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CURRENT PICTURE OF
CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES
WASHINGTON. - The average
curbstone opinion around here
seems to be that Mr.. Roosevelt can
beat Governor Dewey, but anyone
who would wager more than Q
nickel before September would be
Tar from a wise man.
No one who seeks truth pays much
attention to the polls any more, In
view Of their record of straying far
of until the eve Of election, then
hastily getting as right as possible.
Nor Is the prospect that Mr.. Roose-
welt may campaign from the midst
OF world peace dealings conclusive
expectation, politically.
The facts Of the matter to date
are that the Republicans are
holding back their campaign,
building up their file cases,
while the Democrats are having
inner difficulties getting their
campaign started, or even de-
Gliding its definite lines.
For instance, the Republicans said
not revealing word when Demol
cratic National Chairman flanagan
blamed Dewey for having held in
1910 that Mr.. Roosevelt could not
produce $4,000 planes.
Mn nENTAR nEEED I'M
No denial was offered, but the rec
ord will show that Dewey dallas,
Texas, May q, 1940) charged the
government then did not have a plan
for such production, that the initial
Morgenthau conference with the in
dustry had been a fiasco, that if
$4,000 planes were to be produced
the government would have to let
industry take the leadership in pro-
duction, appropriate $1,000, 000,0 900 as
a starter, raise 750,00 men for the
air corps.
In short he told exactly how the
production could be reached and
indeed government policy later fol-
lowed that line; so Dewey, far
from being in the position to which
flanagan assigned him, can claim
credit for having helped in the
achievement. Look it up, if you
doubt me.)
This, no doubt, has been put in the
file cabinet for use when the Repub-
icans open up.
ASKED FOR STATEMENTS
Recently, likewise, press syndi-
cate (not this one) and broadcast
ing-movie campaign asked advance
statements from Republican Chair
man Spangler and Democratic
Chairman flanagan outlining the is
sues of the campaign from their re-
spective viewpoints, Spangler ac-
cepted and prepared his outlines,
but Hannegan, after first accepting,
then delaying, finally declined both
invitations.
Both Hannegan and Senator Bark
ley have been offering outlines
which are supposed to be official,
but which are at variance, and per-
haps this accounts for the declina-
ton of a statement now for future
newspaper and radio use.
Hannegan did not mention the
new deal in his New York outline,
but presented the theory of Mr..
Roosevelt only as the indispensable
man internationally.
SOME BELATED MENTIONS
In later talks Hannegan be-
latedly mentioned the new deal
with which he is presumably
not well acquainted, being ac-
counted conservative st.
Louis politician without intense
theological views), but Bark
ley has been running on the
straight new deal platform al
most entirely, saying MIR. Roose-
welt is indispensable because Of
social gains domestically accom-
pliShed. This Is the same new
deal that Mr.. Roosevelt an
nounced dead, in favor Of CDR.
Win the War" some months
back.
The CLIO political action favors
the Barley technique even if it re-
quires some resurrection from the
dead, and is trying to enfiame the
old new deal reform interest, telling
workers Mr.. r. is indispensable to
their security (see their magazine
May 10 issue), wholly ignoring the
conservative coterie with which Mr..
Roosevelt is surrounded-the jaunty
anti-CIO-ers Jesse Jones, James
Byrnes, Judges Fred Vinson, Mar
win Jones, Patterson, Forrestal,
Stimson, Hull and who not-in fact
all the men who are running the
war government.
To make it even. more embar-
RAISING to these men or to the COM
munists who are in the same camp
with them, Earl Browder is sharing
with the CLOS Hillman the leader
ship Of the fourth term campaign.
HANNEGAN NEEDS TIME
A convincing outline for a CAM