The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-04-21
Observations
Democrats May
Run Barley
With Roosevelt
BY Helen Essary


replace Henry Wallace with SEN
ate Majority Leader Alben Bark
/. as President Rooseyelts fourth
term running mate.
There is little doubt that the
Kentuckian, facing a stin fight for
reelection in his home state, would
consent to be drafted" as vice
presidential candidate.
Wallace is extremely unpopular
in the South. Nomination OF
southerner TO run with the Presi-
dent would make the party leaders
there happy.
Not that the solid South is in
danger Of going Republication
all the traditionally Democratic
% southern states seem certain TO
remain in the Roosevelt column.
But the border states are in
doubt-snd among them is Ken
lucky.
Best bet is that Wallace will be
named to a diplomatic post in La
tin America, likely Mexico or Bra.
zil-to clear the path for south
ern nominee.
And Barkley-grovn in legisla-
tive stature since his temporary
break with the New Deal over the
tax veto message-appears a pos
sibility to run with the President.
CONGRESS is IN A FAIR WAY
TO get into a legislative jam in
the next two months. Numerous
important bills must be passed be-
fore July l. and thus far there is
no evidence they will be disposed
of speedily.
Aside from the bill extending
expiring price and wage control
laws, nearly all the annual appro-
pr'ation bills still have to be pass
ed before July /. Then there is
the bill 10 extend the Lend-Lease
act. which also expires at midnight,
June so.
The score to date. in three
months of the present session, so
far as deadline bills are concerned,
is one regular annual appropria'
ton measure passed-the one bill.
lion. 240 million-dollar Treasury
Post Office bill.
Still to be passed are Navy and
Army supply bills, the lndepen-
dent Office bill, war agencies APP
propriations, and the Agriculture
Department measure.
I've first three months of the
session were consumed for the
greatest part in a feud with the
Administration. The soldiers vote
bill was the principal issue.
+. But the explosion over the Presi-
= dents veto message on the tax bill
jol ed the Administration into an
appeasement policy toward Con-
gress, SO that one source OF fric-
ton has been removed.
The Senate probably will take
ND the Anti-Poll Tax bill some
time next week. Southern sena-
tors, in the minority, intend to fill
buster II to death.
: The Price and Wage Control
= Extension bill still is in the hear
ing stage. Republicans have said
they would receive the consumer
3 subsidy issue, so another fight is
in prospect.
/. All this points 10 a legislative
iam-with Republicans wanting to
get out Of Washington by June Is
for the Republican national con-
vention in Chicago.
DONALD NJ. NELSON, War Pro
duction Board chairman. left for
- vacation in Florida, with plans
virtually completed for streamlin-
ing bis agency TO handle reconver-
sion of industry to peace-time pur.
suits.
II appears that Charles E. Viii
son. executive vice chairman OF
WPB. will be running the recon
version committee. but II Is under
stood that Nelson is keeping a few
OF the strings in his own hands.
The pl n calls for strengthening
existing INDUSTRY duNlsOTy COHllilit'
tees. OF which WIPE has several
hundred in line with recommends
tons OF the Bsruch reconversion
report.
Each committee would play an
important role in recovering its
own industry. The WPB require.
ments committee. which divides
raw materials among war pro-
grams, would be abolished as neces-
sary.
When reorganization Is made
public. Nelson also will announce
successors to Arthur Whiteside,
who resigned as head OF the civilian
requirements division, and J. A.
Krug. WPB program vice chair
man who is about TO be drafted.