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nave declared
in speeches
Of the last
few days that
the present
d e p r e S sion
was caused
because the
G o vernment
listened to
C o nservative
advice a n d
S t o p p e d
pump prim-
ing" too soon,
forgot to look
at their own
records?
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noticeable. At
any rate his
diplom aUic
h e n c h m e n
and the sena-
torial I o r.
eign affairs
bloc ha We
now cleared
their minds
Of any expec-
tation that it
will provide
. lasting IN
: e r national
b r e O t hing
spell.
Thou ~
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KEYSTONE STATE.
MESS
.FOILS PROPHETS.
Anything May Happen
In EntfraIIing Melee
BY EARL GOODWIN

Political writer's thought they
could isolate Kentucky as the
leading example of a Democratic
mess this year, but they are begin
ming to be bored with the Blue
Grass State now that both parties
in Pennsylvania have erupted,
throwing fragments in all direc-
tons and defying the best prog.
nosticators as to when and where
they will light.
Kentucky merely has a young
governor who wants to unhorse
his party's leader in the United
States Senate, whilst everybody in
Pennsylvania is out to scalp his
neighbor in an enthralling polit-
ical melee. Nothing like it has &C.
CURED in the Keystone State in
half q century.
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Traffic Broadcast
Jails Truck Owner

Because his perfect defense shattered by radio broad
cast William Cohen, q, of 61O Irving St. N w. fined
court by Judge Walter j. Casey in Police Court today
Cohens colored driver Lewis D. Ready was fined $35
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TO S HIP
10000 JOBLESS
C 0 U N 7 Y
Migrations to Auto
Plants Problem

FLINT, Mich. April 2s O.N.s0
Genesee county, focal point Of the
paralyzing General Motors sit
down strikes Of year ago, today
planned to ship to other parts Of
the country $4,000 family mer
in this county who will never
return to work"
County Welfare Administrator
Lewis j. Ludington, announcing
the move, said:
I'VE will continue slight pres
sure methods on those men hav-
ing less than two years seniority
in Flint factories to rid the
county Of excess employables
and unemployables.
HUGE OUTLAY
"Our expenditures here are
enormous and it is safe to as
sumo another 10000 relief cases
will be added to the present
$4,000 case load before July !.
From comprehensive inves-
tigation I have learned that at
least $4,000 family men in this
county will never return to
work. Those not on relief now
will be soon. It will be i'm
possible to maintain them. They
must leave the county"
WILL RECEIVE FARE
Ludington said workers ordered
from the county would be permit.
ted to select their new home and
would be given transportation
money, the last welfare money
they will receive from the county"
Flint and Genesee county, It
was explained, have a peculiar re.
lief problem brought by the great
migration of workers to the indus
trialized section. With produc-
ton cut by the recession, the
workers who have come here from
other States and other parts of
Michigan are left with no means
of support other than welfare,
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL. So
DIVIDEND OMITTED
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But

7 WONDER:
L How it is that Jim Farley and
Henry Wallace, both of whom
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amount to much.

The President seemed to have
q frog in his throat when ne
emitted his well-prepared hos
anna. A husky restraint was
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Says BOGke Carter

President to make a statement
extricating the nation from the
consequences Of an act which
could have provoked war. Not
bad for q man who says he
doesn't like dictatorial methods.
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DIVIDEND OMITTED

NEW YORK, April 20 G.N.S.)
Armstrong Cork Company omitted
the interim dividend usually voted
at this time and payable June /
Nevada California Electric de
clared 81 on preferred against
SITS previously.
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Hitler makes a good business
out Of fooling world diplomats.
He may be fooling them again,
now but their inside dope from
Central Europe leads them to
doubt that he will go into
Czecnoslovakia at this time. The
trumpeting he has been doing
through his controlled press and
the Sudeten Germans is sup
posed to be stage play for a diff
ferent move-concessions by the
CzechS. The idea that they may
wind up in Berlin, hat in hand,
is still considered good here.
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BRITISH-NAZI PACT
STILL FAR OFF
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
BY PAUL MALLoN

t"ord
Reproduction in Full Prohibited1
OFFICIAL hosannas the AngoItaian get-together
" have died away and has the hope that it will
n much
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against any hope that a Cham
berlain-Hitler get together is
near. That will take a long time,
they say.
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COP UNHAPPY

