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The Political Mill

1t is pointed out. was not running on
Tuesday. He will have to be tremendous
ly more strong than his party, however,
II he is to win next fall.
Ever since the Roosevelt New Deal
got under way, the Northern Negro vote
has been going Democratic. In Tues
days election, however, the Harlem Sec
tion Of the 21st district went Republican,
This is another jolt for the New Dealers.
Negroes voted or 8 to for Roosevelt
IN the last election. The labor vote,
plus the Negro vote in Northern States,
has been the main reliance Of Roosevelt
political strategists in the past.
The next test Of voting strength will
come on Tuesday in a congressional
district far removed from New York
the 1st district of Colorado. The death
Of Representative Lewis, Q Democrat,
caused the vacancy which the Repub-
licans are now seeking to I'LL with Dean
E. Gillespie, prominent businessman
Of Denver.
The Democrats have sought to over
come an obvious loss Of political strength
by nominating as their candidate Mai.
Carl E. Wuertelle, a flyer who proved
himself a hero against the Japs in the
South Pacific. He was finally seriously
wounded and retired. Maj. Wuertelle is
80 years old and was prominent ath-
lete before he entered the armed forces.
How the Democrats have slipped in
the Denver district is illustrated by the
figures in the 1912 election. Mr.. Lewis
won in that year with lead of $3.50
votes. But in 1910 he won with a lead
Of more than $4,000 votes, and in 1898
with lead Of over 10000.
The 1st district is the only Colorado
district that has remained In the hands
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Architect YOUNG

The Journal of the American In
stitute of Architects for February
restores to fame a great American
who should not have been forgotten.
His name was Ammi B. Young, and
Edwin Bateman Morris describes
him as "the man who in the middle
of the last century took the lamp of
Federal architectural responsibility
from the hand of Robert Mills and
was the first person actually to bear
the title of United States Supervising
Architect"
Little is known of Young's early
career. There is no mention of him
in the Dictionary of American Biog-
raphy. Neither does his name
appear in the National Cyclopaedia
of American Biography. Mr.. Morris
believes that he was born in 1900.
Most of his apprentice work seems
to have been done in New England,
and it therefore is probable that
he was native to that portion of the
OoullU4y. 4AC 10 S1CulOCu Will HAVING
designed Thornton, Wentworth and
Reed halls for Dartmouth College.
1t also is reported that he designed
the Vermont State House and re-
ceived an honorary degree from the
University of Vermont for so doing.
His premier assignment for the Fed
eral Government allegedly was the
drawing of the plans for the Boston
Custom House, "the Greek Revival
structure whose dome later sprouted
upward to become the high obelisk
office building which is the present
Custom House."
Certain mystery attaches to
Young's coming to Washington. His
predecessor as Government architect
was notified "to vacate the room he
occupied in the Treasury Building"
in 1842, but it was not until Sep
tember 20, 1852, that Young "was
formally appointed to the job Mills
had" A change in title was indi-
Gated because much financial and
construction" duty had been added
to the obligations of the position.
The salary was three thousand dol
lars year. Young remained in
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office until July "a, 1862. His retire.
ment was attributed to "the inflam-
matory rheumatism with which he
was aff1icted." But he lived until
March 10, 1874, and, according to
The Star OF the next day, left "a
deservedly high reputation"
Some suggestion of Young's per-,
sonality and character may be
obtained from a portrait in oils by
another "lost" worthy, L. Boyle,
reproduced in the Journal. The
countenance, Mr.. Morris declares, is
that OF "a gentleman who had that
kindly, hard-boiled, wistfub shrewd,
childlike, happy, family melancholy
expression one usually associates
with architects" r
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Gould Lincoln

