Nogales international., 1944-08-04
(By CRAIG POTTINGER)


dozens of times the following
question:
who's going to win, Roosevelt
or Dewey?"
My personal opinion is that Mr..
Roosevelt will be an easy victor.
I do not say that because I am a
Democrat or because of having been
delegateOto the convention.
My opinion is result of numer-
Gus contacts made on the train,
buses, and cabs during the trip to
and from Chicago.
| Every time I got to talking to
strangers the same question asked
me this week was popped to them.
They didn't know my connection
with a Democratic paper and they
were not aware of the fact was
convention delegate
Only One 'Agin' FDR
Persons in all walks of life, all
creeds and color, were questioned,
perhaps a total of about 800, in the
states of Kansas, Nebraska. Illinois
and Texas, and a lot who were visit
ing Chicago, and in only one in
stance did any express dislike for
FDR. That single exception was at
Rotary Club luncheon in Amarillo,
Texas, last week, when wealthy
cattleman said he was 'agin' Mr..
Roosevelt because of high taxes. He
didn't add that if he is now paying
five times the amount of taxes as
before the war he is making five
times more money.
Colored porters on the trains are
strong for FDR. why shouldn't I
be for him?" asked one porter in
Illinois Before Mr.. Roosevelt be-
came President I was making $50
a month, now I'm getting $780," he
said.
Service men, and there are mil
lions in the service, are going to
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. All talked
to, and the trains were crowded
with soldiers and sailors, said it was
ridiculous to even think of chang
ing the commander in chief during
a war
do you think we should change
a good general in the Army?" one
veteran asked. Mr.. Roosevelt is
bringing the war to a successful
conclusion, he most certainly did
not start it, and he knows what it's
all about he said, and 80 percent
of those boys declared their re]a-
tives and friends back home are for
FIR.
Labor For Roosevelt
At the Chicago convention it
was very evident that President
Roosevelt has the powerful sup
port of labor, beth the CIO and
the American Federation Of Labor
being solidly behind him. Those
organizations control Million e
votes, and in addition to the
Iaboring man, the middle classeG
in general are for their friend in
the White House.
I found many folks who expresses
the opinion that President Roose-
welt will win over DeweT by great
er plurality than he did over Alf
Landon in 1886.
! Some folks told me that the way
+ the Republican bosses romped on
Wendell Willkie and allowed Her
+ bert Hoover to handpick Tom Dewey
spelled defeat for the COP. Others
said that Hoover's speech in behalf
of Dewey at the Republican con-
vention lost thousands and thous-
ands of votes for the Republicans
for the people haven't forgotten the
breadlines of the Hoover depression
Very few people are without money
jingling in their pockets these days.
Are those folks, the little man in
particular, and there are more little
men than big men, going to let the
Republican orators bull them into
ousting FDR? We don't think so.
They are well pleased with the
excellent business conditions exist
ing today, so why change?
With the exception of the party
split IN Texas the Democrats are
more solidly united today than ever
before, and Texas will go Democrat
ic, split or no split.
The party is proud of its Presi-
dent and its e-presidential NOM
inee, Senator Truman. Nomination
of the Missourian brought the Old
South into line. Had Wallace been
nominated, the party would have
lost the support of a lot of conServ-
atives. Truman is popular with the
rank and file and acceptable to the
CIO whose first choice was Wal
lace
Speaking of the CIO and Wallace,
every delegate to the Chicago con-