Anything can happen; what Is
most likely to happen is that the
New Dealers will be showed aside
either by the COP or by some fac
ton or other in the Democratic
ranks. The reason for that is that
the New Deal grabbed off every
thing in sight in Pennsylvania five
years ago, and the thing is getting
too heavy to hold. Just breaking
down Of its own weight.
And the Republican party regu-
lars are none too happy, because
they face the possibility Of seeing
the veteran perennial Clifford
Pincl1ot put up as the COP candi-
date for governor-which is some
thing no regular Republican with
the Penrose tradition can stand.
Main trouble in the Democratic
ranks is John Lewis insistence
on getting national standing for
the United Mine Workers candi-
date, Thomas Kennedy, now lieu
tenant governor and an official
Of the United Mine Workers.
WOULD AID PINCHOT
The politicians thought they
could satisfy Lewis and bury Ken
needy with the lieutenant cover.
Inorship. But No! Lewis Numbered
out that if they didn't put Ken.
nedy on the ticket as governor
or Senator he would wreck every
thing by trailing into the Pin.
chot camp.
Senator Joseph Guffey. VIII o
once had the State in his vest
pocket, had to make a choice be
tween John Lewis and the regu-
lar Democratic party .organiza.
ton headed by Governor Earle,
once q Republican reactionary
but now a left wing Democrat.
It Is said that when Senator
Guffey showed signs of choosing
John Lewis instead Of Earle. the
Earle crowd helped him along by
showing him rather rudely toward
the Clio. .
So today Guffey glares angrily
at Earle where once they used
to walk into the White House arm
in arm and have their pictures
taken.
Against Tom Kennedy is a Mr..
Jones Of Pittsburgh, whom the
regular Democratic organization
has slated for their gubernatorial
candidate. About him little is
known around here except that
his brother is an oil man and
has lots Of money.
ENDORSED EARLE
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ENDORSED EARLE

The regular Democrats have In
dorsed Governor Earle for the
Senate, while the Guffey candi-
date for that seat is no less than
Mayor S. Davis Wilson of Phila-
delphia, sometimes a Democrat,
sometimes a Republican. But in
spite of the fact that he has q
chameleon tinge to his politics,
and was rated a newcomer in the
City of Brotherly Love, he won
handily at the last election-as
a Democrat.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14

tricts for play day which is to be
held in Wabasso in May. After
rehearsal they enjoyed a sight
seeing trip through the new
school building. They were espe-
cially impressed with the band
room.
Frank Smith went by plane
last Thursday to attend the fun
eral of his brother Julius G..
Smith at Leahy, Wash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Castle were
visitors Thursday evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kuester. Mrs. Kuester left Fri
day for Minneapolis where she
went through the clinic at Uni
versity hospital.
Friday afternoon luncheon
guests of Mrs. ], D. Ziegler were
Mrs. Elmer Becker, Mrs. Basil
Wingie, Mrs. Arthur Kuenzli and
Mrs. w. M. Sommers.
Mrs. Joseph Ziegler and Mrs.
John Ziegler of Belview spent
Tuesday in Minneapolis.
The ladies chorus met at the
home of Mrs. B. G. Winge Mon
day evening for rehearsal for
Easter Sunday services.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14

Hagert Of Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Bittner and Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Haag, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Schaffran and sons OF
Walnut Grove and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Bittner were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Otto at dinner
Sunday. Arden Forde returned to
Delhi with his parents after
spending two days with his aunt
and uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bittner
and family spent Sunday at the
John Bittner home in Lamberton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fridley of
Wabasso were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Hartwich
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Halvor
Rue and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hausamann all of Lucan, Mr.. and
Mrs George Fridley and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Rue
and family motored to Tracy to
the Simon Rue home to help Mrs.
Rue celebrate her birthday Sat
urday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Rue of
Walnut Grove visited at the Will
bur Bittner home Sunday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Hess and
family, Robert Schaffran and
Mary and William Hess were sup
per guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Erwin Dallmann Sunday.
John Riley of Wanda and Theo-
dore Mammenga were Wabassc
callers Friday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Willie anc
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Siedschlag and daughter Hilda
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Haag anc
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs
George GiesIer were dinner
guests at the Leonard Gieslel
home near Lucan Sunday.
Mrs. Oscar Telford, daughter
Dorothy and son Richard and Ell.
da Geske of Marshall were guest!
at the Sophie Gerth home Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Timm visit.
ed at the home of the latter
mother, Mrs. Jennie Larson, a
Lucan Sunday.
T Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Joeger ant
Mr.. and Mrs. William Struebinl
were Friday visitors at New Ulm
| Mrs. Lyle Rue and children ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Rue ant
family all of Tracy, Mr.. and Mrs
Halvor Rue and Mr.. and Mrs
Everett Hartwich and famil.
were Wednesday evening visitor
at the William Rue home.
Relatives and friends gatheret
at the Louis Kratzke home Wed
nesday evening to help Mrs
Kratzke celebrate her birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Schaff
ran and daughters Velma ant
Erna and son Gust were Sunda,
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard Schaffran near Walnu
Grove.
Rev. Lindekugel and Rev. An
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14