Of the Democrats. So seriously is the
situation regarded that from one Demo-
cratic source 1t Is now predicted the dis
trict will 60 Republican, perhaps by
5000 votes, in the coming election. Col
orado was one Of the States carried by
Willkie in 1940
On March %, the Republicans and
Democrats will fight it out for the I'd
Oklahoma district seat In the House,
made vacant by the resignation of for
mer Representative Jack Nichols, Demo-
crat.
Here, too, a close fight is expected.
Mr.. Nichols was elected in 1912 with a
lead Of only 38e votes. He won in 1910
with q margin of 10000 votes, and in
1898 by $4,000. The Republicans in
1912 succeeded in electing Senator Moore
over former Senator Josh Lee, Demo-
cratic incumbent and an ardent sup
porter Of the New Deal.
Two House vacancies yet to be filled
are in the 7th and 10Th Illinois districts.
The 7th, in Chicago, has been a Demo-
cratic district and the 18th, Republican.
The Republicans believe they have
good chance in the 7th district, which
they lost in 1912 by only 1875 votes.
They expect to win again in the 18th
The showing made by the Republi-
cans in the 1913 elections when they
captured Kentucky and New Jersey in
gubernatorial elections and scored again
in New York by electing Lieutenant
Governor by large vote, has been con-
tinued in the by-elections for the House.
All. of these widely scattered victories
for the COP must mean something
something the Democrats do not con-
template with pleasure.
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Mr.. Knox Testifies

In his statement to the Senate
Military Affairs Committee in behalf
OF the Austin -Wadsworth national
service bill, Secretary of the Navy
Knox made three points that are
worthy of special attention.
The bill, he said, was not intro
duced to stop strikes, and he does
not know what effect it would have
on strikes.
His second point was that the So
called voluntary plans for control
ling absenteeism aAd labor turnover
have not been successful-a con-
tention that is manifestly correct.
Finally, Secretary Knox based his
plea for compulsory national service
legislation squarely on the expecta-
tion that our manpower problems
will assume new and much more
serious proportions after the defeat
of Germany. Following the collapse
of Italy in late summer of last year,
he said, the normal summer job
swapping, absenteeism and turnover
In industry hit the highest level
since the beginning of the war" If
this fleeting hope of early victory
brought sharp drop in production,
as it did, what is to be expected
when Germany is beaten and the
war in Europe ends? Obviously,
with a hard fight with Japan still
in the off1ng, that is the time when
we will need compulsory service
legislation, even more than it is
needed now or has been needed in
the past.
The merit of Secretary Knox's
testimony is that it brings out these
points clearly. Heretofore, there
has been too much of a disposition
to consider the Austin Wadsworth
bill as an antistrike measure, or to
treat it as law to be applied to
our industrial war machine under
existing conditions, when it is not
easy to demonstrate the need for
such legislation. The result of this
has been to discourage congressional
support of the bill, and for this
reason the change of emphasis and
direction implicit in Secretary
Knox's testimony Is wise
1t may be that Congress will be
unwilling at this time to enact a
service law, no matter how con-
vincing the evidence that we will
need such legislation in the future.
But it is desirable nevertheless to
make the record now, for the condi-
tions which will make a national
service law imperatively necessary
are apt to develop suddenly. If and
when that time comes, it certainly
will be helpful to have held the
hearings currently under way with
a view to making out the case for
national service in advance, for
then Congress will be able to act
promptly when the need for such a
law becomes too plain to be doubted.
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New Deal
1t consisted in pressing for legislation
affecting a minority of the interests of
the country. To certain extent. it
meant shifting from emphasis on bene-
fitting the generality OF the country to
BENEFITS to specific classes, chiefly in
the great cities. 1t left the so-called
middle groups in the rural districts and
small towns to shift for themselves and
undertook sort of protectorate over
the city bosses and their large controlled
vote-over union labor, the unem-
ployed and the urban Negroes.
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Pskov: Baltic Gateway

