The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-06-27

W 9 Knnds-n welt intends to let
nothing interfere
with the defense-and. incidentally,
the laid the allies program.
New Deal lieutenants are apt to
prove troublesome-if they are al
lowed by the President to inject
their ideas. The theory of most
observers at the moment is that de-
spite the Presidents determination
not to let the emergency interfere
with social gains made in his
administration, he is also deter
mined that nothing must be allowed
to interfere with the defense pro-
gram.
The New Dealers, however, are
saying that as the job of organizing
industry for armament production
has been put into the hands of busi-
ness, under its own bosses, then IN
dustry also must assume the respon-
sibiIity
10 HAVE FULL POWER
Roosevelt is emphatic in asserting
that his .extra-cabinet'' commission
will have every necessary power to
get production But if the machin-
cry for carrying the double burden
of supplying the present and poten-
tial needs of domestic defense and
of the allies fails to click, industry
must be prepared to see the New
Deal take over and order industry
what to do, according to its own
notions, with all the implications
which that carries for deliberate So
cialization of industry, as political
doctrine.
Even in the hands of Knudsen, Ed
ward r. Stettinius Jr.. Sidney Hill
man, ct al, some RECOMMENDATION OF
certain industries IS Unavoidable if
the job is to be done The differ
ence lies in attitude and ultimate
objective. The advisory national
defense commission will do as little
OF it as possible, but the New Deal
ers will be looking for the oppor-
tunity. incidentally, it is interesting
that the present proposed regime
for the control of the armament in
dustry came out inch by inch over
a period of 10 days, during which
the real function and authority OF
the defense commission was very
difficult to ascertain.
WILLKIE rs POSSIBLE
1t is little short OF fabbergasting
how much talk has grown up in just
the last few weeks about Wendell
l.. Willkie, the hard-hitting big cleo
trio mogul, for the Republican pres
idential nomination. One of the last
to take it seriously has been Willkie
himself, but he certainly is candi-
date now. And howl
The funny part Of it all is that it
is possible for Willkie to win the big
prize. Not probable-yet-but dis
tinctly possible. 1t could happen
something like this. The convention
would start balloting, after num-
Der Of nominating and second
speeches, with their timeworn and
tire dbare-though never In ear
jarring volume-demonstrations in
tended to show all and sundry that
this particular candidate is the one
who arouses enthusiasm.
Beyond a doubt the two leaders
on that first ballot will be Thomas
Il. Dewey and Senator Robert A.
Taft, in that order. Trailing will be
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg,
Gov. Arthur Fl. James of Pennsyl-
vania, Frank E. Gannett and the
lesser candidates. Willkie will have
a sprinkling, but only that.
HOW 1T MIGHT WORK
Then will come the crucial test
ing, characteristic of all political
conventions which are not an obvi-
GUS pushover for some favorite. In
that testing, Dewey win get the first
run, and Taft the second It is the
considered opinion of most politi-
clans that Dewey will no be able
to win a majority in this first test
ing. It is little doubtful about
Taft. He may be nominated within
the first few ballots, but he probably
will not be.
After Dewey and Taft have had
their nrst runs, and both proved un-
successful, Senator Vandenberg will
b given short whirl. Best opm-
idn is he viii get nowhere, despite
the fact that he viii have more
friends. in the convention than any
ore else.
Up TO few days ago, 1t was as
stunned that the next man to be given
a chance would be Gov. John w.
Bricker OF Ohio. In fact, Bricker
was the man, up to few days ago,
that many OF the elder statesmen Of
the party actually thought was going
to be the nominee. Now 1t would
surprise no one II Willkie were then
given run