derson were among pastors at a
convention at Fulda Monday.
They also helped celebrate the
golden wedding anniversary of
Rev. and Mrs. Goeken. Rev. Goe-
ken is retired pastor.
The class of Waterbury Luth-
eran church to be confirmed
April "a are Loretta Hess, Orlin
Jaeger, Darwin and Gerald Lam
ge, Marjorie Martinsen, Warren
Radel, Helen Struebing and Ger
aid Zimmerman.
Sylvia Mammenga spent the
weekend with her mother, re-
turning to the Paul Wandersee
home Monday evening.
Arthur Linnemann and daugh-
ter Dolores of Buffalo Lake were
Friday visitors at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Boe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fidler and
SON George were business visitors
at Redwood Falls Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigurd Forde and
sons of Delhi visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Rudenick
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Montiel
motored to Minneota Sunday to
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Hans
Thompson.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
WATERBURY AND
JOHNSONVILLE
ITEMS REPORTED
BY Mary Hess

Waterbury and Johnsonville-
Raymond Schaffran purchased
the fixtures of the barber shop i'm
Morgan and took possession of the
place Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mann
menga and sons left for Manno-
man Monday after spending few
days visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Neuenburg
and family of Wabasso and Mr..
and Mrs. Fred johnson and dau-
ghter Bethel were Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Frank. Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Maker and dau-
ghter were supper guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Dallmann
of Wanda were Sunday visitors at
the Erwin Dallmann home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Ellingson of
Lamberton were visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ellingson Sunday. Andrew Elling-
son and Theodore Mammenga
and son Roy were callers.
Members of the Waterbury
Lutheran church are invited to
help the Wanda Lutheran church
rededicate their church May l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Raveling and
Mr.. and Mrs. William Raveling
and daughter Dorothy motored to
st. Paul Tuesday to visit Hilda
who underwent an operation for
appendicitis Friday. She is a
nurse at the Miller hospital and
is reported as getting along nice
| ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Grund
of Renville were Sunday visitors
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Montiel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Timm,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernie Timm and
Jack Bolger were business visitors
at Tracy Friday.
Joseph Estum and son Junior
motored to New Ulm Tuesday.
Mrs. Estum who has been with
her father Mr.. Beerman at the
hospital returned home with
| them.
William Struebing was busi-
ness visitor in New Ulm Wednes-
day, also calling on Otto Beer
man.
Otto Beerman who underwent
an operation at a New Ulm hos
pital, is getting along nicely. Mrs
Beerman and a daughter Mrs
Joseph Estum spent several days
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mann
manga and sons of Mahnomen
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Mammen-
ga and son Roy and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Mammenga and family
were Sunday evening visitors al
the Paul Pfarr home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sigurd Forde and
family of Delhi, Mr.. and Mrs
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
LUCAN

Mrs. John Honetschlager, Mrs.
Louis Grams, Mrs. Donald Haag
and Mrs. William Haag were
shoppers at Redwood Falls FRI
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. o. Schlick and
family went to Lamberton Thurs
day evening to help Mrs. Schlick's
father, j. H. Woolley, celebrate
his seventy third birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warner,
formerly of Marshall are the
parents of son born Tuesday,
April 5.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kormann and
family of Clements and Rudolph
Kormann of Wabasso were Sum
day dinner guests at the L. B..
Fridley home and visited at the
Vernon Kormann home that af-
ternoon.
Allan Armin, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Armin Raduenz was christ
ened at the st. Johns Lutheran
church Sunday morning. Spon-
sors were Mrs. William Jordan,
Harry Gaulke and William
Preuss.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
Old City Ordinances
Covers Lots of Ground

