Scandinavian American. [volume], May 01, 1947, Page 6, Image 6

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Great Opportunity For Democrats
Democrats of Washington’s Third Congressional District
are on the spot. If they play their political cards with or
dinary intelligence, it will prove to be a soft spot and for
mer Representative Charles Savage will be elected with a
bang.
Despite every effort of those who would muddle the is
sues. Mr. Savage is the nominee of the Democratic Party.
Historically and by the record. the Democratic Party is the
party of progress in the United States. During Savage’s
tenure in the U. S. House of Representatives he consistent
ly supported liberal measures, first. under President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and afterward in the administration of the
present President. Harry S. Truman. He won the nomina
tion to succeed the late Fred Norman, Republican, in fair
contest in a primary carried out in the best democratic
tradition. and for this reason he is the candidate of a united
Democratic Party in Southwest Washington—united for
the purpose of electing a Democrat to succeed one Repub
lican and to defeat another Republican aspirant.
Third District Democrats are on the spot because Demo
crats and Republicans throughout the nation are looking
intently in their direction. Liberals in the Democratic
minority in the Lower House need a recruit; but even more
important than that, the National Democratic Party needs
a victory for its influence on party morale.
At this juncture. when the Republican Congress is def
initely on‘the defensive. nothing could be so inspiriting to
Democrats everywhere as proof of a quick reversal of pop
ular sentiment such as would be irrefutably supplied by
electing Savage and defeating Russel V. Mack, Hoquiam
publisher. whose editorial expressions of opinion have nev
er reflected anything but reaction and who will be bound
to be judged by the printed record rather than by any lip
service he may render now to people‘s government in order
to win votes.
Republicans in Congress have cut interior department
appropriations to the point where the whole economy of
the Western States, based on a growing industrial develop
ment and constant expansion of public power to turn its
wheels, as well as steady enlargement of irrigated acreage,
is threatened with strangulation. Election of Charles Sav
age. the Democrat. would serve as the first political rebuke
out of the \West to Republicans from the East and Middle
West for their narrow sectionalism made evident by this
effort to hold the West as a colonial cow to be milked but
never to be fed more than just enough to sustain limited
life and function.
Savage’s election could well prove to be the last argument
needed to Convince Republicans. who above everything else
want to capture the Presidency next year, that their de
structix'e reclamation and power policy will lose them the
West and the election in 1948. This. in turn, might bring
alput reversal of a Republican course which would have
ultimate catastrophic effect on prosperity for the Western
States. .
Democratic victory in the Third District also would serve
notice on the Republican Party that their hostility to or
ganized labor is utterly unacceptable to those who work
and produce the nation's goods. The Third Disu‘ict includes
Several industrial centers in which labor organization has
made great strides in recent years. especially in the woods
and lumber manufacturing centers. Mr. Savage himself is
a member of a labor union concerned with getting out this
basic material. His election would throw straight back into
the teeth of labor‘s would-be destroyers their fallacious
claim that the majority of organized labor itself favors Re
publican labor-baiting policies.
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3 unremittingly to triumph in the Third District, June 7.
i because two mighty forces are at work today which will
2 determine the social, economic and political future of Amer-
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; ica, and indirectly the world, for many generations of
; time.
i On the one side, the_Democratic Party is, historically
i and by instinct of its followers the force which works for
j progress and the kind of world organization without which
f we cannot hope to have peace.
3 The Republican Party, by the testimony of history and
1 its acts in Congress today, is the party of reaction. Its i
membership, by and large, looks backward. Its financial l
. support comes largely from interests whose concern is not
peace and a happy, prosperous nation and world for all, but
privilege and profits for the few.
By electing Mr. Savage to Congress and defeating Mr.
Mack, Democrats of the Third District will give testimony
to a whole nation which is watching the contest that in
this great, decisive struggle—which is not only nation
wide but world-wide—they are on the side of the common
people who want little more than peace and a chance at
decent life for themselves and their children.
Swedish Bread Ration: May Be Due For Cuts
STOCKHOLM, May 15—(By airmail)——It seems unlikely
that Sweden will be able to maintain the present low bread
rations until the new crop is harvested, said Justice Olof
Soderstrom, head of the Food Commission, in a recent news
paper interview. (Since the beginning of April, 1946. the
Swedish daily ration of bread or flour has been 5.5 ounces.)
