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Will Have an Advantage in the Campaign Depend*, on Who the Republican Nominee I* Ar Article by Stanley H.gh ir. the cur rent Reader*. Digest begins with this paragraph: *Tbe Democratic party, enters the 1952 campaign with advantages so formidable that the Republicans have almost no chance of victory short of a miracie in political leadership.” Then Mr High proceeds to give his reas ons for this opinion. These reasons are in two categories: (1) those based on the voting record in the last quarter of a cen tury, showing a succession of Democratic victories in states that used to be counted on as Ease for the Republicans and (2) those based on the advantage the Demo crats have in the form of patronage, sub sidies to large elements of voters, and a gigantic government publicity and propa ganda organization. I am presenting here a condensation of what Mr. High says about the vexing record. The Democrats star with 128 electoral votes from the solid South plus 20 from 3 near-coiid border states for a total of 154. With Truman retiring, these vote* seem sure. Only 112 more are needed to make up the 266 votes that mean victory. To get them, the Democrats need gain no new territory; they need to hold only North ern and Western states that have been go ing Democratic consistently since 1928. The four most populous states in the Union (New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California) have 135 electoral votes, which is 23 more than the Democrats need in addition to the 154 votes from the South and the 3 border states. New York has gone Democratic in every Presidential election since 1928 except in 1948 and in that year went Republican only because Wallace, running on a third-party ticket, got 500,000 votes that normally would have been in the Democratic column. Dewey won in New York by only 60,000 out of a total Republican-Democratic vote of 5,621,000. But for the Wallace split-off, New York would have gone Democratic by at least 400,000. .... In Pennsylvania the 1948 Republican victory was by a narrow margin, largely due to the votes piled up by the Philadelphia machine. Last fall this machine was swept out of power by the Democrats for the first time in 67 years. . . . California has gone to the Democrats in every Presi dential election since 1928. Their victory in 1948 was in spite of the fact that the state’s popular Governor, Warren, was running for Vice-President on the Republi can ticket. . . . Illinois has gone Democratic in every Presidential election since 1928. Adlai Stevenson’s great popularity, whether it’s President or Governor he runs for, makes a Democratic victory there more than ever likely. The Republicans have only two states, Maine and Vermont, with 8 electoral votes, that they can count on for sure. They need 258 more votes to win. Where are these coming from? Mr. High’s opinion about the Democrats’ advantage appears all the more reasonable when you recall that in 1948 they carried 13 states that he does not even mention (the number of electoral votes of each being shown here in parenthesis): Colorado (6), Idaho (4), lowa (10), Massa chusetts (16), Minnesota (11), Montana (4), Nevada (3), Ohio (25), Rhode Island (4), Utah (4), Washington (8), Wisconsin (12), and Wyoming (3). These 13. states have 110 electoral votes. By getting only half of the 110 the Democrats could lose the votes of both Pennsylvania and Illinois and still win. Th*: combination would give them 154 plus 55 plus New York's 47 plus Cal ifornia's 25. a total of 281. or 15 more than the 266 needed to win. Now we come to “the catch in it.” That is Mr. High’s assumption that the Demo crats car. count on. absolutely. 154 votes from what he calls the solid South and 3 near-solid border states. The terms solid and near-solid, as apphed to these states, are not necessarily always true. They were not true in 1928. for in that year Hoover ear ned several Southern states besides the border states. They were not true in 1948. for in that year 4 southern states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina i were earned by the bolting States Rights Democrats. There are a pood many of us w ho believe that with the right candidate—by whom of course we mean Eisenhower—the Republi cans car. again break the so-called solid South. And if Eisenhower’s appeal to the voters is strong enough for him to break the solid South it is certainly strong enough for him. to wir. ir other states where the Demo crats have not nearly so strong a hold. It ha* beer, proven over and over again that a man whom, the people want can get votes far exceeding the number that is supposed to represent party strength. One example is tfTe Republican Warren, out in Califom.a. who. running for Governor, has been victorious in one election after another when other offices were