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Political Trend Points
Return to Conservatism
(Wallace-Jones Fight Indicates Movement in
Congress; 'Regular* Democrats Vie
With 'Leftists' In Party.
By BAUKHAGE
Nsws Analyst and Common tator.
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C.
As wo contemplate the second
month of the political calendar one
thing is clear and that is the strong
conservative trend in the congress
as a whole and within the structure
of the two major parties as well.
Many straws show clearly the way
the prevailing winds have been
blowing. One was the Jones-Wallace
controversy which soon became a
senate versus Wallace - Roosevelt
controversy. Another was the turn
taken in the battle over the national
service bill which developed Into a
flght against the fair employment
practices policy and the closed
shop. Behind both these moves
there was a play of forces which
marks the beginning of a struggle
which will make the biggest post
war story on the domestic front.
The opposition to Wallace had
many and complicated ramifications
but it revealed the conservative
trend both in congress as a whole
and within the Democratic party.
Within the party it was a struggle
between the "regulars" and the CIO
political action committee adher
ents, something which is being re
flected in the conduct of the party
organization, too. When Democratic
National Chairman Hannegan was
questioned as to whether he was
going to work with the ClO-PAC he
answered that he would welcome
their assistance, but in the same
breath added: "and other independ
ent organizations." The inference
drawn hv the ranortar? was that
the two group! would pursue their
separate ways. It is reported that
Wallace was offered a deal by
which his confirmation as secretary
of commerce would be assured and
perhaps RFC powers left under the
department of commerce. If he
would agree to put a "safe" man
in to administer the government
lending. This would have meant
breaking with his CIO-PAC follow
ing and Wallace naturally refused.
That Illustrates what rivalry there
exists between liberal and conserva
tive elements within the Democratic
party. It is also whispered that a
campaign has begun by which the
Democrats hope to pare down the
influence of the CIO-PAC. The
scheme is to build a strong coalition
between the southern Democrats and
the northern big city bosses.
Compart W alloc*
To Bryan
The Democratic "regular*" claim
they have no (ear of Wallace aa a
succeaaful contender for the presi
dentlal nomination In 1MB, although
they admit that he la the on* man In
?public life, now that Willkie is gone,
?hue* leadership would be most
fllkely to unite both liberal and radi
cal support. But they claim he is
another William Jennings Bryan,
much more intellectual but with the
same fate in store for him: often a
bridesmaid, never a bride.
The Wallace supporters talk quite
differently. They aay any man who
could rally 4S9H votes last summer
at Chicago could get enough of the
necessary additional 105V4 by IMS
and that every time bad, big busi
ness assaults him as it did through
the friends of Jess* Jones, his stock
with the "common man" and "little
business" whom and which he con
stantly champions, will go higher.
In other words, the louder the
Wall street "wolf-pack" howls the |
mac* the CIO "pack" grin*. This
reasoning la based on those two
somewhat paradoxical observations
"we love him for the enemies he
makes" and "every knock a boost."
That la the "leftist" reason*^, and
whether or not the "regulars" think
it is sound, they have to take it into
consideration. In any case the op
position to Wallace on both sides of
'both houses of congress shows the
conservative color of the legislative
body.
t As to the party organizations, they
have indicated that they intend to
put their faith in works. On the
'same day (January S3) both Re
publican and Democratic national
?chairmen announced that their re
spective political machines would
start raining on a full-time basis.
As I said, ltr. Hannegan revealed
Ibis attitude toward the left-wingers
.of his party by implying that
{Messrs. Hfflman. Murray, *t al
'would peddle their own canoes.
COP Stay*
To Right
There wee a significant develop
ment at the Republican committee
meeting, too. The single challenge
to Mr. Brownell dealt with the Ques
tion of thunder from the left and it
apparently fell on entirely deaf
aara. The one unfriendly voice at the
' meeting came from a aupporter of
Harold Stassen of Minneaota, the
prospective liberal candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination.
The revolter arose to charge that
Mr. Brownell had alienated the
labor vote because of his connection
with a law Arm which handled the
business of large corporations. No
body in the committee denied the
soft impeachment publicly.
It is whispered that the Republi
cans are not worrying about an ap
peal to labor for they have a theory
that they can attract tha vote of the
returned soldier because they say
he will lean to the right. This is the
way one of the "regulars" expressed
it to me.
"There is something about a uni
form," he said, "that makes a man
patriotic and conservative. He is
anxious to settle down and raise a
family. He wants to have property
of his own. He's tired of being
housed and fed and clothed on gov
ernment issue. Also he is through
taking chances; over there he
thought of America as home and
home means something solid, sane
and safe. The Republican party is
the natural place for him," the big
wig concluded.
I am not saying that the reason
ing of cither party is correct but I
am reporting what appears to ba
the general atmosphere both on
Capitol hill and elsewhere where
the politicians gather to mull over
affairs.
As to the temper ot congress as a
whole as illustrated in both the
Wallace and the national service
controversies we can see that the
former southern Democrat-Republi
can coalition is working as smoothly
as ever and keen observers predict
that its hand will be shown when
ever similar questions are at issue
in the future.
