The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-08-01

k ing him to the throne
Iw~m of England.
""n9 However, when the
ex-king gets to the Azure islands
just off the coast of Florida he will
find a major social problem await
ing him. For the Bahamas are not
self-supporting even with their rich
tourist trade they are an economic
liability. The United Kingdom gives
them all sorts of concessions to keep
the populace contented.
Among other things, the British
government pays a high preference
on Bahaman sugar to sweeten the
English cup of tea. 1t pays through
the nose in comparison with the
much cheaper Cuban sugar. And
should Germany conquer the United
Kingdom and cast off the Bahamas,
those islands would face economic
disaster.
The Bahaman population is 80 per
cent black, and already the sour eco
nomic situation abroad and its reflex
in Nassau, have caused rioting. The
Negroes are a prolific people, in
creasing the economic strain with
every increase in the population.
One solution might be birth con-
troll, and the Bahamas would offer
an interesting laboratory for this ex-
pertinent. A similar experiment has
been discussed in the heavily over
populated island of Puerto Rico, but
there the Negroes are Catholic while
in the Bahamas they are Protestant.
At any rate, the duke of Windsor
| is likely to have his hands full.
LEWIS FOR FDR
Even though John L. Lewis has
three times declared that if the
President ran for third term he
would be ANONYMOUSLY defeated"
behind the scenes the ''fix is in' for
reconciliation between them. In
Inmates have been working on both
for several weekS-ever since the
G. o. P. platform opened the way
| for a face-saver for Lewis.
When he threw his brickbatS at
the President before the platform
committee in Philadelphia, Lewis
expected in return that the Repub-
| licans would avoid advocating
amendment of the national labor re-
lations act in their labor plank. I'm
der ALT Landon's urging the plank
as originally drafted said nothing
about revision.
But big industrial contributors de-
manded no pussyfooting on the is
sue. In the end Landon was over
ruled and the plank as adopted de-
clared for amendment of the law.
KING MAKERS
Two unknown newcomers staged
the quiet behind-the-scenes drive
which put over Henry Wallace.
One was Farmer Eugene Ca
sey, big Maryland dairyman; the
other was bespectacled DR.. Luther
Haar, business manager of the Phil
adelphia Record and manager of
Sen. Joe Guffey's recent successful
primary campaign.
While other vice presidential hope
fuls had elaborate headquarters and
electioneering paraphernalia, Casey
and Haar avoided these trappings
and brought pressure to bear where
| it would count at the right moment.
Each worked different spheres.
Haar exerted his persuasive tai
ents on key leaders and labor chiefs,
with whom he is intimate. Not re-
vealed were the personal kilograms
to Roosevelt from G. I. O.'s Phil
Murray, Tom Kennedy and John
Owen, which helped clinch the de-
cision on Wallace.
| Casey did his stuff among the in
ner circle and farm leaders. The
pincers drive worked and the nod
went to Wallace.
He got the news at breakfast ear
ly Thursday morning. Grinning boy
ishly, he remarked to friends who
came to congratulate him: 81 found
I didn't have soft shirt this morn
ing so / had to wear this stiff
one. And the only cuff links I had
were these the President gave me.
I didn't realize it at the time, but it
was lucky omen"
NOte-Only shadow on Wallace's
happiness was his inability to reach
Jim Farley. The two have been
good friends, and as soon as he got
word from Washington, Wallace tele-
phoned Farley. But repeated efforts
brought no response and all mes
sages went unanswered.
| MERRY-G0-R