Fresno, Calif-(R-There are
2,363 city ordinances in this town
and you're liable to get into trou-
bic where you least expect it.
for instance:
Don't sell a hamburger without
giving the customer a list of in
gradients.
If you ride BICYCLE on the
sidewalk, you must alight, but
not bow, on approaching a pedes-
train.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
MASS WEDDINGS PLANNED
FOR CHINESE REFUGEES :

Shanghai Up A series OF
mass weddings are being arrang-
ed by Chinese charity organiza-
tions to accommodate the love-
lorn in Shanghai's refugee camps.
The weddings are to be held
monthly and will require no cash
outlay since the necessary Chi
nese wedding costume will be
loaned the couples by local shops.
Contrasting strangely with his
padded, denim overalls, the we'd
ding costume for the refugee
groom will include a silk gown
and fedora hat.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
NORTH REDWOOD
YOUTH INJURED
in SILO PLANT
SCHOOL CLOSES FOR
EASTER VACATION;
OTHER NEWS ITEMS
By Mrs. o. w. Simondet

North Redwood-Don Sundem |
who is employed in the Hanson
Silo plant received painful injur-
les Monday while working. A lev
er slipped, striking him in the
jaw and causing him to bite a hole
through his tongue. He was un-
conscious for several minutes but
was able to resume work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton johnson
of Waverly, S. D. and Mr.. and
Mrs. S. j. Sampson of Morgan
were Sunday guests at the ]. D.
Ziegler home.
School viii close today for
spring vacation which will con-
tinue until Monday, April 25.
A large crowd attended serv-
ices at the church Sunday eve
ming and enjoyed a play given
by the E. L. G. E. of Middle
Creek.
Alice Simondet's Sunday school
class gave a party Saturday eve
ming in the church parlors at
which the losing side in an at
tendance contest entertained the
winners.
Mrs. Richard Scoates attended
a shower in honor of Mrs. War
rem Boys at the home of Mrs.
Oscar Randgaard at Redwood
Falls last Wednesday evening.
Otto Smith was a business
visitor at Olivia last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Athlet Smith and
family of Morton visited Sunday
at the Otto Smith home. May and
Margaret Smith remained for
longer visit with their grandpar-
ents.
Mrs. Oscar Gubrud and daugh-
ter of Marshall visited relatives
here Saturday until Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Becker and
son Won accompanied by Mrs. M.
j. Hanson and son Gene of Oil
via motored to st. Paul Friday
where they visited at the home
of their sister, Mrs. A. B. Sch
roeder, returning Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Scoates
WERE visitors in the Twin Cities
Monday.
lMr. and Mrs. William Prodoehl
attended the funeral of their un-
Gle, L. A. Prodoehl at Middle
Creek Sunday.
Mrs. Sam Stellmaker and
daughter Lilly of Redwood Falls
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Becker.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W.. Henze
visited relatives at New Ulm
Sunday.
Floyd Becker has been trans
ferred from Winona to Faribault
where he is assistant manager of
the Montgomery Ward store.
Relatives of Mrs. Martha Lin
deman have received word that
she is seriously i'll at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Peterson,
in Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. M. j. Hanson and
son Gene of Olivia visited rela-
tives here Sunday. Mrs. Hanson
and son remained for a few days
visit.
Mrs. Ralph Mann entertained
few relatives at dinner Thurs
day evening in honor of her
husbands birthday.
Helen Mann of ST. Paul is visit
ing at the Mann home here and
with the Roy Davis family at
Beaver Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dworshak
and son of Olivia visited at the
Joseph Herdina home Friday.
Emma Zwemke who teaches at
Gibbon is spending her vacation
with her sister, Mrs. Lilly Sch
roeder. Alice Simondet is spend
ing her vacation at home.
The teachers, Esther Van Selus
and Evelyth Ruud and pupils of
all grades except the first and
second went to Redwood Falls
Friday afternoon. Under the di-
rection of S. w. Limburg, they
practiced singing with other dis
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
would buy them.

