Thur*<ky. November 21,1940
T b O a B H fl
Analysis of Election '
Statistic* Produce
Highly Interesting Fact*
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An analysis ot the election »latis-
tirH produce* some highly interest
ing fuel*. Most obvious of those
fact* is that Mr. Boosevelt’s tremen
dous Electorul
College m ajority
give* no indication whatsoever of
the closeness of the contest. .Meas
ured in popular votes, this was the
closest election since 1910, when
Wilson anil Hughes were the stand
ard bearers. W ith a total vote of
dose Io 50, (MM),(MM), the President's
p lu rality was under 5, (M
M) ,000. The
vote cust for Mr. W illk ie was the
largest ever given a Republican
candidate. The President’s percent
age of the total vote was about 54.5
per rent — which is a comparative
ly slim margin, inasmuch as he
needed 52 per cent to win, because
of the excessively heavy majorities
the Democratic ticket always rolls
up in the south.
W hat this meuns is that fo r the
first time the President met real
opposition. As Tim e puts it, "Beside
a greul victory, Roosevelt also had
the greatest vote of no confidence
that any President ever received."
That is not a carping, spoil-sport
observation — it is simply the fact.
The President won a clean-cut vic
tory, but he didn’t win in anything
resembling a landslide. Indeed, if
only about one m illion votes had
been cast the other way in the big
key states it would have been pos
sible for Mr. W illk ie to have obtain
ed a two-vote Electoral college ma
jo rity , even though the President
would still have had a popular ma
jo rity .
The big cities of the country did
much to give the President his win.
lie carried New York State by less
than 250, (M
M) .votes — yet his p lu ral
ity in New York city was 730,000.
He curried Illin ois by a margin of
95,000, w hile Chicago gave him a l
most a 300,(MX) lead. W hile he had
an edge of 73, (MM
) in Milwaukee, his
net m ajority in Wisconsin was but
20, (MM). Mr. W illk ie ran very w ell in
the rural districts and the small
towns all over the country, except
for the south. On the other hand,
Mr. Koosevelt’s strength in some
England areas which are die-hard
Republican, by tradition, was great
er than before.
Mr. Roosevelt’s tremendous ma
jorities in the big industrial towns
indicates thut labor was pretty
close to solid behind him, and that
John L. Lew is’ endorsemen* of W il
lkie did little if any good for the
Republican candidate. The
farm
vote went Republican by a consider
able m ajority, which indicates that
: Mr. W allace was less effectice as a
I campaigner than Senator McNary.
; The two vice-presidential candidat-
’ es did most of the campaigning in
i the farm belt.
W hat effect Mr. W illk ie ’s total of
almost 22,(MM),(MX) votes w ill have on
Congress is now a subject of great
discussion.
The Republicans lost
, seats in the House, and made small
gains in the Senate, and the set-up
1 in both branches w ill be a little d if
ferent next January than it is now.
However, it may be that some of tht
; old line Democrats who have disa-
! pproved of part of the New’ Deal
program w ill become more aggres
sive. And the Republicans have cer
tainly been cheered by the size of
their vote and, despite the small
ness of th eir numbers in Congress,
are in the best position in
eight
years to form an intelligent and ef
fective opposition.
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In the meantime, few look lo r blizzards in the mountain states,
any surprises. There w ill probably and forest fire * in the west have
be some cabinet changes before been the occasion fo r b rillia n t res
long — Stimson and P erkin * arc cue work by Boy Scouts, whose
Supposed to be on the way out. long training had prepared them
Foreign policy w ill very likely in fo r emergency service.
F a r less dangerous,' but. no less
volve still more aid to B ritain. Next
session there may be a movement useful, was the work done by scout
to repeal the Johnson Act, which troops in collecting clothes, fu rn i
forbids this country giving credit ture, food and supplies for needy
to nations which are behind in w ar families during the depression. The
debt payments to us. If England job was begun in 1934 in response
starts to run short of cash, and ob to a suggestion from President
viously is in need ot credit, it is Roosevelt, and it continued for sev
probably that a m ajority can be eral years.
found In favor of letting the bars
down.
Only one person in every ten of
Tlie urms program w ill be pushed New York C ity ’s 7.649.(M)0 popula
hard. Report* have it that business
tion owns a passenger car a* com
or labor groups which are slow to I
pared w ith more than one out of
cooperate w ill be
given
sharp
every
three o f Los Angeles’ 1,400,-
prodding. O rdinary needs w ill be
secondary to m ilita ry needs, but 000 population.
steps w ill be taken, most think, to
make
necessary adjustments as
easy to swallow as possible.
