WHAT IT MEANS—
Revolt
Against FDR
By HERMAN R. ALLEN
WASHINGTON — An anti
Roosevelt movement in the Demo
cratic party could result—and en
tirely constitutionally—in election
of the next President by the
House of Representatives.
This would be possible because
of the antiquated system of
electors, which in modern times
has amounted to only a techni
cality. You will recall that voters
don't vote for President1 (or Vice
President directly. They vote
for electors, who in turn choose
these two officials. Electors are
assumed to be committed to vote
for a certain candidate, and a vote
for them is regarded as the same
as a vote for the candidate him
self.
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Sparred by Southerners
The anti-administration move
ment is sparred by certain'South
erners. They voice the fear that
the platform adopted by the
Democratic convention will not
meet their demands as regards
the poll tax, racial equality and
similar matters.
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If they don’t like the platform,
these Democrats propose to name
electors who will vote for a third
candidate* rather than for Presi
dent Roosevelt for a fourth term.
The South of course is heavily
Democratic, but if anti-F. D. R.
strategy is carried through, Dem
ocrats in some southern states
may have to vote against Roose
velt, even though they are for
him. The convention has no+hing
to say about how electors are
chosen. That’s up to state legis
latures, some of which adminis
tration opponents may be able to
control.
The result might be to split the
electoral vote three ways so that
neither the Republican candidate
nor the “regular” Democratic
candidate gets more than half. In
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that case, the Constitution pro
vides that the President be chosen
by the House.
November House Election
New House members will be
chosen in November, at the same
time as elctors. If every member
had a vote, then it would be fair
ly easy to tell how the vote for.
President would go if it were
thrown into the House.
But it isn’t done that way. The,
Constitution says that each state’s!
House delegation shall have onei
vote. This means that the group
having the greatest strength in
each delegation — Republican,
Democrat or anti-Roosevelt—will
swing that delegation’s vote.
There’s no telling for sure
what the complexion of the House
will be after November. Even if
the Republicans win control, it
might not matter in a House vote
for President.
States That Balance
Massachusetts or Michigan
could go 100 per cent Republican
and still it wouldn’t make any
difference because their delega-;
are already mostly Republican.
New York, on the other hand.'ls
quite delicately balanced, and
three states—Washington, West
Virginia and Idaho—are tied, so
that one change in their delega
tions could throw them to one
candidate or the other. The same
is true in the four states which
have only one representative—
Delaware. Nevada, Vermont and
Wyoming. !
If the electors fail to name a
Vice President, the Constitution
says one shall be named by the
Senate. Here the issue is a little
clearer. Each senator has a vote.
The expectation is that the Sen
ate will be little changed in No-j
vembr, and the Democrats con
trol it now.
COST OF MILITARY
EQUIPMENT i
Some of the various units of
equipment required by the armed
forces of the Allied Nations, and
which have been sponsored by
many organizations in the coun
try, are listed below:
Army Mobile Equipment:
Jeep <1-4 ton truck) $1,165.00.
Field Ambulance (3-4 ton), $1-,
950.
Duck (2Vfe-ton Amphibian
truck, $8,275.00.
Personnel Carrier (Half truck),
$9,200.00.
Light Tank, $24,500.00.
Medium Tank without arma
ment, $57,570.00.
Army Planes:
Liaison Plane (“Grasshopper”
or “Flying Jeep”) $3,000.00.
Army Primary Trainer , $15,
000.00.
Army Pursuit Plane, $50,000.00.
Hospital Service Plane, $125,
000.00.
Army Medium Bomber, $125,
000.00.
Army Heavy Bomber, $250,
000.00.
Navy Planes:
Navy Scout Trainer, $25,000.00.
Hellcat Fighter, $88,500.00.
Heildiver (Navy Scout Bpmbei)
$108,000.00. , . u
Corsair (Navy F4V-1 Fighter)
$108,000.00.
Avenger (Navy Torpedo Bomb
er) $132,000.00.
Catalina (Navy Patrol Bomber)
$172,000.00.
Ventura (Navy Patrol Bomber)
$196,000.00.
Liberator (Navy Patrol Bomber)
$280,000.00.
Mariner (Navy Patrol Bomber)
$413,000.00.
Naving Landing Craft:
Landing Croft personnel LCVP,
$12,000.00.
Amphibian Steel Tractor LVT
(“Water Buffalo” or “Alligator”)
$30,000.00.
Landing Craft, Mechanized
LCM, $35,000.00.
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