Evening star., 1944-01-30
Win-the-W War Slogan
AssaiIed by Ha|Ieck
In Campaign Speech
By GOULD LINCOLN.

election campaign were more clear.
ly defined last week, with Demo.
cratic insistence on a win tn,
war" issue and Republican con.
centration of the issue of four NOR,
years of New Deal bureaucracy.
! Representative Halleck of In.
diana, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee, fired the
opening gun last night in the Mid.
west campaign, addressing the Kan
eas Day Club in Topeka.
! "Dr. Win-the-War," called in BY
President Roosevelt in place of DIR
New Deal" Mr.. Halleck said, was
in danger of being superseded by
t'Dr. Win-the-E Election" in the ef-
fort of the administration to save
Itself at the polls.
New Deal Retires.
you have been introduced re-
Gently to new character in oul
politics" the Indianan said in ref
erence to the Presidents press con-
ference explanation of the reason
for substituting for New Deal q
''win-the-war" slogan. He calls him.
Self DR.. Win-the-War. But lot
of us have been concentrating or
winning the war for a long time
We need no conversion. Anyway
this character advertises himself as
the legitimate successor of DR.. New
Deal.
Good old DR.. New Deal, it seems
has taken down his shingle and is
retiring from practice. But if you
Will look more closely at this DR.
'Win-the-War, you will see that he
is the same old Doc, with the
same hangers-on, only with brand
new set of whiskers.
He calls himself DR.. Win-the-
War. But the circumstances of the
change of name may indicate that
DIR. Win-the-Election is in it, too
On the political battlefront in
Washington, the soldier vote domi-
mated weekend discussion. Reper-
,cussions of Mr.. Roosevelt's message
to Congress demanding the passage
iof the Green-Lucas-Worley Federal
ballot bill continued with violence
: Bid for Soldier Vote Charged.
, The vehemence of the President
and his hackers was declared by Re-
publicans to be indicative of the
determination of Democrats to vote
the soldiers and also of panic
among the New Dealers lest the
election be lost. Further, the Presi-
dents message to Congress was de-
clared to be campaign document,
designed to win the support of serv-
ieemen.
The Democrats, for their part.
made the most of their charge that
the Republicans, by opposing a Fed
eral ballot bill and supporting the
state ballot for soldiers, were seek
Ing to prevent soldier voting.
One Republican said the Roose-
Velt Democrats, in their zeal for
the reelection OF Mr.. Roosevelt
and Democratic Congress. appar-
emily were willing to toss overheard
Democratic candidates for Governor
In many States. The Roosevelt
Democrats, they said, did not care
whether the soldiers and sailors
voted for these Governors or not.
Thirty-two out of the 43 States
hold gubernatorial elections next
November. The proposed Federal
ballot for the soldiers covers only
the election of President. Vice
President and members of Con-
gress.
Argument Revised.
Democratic insistence on the
argument that "you mustn't change
horses while crossing a stream" in
support of the reelection of Mr..
Roosevelt, has brought to Repub-
l1can headquarters the following re-
vlsed version: 'The time to change
horses while crossing a stream is
When you are carrying the horse"
Whlle these verbal brickbats are
oelng tossed back and forth, Robert
Z. Hannegan, new chairman of the
Democratic National Committee. is
setting himself to build up an
effective Democratic organization
throughout the country.
The Democratic organization has
not been functioning too we'll in
many States since the 1910 elec-
t1ons. The repeated Democratic
defeats in congressional and State
elections may have been in part
due to that condition. Anyway, no
stone will be left unturned by the
new chairman to bring about
smoothly working organization. in
Guiding many of the old party
workers who have not been as
active as formerly.
At national Democratic headquar-
ters, Ambrose OConnell will con-
tinue as vice chairman. Mr.. Hanne-
gan soon will appoint an Executive
Committee of the National Commit
tee, as an aid to the organization.
Denies Victory Is Issue.
Mr.. Halleck, in his speech last
night. sought to convince the coun-
try that there is no issue among
the people on the question of win
ming the war.
IF there is one thing under
heaven on which the whole people
are a unit he said, "it is in the
winning Of this war. And the poll
tician who tries to make you believe
that he alone has the intelligence
and patriotism to do that is insult
ing the intelligence and the pa
triotiSm of the American people.
This war will be won by our
great commanders Marshall and
Eisenhower, Macarthur and Arnold,
by our great admirals, King and
Nlmitz, IngerSoll and Halsey, and
by our brave soldiers on the battle
front, by our magnificent produc-
itlon organization at home, develop
9ng under our system of free enter
prise, and by the unconquerable will
pf the American people.
, THE Republican Party will draw
a line around these generals and
admirals and hang up a sign read
ang: Politicians Keep Out"
, If there is no issue about winning
the war, Mr.. Halleck said there is a
great issue between the parties
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