The Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1952 Page: 3 of 6
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America is daacrlbed, In tka
til—III *■ cndorasaMnt of Stovea-
soa lor President, aa facing "a tin*
sflawiaslag inflation, and political
itaHfataenV WW, but the piassnt
i MWuniimroon# which OWTOBIOIK AN
goMiciy approved 'on wrjr issue,
hae eaoood these perilous times!
•ffcrough incompetence, Communist-
ooddfing, graft, and corruption wo
m driven to fighting an endless
war on otic aide sad upending our-
•dMi into socialism on the other.
1s we are aeked to elect a man
*&o ie in ffceor of continuing with
the same policies and poHey-makers
fee another four jeers.
Governor Stevenson, the editorial
continued* is "a leader who is a
tested politician, who ie experienced
in> the mechanics of foreign policy,
and-who is noted for hie removal of
oerruption from government." He is
"a- tooted politician—appointed, test-
ed, and approved by Jake Arvey,
the Fendergast of Chicago only
more so.
Hie foreign policy experience wee
gained working with Alger Hiss, "a
man of high character," in the State
Department.
His record of fighting corruption
is such that the Federal Govern-
ment reports on all-time record for
gambling in Illinois. All forms of
vice and crime are operating openly
in many parts of that state. Illinois
is one of five states currently oper-
ating at a deficit.
It is unfortunate that the Thresh-
er should use such terms as "wea-
seling" and "war mongering" when
referring to the campaign of
Dwight Eisenhower. Ike is a great
American whom no thinking person
could ever describe is those words.
Eisenhower has come to the* people
with the greatest sincerity and ex-
pressed his principles of common
sense and honesty. He haaffeften us
real hope for renewed integrity and
intelligent policy in government.
tt SMStaS, is
tet "Timmism Genet*!.* We feel
that the issues tif- toe serious to
laugh off.
To the Editor:
After seeding, a "letter to the
by Mildred McCall,
I Jtosl 4k my duty to refute eeetoin
bp her, and to ear-
likemany
to hold concerning
the United' Kingdom.
In odder to Clarify my politieel
position, I would like to soy here
that' I consider mpodf neither a
Democrat nor a Republican. I will
vefafforthe man who, in my opinion,
will be at the greater benefit to our
country and' to the world. I admire
both General Eisenhower and Go-
vernor Stevenson, because I feel that
both are personelly honest, intelli-
gent men who have the welfare of
the country and of the world at
Heart For this reason, I cannot say
yet fear which of the two candidates
I will vote.
I feel, however, that; regardless of
which party one supports, this sup-
port should not be based on erron-
eous beliefs.
Miss UcCall is apparently rather
confused in her political theory. If
she will recall, State's Rights has
been the rallying call of the Demo-
cratic Party for over a hundred
year9, and has been actively attacked
by the Republican Party during the
majority of that time. (Or doesn't
she remember the issues of the Civil
War?) Has the Republican Party,
then, suddenly adopted this idea be-
cause the Democrats are not stress-
ing it this year? Or is it simply to
gain votes in the South, which has
always been attracted by the cause
of State's Rights, and for that reason
has voted solidly Democratic, until
recently, for the past one hundred
years ?
I do not ask this question in order
to embarrass anyone. I simply want
be know the season fir this suddfll
change.
Furthermore, ! wee surprised that
a woaaar uM&' a mitgr irtntflim
could autiittiSn the SslttlAe, obsolete,
Revolutionary War parted prejudices
stilrtsfr thtf TTiiited Kingdom, itftfeh
she calls tiTnyly "Baglead," so that
she eeh distort the facts concerning
Ottf tfttftteetr ill? 1st the fight against
Fascism , arid noer Communism.
She' dfcsefflfee ofcr policy of econ-
omic aid as flowing "freely—iU o«e
dfrectioh," and fctimatett that the
sole recipient is "that onee-free COuh-
try, England, which triad soeielism
and wztttted its ecoiiomy."
Apparently she is forgetting the
scores of otitir, countries, both Ett*
ropesn end Asiatic, which still in-
cludtf St IeSst ohr Communist eoun-
try—Yugeeiaris.
