cohtrary, Mr. Willkie had
♦ he enthusiastic support of the util-1
ity companies of the country and of i
many businessmen who believed that
any man who had been president of
a big public utility holding company j
would not be unfriendly to business'
interests. Indeed, the New Dealers
charged that the 1940 convention
was influenced by a flood of tele
grams instigated by utility interests.
To say that what happened in 1940
can happen again in 1948 is to as
sume that Mr Stassen Is as accept
able to the business interests of
the country today as Mr. Willkie was
in 1940.
Not Clear on Labor Act.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Stassen
has been losing ground with the.
conservatives because he has failed
to make clear his attitude on the
Taft-Hartley law. He has said he
would have voted for it, but he has
criticized it, with indications that,
if elected, he would weaken it. This,
at any rate, is the impression some
of his recent utterances have given
to conservatives. Would he appoint
or reappoint present members of
the National Labor Relations Board;
who are bent on sabotaging the!
Taft-Hartley law?
The next President, will have im
portant appointments to make, and
the conservatives are not likely to
embrace at Philadelphia the candi
dacy of any one who leans toward
the “left" or who fails to make clear
where he stands on the question of |
measures needed to protect the pub
lic against domination by labor
union bosses.
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This Changing World
Soviet May Insist on ‘Contributing’
Troops to Jerusalem Police Force
By Constantine Brown
The unexpected decision of the
Soviet Union to join the United
Nations Trusteeship Council, which
it snubbed until this week, has
biiivswii a. iiiuii*
key wrench into
the machinery
which is being
prepared to
cope with the
immediate situ
ation in Pales
tine.
Plans had
been worked
out for one of
the members of
the Special As
sembly now
meeting at Lake
Success to pro
pose that a
Constantine Brown.
lorce composed of military contin
gents from the United States,
Canada, France and possibly Brazil
be sent to take over the policing
of Jerusalem.
Since the United States was to
contribute the largest contingent of
several thousand men, the com
mand of the international police
force was to be vested in an Amer
ican general.
Russia, by her previous refusal
to sit with the representatives of
the other members of the U. N. in
the Trusteeship Council, was not
to be invited to participate in the
organization of this force.
Not Subject to Veto.
When the Kremlin discovered
that its cherished plans to inject
its own military force into Pales
tine thus were to be frustrated it
ordered Andrei Gromyko, Russian
chief delegate at the U. N., to
assign one of his assistants to take
the empty s^at in the Trusteeship
Council.
Now it is feared that the U. S.
S. R will insist on •'contributing”
a strong Soviet contingent to the
Jerusalem police force. The idea
does not appeal to those members
of the U. N. who are not under
Soviet control.
Consultations have taken place
in New York in the last 48 hours
on how to deal with this unexpected
Soviet "contribution.” Since the
proposal for formation of the
American - Canadian - French -Bra
zilian force is not subject to veto
in the Assetnbly, and can carry
with a majority vote, any Soviet
demand that it participate in this
military organization can be re
jected.
Irgun Appeal Possible.
But such a rejection, it is ad
mitted in Washington, might have
even worse consequences than if
Red lorces were added to the
planned military force. It is pos
sible that if Russia is kept out of
the police force some of her sym-j
pathizers in Irgun Zvai Leumi, the
underground Jewish fighting force,
may appeal directly to Moscow to
send Red forces to help police
Jerusalem.
Ever since the Politburo decided
to reinstate the Orthodox Church
directly under its control it has
assumed responsibility for the care
and financing of the old Russian
monasteries in the Holy City. The
Patriarch of Moscow, an appointee
of the Politburo, in recent years has
visited Jerusalem, where he reor-j
ganized the religious establishments
of the old czarist regime in that!
city, in accordance with orders from
his superiors in the Politburo and
MVD (secret police).
Thus Moscow would be only too
eager to answer any call from the i
minority in Irgun, on the basis that
the capitalist members of the U. N.
Assembly were ignoring such an ap
peal. It would also be able to cite
Russia's religious and cultural in
terests in Palestine.
Might Send More Forces.
This might result in Russia send
ing—independently of the U. N.—a
force two or three times that pro
vided by the other powers. These
troops might well go not only to
Jerusalem but to' other points in
Palestine. This prospect is not par- j
ticularly cherished by the other j
nations, since it might cause friction
leading to a serious clash.
The representatives in New York
of the principal Western Powers now
are considering the new situation
created last Monday by the Soviet
representative taking his seat in the
Trusteeship Council. They mftst de
cide whether to face the risk of
sending a police force without Soviet
participation, include the Reds, or
abandon the whole plan altogether.
In view of the prospects for a
large-scale invasion of Palestine by
regular Arab forces the last course1
seems the less feasible.
Pennsylvania Politics
Stassen Band Wagon Gets Another Push
But No New Delegates Climb Aboard
ny l/oris hleeson
Harold Stassen's band wagon got
another push in the Pennsylvania
write-in primary but no delegates
boarded It.
Those 73 Important convention
vore-casiers are
still more or less
in the hands of
two groups of
leaders, Gov.
Duff and the Joe
Grundy - Joe
Pew alliance.
Gov. Duff an
nounced that
Pennsy 1 v a n i a
still hadn’t made
up its mind and
politicos here
incline to credit
him. Their ex
perience is that
Gov. Duff has
Doris Flreson.
spoaen Kincitv oi senator vanaen
berg, Gov. Dewey and Mr. Stassen
to date and they are laying no odds
on his final choice. Messrs. Grundy
and Pew are reportedly pro-Taft
and friendly to Speaker Martin.
Gov. Duff also correctly stated
that Mr. Stassen got “just a pit
tance” of Republican registration
though his 80,000-odd did lead the
field. In ’44 Pennsylvania cast
nearly four million votes for Presi
dent. about evenly divided between
the two parties with Roosevelt hav
ing a 100,000 edge.
