Southern Oregon Miner, Thursday, October 26, 1944
Truce Clears Battleground of Civilians
N ews
B ehin
the /N e
P M
New O rleans, L * .
By aul allon
Released by Western N ewspaper Untun.
VOTERS INCREASE
IN MANY CENTERS
W A S H IN G T O N , — M r. Roosevelt's
voice v ib ra te d w ith u h a t sounded
lik e p atrio tic fe rv o r when he urged
his p arty w orkers to get the vote
registered and recorded this y e a r as
never before.
He m ade it seem alm o st non -par
tisan p atrio tis m the w ay he put it,
re m in d in g all citizens of th e ir duty.
M ost observers w rote it down as
the same old p olitical lin e m ost can
didates use on election eve. this tim e
delivered e a rlie r.
But he m ust have spoken fro m
Inner knowledge of a condition
which m ay decide the election— end
m ore.
This cam paign so f a r has been
alm ost e n tire ly centered upon
undercover o rganisation by both
sides to get out th e ir vote. I'n -
fo rtu n a tely, no p o litic a l a u th o ri
ties here. Republican or D em o
c ra tic , keep close tab on na
tion al results of this d o m in atin g
phase of the c a m p a ig n . Y e t
here and there facts a re com ing
to the surface, as, for instance,
in B a ltim o re .
T h e re re g is tratio n has increased
10 per cent o ver 1942. O f the 32,000
ad d itio nal voters in th a t steel, a ir
c ra ft, w a r-w o rk e r port, 22,000 w ere
D e m o cratic, only 8.000 R epublican
(odd figures and independent voters
ap p aren tly accounting fo r the m iss
ing 2,000.) N e a rly one-sixth of the
whole city re g is tratio n was N egro
(335.380 w hite and 61.365 N e g ro .)
The greatest rush of registran ts
was in a 10-day period b efo re the
tim e lim it, ind icatin g c le a rly some
one was doing an e x tra o rd in a ry
job along M r. R ’s line, in fact,
enough to swing the e n tire state of
M a ry la n d in a close election.
F ro m Ohio and In d ia n a , how ever,
congressmen have brought reports
th a t the local D e m o c ra tic o rg a n iza
tions in some counties a re not
functioning at alL
W hether they are silen tly resent
fu l or just hopeless the re p o rt
ing congressmen do not know. They
are ,
how ever,
convinced
D em o
c ra tic organizing is not up to stand
a rd .
N O T IN P A R T Y O F F IC E S
U p to now no lab o r organization
has taken over the local m ach in ery
o f eith er m a jo r p o litic al p arty . In
m a n y cases lab or votes have dom i
nated d istricts and controlled the
p a rty politicians, but union men
w e re not in p a rty offices.
I believe C IO tried to get
its m en into the D e m o cratic or
gan izatio n in M ich ig an a year
or so back, bat failed .
T h e most authentic national
reports av a ila b le — as a whole—
thus indicate C IO ’s efforts have
been spotty so fa r.
In w a r w orking centers they failed
in th e ir cam paign to b ring the vot
ing booths into the factories, thus
to provide g re a te r voting fa c ilitie s
fo r th e ir people than citizens gen
e ra lly enjoy, but they have been
able to edge them selves to w ard
positions usually handled by D em o
c ra tic leaders (m a n y of w hom are
aw a y to w a r this y e a r .) In most
m id w e st counties th ere ap p are n tly
is no C IO a c tiv ity , o r signs of suc
cess.
G .O .P
HA S E D G E
T h e R epublicans, of course, have
th e ir 26 governors and D ew ey has
w orked out w ith them , and w ith the
R epu b lican congressmen, an e x tra
o rd in a rily close cooperative system
w hich he expects to produce the
reg is te rin g and voting results for
his p arty .
M r.
Roosevelt
m ay
have
spoken, th ere fo re, less p a trio ti
c a lly
than fro m
a troubled
h e a rt. Some of his associates
a r e even m o re troubled a t the
prospect th a t C IO m ay m ove In
to take county ch airm an sh ips
a fte r this cam p aig n.
I t m a y not be enough then that
he re p u d ia te the Com m unists on his
coat tails. T hey a re digging into the
lin in g and the seams.
T h e re is a com m only p rev ailin g
notion the Republicans w ill win
congress even if G overno r Dew ey
loses.
This is an easy assum ption which
takes the fu llest possible lib erties
w ith the inn er facts of the situ
ation.
