Montana labor news., 1944-12-21

WHAT ABOUT THE
new CONGRESS?
Now that most Of the soldier ballots
have been counted and the election is
over a sober analysis Of the returns
shows that the triumph over is0lationism
was the chief feature Of the campaign.
Wherever the voters recognized can
didate as an isOlationist, they voted
against him, and wherever they recog-
nized a candidate as a staunch supporter
of victory, a lasting peace and postwar
full production" they voted for him.
President Roosevelt aptly expressed the
feelings of the voters after the election,
the first wartime election in 80 years,
when he said, Let US unite to win the
war and to achieve a lasting peace"
IsoLATIONIsTS DEFEATED
The list of isolationist congressman de-
feated in the campaign is indeed impress
sive. Many of them had been entrenehed
in office over long span OF years, and
their 'isolationisn" ranged anywhere
from hostility to international COOP
Grafton to pro-fascist beliefs, as in the
case of New York's Ham Fish.
Senators
Gerald P. Nye (R-N. D.
John A. Danaher CR-Conn)
Guy M. Gillette CD-Iowa)
Representatives
Albert E. Carter (R-Calif)
Norris Poulson (R-Calif)
Ward johnson (R-Calif)
Thomas Rolph (R-Calif)
B. j. Monkiewicz (R-Conn.)
Stephen A. Day (R-Ill)
Fred E. Busbey CR-1l)
Charles Dewey (R-nl)
Calvin d. Johnson (R-nl)
Melvin D. Mas (Rs-Ninn.)
Hamilton Fish CR-N. "
Harry P. Jeffrey (R-Ohio)
Ed Rowe (R-Ohio)
Hugh Scott CR-Pa)
James Wolfenden (R-Pa)
Robert Harlin (R-Pa)
Robert Harlin (R-Wash)
Fred Norman (R-Wash.)
KNOCKED OUT IN PRIMARIES
This trend was already apparent in
the primaries which earlier knocked out
many Of the most dangerous isolation
lists, including
Senators
Rufus c. Holman (R-Ore)
d. Worth Clark CD-Idaho)
Bennett Champ Clark CD-No)
Cotton Ed" Smith CD-S, g. since de-
: ceased
Robert r. Reynolds O-N. O. who
! withdrew to avoid defeat.
4 Representatives
Martin Dies CD-TeXas)
4 Joseph Starnes (D-Ala.)
! John M. Costello D-Calif)
Z Both the Dies committee and the Chi
cago Tribune were repudiated by the
4 voters. -Four members of the Dies COM
mittee were defeated in the election
Z and in the primaries: Dies, Starnes, Cos
: tello and Busbey. The Chicago Tribune
- failed in its effort to stop Sen. Scott
3 Lucas D-Il) its candidate for Con
y gresham large, Stephen A. Day, lost
/, to Emily Taft Douglas and the Trib lost
/ every congressional contest in the Chi.
\ cago area except for Ralph Church
i whose North Shore district is dominated
!. by wealthy suburbanites
h ON THE POSITIVE SIDE
\ On the positive side, the results
h showed that candidates who staunchly
i supported the Presidents wartime poll
|, cies were rewarded by reelection. Simi-
L larly, new candidates who took the is
\ sues squarely before the voters and die
b not pussyfoot on the big question were
\ in most cases, able to, score impressive
/ victories.
/. F. ID. r. SUPPORTERS REELECTED
[. Senate
n Lister Hill (D-Ala.)
n Sheridan Downey (D-Calif.)
Claude E. Pepper D-F7a.)
y Scott Lucas (D-nl)
: Alben w. Barkley CD-Ky)
- Elbert Thomas D-Utah)
:. House
I. Clair Engle CD-Calh)
! John Tolan (D-Calif)
I George Outland D-Calif)
+ Chet Holifield (D-Cahf)
!. Harry Sheppard (D-Calif)
: Ed Lac (D-Cal)
!. Clarence Lea CD-Calif)
: A. j. Elliott CD-Cal)