Just where the President stands is
not yet discernible. But there
again, there is a strong feeling on
Capitol hill that when he replaced
"Dr. New Deal" with "Dr. Win-the
War," as he himself put it, he had
no intention of placing the country
under the care of the former medico
when peace returned. This is the way
one old timer who has supported the
administration on most issues for
the last 12 years put it to me:
"The President says he is still
steering a little left of center. He
may think so. But I can tell you
that whether he knows it or not the
old ship of state is going to nose
to starboard this session."
And that would seem to be what is
happening if we Judge from the first
leg of the voyage. In any case there
is going to be a tight to keep a con
servative hand on the old ship's
tiller.
SHANGRI-LA IN PACIFIC
The army air (ore* ha* discovered
a new nation, a tiny little com
munity, high up In the mountains ot
New Guinea. No white man is
known to have visited it before, and
not even neighboring natives had
been there. Surrounded on two sides
by mountains rising to the height
of 15 or 16 thousand feet, the third
side by an impassable swamp, the
valley- is cut off on the fourth side
by a jungle-like forest several miles
wide. The river runs through the
valley, which la about 5 by SO miles,
and then disappears, apparently
into the earth. The lost tribe living
In the valley has developed an ex
tensive irrigation system, army ob
servers report At first they were
frightened by planes ? now they
wave at our airmen, who come quite
low and are able to report that the
native clothing consists entirely of
strings of beads worn around tha
neck.
Because the land la so extensively
cultivated, there la no large stretch
suitable for a landing, and the air
force has enough to do these days
to prevent It from landing troops
by parachutes. But ethnologists and
other scientists win make a bee
line for New Guinea as soon as the
war la over.
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BARBS ... by Baukhagt
A headline mji the Japanese Im
perial Diet la to b? strengthened.
'But where wlll^they get the riceT
' German Volkuturm troopa are
mow wearing museum
There la a ehortage of telephone
opera tore at th? capitoL The time
go the aid of the party line.
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A man haa to be a pretty Sat tire
U his girl doesn't even wave her
hair when he leaves.
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The political tots wha' has wi*
Wallace bled at the Democratic na
tional convention in Chicago, seem
to be growing up rapidly and tbey
are stm loyal to him. "Better to be
the hoed o* the oommons than the
tail a1 the gentry."
Ice Fishing a Popular Sport
The "eompleat angler" la undeterred by (now, sleet, lee or any of
Mother Nature's vagaries. In tbe frozen wastes of Maine, the sport has
becomo an institution. Climax of the expedition is, of course, the eating
of the fish. The lire is built right on the lee and the Ash cleaned and
fried on the spot.
New Non-Stop Flight Record
Flying non-stop from Prestwlek, Scotland, to La Gnardia Bold, New
Tork, completing the 3,315-mile flight in leu than 17 honri, the crew of
an air transport command Douglas C-54 established a new record
and was the first regularly scheduled cargo plane to make the non-stop
flight. The crew was made up of civilians.
Basketball Aboard Carrier |!*
Nary pilots uinc the forward elevator wen of a task force SS ear- i
r+er far their regalar basketball |aae. These pilots took to the air i
dally, darinf the Guam occupation, to strafe enemy troops. I
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Under Luzon Fire
These drawings were made by
Norman Mlllett Thomas, Portland.
Me., as a member of the eoast
guard aiding in the landings at
Luzon. They were drawn during the
Luzon mopping up by American
troops. This particular beachhead
was secured at great loss.
Boy Hero Reenlists
Francis DeSales Glover, Pitts
burgh, who was discharged from the
army air force when officials
learned he had enlisted at 14. He
had won distinguished flying cross,
air medal with four clusters, purple
heart. Presidential citation and
wings. Now IT, with his mother's
consent, he has enlisted for combat
air service.
Badge of Courage
Streaked with Mood from wounds
and bona, C. S. sailor reports at
sick bay lor treatment following a
naval battle in the Lingayen golf.
Capture Clark Field
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Capture at Clark Be Id ea Luzon
with Ha IS airatrtpa an (free
the Facile air force a atreamliaed
laal air haaa from which to at
tack tha Sap hall haaaa at Ckiaa.
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1. In what year did the Capitol
in Washington, D. C., burn?
2. Through which country in
South America does the equator
run? *
3. Which is wider at its widest
point, North America or South
America?
4. What was the nationality of
the man who devised the univer
sal language, Esperanto?
5. What is a limited edition of a
book?
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use as her motto?
7. What state in the United
States is bound by only one other
Slave ;
8. What is the average depth of
the ocean?
9. Which is heavier, the sun or
the earth?
10. By what other name are the
West Indies known?
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1. In 1814 (during the War of
1812).
2. Colombia.
3. South America.
4. Russian (Dr. L. Zamenhof).
5. An edition of which the pub
lisher guarantees there will be no
more copies printed after the first
stipulated and comparatively
small amount.
6. Quand meme (In spite of all).
7. Maine (by New Hampshire).
8. About 2% miles.
9. Scientists say the sun is 700
times heavier than the total
weight of the 9 planets.
10. The Antilles.
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