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GATLINBURG, Tenn. Oct. 28.—Nearly a million tourists a year are now coming to see the wonders of the Great Smoky Mountains. But I'll bet not one in 1000 ever finds out anything about the greatest wonder of all—and that is the people of Gatlinburg. Gatlinburg is unique, there's no | question about it. Ten years ago | it had a .population of 75, and : | the mountain people just seraped | along from one meal to the next. i Today Gatlinburg, thanks to 4 | tourists, has a population of 1300 and is rolling in wealth. And {| what is unique about it—and delightful too—is that the money is | going into the pockets of the old g original families here, who for so | long had almost nathing. There are now approximately | 40 business establishments in

‘town. At least half of them are owned within four

families. They are families that have been here for ‘generations, And of the other half, not more than half a dozen are pwned by outsiders. The surprising thing about this whole evolution is two-fold: | \ 3 1. That the local people had the shrewdness to hold on to things, : 2. That they had the ability themselves, with almost no experience, to do the necessary job of building for and satisfactorily serving a million tourists a year. The answer to the first is fundamental. It lies in the mountain man’s absolute refusal to give up his land, Money as such doesn't mean much to a mountain man. It is land that he values, and craves. Once he has land, he won't give it up.

No Land for Outsiders As a consequence, outsiders can’t buy land in Gatlinburg. No matter what they offer, the mountain man says, “I don't want to sell. I wouldn't have

no place to pasture my cow.” The answer to thé second is simply that the mountain men of Tennessee are smart. You can’t make

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MONDAY, OCT. 28, 1940

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By Ernie Pyle

on the gravestones divided among five families. Those families are—Ogle, Whaley, Maples, Reagan and Huff. The first four have been here for generations. The Huffs came 40 years ago. Four of these five families control Gatlinburg. They rea» most of the profit, and they likewise take the responsibility and do the good deeds. There are four key business establishments in Gatlinburg, the three big hotels and the huge general store.. The Ogles own the store. And the Huffs, Whaleys and Maples each own a hotel. And every one of the four, in addition, cwns tourist courts, filling stations, gift shops, saddle-horse = concessions, restaurants. Z These four families, working together, competing but friendly, have been almost super-wise in their development of Gatlinburg. ;

No Gouging of Tourists

Their building has been tasteful. Largely inexperienced in running hotels, they have created three delightful places. And wisest of all, they haven’t taken unfair advantage of the flood of tourist gold which has descended upon them. They have deliberately agreed among themselves to keep prices down. Hotel rates in Gatlinburg today are amazingly low. At such prices you'd expect shoddy service and poor rooms. But everything is modern, clean and pleasant. The hotels are staffed by local mountain people, and they have a sense of honesty and pride and friendliness, clear down to the lowliest charwoman, that wouldn't permit them to do a shoddy job.

Tourists - support almost every one of the 1300.

people in Gatlinburg. Nobody is out of work who wants to work. Even the people out in the hills live off the tourists, through their weaving, basketry and woodwork. : It’s just as though fame and millions of people were suddenly to descend upon our crossroads in Indiana. And instead of financiers from Chicago grabbing everything, my Dad would put up a fine hotel, and Harry Bales would build a three-story gift shoppe, and Doc Sturm would create six big tourist courts, and Claude Lockeridge would own all the restaurants, filling stations and sightseeing busses. And we'd all get rich. : ‘ Fame, please come to Indiana and make us farm ers rich.

Inside Indianapolis “nd “Our Town’)

THIS IS A BIG day at the State House. That's because it's Gallup Poll day. You'd think perhaps that the State House these days was full of fighting Democrats, all breathing fire. But it's not. A sort of ‘resigned calm prevails. There is certainly no war | cries, no ‘on to victory” spirit. Everywhere there is speculation | on the latest Gallup Polls—the | “communiques” from the front. No | sooner does one appear than the | State House "workers begin to draw graphs and sketch compli- . | cated electoral college lists and | start wondering over their coffee cups what the/next week's poll will show. It's the poll that ac- | counts for most of the glumness. | It shows Willkie ahead in Indiana and there is considerable wishful argument that the Gallup Poll is bound [to be wrong. There is no let down in party activity, however. Led by Governor Townsend himself, the various department heads are carrying out heavy [speaking schedules. Pep meetings are being held for the girls in nearly every department. One of the largest was held the other day during the lunch hour for the emploxges of the Alcoholic Beverages Commission. The workers were addressed by Bernard Doyle, the new commission member, who warned them that they must get out and work.