The rapid conveyance of Red
columns upon PSkov forecasts a
new major phase of the great Rus
sian offensive on the long dormant
northern end of the eastern front.
This offensive, which began about
two months ago, already has achieved
notable results. Almost the, whole
of Northwestern Russia has been
liberated. The heavily fortified
German front which extended from
besieged Leningrad almost due
southwark through Novgorod and
Lake linen to VitebSk in White
Russia near the headwaters of the
Dvina River has been obliterated.
This was an excellent defense line
served by network of railways. All
of it now is in Russian hands, thus
facilitating further westward ad-
vances into the nearby Baltic
States.
The strategic key to the Northern
Baltic region is PSkov. This ancient
city has been a Russian frontier
bulwark since remote times. It
outflanks the natural defense line
formed by Lake Peipus and the
Narva River which separates his
toric Russia from the Baltic States
Of Estonia and Latvia to the west
ward. Behind that line the Ger
mans now are entrenched, blocking
Russian progress to the open Baltic
Sea. But if Pskov. which is a main
junction point for roads and rail-
ways, should fall into Russian
hands, the whole German line to
the Gulf of Finland would be out
flanked and a rapid retreat prob
ably would be necessary to save the
large forces there from being cut
off and destroyed. The whole of
Estonia and Northern Latvia thus
would have to be abandoned.
The next natural defense line for
the Germans is the Dvina, a broad
river flowing across Latvia from It's
sources in White Russia and empty
ing into the Baltic at the port city
Of Riga. But the headwaterS of the
Dvina have already been taken by
the Russians through their recent
capture of Vitebsk. The next Ger
man baStion is Polotsk, and beyond
that Dvinsk, an important rail and
road junction just inside the Latvian
border. The entire Baltic region is
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sentative Gavagan, Democrat, carried 1t
in the last three elections by a 2-to-l
vote.
The vote on Tuesday was very light
only about 1000 votes cast, all told.
In light vote, however, the Tammany
organization is usually supposed to have
an advantage in getting out the voters.
1t looks as If the Republican trend"
even In strongly Democratic sections
OF New York City, is continuing.
Democratic leaders take comfort out
of the fact they held the district and
discount Republican claims Of moral"
victory. 1t is easy to understand, how
ever, that If the Democratic strength
slips to such degree in New York City,
New York State is likely to 60 Repub-
lican in November President Roosevelt.
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mushy heap. This Is the prospectus Tor
what has been called the great power
world"
There is a contrary view, which holds
that all the nations Of the world must
be thrown into one organization i'm
mediately, each armed with inalienable
rights and equal voting power The en-
tire complex of countries would vote on
all problems Thus the question of Po-
lands Eastern border, say, would be
decided internationally" instead of
"unilaterally." A kind Of parliament of
man would settle all disputes; q con-
ception which makes definite idealistic
appeal and about which, on the whole,
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Turkish Neutrality

Inc stopping OF British mutual
aid and American lease-lend ship
ments to Turkey brings into the
diplomatic limelight the much-dis-
cussed status of ehat country in
relation to the war. When swiftly
gathering storm clouds clearly her
aided the approach of the tempest
which broke in the autumn of 1899,
Turkey agreed to support Britain
and France if the Eastern Mediter-
ranean region should be involved in
hostilities. Before that happened,
France collapsed and Britain was
left in a desperate situation. Tur-
key thereupon assumed an attitude
OF even-handed neutrality. This
was eminently favorable to Britain,
since Turkey stood as a buffer be-
tween her and the Axis at a time
when the Near East was threatened
by Axis penetration. Indeed, Brit
ain and later the United States sent
Turkey arms and other vital sup
plies in order to aid her in resisting
Axis pressure for unneutral favors
and possibly adhesion to the Axis
cause.
Turkey was confirmed in it's atti-
tude because genuine neutrality best
suited its own interests. The Tur-
key which emerged from the de-
bacle OF the last war that destroyed
the former Ottoman Empire was a
shrunken yet homogeneous entity
dedicated to the task of developing
It's own resources and reconstruct
ing itself as true nation state. In
other words, it had become an emf
nently satisfied" power, desiring to
keep only what it had. Such a
power could not be tempted to
enter the war by promises of terri
torial gains as a reward for the
losses and sacrifices that belliger-
ency would entail. The reason why
its sympathies tended toward the
Allies was basically because the
Turks believed an Allied victory
would mean postwar world where
IN small nations could be secure,
whereas an Axis victory spelled
subservience to ruthless aggressors.
The Shift in the fortunes of war
toward the side of the United Ma
tions during the past year has re-
suited in growing pressure from both
the Western Allies and Russia seek
ing to persuade Turkey to enter the
war on their side. Turkish objec-
tions have taken the form of coun-
terrequests for ornaments great
enough to remedy their weakness in
aircraft and mechanical equipment
so as to be able to confront Axis
reprisals. But beneath those tech
nlcal arguments can be discerned
profound reluctance to enter a
struggle from which Turkey had
little or nothing positively to gain
Perhaps the present stoppage of aid,
coupled with transfers of Italian
shipping to Russia, may be diplo-
matte hints that a persistently neu-
tral Turkey might have something
to lose. That, at any rate, appears
to be the way Turkish public opinion
tends to interpret those latest Allied
moves. And the Turks do not like
It, 1t remains to be seen how diplo-
matte high-pressuring will affect
those who. as Turkish spokesman
puts it. "are people with strong
nerves."
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Maj. George Eeldmg Eliot

