Milford chronicle., 1954-11-05
DEMOCRATS SWEEP DELAWARE
The Democratic PARTY made 2 clea

sweep db tlG poliS III O6ldWafG on TUESDAY.
The complete unofficial returns show that
their victory was Of landslide proportions.
Not In generations have they had such vic
tory in Delaware. That fact is indisputable,
but the size of their majOrities throughout
the State was a surprise and shock to the
leaders Of both parties. Only a few hours
before the polls opened Democratic State
Chairman Carvel made claim Of 1000 ma
lorlty for his party-it was approximately
10000.
The Republicans were trOunced. and
thumped badly. The reasons advanced for
the deDacle are many and varied. We have
felt for months that the Republican candi-
dates in our State were in for hard shedding.
Persons with whom we have talked during
the past few weeks and who are generally
well informed of conditions in their local
communities had told us that the Republi-
cans would be defeated 1t seemed to be the
almost unanimous concensus of opinion of
persons who knew their localities. Most of
them would talk "off the record" and not for
publication. We heard the same story in
Wilmington, Dover, eastern and western
Sussex COunty-in fact everywhere. These
sources of information in the past have
usually been correct. For that reason we had
formed an opinion weeks ago that Republi-
can candidates would be defeated.
While there was unanimity of opinion
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large number of people with whom we dis
cussed the approaching elections were var
led and many. In Wilmington we heard of
the lack of interest on the part of former
g. O. p. workers. We were told of inter-
party squabbles that seemed unsOlVable. We
heard State officials criticised for many of
their actions In lower Delaware we were
told that Attorney General Young had wreck
ed all chances of Republican victory when he
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the Milford Schools We heard many innO-
cent people accused of actions that they had
probably never thought of doing. For the
past two years we have felt that the use of
voting machines would have an adverse eff
feet on Republican chances. We think that
the result Of Tuesdays balOting at least in
part confirms this belief.
In all probability all of these, and many
more, had their influence on the voters as
they went to the polls on Tuesday. Whatever
the reasons, DelaWareans without regard to
party afiiiatiOn should cooperate with the
newly elected officials in all matters which
are for the good Of all Of our citizens. By
the same line of reasoning, they should criti-
else when constructive criticism is needed.
NGO&G
ARMISTICE DAY 36 YEARS OLD
Although November IL, Armistice Day,
Is a legal holiday in all states, its observance
lin moments Of silence, decoration of sol
der graves, or parades-has not been gen
eral since World War III.
Armistice Day, to mark the signing of
the truce which ended World War / at III
a. M, November IL, 1918, was first pro
claimed year later by President Woodrow
Wilson with solemn pride in the heroism of
those who died in the country's service and
with gratitude for the victory"
In its very name there was prophecy
OF che future. The outbreak of World War
u, and more recently our sad experience in
the Korean trouble, proved that Armistice
Day had indeed celebrated only an armistice
Our older readers will remember the an
nOuncement Of the Armistice thirty-six years
ago. They will recall the many celebrations
and expressed hope for lasting peace. They
look back on their longing to see their sons
and husbands returned to them, and shudder
with apprehension at the prospect of armed
conflict with Communistic Russia and China
lhIrly-slx years Of Armistice during which
We have participated in two costly conflicts
when viii It become real2 We wonder
G0o&G
THE PARTY LINE CHANGES
According to top authority, j. Edgar
Hoover of the FBI, the American COmmun-
ist party has changed its line. 1t has, out
Wardly at least, abandoned the cell "fOr mill
liant action and the defense Of violence as a
lusuHaDle means 20 power Instead, Mr..
Hoover said it is now trying to picture itself
as advocating "a peaceful path to socialism. I"
An important foOtnOte can be added to
Mr.. HOover's warming. Government in busi-
ness is socialisnl-and for 20 years our gov
ernment went deeper and deeper into busi-
ness. The more government in business we
have the closer we are to complete socialism.
And socialism, as the hard core of Ameri-
can communist leaders knows well, is sim
ply the prelude to a communist state, pat
termed on the Russian model Of tyranny, ter