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The Chicago Published Weekly Vol. 3, No. 36 PROGRESSIVES BATTLE GOP - DEM BALLOT DEAL ( Terming the unanimous ruling last Tuesday bar ring the Progressive Party from the state ballot "a shocking violation of the free election system," C. B. Baldwin, campaign manager for Henry Wal lace, and William Miller, Illinois state Progressive Party director, in a joint statement Wednesday announced: • Illinois Progressives will go before the state Supreme Court to demand a review of the*three man electoral board decision. • At the same time. Progressives will appeal ,he constitutionality of the Illinois statute upon h - AN EDITORIAL Dixie & Illinois DIXIE and ILLINOIS . . . are geographi cally separated. But this week Dixie and Illinois marched arm-in-arm down the front-page columns of the newspapers. In Dixie: the former Vice President of the United States, Henry A. Wallace—a man be loved by millions of us who have put our faith in him just as we did in FDR—was drowned out by packs of Dixiejrat hirelings who used violence against the many decent Southerners who wanted to hear his message. In Illinois: the three-man electoral board composed of two Republicans and one Demo crat swept aside their democratic responsi bility to 75,268 of us in 62 counties who signed Progressive Party petitions—arrogantly ruling the Wallace parly off the ballot. We in Illinois well understand what prompted Henry Wallace to turn to an un identified Southerner and earnestly ask: "My friend, can this be America?" And we, like Henry Wallace, know that jeering Dixiecrats, that corrupt Republicans and Democrats who fear us so greatly they must resort to undemo cratic procedures—are not America! Frantic opposition is to be expected—and has been overcome many times already in the history of this thriving, growing people's party. But, no, what has happened in Dixie and in Illinois this week are not setbacks so much as they are shining victories. For desperation which these moves betray on the part of the Dixiecrats, their Northern Demo cratic allies, and the Republicans who com plete the-unholy coalition is a reflection of the tremendous strength of the Progressive movement—a power which they fully com prehend . . . and fear. 'Dawson aids Jim Crow'! * 66 which the decision was based. * * * THE ILLINOIS ruling by the two Republicans and one Democrat, who make up the electoral board, was clearly a decision arrived at by the high com mand of Ijpth parties and actually had nothing to do with the counting of ballot signatures on the Progressive Party ballot petitions. It was learned that 30 minutes before the ruling was announced the press was shown a re lease by the electoral board indicating that it had approved the Progressive Party petitions. How ever, a phone call from COP headquarters was reported responsible for the quick reversal of the decision. The clear indication of a "deal" between the two old parties was contained in a Chicago Tribune story Wednesday which stated: "It was reported the three-man board originally tended toward certifying the third party to the ballot. The reason for the switch was a closely guarded secret." * * * THE PROGRESSIVES had filed 75,268 signa.ures with more than the required 200 minimum in 62 counties. The law specifies a minimum of 50 counties. But the board upheld enough objections to sig natures to disqualify the Progressives. Twenty-nine counties were disqualified. The objectors had retyped the Progressive Party names and these lists were sent to the 29 county clerks for verification. However, it was learned that these lists had been falsified by omission and misspelling. * * * WILLIAM MILLER declared the decision to be a "(jood indication of what sheer nonsense is the ancient claim that the Republicans are quietly en couraging our camp. The fact that the Republicans on the board voted with the Democrats shows that they ore equally frightened by the growing millions rallying to the Wallace-Taylor ticket. Both Baldwin and Miller cited the board's action as "another proof of the fact that the Democrats and Republicans are but two factions within a » one-party setup." They concluded emphatically: "It's a two-headed monster we're out to bury for keeps, and the two old parties know it." * * * MILLER returned from the ballot hearings in Springfield Wednesday with attorney Richard Watt and Edmund Hatfield to plan a concerted Progres sive , counter attack. The arbitrary ballot ruling threw greater emphasis an the Sept. 14fh rally ssssm C- • the pie’s viewpoint WMSmBk * $ Xgr o-o Chicago, Sept. 4, 19' 4 ★ Edition cents at Wrigley Field, where Henry Wallace will specik. Meanwhile, a final verdict was expected this week on the court fight of the Progressives for a place on the Cook County ballot as a result of their qualifying as a permanent party in last November's judicial election. Progressive Party signatures were gathered in the course of an intensive three-month campaign with hundreds of Progressives ringing doorbells, especially in the downstate counties * * * THE REPUBLICANS at first attempted to dis qualify Democratic Secretary of State Edward Bar rett from illegally sitting on the electoral board. However, this proved to be a sham battle since the Republicans later agreed to join with the Demo crats in ruling the Progressives off the ballot. The method used by the objectors were exposed as follows by PP attorney Richard Watt: • The PP petitions were retyped instead of photostated. • In the retyping, many names were omitted and others were misspelled. • This made it possible for the county clerks to testify that ballot signatures for their counties did not come up to the required minimum of 200. utm PAY FEATURES on Pages 6,7