Norwegian Social Democracy

...Real i n t e r e s t in W Y K i n g t o n i s c e n t e r ed on t h e a c t i v i t i e s of Governor Tobin of M a s s a c h u s e t t s who sent police and public health inspectors to inventory all s t o r a g e facilities in t h e s t a t e in order t o a s c e r t a i n whether m e a t i s deliberately being w i t h h e l d f r om th consumer m a r k e t . • The p o p u l a r i t y of t h e Tobin formula for solving t h e , m e a t s h o r t a g e and the^ black m a r k e t has h a d a n immediate r e sponse in W a s h i n g t o n . Following a conference between Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson and P r e s i d e n t Truman, Anderson this week warned a g r o u p of New Mexico cattlemen that unless the cattlemen move voluntarily to ead the meat s h o r t a g e , Government seizure of all market-bound livestock is " a very real danger that day d a y d a y becomes more of a possibility...

...After examining t h e p l a n e s , the American turned in soma astonishment to his Russian guide a nd asked, "But where a r e t h e m o t o r s ? " To which the Russian d r ew himself up stiffly and snapped .back, "And w h a t about t he N e g r o problem in t h e S o u t h ? !" f i r s t week Drew Pearson told the H e n r y Wallace version of t h a t g a g . At t h e time when S e c r e t a r y Byrnes sent Publisher Mark Ethridge of t h e Louisville Courier-Journal to t h e B a l k a n s ^ to i n v e s t i g a t e Russian suppression of democracy in those countries, Pearson r e l a t e d , Wallace o v e r l y criticized the Inv e s t i g a t i o n , c o m m e n t i n g : "Byrnes would do a whole lot b e t t e r if he called E t h r i d g e' back from the B a l k a n s and s e n t him to South Carolina...

...Victory for S p a r k m a n ' s c a n d i d a t e is i m p o r t a n t for S p a r k m a n ' s personal political ambitions...

...S p a r k m a n , who was nominated to t he S e n s t e seat of t h e l a t e John Bank head in a special election l a s t J u l y , i s b a c k i ng the candidacy of A l a b a m a S t a t e Senator J im Smith, t o succeeds him a s Repres e n t a t i v e from t h e E i g h t h Alabama Congressional District...

...But he's gett i n g plenty of competition, p a r t i c u l a r ly from J a m e s E . F o l s om who has j u s t won...

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...t h e Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama...

...Governor-designate FAlsom backed f a r m e r Bradley Twitty, Altogether, seven c a n d i d a t e s were in t he race for S p a r k m a n ' s seat In t h e House...

...Washington and the Nation Meat and the Campaign By JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON , D .C- As prophesied in these columns f o r m a ny * * months, " m e l t on t h e . t a b l e " h a s agtrged a s t h e l e a d i n g c a m p a i g n issue ,f t h e " F a l l . T h e i s s u e h a s split t he PHSorrstic P a r t y from stem t o s t e r n ,' ,rith the s t r a t e g i s t s of one h a l f demanduig mspension o f p r i c e c o n t r o l s on m e a t oniil after Election D a y a n d t h e s t r a tegists of the o t h e r half s t a n d i n g by t he trice control giina...

...V Last week in Arlington National Cernetery five unmarked coffins were laid" t o rest in a common grave...

...In t h e cofling were the r e m a i n s of t h e five unarmed ^American boys who w e r e murdered hy T i t o ' s fighter planes on A u g u s t l&r T h i r t y members of" t h e families of the five fliers attended the funeral...

...His olive branch t o Wallace had nothing to do w i t h - A m e r i c a n foreign policy, in r e a l i ty it was a bl<L/for PAC support for the S p a r k m a n ' c a n d i d a t e in h i s >>ld rlist r i d...

...There la i well-known-gag ( b o u t t he American m i l i t a r y aide i n Moscow d u r i ng t h e w a r who w a s t a k e n f o r a n i n i p e e t i on of Soviet plan* production He was shown a hugs field covered with planes a s f a r a s t h e eye- could See...

...This group had t h e s u p p o r t of House Majority Leader J o h n W. McCormack, of Massachusetts, who sent OPA Administrator Psjfl A. P o r t e r a t e l e g r am from Boston ^drging that ."price control on meat 'and scarce food p r o d u c t s should be suspended f o r 60 d a y s . " McCormick said fas h a d d i s c u s s e d the i s s u e with President Truman and other party i-sli'i • But Truman appeared t o differ with |i«McCo.rmacK-Flynn-Kelly s t r a t e g y aud U «.ioking by t h e p r i c e control program, pointing out t h a t r e l a x a t i o n of price control now would mean a r e a l meat famine faring the winter months duef to t he p r e m a t u r e / l a u g h t e r of beef cattle by meat p a c b l r a who would be anxious to cash in on t h e h i g h profits of t h e uncontroijed^ price period...

...This week E d F l y n n of t h e Bronx and jljvui Kelly of Chicago, two of t he Democratic P a r t y ' s big c i t y bosses, led I delegation of s t r a t e g i s t s t o W a s h i n g t on t» demand t h a t meat be de-controlled for the duration of the e l e c t i o n campaign...

...In the p r i m a r y r e t u r n s this week, four of t h e seven were so closely bunched in a neck-to-neck race that a run-off p r i m a r y will be necessary...

...The lowdown: S p a r k m a n a s p i r e s to be Democratic boss of A l a b a m a a s successor to the B a n k b e a d machine...

...One was I f n . Marcil S c h r s i b e r , 19-year-old girl wife of C a p t a i n H a r o l d Schrciber, i l a in b y THU'H m u n l i ' i e r s . She did n o t b r i ng t h e i r two-year old d a u g h t e r* At the time of t h e f u n e r a l , not one of t h e 30 r e l a t i v e s had r e c e i v e d so much a s a word of apology from the T i to Government...

...John J. Sparkman, c h a i r m a n of the Democratic National Committee's S p e a k e r s Bureau, caused a puzzled buzz of talk In Washington circles by a p p e a l i n g t o Wallace, foe of t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s foreign policy, te t a k e the s t a m p for Democratic P a r ty c a n d i d a t e s in t h e c u r r e n t election campaign...