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Finland.
Baron Mannerheim gained wide
fame as the White general" Of Fin
land, when Europe was rallying to
crush the new Bolshevik power. or
keep it within bounds. He Is a
member of the oldest of Finland's
noble families and served 30 years
in the armies of the Gar. In the
World War he fought on the Polish,
Galician. Bukovinian and Bessa-
rabian fronts, as a cavalry general.
Early in 1918 Lenin had recognized
the independence of the Finnish
republic. but the revolt against the
rule of President p. E. Svinhufvud
swelled to q Finno- Russian rebellion.
The general hurried home, recruited
a peasant army, and not only routed
the homegrown Reds, but their
Russian allies. On May Is Of last
year he was the hero of tumultuous
national celebration. marking the
Goth anniversary of his triumphant
entry into Helsinki.
In the immediate postwar years
he moved about Europe q great deal
and was the focus of much white"
Russian opinion and activity. The
Bolsheviks have hated him viru-
lently, and it has been suggested
that he is the real target for the
violent abuse which Moscow has
been hurting at Finland.
The general, at 72, wears his
Homburg hat at Broadway angle.
His guardsman's moustache is still
turned perkily and gallantly upward,
his vests still showing natty white
piping.
Late in 1919 he resigned as the
virtual dictator and co-operated in
setting up a constitutional govern
ment. Later the Firms made him
Premier, and he has gathered vir.
tually all the honors and titles of
the realm.
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tickets as there is today. With the
party high commands in a sort OF
sit-down strike against each other,
each trying to maneuver the other
into making the first choice OF
nominees, 1t is not even known
whether the nominating conven-
tions will be held in the customary
period around the end of June and
the first of July. A considerably
later date for both of them is pos
sible.
AS to the candidates, the truth is
and nobody is better aware OF 1t
than the newspaper writers them
selves-that all polls and prophecies,
expert" and otherwise, need to be
taken with a good deal more than
the usual grain Of salt. I was about
to fall into the other cliche and say
they are not worth the paper they
are written on, but that would not
be strictly accurate. Polls like that
Of Newsweek have a certain value,
I suppose, in exhibiting trends OF
thought at given moment; they
have also the considerable merit,
like any good parlor game. of being
interesting.
Change Obviously Due to War.
Thus 1t is interesting to read that
whereas only % per cent of the Tex
perts"-the word is Newsweek's and
not mine-picked Mr.. Roosevelt last
April as the nkeliest Democratic
nominee, so per cent now give him
this rating. 1t is obviously the war
which has wrought this change in
the consensus, for when the corre-
spondents were asked to name the
principal causes that would in
fluence the election. "a of them-all
predicting a Democratic victory
cited the supposed unwillingness OF
the people to change horses" in a
crisis.
Mr.. Roosevelt's appearance at the
top of the form sheet coincided with
reversal Of opinion as to which
party would win the election. Last
spring the Republicans were the IA
vorites by q two-to-one majority;
this time there was a two-to-one ex-
pectancy Of q Democratic victory.
Among the prospects for the Dem
ocratic nomination Paul v. McNutt
ran second to the President. with
Cordell Hull and John N. Garner
third and fourth. Here was COM
plete upset since last spring, when
Mr.. Garner led the field, including
Mr.. Roosevelt, and Mr.. McNutt
failed to receive a single first-choice
vote. The II first-choice votes for
Mr.. McNutt in the November bal
loting, together with 20 votes for the
same candidate as the second like
liest winner, reflect a widespread be-
lief that If Mr.. Roosevelt gives him
the nod the Indianian will get the
nomination.
Mr.. Farley won the call as the
likenest vice presidential nominee
with Mr.. McNutt, Mr.. Garner. Sena-
tor Wheeler and Gov. Stark follow
ing in that order and a dozen others
trailing.
A marked shift of opinion was
shown also in the voting on the Re-
publican aspirants. Last April Mr.
Dewey was the leader, with Senator
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The Poll Of News Experts
Prophecies Of 50 Intelligent Readers
Considered Almost as Reliable

