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EDITORIAL
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Chicago Democratic Mecca
Eyes of politically minded Am
erica focus today on Chicago,
where the national convention of
the Democratic party has open
ed.
The big trek of stalwarts of
the party and delegates from ev
ery part of the union and the
far-flung possessions—not except
ing Alaska is on.
Although the party has been
entrenched in power the last
eight years, fortifying itself with
policies of the New Deal and ev
ery strategem at its command,
mystery surrounds the big issue
of who will be chosen to lead the
party cohorts in the coming cam
paign.
At no time in party political
history has there been such a
mysterious entry into a nationtal
convention — no apparent spon
taneous choice aside from the pos
sible incumbent who with all the
adroitness of a strategist has
parried the third-term issue, re
fusing to say whether or no he
will accept a profer to defy the
American tradition and run
again.
The answer, probably will not
come until nominations are made
and the big chieftain will be giv
en the opportunity to refuse or
reject the tempting morsel.
With congress adjourned for
ten days and business of the na
tion in the meantime in the back
ground, it can be depended upon
there is plenty stirring as the
war drums throb in the politcal
camps of the disciples of Thomas
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson et al.
The third-term riddle will not
keep them guessing much long
er. But when sphinx speaks,
what. Willkie, nominee of the
fcOP has expressed the hope
Roosevelt will be nominated, de
daring that if he is, there will be
a clear-cut issue.
Before another week expires,
the people will know—the die
will be cast, and whatever the
the nomination seems to be in the
the fur will fly until November.
Look for the hottest campaign,
laying bare most momentous is-1
sues at stake in many a year if
not the history of the nation.
—Fairbanks News-Miner,
The National Convention
“National political conventions
as exemplified by the Democrat
ic gathering which met in Chic
Ego today have no legal stand
ing 'out nevertheless, their deci
sions are of binding force, by
custom and tradition on the pol
itical parties represented by the
convention delegates,” John Hall;
clerk of the United States dis
trict Court, for the Fourth Div
ision recently observed.
“National conclaves to nomin
ate President and Vice-President
were not originated until 1832,
when Jackson, candidate for re
election brought together polit
ical adherents representing all
parts of the country to secure
the nomination not of himself for j
the presidency but of his freind !
and supporter, Van Buren for
the vice-presidency.
“Previously self - constituted
committees consisting of mem
bers of congress, met and sel
ected the candidates.
“Since Jackson’s time, the con
vention system has been adopted
by every political party.
“In no other country has the
practice been followed with such
long-continued success. At Chic
ago, there is not likely to be any
rival to Roosevelt, but, if there
should be, the defeated aspirant
would not think of starting a mil
itary revolt.
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'ALASKA LINKED
TO THE STATES
(Portland Oregonian
Alaska —we have you corner
ed! Only a few wing flaps and
we who smugly call ourselves
“civilization'’ are upon you,
crowding you cose, your back to
your high mountains. Throw
down your gun!
You men who have loved free
dom and adventure, who hate
the hampering bonds that are
necessary where many ilve in
close proximity, who hark back
to the days w'hen “Never a law
of God or man runs north of
53,” are now to feel the thongs
that bind you to the “western
hemisphere.” The hemisphere
must be more thrifty of its com
ponent parts, draw them closer,
organize its industries and ex
change so there will be no waste.
You, Alaska, have a part to play.
Only a few hours from Port
land now, a distance that before
the Clipper hopped, required
nearly as many days. Indeed, the
world is nosing down upon you.
It takes fourvears to construct
a battleship; moral, build your
battleships years before you ex
pect to need them.
DELAY IS DANGEROUS
The idea of compulsory mili
tary training for the youth of
America gains strength propor
tionate to Hitler’s drive against
the bulwarks of democracy in
Europe, The establishment of
such a system, expensive though
it will be, is the country’s best
answer to the charge of Musso
lini that the world’s democracies
are “decrepit.”
Gen. John J. Pershing, who
probably knows more about mod
ern warfare than any other Am
erican. declares that compulsory
training “should be inaugurated
in the near future.” War Secre
tary Stimson endorses it. A news
paper poll of the membership of
Congress discloses a growing sen J
timent for some form of military
drill: whether compulsory or voli
untary, is not indicated.
Congress and the country
should face the issue now. One
fact that helps make democracies
“decrepit” —if they are—lies in
their slowness to reach major de j
cisions. They like to put things:
off, reluctant to do today any-;
Murray Plavner (right) of New York, eader of the co-ealled "Pro-American” delegation t<^the
Vnerican Youth Congress at Lake Geneva, Wis., is shown here as he attempted to register. His
>1 accept l by the registration chairman, Norma Spelre in (left) of New York.
