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. 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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 chosen because of his G erm an - 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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