Taft a close second and Senator
Vandenberg far in the ruck. Mr..
Vandenberg is now well out in the
lead, Mr.. Taft is an Indifferent sec
ond and Mr.. Dewey bad third.
Mr.. Dewey was rated as the man
most likely to get second place on
the Republican ticket and after him
came Mr.. Taft, House Minority
Leader Martin, Gov. Bricker, Sena-
tor Bridges and string Of others.
Just One Certainty.
Now all this forecasting, with re-
spect to both Democrats and Re-
publicans and the outcome of the
election, adds up to just one GER
tainty-and that is the complete
state of uncertainty in the minds
both of the correspondents and the
country. A poll of any so intelligent
readers Of the newspapers would
give a result entitled to almost If
not quite as much reliance.
In some respects 1t might be a
better guide to what the public is
thinking. It seems to this writer
very much to be doubted that Mr..
McNutt is as strong q candidate as
the Newsweek poll makes him out
to be, and the placing Of Mr.. Dewey
back among the also-rans on the
Republican side is questionable. He
is still. despite his disabilities, a
candidate to be reckoned with.
A fact that does not appear in
the consensus is that Gov. Bricker
Of Ohio will 90 into the Republican
convention with a lot OF the Re-
publican big money openly or COW
ertly behind him. Senator Taft
will get his run, and if he fails
Gov. Bricker will be given his
chance. Two of the so correspond
ents went all out for him as the
Republican nominee and nine picked
him as the second likeliest candi-
date. Gov. Bricker has what may
prove to be the winning asset in
the Republican convention: No
voting record on national issues.
The correspondents who partici-
pated in the poll must be acquitted
(as this writer hopes he will be ac-
quitted Of any dogmatism in fore
casting the 1910 results. The fol-
lowing from Newsweek, in announc-
ing the result Of its "preview."
should be read in connection with
the POLAND 1t would be a good
thing to paste in the hat, as a check
against anybody's prophecies.
Most of those participating in
the survey were inclined to qualify
their answers with ifs and butts
Some specified that sudden peace
abroad would greatly increase Re-
publican chances and lessen the
chances that Roosevelt would run
again. Nearly all pointed out that
unusual changes in business con-
ditions. surprising actions by the
Roosevelt administration or other
unexpected developments might
completely change the outlook"
That says it.
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blank whether the
stuff really being handed
reported Weeupon the President nti
tmaed really believed their statements
they most powerful imagnatons record.
Glib Fellow
smiling dceptvey enthusiastic
point
opposite Wendell Wle distinctly point
Recently, described Wlke
backing McNutt candidacy
this have appeared before and wseaces have
Wlk OF the
finance McNuts avhy expensive self This KIND
circulated despite the nowdiscod fact that
told for the that
Acualand this has not been
dangerously
consideration
advancement.
reckoned wt-a remarkably able and force
exactly political leader surrounded set Of
primeva henchmen survivors of the old
what they want in politics The trouble
with McNutt that he too glib to be credible There was Tor
Hute strike when McNu sent In the
the plants and left them Terre Hau for whole
President ground that
did better
Big inns Joke
gbness doesn't work but McNutt and his people
shot at soft
McNu most deadly and dangerous Jim Farley
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Boys Life Hinges
On Blood Donor

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 1.-Unless the
right blood donor can be found
and the chance is slim-2-year-old
Billy Boblitz, jr., must die.
Stricken November % with acute
myeloid leukemia, a rare malay
which causes white corpuscles in the
blood to multiply and consume life
sustaining red corpuscles, the chub-
by, rosy checked youngster could
still play weakly today with his
toys and his teddy bear at Mercy
Hospital.
But, DR.. George S. Bailey, his
physician, said his only chance to
live lay in discovery of a person
cured of the disease, whose blood
could be transfused into Billy's
veins.
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Altoona Boy Stricken
By Dreaded leukemio
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALTOONA, Pa. Dec. 1.-Two-year-
old Omar Johns is suffering from
tn dreaded and rare blood disease.
leukeria, reported attaches at Mercy
Hospital, where he was admitted 10
days ago. Three blood transfusions
already have been given the boy,
whose case was listed as leukemic
leukemia since both red and white
corpuscles are being destroyed.
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Federal power in interstate COM

