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Guess Early on 1948 Presidential Candidates Truman Seen as Standard-Bearer of the Democratic Party; Dewey Faces Fight In New York to Stay in GOP Race. ) By BAUKHAGE AWj Analyst and Commentator. WNC Service, 1616 Eye Street N.W., Washington, D. C. National elections still are three years away, but Washington politi cians and news correspondents? particularly the latter?already are selecting "men to be watched." The next campaign will be nor mal in at least one respect, name ly, that the Democratic candidate for all practical purposes already has been chosen. Unless the par ty's hierarchy wishes to confess failure of a policy of government it has espoused with only occasional departures, the ticket will be headed by President Harry S. Truman. As a matter of fact, that can now be dismissed from conjecture; unless fate intervenes, Truman is the can didate. However, passing of a President and the elimination from the po litical scene of an incumbent in the vice presidency, plus election of a Democratic mayor in New York City have combined to encourage election forecasting. Mayor-elect William O'Dwyer will not figure per sonally, but because he ran rough shod over the nominee of Governor Thomas E. Dewey, head of the Re publican national ticket in 1944, he has brought national Implication! into what otherwise would have been simply a municipal ballot. Who will be Truman's running mate, currently is a popular sub ject of debate in political circles. Whom the Republicans will place 1 on their ticket runs a close second. ' Taking those developments up in ' inverse order, attention first comes to Governor Dewey. His was the presidential chance discounted by the election of O'Dwyer in New York City, over Josiah Goldstein, a former Democrat turned Republi can?a circumstance that didn't 1 help him one bit in an overwhelm ingly Democratic community head ed for the past 12 years by Mayor i LaGuardia. The Little Flower de fled description by party label, but ' his replacement on January 1 will i be regarded as substitution of a Democrat for a Republican. No one 1 familiar with New York state poll- i tics needs to be told how poor are i the chances of a candidate for | governor who lacks city support, i Dewey faces the New York elec- I torate two years hence. And he does it, recent history indicates, ' without city backing. If he fails to gain another term at Albany, that, plus his defeat for the presidency, ' Just about ends him as a contender. Strong COP , Compotitorg Loom Auumlni, if only tor the take of I developing the thought, that thit 1 diagnosis by Washington scribes is I accurate, upon whom does the i mantle fall? The subject becomes difficult at that juncture, but there i are two who stand out to far in I front of other aspirants as to make i them virtually alone in the field. One it a disciple of the old school, the other an ultra-modern in poll- l tics?the former, Senator Arthur i Vandenburg at Michigan; the lat- < tar, former Governor Harold Stas- < ten of Minnesota. A close third, i and a vigorous contender, is ex- I Governor John Bricker of Ohio. A I political catalogue could hardly re- I cord three more differing types. Senator Vandenburg is the most I politically orthodox of the three. His 1 experience in public life has been i confined wholly to the United States I senate, but he has made the best of every political break. A forceful | orator, he captures headlines, is 1 known throughout the country, i There is no bluster to his oratory; i It has been pointed at specific ob- 1 jects and he has clicked. With the ! country facing an era of intematkm- j al dealings of transcendent impor- ; tance, be is well versed in world < affairs. He was chosen over several { other illustrious party members as < a Republican delegate to the Unit- I ad Nations conference at Sen Fran- i cisco, where he acquitted himself < well. i In the field of labor relations?sec- i end today only to international I problems?he was the sponsor of 1 the recent labor-management meet- i inga in Washington, which, if they I did no more, proved that employers and employees can sit down at the 1 same table and discuss their dif- I ferences even if they cannot eradi ? cate them. That was a major step ping stone toward amity. It was la beled the President's Labor-Man agement Conference. Both sides, and the rest of the nation, know it was Vandenburg's. ? Former Governor Stassen stands in a position to become the first veteran of World War II to become President, just as the incumbent. President Truman, is the first vet eran of World War I to achieve that high estate. Stassen has youth plus experience as the chief administra tor of a state which is important politically and geographically. Like Vandenburg, he also was a delegate to San Francisco, but in any frank appraisal of their roles in interna tional politics, he must give ground to the Michigan senator. However, Stassen has captured popular imag ination by his forward-looking atti tude toward the tantamount subject of the day, the atomic bomb. He has a faculty for capitalizing on issues. uovernor nncKer laces intr ui a w back that "he's been to the well" before. He failed to win the Re publican presidential nomination in 1944 and had to be content with sec ond place. But who could win against the wave of Dewey senti ment then washing over the nationT That he has made a splendid state administrator even Democrats ad mit. What he lacks is recogni tion outside his own state; he has suffered from the accusation that he is provincial. His declarations on foreign affairs as a vice presi dential candidate a year