would buy them.
Sam tried it and found thrly-
ing business with more than 50
laboratories. He gets his specl-
mems from . the Chicago stock
yards, pickles them in alcohol and
ships COD.
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14
PARASITES HELP YOUTH
WITH HIS EDUCATION

Chicago-(P) - Parasites and
pig embryos are helping Sam
Saikin, 18, through school.
+ Sans hobby was collecting and
preserving snakes, toads, frogs
and turtles until a friend told him
he should include embryos and
parasites because biological lab
oratories throughout the country
The Redwood gazette., 1938-04-14

Bruce Starr, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Starr, received cut
on the head when he fell against
a car door handle while riding
with John Eustice Monday eve
ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-27
Labor Can't Cry "Stop, Thief"

There is no lack of statistics about the business depression, heaven knows. Every economist, statistician and Would-oe soothsaver in the land has had a go at explaining the depression in doflars-and- cents terms, and there doesn't seem to be a great deal that has been left unflgured.
 Yet you can still get new angle on things, even at this date, if the right kind of figures are put together. An example is to be found in recent bulletin from the Cenral National Bank Of Cleveland. This bulletin examines the decline in national income during the first half of 1888 as compared with the first half of 1887, and the figures it pre- sents are rather instructive.
 The income received by all residents ot the United States in the first six months of 1887 totaled $33 Ill 100000; in the first six months of 1888 it came to S3O,- 629,OOO,OOO a drop of rather less than $2,5O0,000 O00 That decline - per- centage decrease of only 7.5 - appar- ently measures the difference between good times and bad times Who took the biggest cut, in this decline?
 Employe compensation - another way of saying wages and salaries - dropped S1,927,OOO,OOO Payments of dividends and interest dropped $378,000,0O0. Profits taken by owners of private concerns de- clined by $177,000,000. Labor, obviously, took the biggest cut But wait minute. Further study of the figures shows that in the first half of 1888 employees got $533 for every dollar that was paid out in divi- dends and interest; and it happens that that is the highest ratio yet recorded in this country. In 1937 for instance, the ratio was SABA; in the boom year of 1929, it was $4.53
 All of which is simply another way of saying that although there was less money to go around in the first six months of this year, labor got a bigger proportion ate cut of it than ever before. And if that is true, then the man who tells labor that labor's income is down because capital is taking too big a slice of the profits is simply talking through his hat Capitals slice was proportionately largest of all in 1929, when labor's income was at it's peak; it was smallest in the first half of 1888, when labor's income was way down.
 Meditating over these figures, it is hard to avoid the hackneyed old conclusion that labor and capital have got to share the same fate. If the total sum available for wages, dividends and interest is up, then both profit if it is down, both lose And meanwhile, labor is getting - in pro- portion to the money available - bigger share than ever before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-27
Breaks Up Entente

Possibility of another triple entente in local Democratic circles was upset this week when Mayor John w. Murphy of New Haven decided that his city office was enough for him to hold and announced that he wasn't candidate for the non1- ination of Lieutenant-Governor on the Democratic ticket. Mayor Murphy's name has been mentioned on many occasions for various state offices, not only this year but in other campaigns, but there were others, too on the list and a couple of strong candidates had already been announced, But when Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford and National Committeeman David E. Fitz- Gerald of New Haven were rumored to be effecting an alliance with Mayor Murphy for the avoWed purpose of advancing him as Lieutenant-Governor candidate, everyone sat up and took notice.
 The nomination for second place on the ticket this fall is particularly attrac- tive, because everyone, Democrat and Re- publican alike, figures that it will be Gov ernor Wilbur L. Cross last term Funny how Republicans almost unconsciously admit he can't be defeated this year by
 
 ant-Governor as extremely important on both tickets. The fact remains that if Governor Cross is nominated and re- elected he may have no notion of retir- ing when 1940 rolls around. Even if he does, many things may change the picture that will appear at that time.
 However, it's very true that further Democratic success this fall would make the office of Lieutenant-Governor ex- tremely important. With Mayor Mur- phy spurning it, the outcome seems to lie between Labor Commissioner "Joe" Tone and Colonel Thomas Hewes both fine and fast friends of the Governor. If alliances are being discussed and formed, we're inclined to think they won't get too far with the voters today They sort of pre- fer to be bit more independent and like their candidates and officials that way, too.