Federal power in interstate COM
merce.
The Apex case, of course, will be
appealed to the Supreme Court OF
the United States, although the
C. I. o. is already out with a state
ment suggesting arbitration so as
to avoid further litigation. Unless
the Apex case is appealed the legal
ity of the "sit-down" strike as a
means of interrupting and restrain
ing interstate commerce will not be
determined and business and indus
try will be subjected to "sit-downs'
and SLOW downs" such as have Just
cost tens of millions of dollars IN
the Chrysler strike, with no bene-
fit to anybody and considerable In
jury to the public, as always hap
pens when a major industry is closed
down for seven or eight weeks.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.
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the magazine
Newsweek in its
second poll of
so representative
w a S h l n 6 t o n
newspaper cor
respondents on
the probable
nominees. At a
comparable pre-
onv e n t i n
stage, there has
n e v e r within
memory b e e n
such a state of
uncertainty as
to the two par
tinc, rofinv1ai
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The Capital Parade
No Excuse Is Seen for Sweeping Claims
OF McNutt Forces in Presidential Drive
BY JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTNER.

familiar political technique but
has been crassy exploited Paul Worries McNt
presidential nomination The McNu forces
claiming sctest Wendell
however is support of the President
statesman Washington McIae
smart sales talk He generally cmaxes his spiel
given light
when interesting President
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that seniority Congress much
idea Here think
that the elect President to do job
the him term of Office at
ample in Washington
With the exception Wilson whose health broken his efforts
unfinished undefended New Dealers
should this the work which
accomplished 1882 tremendous popular mandates
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by the Roose-
welt administra-
ton going to in
terpret statutes
hereafter SO as
to favor one
political or eco
nonic group
rather than an
other?
These ques-
tions will be
asked by laymen
who are finding
it difficult to
understand how
the commerce
clause of the
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Big inns Joke

tried the Indiana dele
toughest tactics prevented him.
memories the United States yet Nc
Hale attempted convince him he
MIIale said that Farley had only been less
fall into line Farley all but laughed
and has thought the incident excesnt joke ever
which only suggests that eort to be all things to all
doomed to failure
the start.
~ dby orthA Americ Alliance 1nc)
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Poet Discloses Marrioqe

GREENUP, KY, Dec. / (P.-Jesse
H. Stuart. 80, noted Kentucky poet,
announced yesterday his marriage
at Ashland October IA to Miss Naomi
Dean Norris, 81, Greenup grade
school teacher. Mr.. Stuart formerly
was a teacher in Greenup County
and at Portsmouth, Ohio.
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dianan dates from the day when,
thinking he had lined up the Indi-
ana delegation for Roosevelt, he
found that "Some one was giving
him the foot" in the old phrase.
AS he has written in his admi-
rable memoirs, he suspected at the
time that McNutt had made a deal
by which he was to receive news
paper support for the governorship
H., ~a},,~x, f1r {4is,tor TIM ctnr-
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should he so desire, might conceiv-
ably be able to stuff McNutt down
the unwilling throats of James A.
Farley and John N. Garner. But it
is not true. The President himself
has said as much on more than one
occasion.
Probably the most recent was a
discussion of the McNutt candidacy
between the President and a
shrewdly knowledgeable political
intimate McHale'S sales talk WAS
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ForIey Letter UndeIivered

DALLAS, Tex, Dec. / R-Post
Once officials certainly would like
to deliver a letter addressed merely
to c. c. Peek, Dallas, but they can't
find his nome in any directory.
The letter is from James A. Farley,
Postmaster General.
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incidentally, the
m ost romantic
figure OF the re-
public. When he
turned back the
Red tide In 1921
and saved the
republic, he had
G e r m q n help,
and, to the sur
prise Of all on
lockers, was able
to liquidate 1t
afterward. This
time the Ger
mans give pas
sive assent to
the murder of
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Folk
And What
They Do
Baron Monnerheim
Is finlund's Most
Romantic Figure
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

