The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-07-06

Ior MS seat cropped out SO vlSibly
that even visiting ruler, whose
mind was concentrated almost en-
tlrely on trying to do the right thing
and make an impression which
would not let England down, noticed
ii.
1t is OF a piece with the Presi-
dents reference to Thomas E. Dew
ey as that little tWo-spot, and to
the campaign the New Dealers have
been SO consistently conducting
since last winter against Senator
Robert A. Taft of Ohio.
The point here is not whether this
is sound strategy or not. II the best
polltal traditions are TO be fol-
lowed, it would seem to be. Start
hitting the most likely opponent
early.
The importance at the moment is
that apparently this is the strategy
OF the New Deal, and that the No.
] target has changed. three times
since last November. In that month
the remark about Dewey being a
"two-spot' was made. BY Febru-
airy apparently the New Dealers
were figuring that Taft was the man
they had to beat. BY June of this
year Vandenberg had moved up to
this dangerous position.
Later On IL Probably
WIi Be Some One Else
Next September it may be some
body else. Undoubtedly three or
four more Republicans will be on
this hot spot before next June, when
all doubts will be resolved by the
Republican national convention.
Dewey is still the most popular
Republican for the nomination if one
believes the polls. But inside New
Deal information is that he began
slipping rapidly some time back SO
lar as the men apt to control the
delegates are concerned. Dewey
does not hit the New Deal and
Roosevelt himself so hard as most
Republican leaders would like.
So Taft went into top position. as
far as they are concerned, and II
didn't take the New Deal scouts long
TO find this out. Then Taft was hurt
by two things. One was his failure
to make hit at several important
gatherings where he spoke, of which
one was the annual dinner of the
newspaper editors. The other was
the reported dislike for his chief OBJ
ponent for the Buckeye delegation.
Gov. John w. Bricker of Ohio, by
the county chairman of that state.
This put Vandenberg out front.
which is the reason he seemed the
chief menace to continuance of the
New Deal early in June. 1t may be
OF course that Mr.. Roosevelt was
also especially annoyed with the
Michigan senator because it wasVan-
denberg who directed the successful
hight to block further appropriations
for the Florida ship canal.
American Merchant Marine
To Receive Another BIoio
Something is always cropping up
to prevent the development of an
American merchant marine. Now
1t is about to receive another blow.
The house foreign affairs committee
went out Of its way to prevent it.
but the blow is almost surely com
ing when the so-called Bloom bill
introduced by Representative Sol
Bloom along the lines advocated bv
Secretary of State Cordell HulD gets
over to the senate.
The trouble lies in the cash and
carry" provisions Of the measure
The bill provides that munitions
and war materials may be sold
abroad, ~even to belligerents. and
may be shipped, but it also bro.
vides that title to the goods must
be transferred from American own
ership before the goods leave Amer
lean harbors.
The original cash and carry pro.
vision, regarded as going long
way toward removing the danger