Standing beside Plavner is R. Bruce McKay of Detroit a member of the ‘Pro-American’ group
thing which can be postponed till
tomorrow. For the democracies
tomorrow are dangerous, as long
as the Hitlers and the Mussolinis
are at large in the world.
The one convincing answer is
military training for our young
men.—Juneau Empire.
The Washington
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By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON — Fee, fie, fo
'fum—in the veins of Charles A.
Lindbergh runs the blood of a
Congressman.
Is that, Washington is asking
i what has driven the Lone Eagle
to do a little soaring on the
radio? Is it because the blood of
his father, Charles. A. Lindbergh
Sr. who served 10 years in Con
gress from Minnesota, and of his
grandfather Ole Manson, who
was a member of the Swedish
parliament heats up at time of
great national stress that the
38-year-old flyer has plunged
back into the spotight with crit
icisms of the government and
warnings that we are trending to
ward war?
Maybe, I wouldn’t know, and
Lindbe'rgh is not telling. But
whatever the motivation, Lind
bergh has caused more furore in
Washington in the last year than
any other man outside govern
ment or congressional circles.
Boos to Praise
Four times in nine months he
has gone to the radio to take is
sue on matters of government.
Last September and again in Oct
ober he condemned Congress for
its move to repeal the arms em
bargo. Twice in the last month he
has tossed the weight of his pop
uarity and ability into the warn
ing mat “we cannot continue for
long to follow the course our
government has taken without
becoming involved in war with
Germany.”
The reception of these speech
es in Washington has run the
gamut from boos to high praise.
One Congressmn said: “I sug
| gest that every member of this
| house study Lindbergh’s speech
daily until it becomes thoroughly
impregnated in and indelibly im
pressed upon the collective con
sciousness of this body.”
On the other hand he has been
accused of everything from be
ing a “fifth columnist” to the rel
atively mild charge that “he is a
young man inexperienced and to
tally unfamiliar with our coun
try, its statesmanship, and its
military matters.”
Senator Key Pittman (D. Nev.)
said: “If Col. Lifidbergh desires
to help in our national defense,
let him throw aside all his false
political advisers and volunteer
in the United States government
as an expert in aviation. Let Col.
Lindbergh and his advisers know
that when one fools with politics!
I
in a national emergency, he is
fooling with disaster.”
! Sen. Ernest Lundeen (Farm
Lab. Minn.) said :“We thank God
for the Lindberghs’ father and
son—the immortal Congressman
Charles A. Lindbergh, the invin
cible and intrepid Col. Charles
| A. Lindbergh. So long as Amer
• ica follows their crystal clear pol
icies of patriotism we need have
j no fears for our ship of state.”
Those are scarcey drops in the
bucket of comment that has been
put into the recent Lindbergh re
cord. But it gives an idea of both
sides of the picture.
Since Washington is predomin
antly behind the Administra
tion's “all aid to the Allies—short
of war” program, it goes without
saying that Lindbergh’s popular
ity has taken something of a
nose dive in these parts.
He Will Be Heard
The fact remains, however,
that his speeches have carried
some weight and it is considered
a feather in the cap of the isola
tionists that they have Lindbergh
carrying their fight to the people.
Just who his advisers are no
body knows. In the State Depart
ment, some old-timers have said,
off the record, they recognize
the hand of an assistant secre
tary of State under President
Hoover in Lindbergh's speeches.
They think such phrases its “stop
these gestures with an empty
gun-’ and “stop this hysterical
chatter of calamity and invasion” j
are the trademarks of this form
er official.
I wouldn’t know, but before
Lindbergh made his last address,
he did confer with Senators
Clark, of Missouri; Wheeler of
Montant; La Foilette of Wiscon
sin; Clarks, of Idaho; Represent
ative Van Zandt of Pennsylvania
and other isolationists. They are
not all Republicans by any
means, the Clarks and Wheeler
are Democrats and La Foilette
is a progressive.
Neither Lindbergh nor the oth
ers have been fighting defense —
just the “trend toward war.”
If it’s Lindbergh’s political
blood that has driven him to be
come the spearhead of the ‘stay
out of war” movement, he scarce
ly could have picked a better
time to jump into the Washing
ton arena. He may be unpopular
with the opposition, but he sure
will be heard. The tempest he
has already caused has proved
that.
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