ago weren't marked for their profundity, weren't convincing. Unless all pres ent plans miscarry, Bricker will try for the United States senate. That would give him the national sounding, board he needs. Bricker is handsome (an attribute which cannot be overlooked in these days of women's vote), he's an able speaker and a war veteran. The latter will be a factor to be carefully weighed when the 1946 ticket is made up. And this time he'U have the wholehearted support of Senator Robert A. Taft of his home state, something he lacked in a practical sense before. Taft was a candidate himself. This time he says he will not be. Democrat! Vim for Viem Presidency On the Democratic tide, the goal hopefuls will be shooting for is the rice presidential nomination. The Beld is rather open, but not to the more obvious personages. There is, Df course, no vice president today. Senator Kenneth McKellar func tions on the job as president pro tern of the senste. Actually, in ?pita of public thought to the con trary, that doesn't make him the second highest officer of the federal government. Protocol places the speaker of the house next to the President. As a matter of record. President Truman has asked con gress to enact legialatlon creating statutory succesaion to the presi dency with the speaker preferred Dver the president pro tern of the senate should vacancies occur in both the presidency and the vice presidency. Translated Into sports talk, McKellar is "in on a pass." In any event, McKellar will be approaching 80 years of age when the next convention rolls around and would be out of the running on that score if for no other reason. A dark horse in the long-range predictions is Senator Brian Mc Mahon of Connecticut A first-term member, be trimmed the popular and able Senator John Danaher, Republican, to win his office. He las many of the attributes which iron votes for Thomas Dewey a year ago?he's young, just turned 12; ha has proved himself an able prosecutor while serving as chief if the criminal division in the de partment of justice when he cleaned up such messes as the Harlan mine outlawry; he's a White House inti mate, a vigorous speaker, self-made man with a substantial accumula tion of worldly goods gained in the practice of law, and he's chairman sf the senate's committee to develop national policy on atomic energy. In gaining the latter distinction, tie overthrew the senate seniority rule and by-passed older members who aspired to that important post. | BARBS . . . fey Baukhaf It I* generally admitted that the United States emerges from the war an ialand of capitalism in a sea of leftist countries. Whether ere can withstand the tides that are moving toward state Socialism and the cur tailment of private property de pends on whether ere work together or light among ourselvee. The heav iest primes is tram within not When Admiral Nimitx was wel comed in Washington, planes In for mation spelled out his name in the air. "Some stunt to make a Z," an onlooker remarked to me. But sup pose they had to spell out risen how erl After the parade there was a wild mixup among oops, soldiers, sailors and marines, but fortunately the "K-Nlne" dog detachment didn't I RUBBER O.I. FOOLS ENEMY ... A "Long Tom," made ot robber, weighing only 250 pounds and regis tered under the nomenclature ot pneumatic gun, 155-mm., M.I., is an example of deception and camouflage used by the U. 8. army in World War n. Insert shows a rubber soldier, attired in G.I. clothing, as he stands on guard. The army also used rubber decoy LCT boats, rubber Jeeps and tanks to draw enemy fire. BULL SESSIONS AT "OLD HEN'S TOWN" . . . Disraeli pithily summed up man's life cycle thus: "Yoatb is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret." The state of Maine has taken a mighty step towards eliminating the regret from old age with the establishment of the community for old men outside the town of Jefferson, near Augusta. The rocking-chair statesmen are prepared to give opinions on everything from OFA to the atomic bomb and many verbal battles result nlgbtly. FASHIONS Or BT-GONE DATS . . . Homecoming at Flora McDonald college. Bed Springs, N. C., featured the costumes of other days, as well aa the latest in modem styles. A riding skirt, bnilt for side-saddle riding, was among the creations. The tennis scores most have been ter rific with the lfi-ponad skirts. BEAUTY BUNS FROM MOUSE . . . Prise wiuer la the Mth tnul shew B Hereford Cat Ctab at America, Chieafo, proves that she eaa tenors the lewly mease by majestically walktac away. Lady Arts Is se appity that she aetaaBy term her back ea aaythiay as lewly as a moose. IShs was sotsrsd la the shew by Mrs. BlSasy P. Gray, Chieaye, sad was oaoofthe favorites et the great felfao msdtla. Prise eats (rem al paris ri aatfaa csmpstsd bs show. \ ? - ?i-... . . ..11. ? | - la HEAVYWEIGHT BABY ... Dr. H. B. Fraley, physician of Ashland, Ky., made delivery of a 19-poond son to; Mr. and Mrs. John Castle, Decern- j her 9. He stated that it was the largest baby he had ever seen. FOREIGN LANGUAGES . . . Al tbonfh they (peak different Un iu<n, inseparable pals are Polly and Baa aky, parrot and Riit? ter rier pets at Mr. and Mrs. E3Hst E. Wmpsm, New Tack CMy. They lees to wrestle cask ether. ' Jf PAT HURLEY ALWAYS A STORMY PETREL WASHINGTON ?This town, dead ly afraid of peacetime boredom, pricked up its ears and licked its chops when Pat Hurley issued his stentorian resignation as ambassa dor to China. It then settled down to enjoy a good show. Washington has known Pat ever since 1912 when as a dashing young attorney from Oklahoma he used to appear before congressional com mittees for