Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-23
Winkie Tour
Opening Gun
In 1914 Drive
COP Chiefs Prefer
Dewey or Macarthur
BY PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON. juno p.

puDuCly feared Al OoeIlll
two weeks ago that he may be
nominated in spite of myself
is apparently planning to leave
little 10 chance.
Here lately he let all con-
creSSiOnal friends know he IN
tends 10 tour and speak IN most
states north of the Mason
Dixon Line i'm the next five
months. This put his active can
didacy for the 1914 presidential
nomination in Seml-Offlclal
status. lacking only a formal
announcement.
His side Of the story Is that
he is campaigning 10 prevent
nomination of an isolationlSt on
the Republican ticket-AnY man
on his side of that intangible
fence will be satisfactory 10
him (meaning probably eX-Gov.
StaSsen of Minnesota, who IS
the only memorable Ropuhl-
can identified in that camp,
I EAST of all, he likes Gov.
II Bricker of Ohio, for rca-
sons not fully apparent and,
surprisingly, he IS not equally
disinclined toward Gov. Dewey
OF New York This, AT any rate
is the way official Republican
leaders now understand the
Willkle position and purposes.
Rising far higher than WillkIe
in congressional viewpoint, how
ever are both DeWeN-a Gen,
Macarthur. The leaders realize
Dewey will not be a candidate,
Will have 10 he drafted. but be-
lieve this could be arranged
The Macarthur candidacy is
largely the personal inspiration
Of Senator NanderhcTg, who
does not know whether Mac
Arthur viii accept. hut believes
the war will still be m next
June. and SuppoSeS that tho
outstanding superior American
military director naturally Will
be demanded,
NO AMERICAN mind can an
~ derstand French politicians.
They can not even understand
each other. After Years Of dcal-
ing with Gen. DeGaulle, the Al
lied political leaders find II hard
10 describe who and what he IS
IN the current situation.
Newly circulated stories Try
10 explain ms political move
ment as CommunlStlC. II is true
the Communists arc strongly
behind his program The leader
Of the Red underground IN
France. who escaped 10 London,
has been welcomed into the
Fighting French committee
there.
Also, the agreement which
Moscow made with DcGaullo
group hacks him much further
than either the British or WC
have gone In a iolnl COmmu-
nQue dated Sept. %. 1912 Mos
COW recognized the DeGaul'o
group as representing tho
whole Of the citizens and terri
tories Of France who do not 1c-
Cept CapltulatOn and the
only one who qualified 10 or
Canize the participation m tho
war Of French citizens and ter
ritorIeS
THE British agreement merely
L recognized him as repre-
sentng the Free French and
promised 10 treat with him
But already the Communists
are having trouble with hum
their TuniSlan deputies having
denounced him as we'll as Gen.
Giraud
Far more important ITO UNI
derstand the curious news from
the French political 'front.'.
DeGaulle IS a political lndlvld-
ualist who seems entirely
favorable only 10 DcGaulle. One
eminent authority here char
aCterlzeS him as the French
Joan d Arc but no doubt he
would prefer 10 be called Ma
poleon.
As THESE symptoms have
"A become clear in recent de-
velopmentS. De Gaullo'S popu-
larity here has declined even
among the liberals who eSpouSed
his cause despite his monarchlSt
background. probably because
there was no one else
a prominent liberal Washing
ton correspondent Of a plnkishly
dazed New York newspaper
wrote a series OF stories on the
De Gaulle situation from a
truthful standpoint after his
newspaper had sent him 70
Africa. He found the admins
tration position was not 50 far
wrong. When he returned he
discovered his stories had not
been printed and thereupon re.
signed
Apparently the liberals arc
not yet ready for the truth
about De Gaulle, but are get
ting closer 10 II.
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