Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-10
BEHIND
THE NEWS
BY Paul
MalIon

WASHniNG :, aug Aug, Inc ne
fleets some logged. desperate,
inside fighting which does not
appear on the surface.
CongreSSmen- returning from
the political battlefleldS back
home continue 20 report little
public interest One senator says
people thought II an imposition
for him 10 talk Al all. They
-Gid-nnLLSten-ta-&peecheS-and-
voting everywhere is light.
interpretations are difficult
and confused Some authorities
are interpreting the recent de-
feat OF well-known Senator Ben
nett Clark TO isolationlsm. Ii
may have been that, but II also
may have been an accumulation
of personal things which dam
aged his popularity, possibly
also the fact that he was IN
with national chairman Hanne-
gan now. which seemed slight
change of character for him.
Most probably. the influence
OF A ST. Louis newspaper was
important against him, claiming
ne would vote against any post
war settlement because OF his
fathers grudge against Wood
row Wilson. ! suspect II was
mainly because he was seldom
on the job.
FAMILIAR Cotton Ed Smiths
L defeat was attributed TO his
opposition 10 the New Deal
land unQuestlonably the New
Deal won that race). but /
suspect the fact that he is over
IS years OF age had much 10 do
with il. He Just could not or
game as he formerly did
against the long planned New
Deal bulk organizing OF DIN
Johnson
Senator Rufus Holman lost IN
Oregon. and tins, too, is said 10
be a victory against isolation
ism. hut il also may have been
due TO personal prestige.
As far as isolation versus in
ternationalism is concerned,
the score so far stands exactly
even. Defeated or not running
for reelection are the so-called
Observation-Disclosures, Clark Of
Idaho and Reynolds OF North
Carolina, as well as Holman
and Clark Of Missouri.
But the successful list OF anti
internationalists includes Nye,
Gillette of Iowa Quincy of
South Dakota, Tobey of New
Hampshire land notably Rep.
Ham Fish. whose victory is At
tributed mainly 10 the personal
sympathy engendered by his
heavy opposition which m a d e
HIM an underdogt. Mrs Cara
way. on the other hand who
supported the FDR policy, was
defeated
What tins plainly shows Is
that The argument Is dead. This
was evident before the prima-
ries, in fact before the war
when both Nye and Tobey an
nounced they were for world
cooperation.
THE stands taken by Roo>e-
L welt and Dewey for the ma
tlonal fray also show the only
remaining argument may de-
velop between idealistic OF prac-
teal cooperation with the
world. not whether there should
be cooperation.
Many false symptoms, there
fore, are being read into the
results. Two real ones stand
out truly in my opinion.
Primaries are largely organlza-
tional fights.
The man with the hest or
eanization usually wins. espe-
-eislly when voting Is Hight and
interest low
II is plain from the results
that inner political organization
has developed far beyond what
we have known before. This
will he true also nationally with
Dewey spending The bulk of his
laborS so far in organization.
and Democratic Chairman Han
negan calling for house-to-house
CanVasseS
But wherever the organiZa-
ton explanation does not hold
true, the heavy turnover is a
sign people are thinking things
Out, Tor change. The thoughts
OF most citizens may be across
the seas. but those who have
enough direct interest IN
primaries tn-caSt a-Note- seem
10 have made II their business
10 know who stays on the iob
in the Senate chamber and
whose prestige in The Senate
is high.