The Wrangell sentinel., 1944-04-07

ing Charlie Nicholson as he party's director of publicity.
 Republican strategists here aren't understanding the importance of this youth movement" in the op-I position party. but some of them ad- init off-the-record that there isn't much they can do about it until the COP is consolidated behind it's nom inee.
 On this score, the Republicans for once may have the advantage in holding their convention weeks before the Democratic nominee isl named. Regardless of whom theI Republicans select at their eonyen- tion in June, they would be in a position to shape an organization that would be just as gory with young blood as anything the Demo- erats can put up.
 In the meantime, you can look for complaints that the New Deal, after 12 years, is growing whiskers and that in four years more it will be doddering
 Your Capital in Wartime
 Rep. Bertrand W. Gearhart, Cal ifornia Republican, has introduced bill, which on the surface appears silly, but may not be at all What the congressman wants to do is toI make all Japanese in this countryI sign a pledge renOuncing allegianceI to Japan and declaring support of the United States.
 The immediate question arises: Wouldn't the Japs just sign a lie, declare their faithfulness and go merrily about their business of sabotage, spying, etc.? Some would, there's no doubt about it. But ac- cording to Rep. Gearhart, there al- ready are 5000 Japs in this coun- try who have asked deportation to Japan and 10000 more who have refused to take any pledge of loyal ty to the United States.
 At present, there's no punishment for these Japs except keeping them in detention camps, where most of them are better clothed and fed than they were before the war The congressman's bill would put them on the dotted line, with some assur- ance that something could be done about it if they eventually proved to be liars.
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 Paul Porter, new press relations director for the Democratic national committee, paid a pretty tribute to his predecessr, Charles Nicholson, when he held his first press confer ence.
 T feel" Porter said, "as if I were on the stage at Carnegie Hall and someone said, Here, Paul, is Kreis- ler's violin. Now play it."
 Political observers here are bet ting that former Vice President John N. Garner will break political silence this year-not from any in- terest in the presidential election, but because Sen. W. Lee (Pappy) 0'Daniel has declared open season on all his Texas colleagues in Con- gress who have served more than six years.
 Garner already has made a move, through letter which he permitted to be made public to defend the tenure of office. Sen ator Tom Connally is the 14th rank ing member of the Senate. Of the first IS ranking members of the House, four are Texans. As long as committee assignments and con gressional prestige operates on a seniority basis, Texas has an edge on the rest of the country in auth ority and influence in the national legislature. Garner will argue, it's reported here, that to throw away that influence would be a bit of the old proverbial biting off ones own nose.
 Since O'Daniel himself will have served eight years at the expiration of his term in 1949, politicos here are wondering just what "Pappy" is up to and why.
 It hasn't been publicized at all,