Whither Willkie and Wallace?
Evjue, William T.
Whither Willkie and Wallace? By William T. Evjue K*nt*r, tspttei Time*, Maeheam, r» THE aiueursti people, recently eipoeed to the hippodrome and to* r.sstisanlism of two nation*] conventions...
...Is every ¦shssfl convention there are this party ssrstsftfists snd psychologists who seek to give th* casiOmtsssi ths shot hi ths arm that will produce the ays.net* dsmassvtiatioai and enthusiasm that are ,11 asasrr to via a sacsiaro of confidence over the seasstiy...
...Full-scale and lengthy negotiations were carried on between the V. F. W. and the two great labor federations...
...And the fighter's time in the Army or the Navy Is to he counted in when the man's seniority rights are calculated...
...Who were the lesser satellites dancing...
...great wars have left a yawning gulf between the returned soldiers and civilians...
...It is to be hoped that the American Legion will soon add its in.uence to the movement that has been started...
...Berkley of Kentucky, who only a few ****** ago waa being landed to the skies by Republican ¦¦si Democratic reactionaries because of his revolt ¦sjainst the President on the tax bill, and our own "Leo Rowley, 176,000 a year utility official who was kidding...
...wisconsin by publicly stating that he was for Wallace *hil* at the same time trying to promote the viee-****idential aspirations of Jimmy Byrne* and later "rrnaan...
...An understanding on this side is plainly required before any smooth re-absorption of veterans can be expected...
...He was formerly s leaser *f the Progressive Party, Inst brake with .tins LaFoJUttVs ever their tsslettoaisas...
...Our present army is so large that the split in our population offers a real threat...
...His splslsna us* eagerly watched as a weathervsn* of th* Midwest liberal drift...
...How quickly they can dive into a cyclone cellar to avoid the ominous clouds of controversy and issues on which people are divided...
...Heading the list was the faithful ¦Orrand boy of these bosses—Bob Hannegan—himself s Minor machine leader in St...
...Roosevelt on Thursdey, hari these words st the Southern Tories end the Northern machine bosses in the convention: 'hi * ' WILLIAM T. EVJUE...
...Anal ¦S the party'* platform is too often a product of e asm ting poiiticissa who are adept in the use of weasel •scds and political taffy...
...Physics...
...I said last Sunday that there are ominous signs that the Democratic Party is again heading bark to the moorings of reaction and again will become just a spare tire on the chariot of Toryism...
...Whatever difficulties may have to be surmounted in the future, these conferences between veterans and workers msrk a historical milestone in public relations...
...This service recently issued regulstions specifying that veterans are entitled to their old jobs regardless of the amount of seniority accumulated by workers now holding ths jobs...
...Another potential source of weakness is lack of an understanding with Selective Service...
...The union men will not try to protect their jobs by keeping the returned fighters on the outside...
...This agreement must, of course, go to the international unions of the A. F. of L. and the CIO for ratification...
...The veterans were represei.ted by Commander Carl C. Schweninger and past commanders Hesekiah N. Duff and Paul C. Wolman...
...How refreshing it was to hoar Wallace in seconding the nomination of Pros...
...What are they gaang to think when they re-beet em the ssirhmg .f Heary vt aliaee by bis mn«kia>e baaeee •« the Psmsnatie Party7 Here are two outstanding men, Willkie and WaUace, who have am...
...j | will those who were running the show at Chicago mat week inspire any such confidence...
...Tue imprint of th* political boss and the ward healer **** all over last week's Democratic convention...
...Can you name any outstanding liberal attending last week's convention said* from Wallace who was having any part in shaping the direction of the convention...
...Certain journalists and politicians with selfish motives have widened the breach...
...The principal weaknesses in the setup date beck to the lsck of participation by employer groups...
...Want are they spang to eeawlnsW after contempial hag tax aasgracefat bamrneti** that was visited npon Weetortl WiltaJe by tb* »ep**mc** Party...
...By William T. Evjue K*nt*r, tspttei Time*, Maeheam, r» THE aiueursti people, recently eipoeed to the hippodrome and to* r.sstisanlism of two nation*] conventions over the living room radio, caa now sit u...
...eroumi this trio...
