Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-31
Dewey Victory Called
Certain With 329
Electoral Votes
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West where it hurts most, because
of his failure to go as far as it
desired in radical legislation, be-
cause of his backing and filling
on the Palestine issue, and because
of the Truman doctrine" so called,
in his foreign policies.
Two New Parties Created.
Two new parties-the Thurmond-
Wright States Rights Party and
the Wallace-Taylor Progressive
Party-have been organized The
first, either because of it's own
strength or because it is dividing the
Democratic strength and making
possible Republican victory, will
deny to President Truman the cleo
toral votes of five, and perhaps
seven, of the States of the usually
Solid South.
The Wallace Party. on the other
hand, is cutting materially into
Democratic strength in great in
dustrial States of the North and
West - in New York. California,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and
Connecticut for example. The Wal
lace vote, it is generally agreed,
probably has diminished consider
ably since Mr. Wallace was for
mally nominated in Philadelphia
last July. A Communist label has
been tied to it. Nevertheless, the
Wallace vote, particularly in States
that may be close between Gov.
Dewey and Mr.. Truman, will aid
the Republican candidate.
Mr.. Truman-"Give 'em He'll Har-
ry"-was at low ebb in his political
fortunes when he started his cam
paign with his acceptance speech at
the Democratic convention. He was
the choice of a reluctant convention.
Unable to persuade Gen. Eisenhower
to stand for the Democratic preSi-
Dental nomination, party leaders
like Jacob NJ Arvey in Chicago,
Frank Hague in New Jersey, and
James Roosevelt in California, swung
back to Mr.. Truman. Having done
their best to tear down Mr.. Truman
it became their task to build him
up again.
campaign strange One.
The campaign has been a strange
one. Mr.. Truman, determined to
make a laSt-ditch fight. has nearly
out-demagogued Mr.. Wallace. He
has attacked the Republican Party
as tool of Wall Street" He has
pictured the beginning of Fascist
Government in the United States
If Mr.. Dewey is elected President.
He has denounced the Republican
80th Congress as the cause of in
f1ation and high prices.
Gov. Dewey, on the other hand,
has focused his whole campaign on
the nee of unity in the United
States. Goth in domestic and foreign
policies. Coupled with that he has
attacked the Truman administration
as wholly inefficient and incapable
His campaign has been mild COM
pared to the hell-roaring one put
on by Mr.. Truman.
Mr.. Wallace has aimed his barbS
principally at Mr.. Truman, al
though he has sought to make the
Republican Party out as just an
other pea in a pod with the Demo-
cratic Party. He has accused Mr.. I
Truman of hypocrisy inihis support .
Of organized labor and civil rights |
He has more particularly attacked
the Truman foreign policy-"get
tough with Russia" and the Euro
pean Recovery Programmes calcu-
lated to bring Third World War.
Race Issue Behind Drive.
Gov. Thurmond has concentrated
on demand for a return of the
Democratic Party to his old States
Right doctrine. Back of his whole
campaign, however, lies the race
issue, particularly in the South. This .
is cutting deeply, but how deep only
the election figures will show.
Mr.. Truman seemingly has re-
gained some Of his lost ground by
his fighting campaign. His chief
reliance is on organized labor and
the Negroes, plus the dyed-in-the- /.
wool Democrats who stick to the
party ticket under any circum-
stances. A weakness. however, is a
widespread belief that he is not big
enough and wise enough to be Chief
Executive in these tickliSh DAYS
The great mass of so-called in
dependent voters, who hold the bal |
ance Of power in any national cleo
ton, have not been impressed by
Mr.. Truman and most of them will
vote against him, and for Gov. |
Dewey, who has record of achieve |.
ment as Governor of New York-not /
to mention his earlier record as the
nemesis of "rackets" and corrupt |
politicians.
Labor Backing Truman.
Organized labor-as represented
by it leaders-has taken the side of
Mr.. Truman-although it has had
no great enthusiasm for him in the |
past-because of his veto of the
Taft-Hartley labor bill. Not all of
labor, however, is for the Demo-
cratic candidate. Mr.. Wallace has
drawn from radical labors ranks
John L. Lewis of the United Mine
Workers has denounced Mr.. Tru-
man bitterly and some of his miners
are going along with him in this
election. Also Mr. Dewey will have
more labor support in this election
than he did four years ago
Labor, with its CLIO and AFL po-
litical agencies hard at work, is
seeking the overthrow of members
Of Congress who voted for the Taft
Hartley labor act, hoping for a
repeal OF that law in the next
Congress. The signs are that it has
failed miserably in this effort.
Both Gov Dewey and President
Truman have been aided greatly in
this campaign, by their running
mates, respectively Gov. Warren of
California and Senator Barley of
Kentucky.
Dewey-Warren Ticket Strong.
The Deuev. Worrep tiokat hoe