system of training has been worked out
along the lines that are now so urgently
required: How to load soldiers and
equipment into transports so that at
the crucial moment, under enemy fire,
everything will come out of the ship
IN the right order. Ho1r to move troops
and equipment from ship into landing
craft, and so over f1re-swept seas to the
beach. How to get men ashore on the
enemy-held beach with the least pos
sible loss, using all sorts of specialized
equipment for the purpose. How to
take, organize and extend a beachhead.
Those are marine tasks The marines
have shown that they know how to
perform them.
But Immediately in prospect we have
even greater tasks of the same kind.
We are, in fact, faced with the great
est amphibious operations in the his
tory of modern warfare. They are op-
erations in which we do not dare to
fail; on their success depends the fu-
ture history of the world, the safety Of
the very civilization of which we are
a part.
We need the wisest counsel, the rip
est experience that we can get, in order
to carry these operations to victorious
conclusion. The enemy we face Is
tough, experienced and desperate. He
has shown us in Italy the sort of re-
sistance he can put up, and when all
is said and done he is superior to US
in average battle experience-which
counts for a great deal, as we have
learned to our bitter cost.
just don't think 1t makes sense, at
such a moment, for us to send one of
the greatest experts in the world in
this highly specialized type Of warfare
OF to a bypass like South Africa, to
wear silk hat and attend diplomatic
functions.
To my mind, Gen. Holcomb's ripe ex-
perience and clear thinking should be
made available to the combined chiefs
of staff.
Amphibious warfare will be, to q very
large extent the order Of the day for
American forces throughout this war.
Once we have successfully landed In
Europe, there will be other landings
in the Pacific area on q far larger
scale than that theater Of war has yet
seen.
The country needs Gen. Holcomb
not in . diplomatic post, but in the
work for which 43 years of experience
and his outstanding personal and mill
tary qualities have 20 admirably fitted
him. - one Of our representative On
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resentative, h ol d S
that each of the four
great powers must
organize security in
its wn neighbor-
hoods; after t h a t,
there can be q COM
ing-together into an
International organi-
Zation.
This school be-
lieves the flesh of the
international organi-
zation must hang on
the four-power skele-
ton, or else bog down
into a formless and
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Minister to the Union
of South Africa.
I h ope t h os e
rumors which are
now breaking into
print prove to be
without foundation.
I think such an as
signment would be
a shocking waste of
invalu a b 1t e expert
ence.
Gen. Holcomb Is
one of the greatest
living experts on
amphibious warfare.
For SaVaO wears he
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Supernclally is this
tremendous vote of
no confidence the
result of recen t
antagonism between
the President and
Congress. It is the
final fruit of a mis-
taken presidential
policy which has
been under way
since 1885. That
policy, deliberately
adopted by the Presi-
dent after the first
bloom of the early
New Deal success
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the backs Of the
Democratic leaders
who hope to carry
New York State next
November.
James H. Torrens,
a Tammany district
leader, defeated Will
liam s. Bennet, Re-
p u b Ii c a n and a
prominent member
Of the House 80
years ago, with a
lead Of only 1871
votes. 1t happened
In q district that for
ye ars h as b e e n
STRONGLY Democratic
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Human RIGHTS
Prom the San Francisco Chronicle.

Well agree with Gov. Bricker Of
Ohio that guarantee Of human rights
by the Constitution does not make
them safe; to keep them securely every
generation has to fight for them. HUI
man gains are not matters Of brick snd
stone, still less Of imperishable bronze.
They have their existence only in the
minds Of men and unless these minds
remain set to support them they dis
solve.
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Citizen John Smith. who miracu-
lously got ton Of coal the other
day, now has a new understanding
OF the meaning Of the word CRATE
fu11
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Frozen dough will soon be avail
able in many groceries, so it is said.
The variety in the pocketbook will
also be badly frostbitten on the
, fifteenth of this month.
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the combined chiefs Of staff, charged
particularly with the complex problems
OF amphibious battle.
Copyright, 1914. N. Y. Tribune, Inc,
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The Democrats won victory in New
York's 21st congressional district on
Tuesday. 1t was the kind Of victory,
however. that has sent cold chills down
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Gen. HOlCOmb's Future

