Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-13
BEHIND
The NEWS
Paul.
MalIon

~ L" ACiNiA, -NN''
~ changes in inner political
management of this nation are
likely to evolve from the cleo
ton results.
Gov. Dewey naturally will go
back TO Albany for the two
more years of his term and
there will WELD whatever lead
ership he chooses 10 assume
over the tremendous number OF
people who voted for him.
But Gov. Bricker chose 10 re-
linguiSh his Ohio job, and the
returns were not fully tabulated
before a movement was started
in the party 10 get him to go
10 Washington TO take over the
craftsmanship of the Republican
National Committee.
Bricker has always been pop
ular within the party and the
influence he welded success
fully in the election, in Ohio
and less successfully in the far
western states, makes the idea
of him assuming the fulltlme
job of party organization man.
agement rather obvious, eSpe-
cially as Chairman Brownell
made personal sacrifices TO take
the job during the campaign
Che was doubtful about il until
pressed by Mr.. Dewey and has
intended 10 retire.
THE Republicans we're not
Il diSorganized by result I
which caused only the defec-
ton of Senator Ball Actually.
the tabulation of votes induced
most of the party leaders TO
predict an easy national victory,
when. if ever. the vote-magic of
MIR. Roosevelt is eliminated
from the picture, as the popu-
larity of Democrats drops.
sharply, after his name is
passed.
On the Democratic side, the
victory healed no wounds. put
no bandages on any and left
some enigmas.
Obviously there is going to
be an immediate start of a
movement to control the party
for 1913, on the ground that
surely" Mr.. Roosevelt will not
run again (the word surely"
being used by Democratic sup
porters of the President cur
rently).
My guess is he may make
some effort to control that re-
silt but hew-iehg he can hold
together such uncompromisable
clements as the South and the
Wallace-IIillman group will de-
pend upon his ingenuity.
Retaliation against Senator
Byrd for failing TO declare for
Roosevelt may be attempted by
the northern element IL mean
Senator Gutfey in particularly,
but the astonishing size of the
anti-Roosevelt vote in Virginia
puts Byrd beyond anything
more than some trouble.
The Texas Senator O'Daniel
who led the anti Roosevelt
forces at home may not fare so
well.
VICE PRESIDENT TRUMAN
is Go but less ideologically
bent than Wallace and in a
more maChinelike sort of politi-
cal way.
He is a good natured and an
exceptionally modest person Che
actually still bluShes).
He lost prestige within the
party during the campaign, al
though he performed we'll
enough, or at least successfully.
his main job of stressing the
fights against 'isolationists.'
He was nervous in the East.
because of the Ku KluX Klan
charges, and it was the Demo-
cratic high command which re-
quired him TO say again, again
and again in his Madison Square
Garden speech the phrase re-
CARELESS of creed or colors."
WALLACE seems TO want to
w carry on his theological
leadership in or out of the
government and may become a
more acceptable leader than
Hillman of the Hillman groups,
acceptable, that is TO all those
clements.
But Democratic eyes are also
on Frank Lasche. the Cleveland
mayor, who was called to the
White House twice before lie
entered the Ohio gubernatorial
campaign to run far ahead Of
the ticket.
While he denied he was The
Washington candidate, there
seems to have been some con-
nection there, which may bring
forth future Democratic fruits.
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