The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-09-13
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NEW WILLKIE STRATEGY

Washington, d. C.
NEW WILLKIE STRATEGY
Wendell Willkie already has in
troduced one major innovation in
Republican campaigning by subor-
dinating the regular party organiza-
ton to his new network Of Willkie
clubs. But now his ieutenants are
considering another.
This is plan of "direct selling;
in other words, personal solicitation
or "button-holing" to win votes for
3 Willkie.
The plan was devised by Hugh
Stuart Center of San Jose, Calf,
former head of the states Associat-
ed Republican clubs and organizer
of the California Independents and
Democrats for Willkie. Here is how
the plan would work:
In each state, separate organize
lions would be set up in IL classical
tons: agriculture, real estate. pro-
duction, insurance, professional,
finance, education, merchandising,
transportation, hotel, personal serv-
ices, and religion. Each group would
finance its own activities, thus light
ening the load of the regular cam
paign organizations and also not pill
ing up big totals in their official re-
ports.
Business men would be asked to
assign an energetic and personable
young man to devote his time to cir
culating among workmen in the
same business, and to selling them
the Importance to that business OF
electing Willkie. Sponsors Of the
plan claim three advantages for it:
/. "No time is wasted in seeking
prospects. Each representative
meets them through the day, in the
apparent normal course of bust
ness"
2. "No sales resistance is encoun-
tered. The prospect does not real
ize he is being approached political
ly. It is just case of two or more
persons talking shop"
8. "No time is wasted on CAM
paign material that will not interest
the prospect, and the cost of the
work is carried by the representa-
tive's employer or firm, thus avoid
ing reportable expenditures.
TIN FOR AMERICA
The capital is full Of tin men.
Patino is here from Paris, and
Hochschild from Bolivia. Pierce has
arrived from Liverpool and Van den
Brooke from Amsterdam. National
Lead is represented, and the Grace
Lines, and Aramayo; while an ex-
pert is on his way from the Mineral
Bank of Bolivia.
It is a matter of moment when
these men come to Washington.
They are Dutch, British, Bolivian
only in name. Actually, they are
men of all countries. Simon Patino
is a Bolivian who lives in France
and controls the great tin smelters
of England plus tin mines in Bolivia.
Mauricio Hochschild is an Argentine
of Dutch descent who lives in Bolivia
and aspires to unseat Patino from
the tin throne of the world.
But today they are all willing to
be Americans. They see that inter-
national tin control is cracking, and
that Uncle Sam, who consumes
more refined tin than all the rest
of the world, means to smelt his
own at last. The tin men have
come to talk with the defense COM
mission and the RF'C in order to get
in on the business.
's TIN STORY
Here are the latest facts in this
tremendously important tin story:
/. The United States is on the
point Of signing contract with one
or more American metal firms to
establish tin smelling in this coun-
try.
2. Bolivia is ready to sign con-
tract to deliver metallic tin to the
equivalent of 1000 tons per month.
8. Van den Brooke declares the
readiness Of the Dutch government
to deliver 1000 tons month from
the Dutch East Indies.
4. Grace Lines are ready to re-
duce freight rates on tin ore from
Bolivia to the United States.
Behind all this is a tangled skein
Of conflicting interests. Patino, the
Bolivian, is worried that his gov
eminent is playing close game
with his rival, Hochschild, the Ar
gentine. Van den Brooke, the Hol-
lander, would Like to set up smelt-
cry with Patino, but insists that he
should control it, since he would
supply more ore.
Meanwhile, the U. S. government
sits back, dickering over prices.
Out of all this frenzied activity,
there can be no doubt that smelt-
ing industry will be established
here. But the long-range question
remains undecided:
VIII this new industry outlast the
emergency, or will 1t, as In the
World war period, smeIt itself out Of