There have been rumors going around
for some weeks that Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, lately commandant Of the Marine
Corps, is to get q diplomatic post
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I'd Rather Be RIGHT

THE PEACE: There are, roughly two
American schools of thought on the ma
ture OF the coming peace. One, of which
Mr.. Walter Lippman is an eloquent rep
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The tuition fee that Germany has
had to pay for Hitler's remarkable
intuition is the highest ever paid in
history
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In courtroom recently lawyers
vest suddenly burst into fame.
There must be some simpler way of
beating the coal shortage.
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Tax Bill Veto Revolt

When we look beneath the surface
OF the House vote overriding the Presi-
dents veto of the tax bill, grim but
inevitable conclusion emerges. Only
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There is said to be no truth to the
rumor that Rube Goldberg had any
thing to do with devising the in
come tax.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-10-26
RICE CATTLE WIN
HONORS AT SHOW

Polled Hereford cattle from
the John S. Rice ranch won
top honors in the National
Polled Hereford show held re-
Gently in Atlanta, Ga, according
to word received here.
Sixty-six breeders from 19
states entered $50 head in the
show and offered 40 head in
the sale. At the annual meeting
Of the association on Oct. 10,
the Hon. Ellis Arnall, governor
of Georgia, was the speaker.
Winning cattle from the Rice
ranch were Trumode Domino
9th, who won first in the SEN
ior yearling bull class and then
won the grand champion bull
award of the show. The herd
also won the American Hereford
Journal trophy for the Best Six
Head.
The cattle were sired by
Plato Domino seth, himself a
winner of championships in the
National and Northwest Inter-
national show in 1871.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-10-26
SCOUT LEADERS
PLAN ACTIVITIES

Members of the Big Horn
county district committee of
the Boy Scouts of America held
a special meeting in the school
office Tuesday evening, with
Chairman E. E. Skeie presiding
and Mr.. Glen H. Prather, scout
executive, in attendance.
The Rev. Gordon WinSor re-
ported on the Hardin scout sit
uation and progress made in the
scout program this month.
A Court of Honor for all
county scout troops will be held
on Tuesday evening, Nov. 2, for
the purpose of awarding badges
and ranks to all scouts who
have earned them since the last
Court. The local Board of Re-
view will meet with candidates
from the local troop on Tues
day, Nov. IA, Immediately after
the troop meeting.
A dinner meeting and train
ing session will be held for all
members of the committee on
Wednesday, Nov. Is, at which
time Executive Prather will con-
tinue the discussion of the.
duties of the various members.
of the committee and the scout
masters which he began Tues
day night.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-10-26
COP. LEADERS
HERE

Mrs. Gladys Knowles, Missoula
Republican national committee
woman, and Mrs. Bertha Dodds,
Missoula, vice chairman Of the
Republican state committee were
the guests at a reception held
In their honor by members of
the Republican women's club
last Friday evening in the home
OF Mrs. s. A. Yergey in Hardin.
Mrs. Blanche Baker, presi-
dent of the local group, introduce
ed the two guests. Mrs. Knowles
talked on national issues and
Mrs. Dodds spoke of state af-
fairs.
Gifts were presented by Mrs.
Ed Riebeth on behalf Of the Big
Horn club.
Mrs. Eric Walker and Mrs.
Dan Maddox poured.
The committee on arrange
ments consisted Of Mrs. Carl
Rankin, Mrs. l.. 8. McAllister.
Mrs. T: w. Traphagen and Mrs.
s. A. Yergey.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-10-26
RITES HELD FOR
BOY

Funeral rites for Lyle Edward
Greenfield, 6 months old infant
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Greenfield of Miles City and
formerly of Hardin, were con-
Quoted in Miles City last Sat-
urday afternoon.
The infant had been i'll with
Whooping cough and pneumonia
for three weeks and had been
confined to the hospital in
Miles City. He passed away last
Thursday morning.
Two sisters and five brothers
survive the child.
Hardin residents who attend
ed the services were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Sol Miller, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Miller, MIR. and Mrs.
William Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Greenfield, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus Woods, Mrs. Viola
DeVore, Mrs. Genevieve White
Bear, and Mrs. Charles Glenn
ents.