St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-09
MINNESOTA
POLITICAL
ROUNDUP
By Arthur Naftalin

During the month of August pol
itics in Minnesota is experiencing
the customary midsummer slump
in campaign activity. A few aspir-
ants are busy getting their ducks
in a row, but most of them are
off for a spell Of mentioning, par
ticularly the incumbent Congress
men who have had a continuous
workout for the last several years.
The big guns won't begin booming
again until September 10 or Oc-
tober l, and after that the politicos
will go all-out for the big show
which eliminates on Tuesday, No
vember 5.
The Young Republican League,
however, is busy this month with
its eleventh annual state cOnven-
ton which is set for August II in
st. Cloud. No sensational fireworks
are anticipated at the convention.
1t will no doubt 60 down the line
for the full slate of COP nominees
and pass resolutions supporting
Harold Stassen's program and join
ing the movement to nominate Stas-
sen for President. The organization
was founded by Stassen in 1885
before he made his first bid for
statewide Office. As movements Of
young people go in politics, this
group has enjoyed a surprisingly
long and continuous history. II is
now accepted by the senior Organi-
ZatiOn as a valuable educational
arm and feeder Of new leadership
into the parent party.
Theodore Jorgenson, Democratic
Farmer-Labor nominee for United
States Senator, makes an interest
ing analysis Of the primary vote in
the current issue Of the Minnesota
Leader. Asserting that the outlook
for his party is "far from dark, {"
Jorgenson predicts that "75 to 80
per cent Of the Shipstead votes"
will go DFL in November and that
"a great number of votes for Tive
that were cast by members of our
party will be back with US in the
fall" Jorgenson says there were
really two parties in the Republican
primary, "the Republican Farmer
Labor Party" represented by Ship
stead, and "the Republican Banker
lndustrialist Party" represented by
Thye, Youngdahl, and Stassen. OF
his own party, Jorgenson says: at
has a right wing, but l am sure
it will be one united movement in
November"
There is likely to be some be-
hind-the-scenes stress and strain in
the filling Of the vacancy in the
position of United States Marshall
for Minnesota, caused by the death
of John J. Farrell. The field of
aspirants is growing rapidly. AL
ready publicly mentioned are Tom
Gibbons, Ramsey county sheriff,
John H. Mcguire, Hennepin county
deputy sheriff; Arthur D. Reynolds,
the former collector of internal
revenue, and Harry O'Brien, Brain
erd. The names Of Roy Weir, secre-
tary Of the Minneapolis Central
Labor Union, and Guy Alexander,
member of the Hennepin County
Board Of Commissioners, have also
been introduced in informal CONVEX
sations.
Theodore Slen, Of Madison, Dem
Ocratic national committeeman,
promptly announced he would con-
suit with Harold Barker, DFL state
chairman and party nominee for
governor, before making his recon-
mendatiOn, which presumably will
be accepted by the national COM
mittee and the President. This is a
move to prevent a patronage mat
ter from becoming a source of in
tra-party conflict. The job, paying
between $1,000 and 5000 and vir-
tually assuring life-tenure, is one
Of the top patronage plums in the
federal district.
University Of Minnesota officials