“I don’t know why we needed the pep session,” one worker grumbled. “We've been working hard enough. I know another department where they need a pep session a lot worse than they do in our’s.”

Washington

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—By an honored custom, unbroken until now, no President asked to hold office for more than two consecutive terms. Throughout our history, that custom has been supported by high and

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| freedom. \ | That instinct ih the American | people is deep and sound. It should be violated only ih an extremity when no acceptable alternative exists. - President Roosevelt now pro- | poses) to break that custom, to | cross 'that instinct. He has en- | deavored to do so by devious and i secret means which were exposed in a’revolting climax at the Chi- | cago convention, |, Does an acceptable alternative | exist? ‘I have waited until almost the end of the campaign, as many thinking persons have waited, before coming to a conclusion. At times I have doubted whether Willkie was an acceptable alternative. I have been waiting for an answer to two questions. : First, if Willkie replaced Roosevelt, would the social and economic reforms of the New Deal be lost? I would prefer|to reject an alternative which meant the undoing of the great work Roosevelt has accomplished. It has been heroic work, long overdue, and worthy of the gratitude of the nation. The revolt is| against Roosevelt, not against his work,

Willkie’'s Word

Willkie has given his pledge that those reforms will be kept. He has listed them. He has given his word.. I know that behind him have ganged up all the Roosevelt-haters, all those who in their blind, selfish greed would like to use Willkie as the means of scuttling all that Roosevelt has done. During his campaign, Willkie has resisted them and his given his word that he will not be their tool. The stamina, independence and courage that have marked his campaign, for all of its blundering and fuzzy language, suggest that he is the man of his word. Second, if Willkie replaced Roosevelt, would the

My Day

NEW YORK CITY, Sunday.—Friday afternoon, at the White House, I received the National Council of Negro Women, who are holding their convention in the District of Columbia! In the evening, Miss Thompson and I went to an annual dinner party : : which brings together some of our best friends in Washington, and which we look forward to every autumn. Saturday morning we flew up to New York City. Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Herrick gave a charming lunch at the Cosmopolitan Club-for Mrs. Henry Wallace, which we both attended. From there I went. to the rooms of the British War Relief Society, the Robert Burns Circle Division. They are planning their annual { ball and entertainment, takes place at the Hotel Astor on Dec. 28. : At this party they hope to raise much ,of the money \needed for their war relief fund, and so Mr. Newbold Morris was present yesterday to sell me the first ticket fpr this benefit. Both Mr, Morris and I were presented with British emblems to wear on our coats, and I Jou extremely important because a Scotchman in uniform piped me into the room. I nearly hit Any ead on the back of his bagpipes, but ust in| time, and hope I looked sufficiently

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The New Mode In Letters

A YOUNG LADY WE know who corresponds with an employee of a downstate canning factory got a letter from him the other day. It was all sealed up in one of the company’s shiny new cans. The young man, however, thoughtfully provided an opener, too . ... Haye you seen that automobile displayed on the billboard on 38th St., just off Meridian? It's a real automobile, sure enough. Only reason we menit is that nobody’s ever tried to drive away in one of those automobiles they leave out there . .... The Willkie party this afternoon will be well guarded. There will be 96 extra policemen on duty along the line of march and the Circle, plus some 60 plainclothesmen circulating through the crowds. Asked what he'd de about the possibility of egg-throwers, Chief Morrissey said shortly that he'd ‘lock ’em up.”

He Wants It Play-by-Play

THE “NEWSY” who sells papers at the southeast corner of Illinois ands Washington apparently dsn’t going to miss out on this years big football games. Saturday he had his portable battery radio sitting on top of his stand, selling papers with one hand and tuning dials with the other. It seemed te-~us, too, that the traffic officers were nearer that corner than usual . . .. The State Police have just issued a handsome booklet covering activities from the department’s inception. Printed on slick paper, it is an The photographs are particularly good . . . With fall has come the rise of the steakroasting enthusiasts. Many of them are motoring out along White River Parkway, but one North Side gentleman went so far as to build his own in the back yard.

