The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-18
nE WATERBURY Dl0cRAT WATERBURY, CONN., MONDAY NOVEMBER a lole
Major Difference BetlUeen Parties
 Right NOW Is Presidential Timber
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publican and Democratic parties
 this falle electaon brings new hope
 There may ee other differences
 but heFe e . very bie one.
 The party that is seelhlng with
 ambitious young felloWs who want
 to run for President in leA0 h the
 Republican party, rt win be baasy
 for the next two year. tfylne Co
 whlttle the field down Co slne, and
 then pick one man,
 The party that doesn1 seem to
 have anyone Cunle@ it might be
 Henry Wallace) who shows much
 Interest in the Presidency k the Democratic party. While someone
 always can be found to take the most despeFate-appearlne presi. dental nomination. the Democrats win spend much of the coming two years trying to find a likely aSpirant
 Few Teas OffeFe
 No sensible political observer would try at this time to predict who will get the nod from either party. But here are some of the ideas with which the party leaders are playing.
 The COP never has renomlnated 6 lose in modern times. Besides that, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York offended some of the polticos by the way he ran his ie44 campaign. But he did whip Senator Jim Mead, who used to be con. sidered a pretty hot campaigner, by the greatest majority ever achieved by a candidate for governor in the Empire State New York has 47 electoral votes, which the COP has not been able to enjoy since lo29 That makes Dewey the man to watch. The practical boys admit they were wrong when they thought him finished two years ago.
 Senator Robert A. Taft and Sens ator.elect John Bricker must fight it out to see who Is to be OhioS favorite son. Whichever wins Is, as of now, the favorite of the con servative party leaders. senator Taft has become the Senatorial voice of the conservative wing. He has his own man as national chair man and is supposed to have the Southern organizations-- which provide no electoral votes but have many in the convention-in his packet. He did not run this year. Bricker, who did, put on a con- vincing display of vote-getting power, carrying in a governor on his coat-tails just as Dewey car- ried a U. 6. Senator on his. One of these, probably Taft, is the man the politicos have in mind to buck Dewey.
 Senator Arthur vandenberg of Michigan has risen high in public esteem as a result of his work in foreign affairs. Former Governor Harold Stassen Of Minnesota is the darling of the more advanced COP internationahsts. Vandenberg has done nothing overt toward getting the nomination. StaSsen Is going al out organizing the country on his own behalf. Either is a possi. bility if Dewey and Taft get into deadlock and Bricker proves un- able to take advantage of 1t.
 Among Dark Horses
 Dark horses frequently mem toned include Califofnia's gover- nor Earl Warren, because he won two major nominations this year and nobody seems to know his ideas on any subject; Senator Warren Austin of Vermont, who like van- denberg has won favor by his in- ternational statesnaanship, but whose state has only three electoral votes; Senators Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Of and Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut. who are regarded as sound. liberal. and good as far as they have been tested.
 President Truman must be the starting point for the Democrats. No practical politician imagines that he can be denied the nomina- Ion if he wants it. But there is a growing feeling within his party that he symboli2es what the pub- lie is protesting about, and hasn't 3 chance in the world of winning. His Is quite a realist, and many thing that he knows he can't win and will bow out before the nom- mating convention. If he does step aside, presumably he will have | much to say about his successor.
 Secretary of State James Byrnes' name Is frequently heard. | loyal and helpful to Frank in Roosevelt and the New deal, he is regarded as sound and far from radical. He has pleased nearly | every one except the leftwtngers | by his work as Secretary of State. But he is said to be CT now Che ignores birtldate in Who's Who) and would be So in ie48; this is | regarded as pretty old to take over .he White House,
 Former Vice. President and ex- Commerce Secretary Wallace is the white hope oi the left wtngers It ieems doubtful that President Tru- nan, or for that matter most south- srn delegates. would find him &C., ,eptable
 Hins0n Middle R0adeT
 That leaves Supreme Court Jus ice Pred Vinson. He Is regarded IS a middle of the noader. Though le served President Roosevelt. and Inder Truman had to do with cons federal activities, he never seemed to get himself in wrong thereby. He is popular with and n years younger han Byrnes.
 The neld9 It isn't easy to find. There could be Senator Alben 3arkley of Kentucky. but he is 6e llready; or Senator Walter P. Jeorge of Georgia. but he will be Q in ie4e. Former Governor Eiis !. Arnall Of Georgia has made a Iood impression on the country. fl he party is driven to take . man rom a state whose electoral vote l0es not have to be won. There are zaxsaknea F2afaw KTff1 af Ala nfaauna l