The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-08-11
BETTER BUCK-UP ON YOUR
POLITICS
BY j. Il. Jones

lions. Inc TWO great pOilIlCdl pdIIleS
announced their platforms and many
of tke issues and pledges were stated.
Every citizen should read these plat
forms and check on them, time and
time again, through the coming
weeks to find out how consistently
and honestly the chief spokesman
and leaders of the two parties are
sticking to the promises made in the
platforms of this campaign.
You can depend upon a platform
20 get on train; but the big part of
every political platform lets you
down between the planks. The DEM
ocratic platform was boiled down by
President Roosevelt and it represent
ed his own personal views. The Re-
,mblican platform was a compromise
Of political notions of different fac
ions of the party-intended to
please everybody.
Now that the campaign is taking
shape the Administration is sitting
light, in TIE drivers seat The Re-
publicans are making attacks against
Roosevelt's efforts to capture a
iourth term. The New Deal, it's "old,
ired, and quarrelsome men," are
izzling on the grid.
So, as the weeks roll by, the indi-
idual citizen must decide whether
O vote for Roosevelt and Truman,
+ for Dewey and Bricker The Re-
chilean oopd;datac ronpacant q diff
erent political system from that of
he past 10 years. Roosevelt is al
eady on the defensive. Dewey's man
lgers seem confident that he will win
he election-they claim rs States.
Unfortunately, the trouble with
most voters is that they fail to UNI
lerstand, or remember the issues.
3ut as crudely as those issues are out
ined in the platforms they, neverthe-
ess, state the factual differences be-
ween the two parties. When either
party changes it's course and goes off
strange directions it shows a weak
Tess that should not be overlooked
the change is too radical, or vio-
emit, then the question is up to the
otter as to whether he, or size, should
,e led astray with false representa-
ions of the basic issues laid down by
he platform makers, and the del
sates from 4S states, to the party
conventions.
This item does not indicate how
he voter should vote-it is, instead
| sort of red flag to warn the voters
hus early in the day, not to be fool
ID by tricky politicians.
Labor Leaders In A Hair-Pulling
Match
prior to the formation of the CIC
nd the organization of the mass in
lustries, labor's role in National pol
tics had been a cautious and conser-
alive one," commented the "cau.
ious' and conservative Washington
Star, following the Democratic con
Iention. The Star laid a foundation
If facts by referring to the policies
If Samuel Gompers, who concentra-
ed on a non-partisan effort to secure
election of public officials.
Union labor leaders are running
he labor unions and apparently the
2 million members haven't very
much to say about the orders issued
~ Phillip Murray and Sidney Hill
nan of the CLIO and William Green
# the ALL. The Weekly News Bull
etin of AFL says that the Hillman
Bureau sis a rather tricky outfit, u
proceeding sin accordance with the
typical Communist technique" AFT.
says that after summing up the evil
lence, it concludes the double-headed
Murray Hillman organization is put
ing on an act rather than action
IN act full of sound and fury, signi-
tying nothing" The AFL winds up
is statement under the heading of
Facing the Facts" by predicting
hat 1.-The benson of the CLIO in 1914
DIS in former years, will turn out to
be the kiss of death" to the party it
supports.
1t is hardly necessary to state that
JOhn Il. Lewis OF the united Mine
Workers is in substantial agreement
witk William Green.
Anyone who cannot figure that out
the labor vote will be divided be-
tween the different candidates of the
different parties will have to ignore
political history which proves that
when there is kair-pulling match
between labor leaders that the work
ars will refuse to be led around and
will be found on election day split
wide open, voting according to their
own conviction-and American work
men think great deal clearer than
The handful of leaders who employ
what the ALL refers to as typical
Communist technique
Meanwhile, the newly announced