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forecast the likelihood that a Re-
publican President could not enlist
enough support from his own party
to get an effective peace plan
through Congress.
Bolsters Argument.
Bolstering this argument against
a change in administration which
would inevitably delay the winning
of the war and jeopardize the peace
for which our boys are fighting and
dying" Mr.. Byrnes, a member of
House and Senate from South Caro-
lima for "a years, said:
II know and have known for
years the leaders of the respective
parties in the Congress, l think
I know their views, their predilec-
tions, their fears, and in my opin-
ion, there is little or no possibility
of the Republican candidate direct
ing through his party in the Con-
gress successful fight for effective
world cooperation"
Director Byrnes, a former member
of the Supreme Court, who has just
returned from tour of the French
fighting fronts, spoke under the
auspices of the South Carolina
State Democratic Committee. 1t
was his first appearance in the
campaign, and of it, he said:
IF this were an ordinary election
I would be silent. I decided to speak
only because 1 firmly believe that
the Forthcoming election will pro-
foundly affect the course of the
war and of the peace"
Asserting. It have never regarded
myself as New Dealer. l am a
Democrat" He said there are just
two issues confronting the American
without regard to past
party affiliation or predictions:
These are, he continued, whether
the election of Republican or Demo-
cratic national candidates will speed
the end of the war and aid most
effectively in the establishment of
machinery to keep the peace and
prevent another war.
Unity Believed Unlikely.
In the conduct of the war, Mr..
Byrnes said, the leaders of Britain,
Russia, China and this country
"have achieved a unity that was
considered impossible in the last
war, and informed persons know
that their success has been due in
great measure to the patience, tact
and balanced Judgment of the Pres
ident."
He pictured the Presidents place
In the dictation of grand strategy,
recalled that Prime Minister
Churchill had given Mr.. Roosevelt
primary credit" for timing the
North African invasion, then
summed up;
Il think you will agree that If
either. Churchill, Stain or Chang
Kai-shek today should be removed
from Office we would have doubt as
to how his successor would work
with the President and other lead
ers. And you would agree that 1t
would probably delay decisions and
prolong the war. Can you doubt
that the removal of Roosevelt at
this time would have similar effect
upon our Allies and would prolone
the WARP"
Critical Months Ahead.
Mr. Byrnes asserted that "the
months just ahead Of us will be the
most critical in the history Of this
country and In the homes of Amer
ica," and that "the United Nations
are now working in team.' He said
that the Republican candidate
the speaker never mentioned Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey by name may
honestly believe" that he can do
better Job than Mr.. Roosevelt, but
do we know that? And do our
Allies know that?"
In amplifying his views on the
troubles Republican President
would encount% in working on q
peace prograni Director Hyrnaa