A ca re fu l check suggests ra th e r
th a t the election of D ew ey is essen
tia l to b ring both houses of con
gress into the R epu b lican colum n, or
ra th e r it is, unless the voters go in
fo r an unprecedented am ount of
tic k e t • sp littin g and tu rn en tirely
aw a y fro m the D e m o c ra tic lis t afte r
checking M r. Roosevelt.
T h e R epublicans have th e ir best
chanco in the house. T h e re the lin e
up today is:
R epu b lican 212, D e m o c ra t 216, v a
cancies 3, o ther p a rtie s 4.
W ith ou t the aid of a pencil, a
g lancin g o bserver m ig h t conclude
the house to be c e rta in ly R epu b li
can as only six m o re seats are
needed. M a y b e — but the unnoticed
fa c t inside the m a tte r is th a t the
R epu b licans a lre a d y fu lly hold the
congressional field outside the cities.
T h e y m a y lo g ic a lly figure to pick
up a seat in Seattle.
B R IT IS H A W A R E O F CO N G R ESS
Although the a v erag e B ritis h e i
w ill be am azed if F D R is not elected
to a fourth te rm , recent weeks have
seen the B ritish press and public fa r
' m o re a w a re of the possibility of Re-
! pub lican victo ry,
W hen G o v ern o r Dewey begarr his
re ce n t speaking tour, he rated about
one p ara g rap h per speech in most
G R O V E’S
London papers, w ith an e d ito ria l
tending to deprecate the G O P stand
ard -b e a re r. E nthusiastic R epublican
R e p res en tative K a rl M undt of South
D a ko ta re m a rk e d that when he a r
riv e d in London, e a rly In Septem
b er. he needed a m a g n ifyin g glass
to find any referen ce to D e w e y— a l
w ays re fe rre d to by the B ritish as
"G o v e rn o r T om D e w e y ."
H o w ever, the ch allen ger's space in
the London press g ra d u a lly in
creased during S eptem ber, c u lm in a t
ing in double-colum n headlines on
the fro n t pages the night a fte r his
W hen D u n k irk becam e the c e n te r of operations. A llies and G e rm a n s agreed to a truce In o rd er that
O klah o m a C ity speech.
c iv ilia n s could le a v e the c ity .
V iew s showing them leaving a re ty p ic a l of other cities along the route of
C h attin g one day w ith a m e m b e r the ad van cing Y an ks. A llie d h ead q u a rte rs say that the D u n kirk tru ce plan m a y not be follow ed in a ll other
of the B ritis h House of Comm ons,
cities. In d iv id u a l com m an ders w ill decide in the fu ture.
C ongressm an
M undt was
asked
about D ew ey's chances. He replied
th at he thought they w ere excellent
and th at Dew ey m ig ht ve ry w ell go
into the W hite House next year. The
m e m b e r of p a rlia m e n t, off guard,
answ ered: "W h a t a p ity ."
M u n d t m entioned the incident
la te r to C h u rch ill's m in is ter of in
fo rm a tio n . Brendan B racken, who
apologized:
“ I thought w e had them b etter
tra in e d than th a t.”
Holland in Ruins as War Rages Toward Berlin
P A R L IA M E N T N O T IC E S
CONGRESS
An im p o rta n t result of the U . S.
p o litic a l u n certain ty is the d e te r
m in a tio n on the p a rt of the B ritish
govern m en t to w ork w ith this coun
t r y on the leg is la tive as w ell as the
executive level. T h e B ritish a re be
com ing m o re and m ore aw a re of
the im p ortan ce of the A m eric an con
gress, a d m it they should never have
overlooked it a fte r they saw the
trouncing W ilson got a fte r the last
a rm is tic e .
W hile observing the B ritish P a r li
am en t, M u nd t heard a speech by
L o rd B ra ith w a ite , author of a re
cent b ill in v itin g A m eric an con
gressm en to En glan d as official
guests, call fo r much closer re la
tions betw een p a rlia m e n t and con
gress.
“ O u r in te rn atio n al frien d sh ip ,”
said L o rd B ra ith w a ite , "can no t be
p e rm itte d to depend on the slender
T y p ic a l of m ost H o lland cities, N e jm eg en , h it by G e rm a n and A llied b o m b a rd m en t and sh rllln g , shows
reed of affection between two in d i
the effe ct of the w a r upon th at co u ntry. A m e ric a n soldiers aid in cleaning up the c ity as w ell as tak e ca re
viduals separated by a m ig h ty
of snipers le ft behind by the re tre a tin g N a zis . Cooperation o l organized H olland underground has m a d e it pos
ocean."
sible fo r A llie d troops to ad van ce ra p id ly . N othing re m a in s standing in w ake of N a zi re tre a t.
