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American Planes Superior
In aerial combat, it is the box score that counts,
says the report of the aviation sub-committee of the
House Military Affairs Committee, which answers
charges that this country’s fighting ships are “inferior”
to some of those of Germany and Japan.
With this criterion, the Committee according to
press dispatches, points out that American planes are
consist! ally knocking down two to three enemy planes
for every one that is lost. This record, it adds, should
be a “complete answer” as to the fighting qualities of
America n planes, which have proved themselves to
be “more than a match” for any of the aircraft now
pitted against them.
The findings of the House sub-commitice are in
tf": ’ir . s ocially in view of the rather wide-spread
criticism of American fighter planes voiced in oast
months and given some impetus' by the Truman Sen
ate Committee. It should be reassuring to the Ameri
cans who may have been unnecessarily alarmed by
those who have asserted that United States aircraft,
especially pursuit planes, are behind those of the
enemy.
The House group, citing the record established by
American planes in a period of 30 days reveals the
ratio < f enemy planes destroyed to United States plan
es lo.-i. in c ..o.iL was 7.5 to 1. It cautioned, however,
that tK e figures should not be regarded as a “normal
or unusual ratio” because our ratio of losses will in
evitably in rrn-je when we go further on tl e offendv x
Th I v. • mTabers heard a group of mllitay
avi.'li fs : n.d 1 Honed to pilots who have had
w CKpe-.ence in actual combat operations. Those
who } 'vice a h< ' ni t
ti n* b- 7o;> is a “good sVp” and said fluff the test
of -i ;:•* no is whether it wins in battle, and, on the
bo - ■ tl' * xst, American fighter aircraft have coc
ci u s i ve sup o t'i o r itv.
be ! omit tee studied the performance cf Am
erican Medium and heavy bombers but stated that
“with ’a r" I to A’nr, can bomber types, little need
be sff. since their record to date is so outstanding as
to silence criticism.”
Both Major Political Parties Face
Problem Overhauling High Command
'NGTON — With elect: >ns over, both pol
itic ; i v r'■ f ice a major problem of overhauling their
rryh - mm and. This will not be easy—especially for
the !>■ ,o.;"a,s. Here is the dilemma they face:
1 - 70 President isn’t particularly interested in
poh shouldn’t bo interested, needs to devote his
wlv r . • nr* • to the war. Yc-i he knows, and his party
leaders know, that elections are not won in the las*
five • 'mates, but during months and years of advance
prep Hon.
2.- Me: awhile the President is building up No. 2
mm- t ; l«i:e has running down: patronage on which a
party food . has vanished; and most people believe
Rons veil could not be elected for a fourth term,
even ’ he wants one, which close friends say he doesn’t
Mo ". ;mm diate of the reorganization programs is
the selection of a new Democratic National Chairman.
Ed Flynn, ex-boss of the Bronx, is not in good health,
has tl- -har ow of Belgian paving blocks over his
shoulder, definitely will resign whether he becomes
U. H Amh'wador to Mexico or not.
To i. place Flynn there has been some backstage
talk of bringing back the old Jim Farley-Chip Robert
crowd, which saw its heyday around 1936. But that
seems out of the question. Actually, Jim is too sore
at the President, and vice versa, for them to function
together in any manner, shape or form—even though
Jim was the most efficient politico ever around the
White House.
Furthermore, Farley will be asked by New York
Young Democratic leader Harold Moskovit to step
out of the chairmanship of the Demoratic Party in
New York State, and give the state organization a,
chance to be revamped from the top down. A lot of
people are urging a similar organization for the Dem
ocratic Party nationally.
Republican Splits
Meanwhile, the Republicans are in slightly better
shape—but not much. Titular leader Wendell Willkie
is becoming more and more independent. Tom Dewey,
who will demand and secure more and more leader
ship, is completely on the outs with Willkie. And Will
kie more than reciprocates.
Chairman Joe Martin has been keeping the party
machinery together, but cash donations have been
meager and the job is not easy.
Alaska’s Cash
Tops Record
JUNEAU, Nov. — Territorial
Treasurer Oscar G. Olson an
nounced that the Territorial trea
surer’s hank balance as of Sep
tember JO was Sl.447.83fi.66. the
largest during the last ten years
and nearly half a million over
the balance of a year ago.
Treasurer Olson said that the
collection of delinquent taxes
and the increase in taxes collect
ed from liquor stamps account
for the large balance.
In view of the record-breaking
balance in tile treasury the Leg
islature, which meets in January
will have no excuse for approv
ing any increased taxes, partic
ularly, too, in consideration of
the heavy federal demands ne
cessitated by the war.
Following is a comparative
statement for the past ten years,
showing balances as of Sept. 30’
September 30. 1933. 8 590.40J.6fi
September 50, 1054 773,499.0.1
September 30, 1935 1.057,926.7.3
September 30. 1936 908.624.96
.• ' ptemher 39. 1937 1.198.341.53
September 30, 1938 1,351,301.90
September 30, 195.9 1.299,879.3;
September 30, 1910 1,288.920.20
September 30, 1911 945,527.64
September 30. 1942 1,147,838.68
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More difficult than anything else, however, has
been the problem of setting up an over-all Republican
■ policy which will satisfy the conflicting view:; of “''sc
at! o-nist” and “interventionist” leaders. This applie
too. to other matters. In Kansas, for instance, Alf L:n
d n \v*s all set to make a speech just before the elec
' n urging the return of prohibition, nd it was onh
n i u e wire-pulling by All's close friends tl
persuaded him to forget it. They argued that a fa~2
cast of prohibition raised by a one-time leader of the
G. O. P. would throw a lot of votes to Democrats.
Result of all this conflict is the liklihcod that ever
wider schisms will develop inside both Democratic
I and Republican ranks. So it would surprise no one in
. the Capital to see a non-partisan war ticket, vigorous
y opposed to Isolation, favoring some form of inter
national peace machinery after the war. in the field
In 1944. Behind that ticket undoubtedly would be
Willkic and Roosevelt, both playing on the same team.