the Choctaw nation, and they know he always puts on a good show. Once in testifying be fore the senate insular affairs com mittee as secretary of war, Pat shouted: "You cannot call me a liar. You can run your star-cham ber sessions without me. I have taken all I can stand." Whereupon he flounced out of the room. Some years earlier, Pat ap peared before the house Indian af fairs committee to oppose opening the tribal rolls of the Choctaw na tion to certain Indians who claimed they were euchered out of their tribal lands. And he was severely criticized by Webster Ballinger, who pointed out that just two years be fore, Hurley 'had represented the Wards, an Indian family which sought to have the Choctaw tribal rolls opened. Thus Hurley was in the position of arguing on both sides of the same question in the brief period of two years. Pat was not quite as ferocious in those days, however, and for some unexplained reason did not threaten to kick Ballinger out of the com mittee room. PATRICK J. O'HURLEY Pat Hurley has come a long way from those days when Oklahoma was an Indian territory. Born O'Hurley, he dropped the "O" and the Catholic religion of his father to become a Baptist, and after working his way through an Indian college, he had the courage to come to Washington, take a law de gree at George Washington, and marry the daughter of Adm. Henry B. Wilson, then and now one of the most beautiful ladies in the capital. It is a long way from such lowly beginnings to his more recent inter views with Joe Stalin, his airplane flights through the Near East, and his powerful position as the right bower of Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek. But Pat has staged a colorful personal row at almost every mile stone along the way. In Chungking, he first rowed with Gen. A1 Wedemeyer over the ques tion of sending a mission to the so called Communist section of China to evaluate the importance of its military strength. For a while he and Wedemeyer weren't speaking to each other though they occupied ad joining bedrooms in the same house. Later at a Chungking cocktail party, Wedemeyer's chief of staff, Maj. Gen. Robert B. McClure, chided Hurley for sending General Marshall a telegram of protest against Wedemeyer. "You pup," boiled the ex-cow puncher from Oklahoma, "I've shot men for less than that." Guests had to separate the two men. The Chinese looked on, amused but not impressed. In China it brings severe loss of face to fight in public. "Pat is Pat," mused FDR when informed of the fuss, "and there's nothing you can do about him." CHRISTMAS CAROLS If you happen near the secondary office of Rep. Leslie Arends of Illi oois, house Republican whip, deep in the sub-basement of the capitol, you can hear strange sounds echo ing through the catacomb-like cor ridors. Arends and his five colleagues are getting their voices in trim for a special trans-Atlanatic broadcast of Christmas carols ? in which six members of the British parliament also will Join?to be aired by the Mutual network on December 20. Familiar carols, such as "Oh, Ut ile Town of Bethlehem" and "Harkl The Herald Angels Sing" will be rendered by the legislators. The Americans and Britons will do a joint rendition of "Silent Night." The other members of the Arends sextet are GOP Representatives Harve Tibbott of Pennsylvania, Paul Shafer of Michigan, Harry Towe of New Jersey, Frank Fellows of Maine and William Hill of Colorado. The singing congressmen occa sionally vary their practice sessions with "Sweet Adeline," according to Macon Reed, Mutual news report er, a former army corporal who is helping to arrange the Christmas broadcast. However, Reed insists there is no "liquid encouragement" at such times. CAPITAL CHAFF California's new young Republican Sen. William F. Knowland was the only member of the senate to chal lenge Sen. Jim Eastland of Missis sippi recently when Eastland made a lengthy speech attacking U. S. poli cy in Germany as too severe. . . . General Marshall was slated to be come a director of the American Red Cross before Truman decided to send him to China. . . . Former GOP Congressman Mel Mass of Minnesota, a colonel in the marine aviation reserve. Is back In Wash ANOTHER I > 1 A General Quiz " J The Questions 1. What is the meaning when ? locomotive has two white flags an its front? 2. Who was the first Roman em peror to embrace Christianity? 3. How many men of our umwf, which reached a wartime peak 3,389,000, did not serve oversea*? 4. How many signs of the aofiac start with the letter "a"? 5. What is the total popnliiliaa of the United States? 6. How does a dog's nonad body temperature compare with ? human's? 7. What is a wombat? 8. What President of the United States was born on the fourth af July? 9. Simon Bolivar led the Soak American revolutionary struggles which resulted in the independ ence of what are now how many countries? 10. Do anthropoid apes produce twins? The Answer* 1. It is a special train. 2. Constantine the Great. 3. Only 7 per cent. 4. Two, Aries and Aquarius. 5. The population is 139.U2JMI an increase of more than 8,600,000 over the year 1940. 6. Higher (101 degrees). 7. A burrowing animal, hmui bling a small bear. From Austrafia. 8. Calvin Coolidge. 9. Six: Venezuela, Colombia. Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Bo livia. 10. Although anthropoid apes more closely resemble man thaw do any other animals, they rarefy produce twins. The only scien tific record of such a double birth is that of the chimpanzees that were born on June 26, 1933, in the Yale Laboratory of Primate Itinin gy in Orange Park, Florida. 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