=
Handsome old Baron Carl Gustav
Mannerheim, field marshal of Fin
land, suggests in looks and de-
meanor a holdover from the cotillion
era, but he is . case-hardened, hell
for-leather fighting man, and only
Evening star., 1939-12-01
Politics Not Exact Science

The Republicans recognized this fact when they
that Mr. Roosevelt nvening" foreign of which did
his domestic difficulties
politics those who
opposed to the President regardless OF all traditions to aona
partisan tradition
silver
the monetary views Cleveland resolution
President Coolidge Republicans who by their
public advocacy third Mr. Coolidge will undoubtedly
that the third notion sacred American principle President
Roosevelt decides The New Dealers doubt
people have strong conviction the subject.
third myth a principle
enough for who fails the job and that eight
normal times wise for strong popular President retire
soldi
Evening star., 1939-12-01
By CHARLES G, ROSS.

If any evidence were needed OF
the utterly unpredictable nature of
the next presidential campaign, 1t Is
supplied by the results obtained by
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PIGEONS Aid Army

Pigeons are again at the front
with British soldiers at war. Mobile
lofts for message-carrying pigeons
have been established with the ex-
peditionary force in France.
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eTHE opinions OF page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions arc presented n re
Stars effort to 0tDe all sides OF questions OF interest to s
readers although opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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a whole accepted domestic program
to go by default on issues involving
foreign policy.
The arguments against unduly
long tenure of Office are not peculiar
to the presidency. They also apply
to Senators and Representatives, to
Governors and even to judges. They
are persuasive but not conclusive. In
each case they must be weighed
against equally valid considerations.
Some of the administration liberals
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Decision
Analysed
Blow to Theory Of U. 5.
Power in Interstate
Commerce Seen
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Is there one kind of law for the
employer today and another kind for
the employe, and are new members
of the Federal judiciary appointed
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the Constitution
willing avang themselves
other might command their
confidence Bradley outstanding authority
law history took exception the
American Constitution
President shall reelected than
THAT quite ovesated Prof Thayer 1--WE have elected
President it
third will obstacle to
institutions considerations
Of and sound judgment
arhcay deprive Of the services
time of crisi
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We, the People
Two Polls Emphasize Common Sense
Of Movement to Re-elect Roosevelt
Bv JAY FRANKLIN,

powerful national movement reect
President 1910 emphasized polls both
editorialy Deal
opinion that ~ Of the people
favored of Roosevelt
nearly since the last Fortune poll this
Washington that "a Of
the Democrats
April only belief
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Advantages in Experience

There advantages rotation 10 there
tages experience particularly critical
tonal affairs delicate
monopolng
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SpondentS expected MT. Roosevelt
to be the candidate, whereas only IL
had believed In Mr.. Roosevelt's des-
tined third term six months earlier.
The outbreak Of the European war
was the reason generally assigned
for this tremendous shift in political
'opinion.
For there is solid sense and
great realism in the belief that we
should not change horses while
crossing q stream-a belief which
Evening star., 1939-06-16

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Good Posture
Can Prevent
Many Ills
Standing Properly
In Low Heels Can
Add to Height
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