SC O U T L E A D E R
S A V E S B O Y ON
H U R R IC A N E JO B
One of the worst problems B rit
ain faces is her mounting loss of
merchant shipping. Axis surface
raiders and submarines are doing a
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»
H. J. DeVauent,
Boy Scout lead-
e r o f T oled o,
I Ohio, believe*
tin being ready
I fo r emergen
cies. As a result
he was able to
save one of hi*
tremendous amount of damage, as
Churchill recently admitted in P ar
liament, and the convoy system is
not w orking w ell. Reasons fur that
is lack of warships to use as con
voys, inasmuch as England must
keep great forces in the M editerran
ean and in home waters. Also, G er
man destruction of British destroy
ers has been exceedingly great.
Some think that before long B rit
ain may appeal to this country for
still more ships - principally de
stroyers and small cruisers of
modern, high speed types. W hether
w e’d agree is anybody’s guess. Cer
tainly public
opinion
developed
w ith incredible speed in favor of
more and more help to B ritain dur
ing the last year. There is no ap
parent reason w h y it should not
continue to do so, p articularly in
the light of Mr. Roosevelt’s extreme
ly pro-B ritish stand.
■ ./.D .P « ,« u
DeVauent’s troup was doing res
cue work in the wake of a cyclone.
The storm hit Toledo with full force.
I t cut a path 500 feet wide through a
densely populated area, uprooting
trees and overturning cars. The en
tire neighborhood was thrown into
panic.
“The storm knocked down the
power lines,” DeVauent said, “and
scattered live wires over the ground.
That made it dangerous to move
about because, of course, all lights
were out The only illumination we
had to work with was a flashlight
I kept in my ear. Scouts are taught
to be prepared, and fortunately I ’d
loaded the light with fresh batteries.
As a result, we were able to use it
throughout the rescue work.
"That light was the only thing
that saved the boy’s life. He started
off on an errand, and I threw the
beam in front of him. It disclosed a
high-voltage wire — 5,500 volta —
hanging directly in his path. He’d
have been burned to death if he’d
taken another step. After that none
of us went beyond the radius of
my light.”«
DeVauent said his troup helped a
family to escape from a house that
was cut in two by a falling tree.
Later, the Scouts assisted in other
emergency work in the vicinity.
Boy Scouts Have
Good Service Record
Members of the Boy Scouts of
America pride themselves that there
are no softies in Scouting. Citing
their record as aides to rescue
workers, first aid men and mes
sage bearers in time of disaster,
they are equally proud that they are
prepared to serve th eir community
in hundreds of less spectacular
ways. T h e ir day-to day program .
Scouts insist, keeps them ready and
eager to help in any manner that
is needed.
Some idea of the service render
ed in the past 30 years is available
in the records of the National Coun
cil o f the Boy Scouts of America.
A quick survey shows thut the kha
ki- clad youngsters sold L ib erty
bonds
worth
0147,000 j (K) have
saved many lives, delivered half a
n :llion Thanksgiving baskets to
needy
families, participated
in
hundreds of searches fo r lost per
sons, guarded school crossings,
fought fires, cleaned up unsightly
vacant lots, acted as color guards,
assisted in controlling tra ffic , ush
ered at public and private cere
monies, aided in bring-out the vot
ers campaign. - even helped rescue
a parachute jum per caught in a
tree. Scouts do not, however, so
licit money fo r anyone.
Between good turns, Scouts keep
fit by practice and competition in
first aid, signaling and simple en
gineering, by extensive hiking and
camping, and by constant adher
ence to the fundamentals of A m eri
canism.
T ypical of the spectacular side
of Scout w o rk is the record o f the
1938 N ew England hurricane. A l
most without exception, every dam
aged community praised the w o rk
of the khaki-clad youngsters. They
helped clear streets, carried mes
sages fo r the police and fire de
partments, rescued h a lf a dozen ma
rooned persons, collected clothes
for those left homeless, and when
unable to complete rescues them
selves, guided better-equipped adul
ts to the scene.
S im ilar stories have been told re
peatedly from every part of the
country. Tornadoes in the south,
floods in the Mississippi valley.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHUHCHZS
<<11<ORTALS AND IMMORTALS"
ill was the subject of the Lessoi.-
Scimcn in all Churches of Christ,
Scientist, on Sunday, November 17.
The Golden Text was, “He that
laveth his life shall lose it; and
he that hateth his life in this
world shall keep it unto life etern
al” (John 12:25).
Among the citations which com
prised the Lesson-Sermon was the
following from the Bible; "For all
flesh is as grass, and all the glory
oi man as the flower of grass.
The grass withereth, and the flow
er thereof falleth away. But the
word of the Lord endureth for
ever” (1 Peter 1:24, 25).
The Lesson-Sermon also included
the following correlative passages
from the Christian Science text
book, “Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary
Baker Eddy: “In Science we are
children of God: but whatever is
of material sense, or mortal, be
longs not to His children, for ma
teriality is the Inverted image of
spirituality (p. 572).
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“Swanee River”
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“The Villian Still Pursued
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