By Raymond Clapper

country be in hands too inexperienced to conduct us safely through the delicate international crisis? Here again, I have had my doubts about Willkie. But he has had the wisdom to see that the Roosevelt

policy fundamentally was a sound policy and he has

indorsed it, even in face of strong opposition within his own party. He has given assurance privately that he will ask Cordell Hull to be his Secretary of State. He has indicated he intends to retain most of the present Defense Commission and to give it more authority. In relation to foreign policy he has shown an open-minded, courageous realism, a recognition of his own limitations in the technical field, that go far toward compensating for his lack of personal experience. His information may be restricted but he has revealed large capacity and intelligence, far beyind

-that of most of his Republican associates.

Unity the Need

The need after election day will be national unity. Possibly Roosevelt could achieve it. But he wauld have to change his ways. After the 1936 election he said he wanted an era of good feeling. But with the spring thaws, the sap began to rise and then came the Supreme Court plan and other. actions that tore the country apart. Willkie can command the confidence of those.who direct our industrial production and who are its spark-plugs. Roosevelt might also win it, but only after considerable struggle with his own temperament and leanings, On that the chances seem better with Willkie, even though he would still have to win the loyalty of labor. : Roosevelt -would enter upon a third-term under large suspicion. His every move would be subjected to scrutiny for hidden designs. Extensions of government authority will be necessary. Willkie would receive them from Congress probably with far less suspicion and resistanee than Roosevelt. Willkie is likely to have voluntary co-operation where Roosevelt, because of deep suspicions as to ulterior motives, might have to resort to compulsion, Roosevelt's only true vindication would lie in a victory as sweeping as that of 1936, a clear-cut, overwhelming demand of the American people, registered as if with almost ohe voice. In 1936 the nation truly regarded Roosevelt as the indispensable man. His majority this time, if any, apparently will be small, suggesting grave\doubts among the voters. That would not make an auspicious beginning for a third term.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Then I went as fast as the traffic would let me to the Biltmore Hotel, where Mrs. William H. Good, head of the New York State Women’s Division for the campaign, was holding a large reception in honor of Mrs. Wallace and myself. The crowd was very great and I was forcibly reminded that New York City is a Democratic stronghold. It was

pleasant to see so many familiar faces I used to see more often when we lived in New York state. My only regret was that, because there were so many people in the line, I could not leave it to go to see my mother-in-law, who was there. When I left to keep an appointment, I was not successful in finding out where she was, so I never saw her. I had several appointments at the Biltmore and it was Dearly T o'clock before I returned to my apartment, J . Tonight I must be in Boston, and so I gave up going to the country as I had originally hoped, realizing that I could not get away in time to be home for dinner. Instead, we went to the play, a light and amusing comedy “George Washington Slept Here,” by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The leading woman's role, played by Jean Dixon, suits her perfectly and she does it delightfully, In fact, the whole cast is good and the dialog most entertaining. If you want a reallysrelaxing, pleasant: evening, I recommend that you join the throngs which already

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SECOND SECTION

Gallup Poll: Willkie Trend Continues

Gains Another State; F.D.R.Is Ahead,410-121

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gains for Mr, Willkie in 23 states, most of them in the East and Middle West. Among these states are such vitally important ones as New York, with its 47 electoral votes, Ohio, Magsachusetts, Pennsylvania,

Michigan and Iowa.

Moreover, in ten of the states now held by President Roosevelt, his lead is between 54 per cent and 50 per cent in the current survey, or well within the margin of error due to size of sample. These 10 states account for a total of 176 electoral votes— ‘enough to mean victory for the GOP if they should swing to Willkie. The average “undecided” vote for the nation is 7 per cent as compared with 9 per cent in the October 18 survey. Mr. Willkie is leading by narrow margins in several of his own states as well, but this factor is less significant in view of the circumstances that the trend has recently -been moving in Mr. Willkie’s favor. ” » ” N THE current election campaign—as in previous campaigns—there is . tendency for supporters of the candidate who