II you were fashion model, pa
rading lovely gowns before the eyes
OF appreciative customers (and dis
corning customers you would walk
proudly with easy grace That is the
way you should always walk.
1t helps lot to imagine your
self on parade when you are walk
ing down the street. Pretend your
favored beau is just about to come
around the corner and you want
him to see you looking as lovely and
as chic as you can Or feel that
you are modelling your clothes for
those you pass. Pretend each is
looking at you with critical eyes
saying: There goes a girl with a
nice figure who knows how to carry
herself"
Do you know that poor posture
is the cause of numerous ailments
both in our youth and in our old
age? Much longer would our bo-
dies work as they should, and. re-
tain their youthfulness, if we ac-
qulred good posture during our
youth and retained it throughout
our lives.
Good posture means more than Just
good health-good posture is beauty,
and beauty attracts admiration. To
be shoWered with admiration creates
happiness. So life is ever so much
more colorful and satisfactory if
through good posture we have
beauty, health, love and success!
Encourage more beauty and good
health by buying yourself a pair of
shoes which will permit you the best
posture. If you have been wearing
high heels do not buy a pair of very
low heels. You must come down to
earth gradually. Buy a medium
heel which is broad. Later on in the
summer begin to wear the lower
heels-but alternate, keeping the
muscles of your feet and legs versa
tile.
1t is actually possible to add inches
to your height if you wear a sensi-
BILE low heel! That surprises you
But with lower heel you can grow
tall from the waist-your chest goes
up, your head back and your stom-
ach in. Higher heels tend to push
your stomach out, slump your
shoulders and to thrust your head
forward. This happens because you
are trying to balance yourself On
your heels. That is why they should
not be used for walking. They may
be used for dancing and dress wear
when usually car takes you to
and from a place.
My leaf1et, How to Keep Young
Looking" tells you how to acquire
perfect posture and gives you exer-
cises to preserve it once you have
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Evening star., 1939-06-16
Dorothy Dix Says
Whether Man Is Happier Married
Or Single Depends on Himself

rant for a wife. Statistics show that
married men live longer than bache-
lors because they lead more regular
lives and because of the way their
wives take care of them-not letting
them get their feet wet and making
them go to see the doctor about
little ailments that the men them
selves would neglect.
Of course, there are wives and
wives. But, assuming a man has
enough intelligence to pick out a
good one, he can have no more val
liable asset. For one thing, she is
the best protection he can take out
against predatory relatives and bor-
rowing friends who knowing that
bachelor has no family to support,
think he should educate their chill
dren and pay their bills.
For another thing, she is mans
best press agent. She can ballyhoo
all his virtues as he cannot do him.
self, and, what's more, make people
believe her, for everybody thinks
that if wife doesn't know all about
her husband, who does? Also, she is
a husbands perfect alibi for every
thing he wants to do and doesn't
want to do. The poor bachelor is
responsible for his own shortcomings,
but the married man can lay all of
them on his wife.
So. on the whole, the married man
has the best chance for happiness.
For there are no good times like
those that one has in ones own
home, surrounded by those one loves
and who love him. The man who
has that drinks the wine of happi-
ness that leaves no headache.
Evening star., 1939-06-16

To marry or not to marry-that' s
the question that young men are
debating in ever-increasing numbers
these days. They can't make up
their minds whether it is better to
be tied to an ever-loving wife,
as Mr.. Damon Runyon says, or to
have many girl friends to whom
they can give the air, without hav-
ing to pay alimony, when they lose
their taste for them. and whether
home cooking is worth the price if
a man has to pay for it by punch
ing the domestic time clock on the
dot.
Whether man is happier mar
ried or single depends, of course,
upon the man himself and the
pattern of life he enjoys following.
If his idea of a good time is be-
ing a roisterer and a roue, then
undoubtedly single blessedness
should be his choice. That leaves
him free to follow his bent, with
no angry woman waiting up to de-
liver a curtain lecture when he
rolls in with the milkman and no
necessity of explaining his affair
with a platinum blond to a jealous
wife. There is no denying that a
wife cramps the style of a play
boy.
But if man wants to amount to
something in the world and his idea
of happiness consists in doing well
the work that comes to his hand and
being helpful to his fellow creatures,
then he is better off married than
single, unless he is unlucky enough
to get a nagger or a shreW or ty-
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Manners a
of the
Moment

Ever since I once lived in oregon,
where summer shower lasted for
weeks, I have had an aversion to
stopping in doorway to wait until
the shower is over"
Those crowds that gather under
ciga- store awnings and shop-front
doorNeys look at me pityingly as 1
pass fifth my newspaper over my
head They consider me Il can tell
by their facial expressions a fool
But may say that I return the
compliment? Those doorway clus-
terers wait and wait. And gradually
you will see them, if you stick
around, peering out at the rain, and
one by one skittering off into it.
They haven't the time to wait for
ever. And so eventually they have
to get wet anyhow.
Well, all I do is to get wet at the
beginning. 1t seems much more
sensible to me. get home sooner.