Evening star., 1942-11-14
Readers Differ in Views
OF Election n-Phenomena.

have read with deep interest inter-
pretations, comments and letters appear
ing IN The Star in connection with the
amazing results of the congressional and
State elections held recently and have
been disappointed to note that the COM
mentators and writer's have failed to
grasp what feel to be the true picture
In the light of subsequent events
Many writer's have included in their
analysis a criticism of the President and
the Democratic party because of the
teen-age draft. the farm ceilings, tax
legislation, rationing and 'planless"
prosecution of the war.
While the latter, as charged by orators
and writer's prior to election day, prob
ably influenced many voters throughout
the country, how completely has such a
charge been repudiated by the events of
the past week end-a soul stirring often
sive by the American armed forces that
has forced the enemy to revise his entire
war strategy!
The fact that Winston Churchill per-
sonally has credited Franklin Delano
Roosevelt as the author of the plan for
such an offensive is glowing tribute to
the stature Of the President we elected
for three terms, but does not In itself
convey all Of the implications important
to the American people and to an &C
curate history of the period
The greatest President that this coun-
try has known has been accused OF every
possible kind of political chicanery, but
can any man question Mr.. Roosevelt's
leadership, his Importance as a world
figure, when it is remembered that he
did not time the offensive to occur prior
to the recent election, move that would
have been possible and might have
changed the complexion Of that event?
The fact that the President did not
stoop to such manipulation is, to me,
conclusive proof that he, with his staff
officers, is planning the prosecution of
the war so that ultimate victory will be
achieved at the earliest possible moment
with a minimum loss of lives in the
American and Allied forces and with an
absolute disregard for the effect on any
election.
It Is my firm belief that the tremen-
dous influence of the President on the
victorious prosecution of the war will
prove but incidental to his greater work
OF reconstruction and extending to un-
der-privileged nations the blessings OF
the freedom which we have been privi-
legged to enjoy. May he be spared for
that work. JAMES F. BOGAN.
10 the Editor Of The Star:
The theory that the recent Republican
victories were due to the votes of the
rich does not seem to square with certain
facts.
In the first place, the rich could hardly
be more In the saddle under . Repub-
lican administration than they are at
present. The whole war program seems
to have been turned over to them and
their dollar-a-year statesmen. They have
been relieved of their due share of the
tax burden by the soak-the-poor tax
policy Of Congress. They appear to have
been given everything they could ask for.
Would they have any reason for biting
the hand that has fed them so gener-
ously?
The poor, on the contrary, have seen
themselves loaded with an undue share
Of the tax burden. They have been
pestered by rstioning and other regula-
tions not introduced IN democratic
manner but - the arbitrary acts Of