leads to exaggerate the accuracy of Institute surveys, while the opposing side usually underestimates their accuracy. The following points should be remembered, therefore, by those who interpret these election surveys for themselves: $ First—the - American Institute of Public Opinion has never claimed that its surveys will always point to the winner, especially in close elections, and no such claim is made now or will ever be made by the Institute. As a fact-finding organization, the Institute's sole function is to measure and report the currents of public opinion as they exist at a given time. It is not the function of such factual reporting to predict the future. If the facts should point to a close race in certain states, the Institute’s job ends with reporting this situation. 8:8 8 : URVEYS CAN reveal, with a high degree of accuracy, the division of sentiment between the candidates at a given time. But there are several important factors in any election which lie completely outside the province of public opinion surveys, and which cannot be measured by scientific methods. . Some of the more obvious of these ‘“unsurveyable” factors outside the province* of public opinion measurement are: (1) the influence of the weather upon the turnout in various parts of the country; (2) the effectiveness of party organizations and political machines in “getting out the vote” and in getting indifferent voters to the polls, and (3) the presence or absentee of political pressure and political corruption. The only scientific test of the accuracy of a national election survey is the average state-by-state error. In the 1936 election the Institute had an average state-by-state error of approximately 6 percentage points. With experience gained since 1936, this error has been reduced in 13 state, national and local élections to an average of about four percentage points. This means, of course, that in about half the cases the state error exceeded this figure, and in roughly half the error was less than four per cent. : Even when the Institute’s error has been microscopic, however— as in the Lehman-Dewey election in New York two years ago—the Institute has pointed out that ’ such a degree of accuracy can not be obtained without a good measure of luck. The Institute's aim in the coming election will be to improve its average state-by-state error as compared with 1936. The Insti=tute does not believe that its state-by-state error will ever

GIDEONS RE-ELECT ‘W. H. SCHMELZEL

William H. Schmelzel of Indianapolis continues as president of the Gideon Society of Indiana as dele-

gates concluded a two-day convention. . ! In the final session yesterday in the First Baptist Church, more than 1000 Bibles were dedicated for placement in hotel rooms, schools and other public institutions. Preceding that service, members participated in morning worship at about 50 churches in the city and county. Other officers of the Society, are D. M. Lockner, Ft. Wayne, first vice president; Robert &. Stuart, Columbus, second vice president; M. Cohn, Martinsville, third vice president; Fred M. lzey, Portland, fourth vice president; E. E. Ballard, Indianapolis, secretary - treasurer; William L. LeMasters, Bible secretary; William M. Imler, Ft. Wayné, state. chaplain, and W. MecBurney, field secretary. :

EXPLAINS MISSION WORK .Cleo W. Blackburn, superintendent of Flanner House, with several others “of his staff will present a program illustrating what is done in Indianapolis for the migrant Negro Thursday evening in the Irvington Presbyterian Church. The program will follow a 6:15 p. m. pot-

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Six times since the nominating convention last summer, the Gallup Poll has completed state-by-state surveys on the strength of President ' Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie. The trend to date—marking one of the most dramatic election races in American history—is shown above, the asterisk (*) above marks the “danger zone” for President Roosevelt. Political history shows th#t, because of the great Democratic plurali-

ties in the Solid South, a Democratic candidate n

states in the North.

eeds an average of at least 52 per cent of the national vote to give him enough of the pivotal

ROOSEVELT LEADING . . 36 STATES . . 410 ELECTORAL VOTES WILLKIE LEADING . . . . 12 STATES . . 121 ELECTORAL VOTES

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Willkie Leading (By More Than 54%)

Willkie 59 - 58 58 83 Yermont .....eee. 57

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reach that of the Literary Digest in 1936, when the Digest’s forecast showed an average error by states of 19 percentage points. Should the Institute’s average error ever reach this figure, it would well deserve the fate of the Digest. ” ” s

FT HE BIG question of the cam4 paign now comes to this:

Can President Roosevelt halt or reverse the late-campaign trend to his opponent? Mr. Roosevelt’s lead in popular votes has never in this campaign approached his vote in 1036, and a continuing trend to Willkie in the final week—if such a trend should continue—would make the November 5 election one of the closest in history. - Mr. Roosevelt's problem ‘is accentuated by the fact that he actually needs more than a flat

