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WASHINGTON, May 20 -

Gov. Dewey, but any one who
would wager more than a
nickel before September would
be far from a wise man.
No one who seeks truth pays
much attention to the polls any
more, in view of their record
of straying far of until the eve
of election, then hastily getting
as right as possible. Nor Is the
prospect that Mr.. Roosevelt
may campaign from the midst
of world peace dealings a con.
elusive expectation, politically.
The facts of the matter to
date are that the Republicans
are holding back their cam
paiyn. building up their file
cases, while the Democrats are
having inner difficulties getting
their campaign started, or even
deciding its definite lines.
EOR instance, the Repub-
Il licans said not a revealing
word when Democratic National
Chairman flanagan blamed
Dewey for having held in 1910
that Mr.. Roosevelt could not
produce $4,000 planes.
No denial was offered, but
the record will show that Dewey
dallas, Tex, May n, 1940)
charged the government then
did not have a plan for such
production, that the initial Nor.
genthau conference with the
Industry had been a fiasco, that
if $4,000 planes were to be
produced the government would
have to let industry take the
leadership in production, ap-
propriate $1,000, 000. 900 as a
starter. raise 10000 men for
the air corps.
In short he told exactly how
the production could be reached
and indeed government policy
later followed that line, so
Dewey, far from being in the
position to which flanagan as
signed him, can claim credit
for having helped in the achieve
ment. (Look it up. if you doubt
me.)
This, no doubt, has been put
In the file cabinet for use when
the Republicans open up
7 Asst week, likewise, a press
II syndicate mot this one) and
a broadcasting-movie campaign
asked advance statements from
Republican Chairman Spangler
and Democratic Chairman Han
negan outlining the issues OF
the campaign from their respec-
tive viewpoints. Spangler ac-
copied and prepared his out
lines, but flanagan, after first
accepting, then delaying. finally
declined both invitations.
IN LATER talks Hannegan be-
L latedly mentioned the New
Deal with which he is pre-
sumably not well acquainted.
being accounted a conservative
st. Louis politician without
intense theological views), but
Senator Barley has been rum
ming on the New Deal platform
almost entirely, saying Mr..
Roosevelt is indispensable be-
cause Of social gains .domesti-
cally accomplished. This is the
same New Deal that Mr.. Roose-
welt announced dead. in favor
of "Dr. Win-the-War" some
months back.
The Go political action
favors the Barley technique
even if it requires some resur-
rection from the dead and is
trying to enfiame the old New
Deal reform interest, telling
workers Mr.. r. is indispensable
to theiS security (see their
magazine May 10 issue), wholly
ignoring the conservative cote
RE with which Mr.. Roosevelt is
surrounded-the jaunty anti
CIO'ers Jesse Jones. James
Byrnes, Judges Fred Vinson,
Marvin Jones, Patterson; For
restal, Stimson, Hull, and who
not-in fact, all the men who
are running the war govern
ment.
To make IL even more embar-
RAISING to these men or to the
Communists who are in the
same camp with them, Earl
Browder is sharing with the
CLOS Hillman the leadership Of
the fourth term campaign.
A CONVINCING outline for a
"A campaign satisfactory to all
these gentlemen will have to
run the gamut Of the imagina-
ton from the most extreme
radical to the most extreme
conservative, or continue to be
conducted on opposite planes,
with conflicting campaigns at
top and at bottom, opposite
stories being circulated by the
conflicting classes of men in
volved. A chameleon could not
do it. Two would be required.
Mr.. Hannegan certainly needs
more time.
His best bet would seem to
me to be to keep quiet and keep
the Go quiet, because it is not
as popular as Hillman's S700,000
would presently indicate it to
be in some quarters. Just
roughhouse the Republicans and
Dewey with daily haunting