...Louis now advanced to the heights of th* chairmanship of the Democratic tatenal committee...
...The Veterans of Foreign Wars are to be congratulated on taking this constructive step...
...The national ¦ eaveatios is a showrass where the window-dressiest that is s bait for votes i* placed on view...
...I have been attendiag nstiostal political convention* aiaee Hit, and th* ps'tera of those conventions has bee* pretty swath the same during these three decade...
...It is a pleasure to report that the Veterans of Foreign Wars have taken a definite step to bridge it...
...Take Franklia D. Reosevelt and Henry A. Wallace ost of the picture, and what is there left to justify the mouthing* of Isst week's convention orator- who said that the Democratic Party is the party of liberalism and progress...
...Beth Willkie asd Wallace were dumped by their respective parties hecasss they preferred to stand en issue* ana) principle* rather than to indulge is the double-talk, the weasel words, asd the all things to all men terminology which seems so necessary to wis maps party preferment...
...The national rwavestioa continue* to follow tarn uadiuoeal pattern in ether respects...
...They will give them cards at rates no higher than those charged before January 1, 1940...
...the show last week ? • The Democratic convention was dominated by a triumvirate of powerful political bosses—Mayor Kelly of Chicago, Boss Hague of New Jersey, and Ed Flynn of Tammany...
...It is the employers who must give employment if nny is to be hsd...
...An editorial— The Veterans and the Unions Al.l...
...Who was running...
...Such ratification may be expected to take place promptly...
...ply demonstrated that they are men of convictions, character, asd integrity, and who are determined that ear country shall havs a constructive program that will meet up with the tremendous problems of the postwar period...
...This window-dressing is designed to he all things to sll men in the hep* of harvesting...
...the Urgent number of votes...
...The formal agreement reached puts down in definite terms the intentions which union men have expressed every time they have spoken on the matter of re-absorbing the soldiers end sailors into their ranks...
...Also trailing those big bosses were Oscar Ewing, vies-herman of ths Democratic national committee and s Plsnyist for the Aluminum Corp...
...The man who gains the platform of a great national convention today is not the man who is outstanding for convictions, charscter, and integrity—he ts more often ens who is versed in the art of double-talk, double-dealing, and double-crossing...
...ss editor of the MiWija t spiles Times, is ess *f th* meet raln**ti*l libersm la Wi.eon.ie and the Midwest...
...It will be regarded as the duty of the industry and the union to fit the injured man into a job which he can 40...
...7, we wonder if they won't often ask this question —Is there say room in either of the major political parties today fsr mew of ststeeunsnu*.* 4pa*Hties who have ceatvktksa*, .».,..ir, maid kntegrily...
...He stead there en the Democratic rostrum aa the untamed and saf*tter*d rhasa-pten of the aanirntteaa of the rssnsssa ma...
...TrlE Republican Party is still the chsttel of a dynasty of monopoly and wealth that has long subsidised the Republican as its political agent...
...Henry Wallace was the biggest man in this t**v*s ties...
...This is the first time that such s cooperative .conference beween organised labor aod organised war veterans has taken place...
...The eenvsntios orators who view with pride end point with alarm fellow a pattern of working them-sstves into a frensy with their exaltation of the obvious, the spread-eagling of the platitude, and their feverish exploitation of the prevailing popular preju disss and opinions...
...of America, Jesse •ones, the multi-millionaire big business Texan hai -bored in the Roosevelt administration all too long, Jimmy Byrnes, the Tory Southern Democrat, Postmaster General Frank Walker with his Tammany back-t**«md, Sen...
...But how adept they are at ducking the live end vital problems that abound in a world in the throes of a war crisis...
...He increased am staters imssessnrsbly with th* Americas people by hat held sad estaaat adherence to issue* snd principle...
...The A. F. of L. was represented by Matthew Woll, George H. Meany and Robert J. Watt The spokesmen for the CIO were James B. Carey, J. Raymond Walsh and Clinton S. Golden...
...A *» s millions of American vetera sit under the evening ***se is the seclusion of their homes between sew and Nov...
...a calmly in their Kontas and evaluate the can-pWates and the platform pledges el the two majojr pert...
...dissbility incurred in war is to be no bsr to employment...
Vol. 27 • July 1944 • No. 31