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stand. Well, word got around that he was knifing the two candidates and there still is a furore. He can’t convince them that his ac--tion was scientific and not political. ; s ” ” THE TROUBLES of a love-sick youth in Lapel go something like this: In Anderson, which is a few miles from Lapel, lives a‘ young lady this boy goes to see quite often. And he is so tardy leaving each time that he usually ‘misses the last bus back home. ~ Taxi fare back home is quite an item so the youth has this plan: He calls up one of the AnderSon florists and orders a dozen

roses, “I. want these delivered to my home in Lapel,” he says. “And if you take them immediately, there

- This Vote Machine Talks Back; All's Rosy- For La Porte Youth

- By FRANK WIDNER J

' AN UP-STATE politician was being a good political Samaritan the other day, and it was the worst thing he could have done. was demonstrating to a friend how he could scratch a ballot on the

So he took a hypothetical case where he scratched a couple of | candidates of ‘his own party—just for the demonstration, you under-

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50 per cent of the popular vote in order to win. Election history shows that unless the Democratic

candidate received more than 52 per cent of the popular vote throughout the country he is likely to wind up with only the South, a few of the border states and part of the West. This is

because heavy Democratic plurali-

ties in the South raise the popular percentage considerably without contributing a proportionate share to the electoral vote totals. &

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Willkie Leading (54% to 50%)

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ing the rest of the campaign, however, the race between President Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie must go down in the boo as onq of the most dramatic in history. ' Institute surveys, conducted at six intervals since the nominating conventions, give a step-by-step picture of Mr. Roosevelt’s gains in mid-campaign, and the revérsal of the trend in Will-

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Scott Kelly, living nofth of Seymour, went out into the turnip patch on his farm the other day and his eyes popped.

There was a turnip 27 inches in circumference and weighed.

nine pounds. » s ”

AND LAWRENCE KIEL, living in the White River bottom land north of Seymour grew an ear of corn nearly 14 inches long that weighed two pounds. Farmers say this is unusually large for the dry season they had this summer, % i

kie’s favor in October: Major ; arty Vote Roosevelt Willkie *

August 4 Survey .. 51% 49% August 25 Survey .. 51 49 September 20 Survey 55 45 October 6 Survey .. 56 44 October 18 Survey.. 55 45 Today's Survey ... 54.5 45.5

LOCAL DENTISTS AID RESOURCES SURVEY

Members of the Indianapolis Dental Society today were asked to co-operate in the nation-wide tabulation of America’s dental resources, being made by the American Dental Association for national

| defense purposes.

More than 70,000 questionnaires have been sent to the nation’s déntists. The request is the first of its kind ever made. It was prepared wita the aid of the Army, Navy and Public Health officials. ‘The primary purpose is tc obtain information that will prevent depriving civilian, populations of dental care in the selection of dentists for military service. “If any dentist fails to receive a questionnaire,” J. W. Huckelberry, president of the Indianapolis society said, “he is asked to contact A. D. A. headquarters in Chicago. This is an important service to himself as well as to the country.”

ROBINSON ON FORUM Dr. Daniel 8. Robinson, Butler University president, will speak on “The Role of Religion” at the Y. M. C. A. Good Citizenship Forum at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. Robert McGinnis is general chairman and J. Russell Townsend Jr. will presige,

It will be noted that President

Roosevelt's popular vote stood

below the ‘‘danger-line” of 52 per cent in the first weeks of the race. It was at this time Mr, Willkie was found actually leading in electoral votes. :

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Were U. 8. gold coins made of solid gold or gold alloy? 2—New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts is nicknamed the Granite State? hb

'3—What are the names for male

and female sheep? 4—Name the capital of British India. 5—What were the magi¢ words that ¢ opened the cave in the story of “, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 6—The Gota Canal is in Norway, Sweden or Denmark? T—A native agent of a foreign busie ness house in China is called 8 ? : Answers 1—Gold alloy. 2—New Hampshire, 3—Rams (males); ewes (femal), 4—New Delhi, —“Open Sesame.” 6—Sweden. . 7—Comprador., w o ”

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