Martin on First Ballot.
Pennsylvania will vote for its
favorite son, Senator Edward Mar
tin. on the first ballot. Stassen
rivals rather plaintively complain
that here again Mr. Stassen didn't
obey the rules, that it was under
stood nobody w'as to make an
effort to contest that arrangement.
! What happened was that a hand
ful of Stassen backers, including
Jay Cooke of Philadelphia, Howard
Heinz of the 57 varieties and James
Rae of the Oliver Steel Co., decided
following the Wisconsin-Nebraska
primaries to make a showing for
their man. Their expenditures of
I cash and energy produced the Stas
' sen write-in lead.
I Stassen headquarters are officially
modest about Pennsylvania; they
will not be modest if Ohio and Ore
gon, as they now expect, do well by
their candidate.
Time was when the professionals
were satisfied that Mr. Stassen
would certainly be content with sec
ond place on the ticket or even a
cabinet spot like Attorney General.
They are not so sure these days.
Situation Soon to Jell.
| The situation will jell after the
1 Ohio and Oregon primaries. Then
it will be possible to tell how the
three leaders stand relative to one
another and then also the behind
the-scenes maneuvers will really
, begin.
Nobody here believes that the Re
publicans will let matters proceed
to an open convention with a pro
cession of ballots to tell the tale.
Perhaps unjustly, the legend of the
smoke-filled room persists, with the
party managers getting It all ar
ranged in advance.
This week’s primaries added noth
ing new to the Truman story, the !
political news in that sector still'
being the departure of New Dealer
Gael Sullivan from the national
committee. The committee hears
that a Missourian, William Boyle,
who formerly worked with Robert E
Hannegan in the committee and
now practices law here, is the Presi
dent’s choice to succeed Sullivan.
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On the Other Hand
2 Congress Moves Affecting Business
Called to C. of C. Delegates’ Attention
By Lowell Mellett
Businessmen, big and little, are
gathered in Washington this week
for the annual meeting of the
United States Chamber of Com-!
merce. oome are
taking advan
tage of their
visit to observe
the attitude of
the Government
toward business.
With that in
mind, attention
is herewith call
ed to a couple of
items that might
o t h e r w ise be
o v e r 1 coked in
the surging
stream of na
tional and world
news.
Lowell Mellett.
Item 1: The Senate has just con
curred with the action of the House
in abolishing the Office of Small
Business in the Department of Com
merce. It was done by eliminating
the annual appropriation for the
office. Secretary Harriman this year
had asked for $452,000. In the name
of economy, he was given nothing.
Little businessmen attending the
chamber’s convention are familiar
with the manifold services rendered
by the Office of Small Business and!
probably will not relish this economy!
at their expense.
Item 2: The effort is now on toj
steamroller through the Senate a
bill to amend the Natural Gas Act
in a manner calculated, according to
studies of the Federal Power Com
mission, to increase the annual
profits of 11 companies by $56,000,
000. The increase would be at the
expense of consumers — including
small business concerns.
Sponsored by Oklahomans.
This is the bill sponsored by Rep
resentative Rizley and Senator
Moore, both Republicans, from the
natUral-gas State of Oklahoma. It
was passed by the House at the last
session. The Senate leaders until
recently had been disposed to hold
it up until after the election, since,
a presidential veto is anticipated.
It being the kind of issue that aver
age voters can understand, the veto
might be a good campaign docu
ment. However, under tremendous
pressure by the gas interests, the
Senate Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee is taking the bill
up this week with the idea of re
porting it out for a vote.
A three-man subcommittee has
held hearings. Two members, Sen- j
ator Moore, the author, and Senator
Capehart, Republican, of Indiana,
have reported the bill favorably to
the full committee. Senator Stew
art, Democrat, of Tennessee has
filed a minority report.
The most interesting feature of
Senator Stewart’s report is his ex
amination of the gas companies’
need, or lack of need, for increased
revenue. During recent years rate
reductions ordered by the Federal
Power Commission, under the pres
ent act, have saved consumers $28
000,000 annually. Despite this re-1
duction in revenues, Senator Stewart'
finds the natural-gas business doing
very well; doing better, in fact, than
almost any other business. His re
port contains an interesting table,
comparing the 1946 earnings on;
common stock book value of 10 of|
the big gas companies with the earn
ings of 10 other big corporations,'
each a leader in its own field.
Sears Earned 24.5 Per Cent.
Leader of them all, he showed,
was Colorado Interstate Gas Co., j
with 24.9 per cent earned. Next
came Sears, Roebuck & Co., with
24.5, and then American Tobacco
Co., with 20.1 per cent. Then fol- !
lowed eight more gas companies.
General Electric, with 10.3 per cent,
was twelfth; Standard Oil of New
Jersey, with 10.3, was fourteenth;
A. T. & T., with 7.6, was fifteenth,
and General Motors, with 7.2, was
sixteenth. Hope Natural Gas, with
6.8, was seventeenth, leading Swift
& Co., Consolidated Edison of New
York, United States Steel and the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
These figures and other facts
have convinced Senator Stewart that
Congress could be engaged in some
thing more useful than this effort
to increase the gas companies'
profits.
Sharing his conviction are the
mayors of hundreds of cities di
rectly affected. Through the United
States Conference of Mayors and
through personal appeals they have
registered their protests against the
Rizley-Moore bill. They agree with
Senator Stewart’s conclusion: “The
bill would facilitate the very ex
ploitation of consumers by inter
state pipe-line companies which the
Natural Gas Act was designed to
prevent.”
(Copyright, 1348, Globe Syndicate.)
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