Whether a cut will be necessary or not depends on two
things: The imports of grain, and the time when the new
harvest is gathered.
According to information from
“'ashington, Sweden has been
placed on the list of eastern Eu
ropean countries in which a condi
tion of emergency exists. This
decision would seem to indicate
fthat Sweden is regarded as in
capable of solving its' food prob
‘lems alone. Allotments from the
'International Food Commission
'are usually made for the period
‘July 1 to June 30 of the follow
iing year. Last summer Sweden
5 requested a grant of 100.000 tons
:0! wheat to take care of the con
gsumption until September 1‘
‘Eventually Sweden was informed
ithat it had been granted a pre
§ liminary allotment of 59.000, tons
gOf wheat. which was supposed to
stretch until July 1. 1947. Of this
quantity. however. only 9.000 tons
‘were received from the United
States. It now seems probable
that the remaining‘50.000 tons
will arrive during the summer; if
not. the situation will be pre
carious.
Next year. too. Sweden must
depend on imports to the greatest
extent. Due to the hard winter
and other factors. there will be‘
r 38 per cent less winter grain than ‘
in 1946. No less than 25 per cent
of the wLnter wheat acreage and‘
'18 per cent of the winter rye
acreage will. have to be resowed.
Even with current low rations
there may be a dearth of from
200000 M 250000 tons of bread
grains. which the authorities hope
to cover with imports. The
chances for doing away entirely
with the bread rat.ons in 1948 are
extremely small. In fact, of all‘
the staples, only potatoes give
reason for optimism. '
News In Brief
. Sweden and Denmark nave con- 5
cluded a train ;greement which
will run {or one "ear from Feb. 1,
1947. According to this. Swedish
exports to Denmark will be worth
about 830 million, and the punish
deliveries to Sweden a little more
than 831 million. Sweden will send
pulp, cardboard. wallboard, wood
products. chemicals. iron and
steel, tools. machinery. and min
'erals. while Denmark will export
’eggs, cheese. meat, sugar, fruit,
scrap iron. etc.
A mine explosion severely dam
agwl the stern of the new {actor
ship. "ch11." of the Swedish
Llnyd on April 12 of! the south
ernmost coast of Sweden. Crew.
and passengers. numbering 37.-
wore able to leave the sinking:
ship unharmed and were poked;
:up from life boats by another:
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flamed in Copenhagen.
Sweden now has its first diplo
matic representative with the Al
lied occupation authorities in Ber
lin. He is Stig Unger, First Secre
tary of the Foreign Office. who
recently has represented Sweden
in Bremen. He has now been ap
pointed Swedish Consul in Berlin.
For the time being, his territory
will include only the American
zone.
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Strike Of Swedish
Merchant Marine
Officers Settled
STOCKHOLM. May 19. (By
wireless) The dispute betwwn
the Swedish shipping companies
and the masters. deck offiCei-s,
and radio operators of the vaed.
ish merchant fleet. numbering
about 2,000. has been settled be.
fore a special mediation commie
sion after a week of negotiations
Both parties met May 16 to dis
cuss the proposed settlement. The
commission handed them an an
nouncement from the Government
notifying them that an arbitra
tion committee would be appoint
ed by the State to decide in the
matter if the dispute was not set
tled the next day.
At the negotiations. however.
the proposals of the mediation
commission were accepted by both
parties. and the officers went
back to work. This is probably
the first time that Government
decree has been submitted in a
Swedish labor conflict while dis
cussions were still in progress.
The Government's action is ex
plained on the ground that a
drawn-out conflict might have had
a catastrophic effect on Sweden‘s
economic life.
All in all some seventy-fiw
ships were involved in the strike
The reason why this number was
so comparatively small is that nf<
ficers of Swedish merchant ships
are not permitted to muster out
in foreign ports.
Twenty-six scholarships for
studies in the United Statcs. val
ued at 116,200 kronor (832.000:
were announced at a meeting in
Stockholm on March 18 of thn
Sweden - American Foundation
Crown Prince Gustaf Ado]! at
tended the meeting. after which
a group of visiting American
scholars. who are studying in
Sweden under the auspices of The
American-Scandinavian Founda
tion. were introduced to him.
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