G O O D N E IG H B O R S
P R O V ID E C O F F E E
T he backstage story in regard to
the n ear th rea t of coffee ratio n in g
is th at the Good N eighbor policy
paid dividends last month. B r a z il
ian friendship enabled us to a v e rt
e ith e r coffee ra tio n in g or a coffee
rise in price. T h e A m e ric a n house
w ife w ill be in $18,000,000 betw een
now and C h ristm as because of the
Good N eig h bo r policy.
U. S. re ta il coffee prices here have
been frozen since D ecem b er, 1941,
but the cost of producing coffee in
B ra zil.
C olom bia,
S alvad or
and
V enezuela has not. G row ers th ere
have been cla m o rin g fo r h ig h er
prices.
T h e governm ents of these four
countries have been under constant
pressure fro m pow erful coffee in te r
ests to get b e tte r prices in the
U n ited States. In general, the g ro w
ers of Venezuela, Colom bia and Sal
vado r have had p a rtia l support fro m
th e ir governm ents, but the B ra z ilia n
govern m en t has refused to press for
h ig h er prices.
As a result, grow ers have been
tap e rin g off In th e ir acceptance
of orders fro m
the U . S. A. ,
G a m b lin g on an e a rly end of the
w a r, they decided to build up
stocks for im m e d ia te sale to E n g
land, Sweden, F ra n c e and Spain.
(Coffee w ill keep in the bean fo r as
C oastguardsm en a t a re p la cem en t pool in the South Pacific e x e r
long as five to ten y e a rs .)
cise th e ir rig h t to vote along w ith m illio n s of A m e ric a n servicem en
T his refu sal of growers to accept
a ll o ver the w o rld . These m en a re a w a itin g new assignm ents to coast
new orders led the W a r Food Ad
g uard fighting ships In the P acific and w ill w in back the P hilippines
m in is tra tio n to recom m end ra tio n
and c a rr y lig atin g troops in Japan . E a r ly rep o rts in d icate considerable
ing to O P A A d m in is tra to r Chester
in te re s t on the p a rt of oversea ve teran s, w ith considerable soldier, sailo r
Bowles last sum m er. Bowles op
and m a rin e in d iv id u a l c a m p aig n e rs at w o rk .
posed ra tio n in g then, though ag re e
ing w ith W F A Boss M a rv in Jones
th a t w e should not raise the price
of coffee.
Coastguardsmen Cast Ballots
No Place Like Our Old Home
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L ie u t. W illia m Boehm e, N ew Y o rk
C ity , w ith another officer and a p ri
v a te c a rrie d the su rren d er term s to
the
besieged
N a zi
g arriso n
at
Aachen, G e rm a n y . Boehm e wan
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A m e ric a n p arentage and knowledge
of G e rm a n .
Snite Goes South
1,000,000 BAGS A M O N T H
W hen b rillia n t B ra z ilia n m in is ter
of finance, Souza Closta, was in
W ashington last Ju ly, he g uaran
teed us a m in im u m of 1,000,000 bags
of B ra z ilia n coffee fo r each of the
four
months
fro m
S ep tem ber
through D ecem b er. Costa prom ised
e x tra larg e shipm ents fro m B ra zil,
risk in g the ex tre m e anger of B r a z il
ian grow ers in the in te res t of U . S.
friendship.
M ea n w h ile,
the
ad m in is tra tio n
found its e lf unable to buy coffee fo r
d e liv e ry even next year. T he B r a z il
ian g u a ran tee is only fo r the re
m a in d e r of this ye a r, and the A m e ri
can people d rin k m o re than 1,000,-
000 bags a m onth, it has been point
ed out.
I t was at this point th at M a rv in
Jones and C hester Bow les w ent
. »«ff.
to assistant Pres. J im m y Byrnes
w ith th e ir problem . B yrnes advised
E v e n when It is in ruins lik e this one a t S ca rp eria , n e a r the G othic
im m e d ia te ratio n in g . H e knew th at lin e in It a ly , th e re Is no place lik e hom e. U sing a shell hole In the
the th re a t of renew ed ra tio n in g w a ll fo r a door, the couple re tu rn and la y plans on building a new
would cause plenty of w o rry am ong hom e w ith o u t fe a r of fu rth e r oppression fro m the N a z i yolk as was
the coffee grow ers
th e ir lo t in th e past.
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E n e rg y la B elo w P a r
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waits to accumulate. For truly many
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“'hen the kldneya fall to remove excess
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blood.
Yon may suffer nagging backache,
rhsumatlo pains, headaches, dlxxlnesa.
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Bometlmes
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, — . ana scanty
I
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■wide ap-
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no
jown.
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Oat Doon's today.
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