captured by the Democrats. Another example is Governor Stevenson in Illinois, who carried the state by more than half a million in 1948 when Truman carried it by only 33,000. A demon stration of what a remarkable overturn in dependent voters can achieve was the elec tion of Impelliteri as mayor of New York City. All the wise guys in politics said he could not possibly win, but he did. Mr. High says that, to win, the Republi cans need “a miracle in political leadership.” He ss wrong. They do not need a miraculous leader. AH they n#-ed is a man who embodies principles and. politics that the people be lieve in and who has convinced the people that he possesses, all in high degree, integ rity, intelligence, and good judgment. And the Republicans have such a man in the person of Eisenhower. If they nominate him they will have an excellent chance to win. If they do not, they are as good as beaten before they start the campaign. We will find out week after next whether they have seized their chance or thrown it away. If the preference of the majority of the Republicans in the country determined who should be the party’s candidate for Presi dent there is little doubt that Eisenhower would be nominated, but the nomination is made not by the majority of party members but by the delegates to the convention. Some of these delegates reflect rank-and-file opinion but many respond only to the com mands of party leaders. Some are hitched tightly on this or that side, some not so tightly; and there are some who preserve a real independence. These latter may play a decisive role in a close contest. Naturally they listen with respect to the opinion of high-level leaders in their party who have remained uncommitted to either candidate up to the eve of the convention. Therefore, when one of these high-level leaders aban dons neutrality and states his preference, as ex-Senator Sinclair Weeks of Massachu setts, chairman of the Republican finance committee, did this week, it is a really important event. 7’he adherents of Eisen hower have good cause for jubilance at a statement from Weeks in which he suggest ed that Taft withdraw from the race and support Eisenhower. “General Eisenhower, our ablest public administrator and our most inspiring leader, is my candidate for the Republican nom ination,” Weeks said. “For almost three years as national fi nance Chairman I have abstained from activity in behalf of any candidate, but the time has now arrived when, as a member of the Republican National Committee and a delegate to the convention, I must take a position and I do so most enthusiastically. “Dwight Eisenhower will win in Novem i>er, will carry a Republican Congress w-ith him, and will make a great President.’’ Porches and Verandas Porch and veranda are interchangeable words. Ordinarily either one would serve my purpose, and my choice would be porch be cause that’s the word that’s used in this part of the world and the one that J was brought Up with. The reason I am putting them both down here is that I have recently been reading two pieces about porches (or verandas), one by Frank Sullivan, entitled THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY, CHAPEL HILL, N. C. "The Front Porch.” in the magazine, House and Garden, and one an editorial, entitled "The Vanishing Veranda.” in the New York Herald Tribune. Beth extol the part of a house where people sit in the open air and both lament that in these days it is not held in as high regard a* it used to be. The editorial writer recalls sentimentally “verandas latticed and vine-hung, verandas over which wistaria, the trumpet flower and the woodbine have clambered and twined for many a summer,” and then goes on to say: * ‘The veranda, as a look at today’s ar chitecture will reveal, is a vanishing thing. Sometimes it is doubtfully replaced by a flagstone terrace from which a man must flee, dragging his cushions behind him, when summer showers descend. Much is lost from country living when the veranda vanishes. Gone are the latticed, leafy inter stices through which the south wind whis pered and moths and moonlight crept. A wistaria must find some other place to droop its fragrance. A trumpet vine must trumpet beauty elsewhere. A honeysuckle must head South to discuss with jasmine on a pillared gallery the odd way of Northern ers. And a veranda robin must retreat to the woodshed or to a bird house nakedly nailed to the garage. ”No longer is there a squeaking porch swing and a wide rail sufficient to serve for ten additional chairs when the gang drops in. A man is lucky if he is left with even a back porch, cluttered with garden tools and pails, as a place to perch an arm chair which has often become a strange thing made of tin and tubing. “In the name of a June moon and all meanderers, in the name of honeysuckle going to waste on a wire fence, let the veranda come back!” Sam Seiden Get* Honorary Degree from Illinois College Paying high tribute to his contributions “to the develop ment of a vital American the atre,” Illinois College has con ferred an honorary degree of doctor of letters upon Samuel Seiden, director of the Caro lina Playmakers and chairman |of the University’s depart ment of dramatic art. The degrae was conferred at the college’s recent com mencement by President H. Gary Hudson. In his citation, President Hudson said the trustees on recommen flat ion of the faculty have conferred the degree upon Seiden in recognition of his distinguish ed contributions to the Ameri can theatre as critic and teacher, producer and writer.’’ Selden’s role in the growing movement for outdoor his torical dramas was particular ly cited. He directed “For ever This written by Kermit Hunter and produced at New Salem Park in Illinois last summer. This pageant will be staged again this sum mer. President Hudson said that Seiden has directed ‘The Lost Colony” since it opened in 1937, that in 1950 he served as adviser for Kermit Hun ter’s “Unto These Hills” at Cherokee, and that this sum mer he is supervising the pro duction of Hunter’s latest play, “Horn in the West” at Boone. “These outdoor perform WHO'S ZOO-ON THE HIGHWAY ~'**' ~«.. j»~j || tmt <h»C—%4»N^Cfc DON'T BE A TURTLE M •**• open rood. Ivt if y«o mu* crawl, dtew othon room to pom. |ances of plays dealing with I regional history have given pleasure to many thousands |of people, but they are doing more than that,” President Hudson said. ‘They are pro viding a sound basis for in formed patriotism, grounded in an appreciation of our heritage and a knowledge of I the men and events that have Jmade us strong.” Seiden came to the Univer sity of North Carolina in 1927 as instructor of English and | technical director of the Caro lina Playmakers. In 1944 he succeeded the late Frederick H. Koch as the director of the Playmakers and in 1945 was named professor and head of the department of dramatic art. Quakers’ 300th Anniversary * Quakers from all over the world will assemble at Oxford, England, July 28, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the establishment of the Society of Friends. There will be 900 delegates. Among the 403 from the United States will be William Brown of Chapel Hill. Kappler Visits Here Hugo Kappler, former Uni versity basketball co-captain, visited here this week. He is in the Army and will leave this country soon for duty in Korea. Summer Is for Silence (From the Vineyard Gazette) It is too bad. but one must admit that the beginning of summer is the beginning of the noisy season. A good deal of the racket that is going to disturb our vacationing friends and patrons in the weeks to come will be nmde bv auto mobile horns, racing engmes; and other mechanical contrivances, but we must all recognize the fact that, basically and prime vally, it is people who are noisy. If we could get rid of people, we could get rid of noise. Well, yes, it might not work out, so the next best thing is to persuade the human race to go easy. Especially in summer, and especially on the Vineyard, we should like to see respect for the silences, the peace and tranquility craved by visitors from the modem Baby lons of concrete and steel. All sounds are not noise. Laughter is not noise, and the cries of small children are usually not noise, grumpy dissenters to the contrary. The incidental, lively sounds, properly spaced in daylight hours, are a necessary and desirable accompaniment of living. To. a certain extent they go with the cries of gulls, the pounding of surf, and the far off eeriness of hoot owl and whippoorwill. The point of this reflection is an impor tant one, for it means that no reaj constraint is needed to avoid noise. People may be natural and happy without so much as a ripple of this kind of nuisance—and there fore it’s asking very little in the way of effort, and no sacrifice whatever, to suggest that they avoid din and racket and all the unpleasant clamor that adds nothing to their proper self-expression yet afflicts the privacy of their fellow-citizens. THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY is on Bale at Miss Stella Lyon’s in the post office lobby, S utton’s Drugstore, Carolina Pharmacy, Danziger’s, Eubanks’ Drugstore, Jeff’s, Sloan’s Drugstore, Village Pharmacy, Scuttlebutt, Colonial Drugstore, Carolina Inn, Dairyland at Glen Lennox, and (in Carrboro) Senter’s Drugstore. UNIVERSITY TRUCKING COM pany; local and long distance house hold moving, contract hauling car go insurance. 100 East Franklin St. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Phone 4041 or see Ross or James Norwood at University Service Station. DEPENDABLE WRECKER service 24 hours a day. Poe Motor Company. Phone day 6681, night 2-3441. RUGS: WE CARRY IMPORTED and domestic hooked rugs. Also Klearflax linen and all-wool rugs. Whitehall Shop. FOR SALE: 6-ROOM HOUSE. Hardwood floors, plaster walls, in sulated, weather stripped, electric hot water heater, oil heat, newly painted inside. Last house on Rog erson Dr. Phone 2-5468. WE. CARRY A FINE SILVER polish, a fine brass polish, and a fine furniture polish. Each one is the boat you can get for its pur pose. Whitehall Shop. FOR RENT: FURNISHED TWO bedroom house on Wyrick St. Available July 1. S6O per month. Contact Mrs. Patty, 2-6642 after 5 P.M. FOR QUICK SALE OR RENT We invite you to list your home with us. COLONIAL INSURANCE A REALTY CO. Smith Building H. W. Wentworth WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN THE hundreds of Chapel Hill families who wash the automatic way at our laundry. It is economical, sani tary, convenient. Shop at nearby ■wiper markets while your laundry is being finished. Complete drying service. Yes, the Cheshires would like to serve YOU at Rosemary Automatic Laundry, ,329 West Rosemary Street. Telephone 6121. RADIO AND TELEVISION pair 24 hours service in most cases. Ogburn Furniture Co. Phone 6841. WANTED BY 31 - YEAR-OLD woman: Interesting job with in teresting people; preferably morn ings 8 to 12 o’clock. Salary not as important as long-range opportun ity. Call 2-8628. |r^;--«;frt-fv^ l ..;^._..„ r ....„...„ WfittVf . t . ft-t|i>jjjj Investments Need Direction The old story of the Knight who mounted his horse and charged off in all directions can’t happen here. Investments cannot be successfully managed with out some direction or purpose. Our business involves helping you decide on just what your goal is, and then selecting the investments best calculated to reach that goal. When you have purchased these securities our real job begins . . . keeping you ap prised of developments therein and our advice thereon. FIRST SECURITIES CORPORATION INVESTMENT SECURITIES Dorlmm. N. C. Tdephmi* MSI | CHAPEL HILL ASSOCIATE, PEKKY SLOAN Friday, Jane 27, 1952 Mrs. Lee Attends Reunion Mrs. Irene Lee w’ent to White Lake last week to at tend the annual reunion of the Cromartie clan. She made the trip with her sister. Mrs. James Theim of Raleigh, and her brother, Ray Cronjartie of Dunn, and his family. The chief speaker at the reunion was Dr. William J. Cromartie of Chapel Hill, head bacter iologist at the University Hos pital. WANTED: 2-BEDROOM FUR nished house. Occupancy July 1. Permanent. Write P. O. Box 1025, Durham, N. C. RELIABLE SERVICE FOR TELE vision sets, radio car sets, and home radios. Harris and Wilson, 504 West Franklin St. Phone 2-6906. FURNITURE FOR SALE: LEAV ing school. All pieces less than six months old. In excellent con dition. Reasonable. Call 2-6202 after 6:30 P.M. FOR .RENT, BY WEEK OR longer: Water-front cottage, Caro lina Beach; 3-bedrooms; all modern conveniences furnished; also 2 other beach cottages available. See Her bert Pendergraft, Village Service Station. Phone 2-8311. HAND AND POWER LAWN mowers machine-ground and serv iced; also sharpen axes, garden tools, hedge clippers, scythes, . scissors, etc. A lawn is beautiful only when well-trimmed. And a sharp mower can do the job right, so please let us have your mowers and tools for guaranteed service. For convenience put off and pick up work at Tripps’ Shoe Shop. Tripps’ Lawnmower Repair Shop, Carrboro, N. C. Phone 2-5301. ANTIQUES: FURNITURE Glass, china, decorative items, lamps, Blackberry Farm Antiques, Hillsboro Road. Mrs. H. W. Carroll. WANTED TO RENT: 5 OR 6 ! room unfurnished house in Chapel ! Hill. Permanent resident. Write : P. O. Box 52, or Call 2-5952. FOR RENT: NICE 2-BEDROOM house; furnished or unfurnished. Permanent tenant preferred. Close to Hospital. Tel. 2-458 or 2-5658. THE THRIFT SHOP IS FEATUR ing specials on women’s blouses. It also has a large collection of shoes for men, women, and children. Open all day Saturday in Dawson Building. FOR SALE: IDEAL TWO BED room home for young marrieds. In sulated, oil heat, plaster walls. Ad ditional features. Nine by twelve utility room with washing machine connections installed, disappearing stairway to roomy attic. 34 Rog erson Drive after 5 any evening. Charles B. Seward. NORVELL COTTAGES (HOUSE keeping) for rent at Blowing Rock by day, week, or season. Phone Blowing Rock 2841. FOR RENT: 2-ROOM FURNISH ed apartment, close in. Tel. 9-1496. FREE to first 50 I persons who bring this od to oar store NEW KMART Synchro-Sunlight Guide Synchro-Sunlight U the magic new »oy to take natural, "no-equlnt" snapshots, to olimlnat* heavy shod owi, to givo picture! spectacular back or lido lighting. This now Guido ohowi how to take Synchro-Sunlight picture! ln eo/or or black and white. Come in and got your Guide today. FOISTER’S CAMERA STORE IliUliniUJUUllllllllUllllttiUUUHllllUlUiHllUlUllllilililllllllillllilllllllllllll
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