Supreme Court Vacancy
Tl e President told advisers that he wanted to
•out r b filling Justice Barnes’ vacancy on the Suoreme
Court until after election. Meanwhile the pressure
from the Senate to appoint Senator Alben Barkley
of Kentucky has become so great that FDR almost
wish s he had not delayed.
Roosevelt is extremely fond b Berkley, values
his services In the Senate and feels grateful to him.
But there are two handicaps in the path of Barkley’s
appointment: 1—his age, 65, which is contrary to the
President’s 1937 thesis that the Court should be staff
ed with younger men. 2—a Kentuckian already is on
the Supreme Court. In fact there are already two
justices from the South, Hugo Black of Alabama end
Stanley Reed of Kentucky, while there is none from
west of Michigan.
Therefore, the White House has been subject to
pressure to appoint Judge Wiley Rutledge of the U.S.
Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, former
Dean of Law at the State University of Iowa.
Though Felix Frankfurter is opposed to him. Rut-1
ledge happens to be the candidate of Chief Justice
Store, who would like to see a judge rather than a
Senator appointed. Also, in view of the fact that
Byrnes has resigned and there have been rumors that
Justices Murphy and Douglas might go into war work,
the Chief Justice says, a little plaintively: “I want
someone who will stay."
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Rationing Vice President
Vice President Wallace is noted for abstinence. Hp
does not drink or smoke, he eats in moderation. He
does not even drink coffee. Now he has added another
“absent" item to his bill of fare. He does not eat butter.
Wallace says, “Butter is an excellent food for child
ren, but an adult like me, who is trying to keep his
waistline down, can get along just a.s well without it.”!
College Profs In Congress
Little noticed in all the excitement over Republic
an landslides were three races in widely separated
parts of the country, where three colege professors
staged remarkable campaigns on the sole question
of isolation.
Two of them, in the heart of isolationist Wisconsin
and Montana, won. They are:
Professor Mike Mansfield, Democrat, of the Uni
versity of Montana, who defeated staunch isolationist
Jeanette Rankin, Republican, first woman ever elect
ed to Congress. She became famous when she voted
against war in 1917.
Professor H. J. McMurray, Democrat, teacher of
political science in the University of Wisconsin ex
who r n aeamst rabid isolation's^ Republican
Lewis D. Thill. McMurray not only backed Roosevelt’s
:n polities 100 percent, but in the heart of a state
:'r'c ha - the reputation of being isolationist, he ab
•-owned “Ur.'m Now” among the English speaking
eocplc.'. Ho had no money behind him, ran a purely
■mei. ur campaign, but won.
The third profo"-:or was Vernon O'Rourke, Demo
at, '.cachea of political science at Swarthmore Col
... Pennsylvania, who ran against the dean of the
’•-rtr.ylvvrJa Congressional delegation, James Wolf
end n. Not since U355 had Pennsylvania’s Eighth Dis
h.A o ncu'd a Democrat. However, Professor O’Rourke
o am v.cur at politics with no money, hammered at i
Wolfe'den’s isolniionHt record, and ga\-e him the of
hv We. Ln rfce end the Republican wen out, but by the
closest mare in in vears.
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NOTE: - Politic J. observers draw two deductions
from these three races: (l) American voters are get
ting more receptive to new political blood, less recep
tive co the old fashioned politician, must of them law
vers: (2) the iso'ationist midwest is drifting away
from isolation.
IVI e r r y - G o- Rou n cl
The President, always an optimist, will make one
invo at tempi to bring the AFL and CIO together by
•witir.g Bill Green and Phil Murray to the White
House. Labor leaders say privately, however, that there
w.i': bo no agreement. Both sides will patch up a juris-.
; cd w I truce and agree to refrain from membership
raids for the duration but that is all . . Two thousand
truck drivers have volunteered for overseas Army ser
v'ces during the past week. 300 of them to be com
missioned. Enlistments were stimulated by radio broad
casts after midnight or early in the morning when
fru ;c drivers are on the road and listening to auto
radio sets.
Politics Get Hot
Price Boss Leon Henclreon was put through a stiff
hire degree about his method of fixinr farm parity
price ceilings when he appeared before the Senate Ag
riculture Committee the other day.
Farm bloc Senators charged that Henderson
shouldn't have included farm benefit payments in fix
ing 60-day parity ceilings on farm products. Senator
Brewster of Maine, bluntly accused the price chief of
violating the law. As the grilling got hotter — so did
Leon.
“I interpreted the President’s executive order as
I understood it,” he lashed back. “I’m an administrat
or. and that’s my job. I’m not in politics.”
“You say you're not in politics?” inquired Senator
Burt Wheeler of Montana.
“No, sir!” roared Henderson.
“Well, your’e in Washington, aren’t you, Leon?”
purred Wheeler, amid loud laughter. —The Washing
ton Merry-Go-Round by Drew Pearson.
Names In News
Tinga. Katha, Mvitkyna, Washwing—
These are new names to Americans but each rep
resents a place of attack by Army airplanes as repott
ed by recent dispatches. They'illustrate the world
wide nature of our operations against the enemy, but
represent only a fraction of the targets that have been
battered by American planes in the Far East.
All the points named were attacked by Army air
w:ft from bases in India.
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