The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-07
Observations
Democrats Turning
10 Plans For l948
Election Campaign
BY HELEN EssARY

gun 10 sketch their picture OF the
I94S presidential campaign.
some believe il may resemble
that OF 1912. when Woodrow VII.
son came from behind to win the
nomination.
There is widespread feeling on
Congress that President Roosevelt
will not be a candidate for a NTH
tsrm-not because OF his desire
but because of his health.
Starting with this assumption,
Democrats are counting on a mini,
mum of three candidates. Sure
ones are believed to be
Vice President Harry Truman.
Former Vice President Henry
Wallace.
senator Harry F. Byrd ID Of
Virginia.
Wallace is looked upon as the
inevitable candidate OF the Go
PAC and the New Deal The battle
over Wallace is acknowledged TO
be a fight against Wallace as
presidential threat
byIQ Is llE AudAl hA0AA Va NA'N So
ocratic party will have a hard time
and elsewhere while Truman IS
looked upon as middle-of-the-
roader and the lone hope OF party
unity.
The expectation is that the Dem
ocratic party will have ahard time
in l94S TO avoid a wile-open split
between the New Deal and the
conservative factions.
THE SO-CALLED WORK OR
JAIL" still has long way TO trav-
81 In its journey through Congress
and the chances are that before II
il finally passed the original spon-
sors will not be able 10 recognize
ut
The bill has been held up in
ihe Senate Military Committee long
enough 70 give the opposition time
10 bring up its heavy artillery and
train il on the measure.
And the opposition has some
powerful guns in the form OF strong
arguments against forcing men TO
work for private employers and
,singling out men in the IS 70 as
lgroup for compulsion.
The bill vii, face a heavy fire of
,attack in the Senate, and there is
,some prospect that a substitute
tplan will be adopted which will at
tempt to preserve the voluntary
system Of handling manpower prob
Ilems. The chances are that, II
hin is passed It will be finally
written in conference committee
lof the House and Senate.
DESPITE REPORTS TO THE
CONTRARY, the Army has no
plans for abandoning virtually all
of its equipment in Europe once
the Germans finally are defeated
and the bulk OF United States
Troops begin to be moved TO the
Pacific theater
One high Army official has as.
serted that only obsolete and worn
tout equipment will be left behind
in the old world and that the rest
Twill be transferred as quickly as
lfhe troops are.
The service feels II would be
fhighly inadvisable to have our
forces brought back from Europe
for a brief Through il the states
before going to the Pacific
That's one reason why the Army
IS backing work or fight" legisla-
ltion They would like the troops
10 find every one on the home
front engaged in the war effort so
far as possible
1T is BEING TALKED around
the capital that Donald Nelson.
former WPB boss. NAV be in line
for the post OF Reconstruction Fin
ance Corporation chief The Job
will be open after President Roose-
ivelt signs the George bill divorc-
ing the RFC from the Commerce
DeDartmen and FDR already has
said he will sign Il.
Others on the Speculation list"
for the RFC Job include Henry
Kaiser, miracle shipbuilder". and
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