And upon What mistaken assump-
tion does she describe "England" as
"that Orice-ftee" country? The Unit-
ed Kingdom is conceded to be the
originator of the basic concepts of
freedom upon which our own coun-
try has been founded. Every school
boy knoWs of the Magna Charts, and
the' subsequent steps in the evolution
of political democracy.
And1 the United Kingdom today en-
joys perhaps an even higher stand-
ard of political freedom than ever
before. How then cam she be de-
scribed as "once-free*'? Economical-
ly? Yes, perhaps. In fact, Miss Mc-
Call intimates this when she de-
scribes "England" as having "tried
socialism and wrecked its economy."
For the information of Miss Mc-
Call, and anyone who is sufficiently
uninformed to share this opinion,
I would like to point out that it was
not socialism which wrecked her
economy, but the second World War,
which uspd the United States as its
instrument of destruction. And the
United States is now paying for this.
How can I make this apparently
wild assertion, you ask ? Let me
point out to you then that the United
Kingdom, alone, fought off the most
powerful military organization ever
known to man. And she fought alone
for two years. You will immediately
point out that this could be done
only with the aid of the great Ameri-
POLITICS
Stondsoa To Carry Texas
Says Urate Analyst
m* tttri fltMMMr
0y Wgsau jsckmt
When the hurlyburly's dona in tha cold grey dews of No-
vember 5, the future of several Texas politicians will be de-
cided not so much by whether the governor or the; general
occupies the White House, hut by which column Ifcxas' 24
electoral votes end up in.
To coin a phrase, let's look
at the record.
In IMS, 1,147,245 votes were cast
in Texas- in tke geaeral election. Of
these, President Truman, the Demo-
cratic nomiitafe, got 750,700, Or
60.4%. Another 9.2* weut to th#
Thurmond-Wright Dixiecrat ticket.
The lOOt campaign *was somewhat
less than inspiring. Neither candi-
date wis overwhelmingly popular,
and the good old 1932 depression
had become a somewhat shopworn
isBue by then.
The result was a voting turnout
of less than 49 million for the whole
country, and slightly over a million
f ore Texas.
Neither party had a particularly
active organization in Texas in 1940.
This year the Republicans have a
very active organization, and there
is more popular interest in the cam-
paign. Probably a 15% higher turn-
out can be expected.
If this prediction holds good,
can industry, which supplied the nec-
essary tools for this Herculean task.
That is true; but at what expense?
The United States refused to ac-
cept payment in trade, or any other
long range payment. Instead, the
ever-greedy, isolationistic fools then
in Congress demanded immediate
settlement—in gold. Great Britain
had no choice. It was either pay
or die. And Great Britain paid, until
there was no more gold—no stand-
ard upon which to base their cur-
rency. And then, fortunately for her,
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there will he about 1,811,000 veteo
cast in Texas in November, with
050,000 needed to catfrjr the stats.
Considering the general apathy
surrounding the '48 campaign and
President Truman's relative uapsp
ularity, the 751,000 Democratic
votes in that campaign must bo-con-
sidered as something of an irreduci-
ble minimum for this year.
Storting from the ether end, 288,
000 rotes were cast for Governor
Dewey in 1948. It would'be very op-
timistic for the Republicans to SO-
sume that this total could be dou-
bled in 1958, but let us take twice
this figure, or 504,000, as an out-
side guess at GOP streagth.
This is not enough. As has been
stated many times before, the Ro
publicans' only hope lies in attract-
ing large numbers of independent
voters.
The independent vote in Texas, a
small factor at best, was represent-
ed by the 107,000 votes cast for the
States Rights ticket in 1948. Again
taking an outside figure, let us as-
sume that four-fifths or about 82,
000 of this vote goes to the Repub-
lican Party this time.
This figure, added to the 564,000
taken as upper limit of the predict-
able Republican Vote, gives a maxi-
mum total GOP vote of 646,000 still
short of-the majority needed.
More than one political forecaster
had foundered on the rock of statis-
tics. When these guesses are wrong,
this columnist will at least be in
good company.
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got a new halfback.
that's sure-fire
all-american!
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be surprised
if we win
'em all!
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