The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1946-06-28
paul MALLON

AS ha0 10 uelIllLGly 10 De avoided Dy
anyone with ambition for California
public Office.
Indeed, there Immediately de-
velOped tendency among can
didates who won the Democratic
nomination to sever themselves
from the CIOPAC and leftwing
connections. They are saying
they never agreed with Kenny,
and are strongly anti-CIO. 1t is
evident they will have to get
away from the Mesalliance if
they are to save any of the tick
ct from the Republicans in No
vember.
STRIKES ANGER VOTERS
Close California observers think
the final blow which ruined the CLIO
ine-the last straw if one was need
ed = was the Los Angeles strike.
Traffic was paralyzed completely
for several days in probably the
worst traffic tie-up of the nations
history. Atop street car and bus
strike, the national rail strike oc-
CURED, and none of these was espe-
cially popular with the public. Peo-
pie got fighting mad at this total
disregard of their interests and of
their rights, including the right to
work, to subsist and to have public
service.
The Communist support, Russia
appeasement and such familiar
doctrines of CIOPAC proved
heavy burdens, as did their domes-
tic economic wage policy, which has
now taken new sensational turn
among their auto workers, namely
this: AS the wage increase which
they forced in the long strike has
been followed by price increases on
autos, JAW has decided to make
demands for additional wage in
creases to meet the price increase
which, of course, will force an
other price increase and require
them to get another wage increase,
and-how long does this 60 on!
WARREN POPULAR
But the overshadowing instance
OF the result which ruined CIOPAC
was the way Republican gov
ernor Warren pulled a majority Of
the Democratic votes away from
the Democratic CLIO ticket. He has
been a good governor and the Dem
ocrats just simply would not stand
any longer for domination by the
Roosevelt = Ickes CIOPAC coali-
ton. They left Governor Warren
with only a prohibitionist to run
against in November. They kicked
out their own candidate and took
the Republican, the first governor
since Hiram Johnson to be re-elect-
ed in California.
When such thing happens in
California, a state which has been
balmy in its politics of the past
(you could at one time get nearly
any kind of movement started for
nearly anything from ham and
eggs to Technocracy and Thirty
every Thursday,") you may be
sure it bears symptoms of an his
toric national event.
People are coming to their senses.
For California, in their primary,
they marked the turning of an era.
PRESSURE ON RADIO
Private information has come to
me suggesting one of the large
Russo American good neighbor
organizations has taken steps to try
to assure that public opinion will
favor Russia. This organization has
committee assigned to the pur-
pose of driving from the American
rostrum, particularly the radio, any
person making adverse suggestions.
They also promote their own peo-
ple-surreptitiously, of course.
The scalp of one nationally known
radio commentator already is &C.
credited to this special committee.
How it influences the Crossley or
other ratings of the radio trade, do
not yet precisely know, but by fan
letter attacks upon sponsors, they
apparently achieved their goal in
one notable instance. They can also
organize fan campaign of impress
sive proportions for advocates Of
Russian foreign policies. which, I
am told, accounts for some of the
singular opposition % American for
eign policies.