Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1944 — Page 9

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- BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 4~Any doubt about the standing of President Roosevelt and the New De along the southern front! was dispelled by the victories here and in neighboring Florida of Sentors Lister Hill and Claude Pepper. : : Everything in the unexpurgated edition of the southern political catalog was hurled at the two New Deal senators, including wads of | big ey and the racial issue.

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By THOMAS L. STOKES Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

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resentative of the whole people. - This is especially true in Alabama, where the poll tax disfranchises many thousands of voters. Florida’ has no poll tax and therefore cast s much larger vote, though it has! only two-thirds as many people as this state. The voté here in Alabama was light. Farmers are behind with their work here, due to the heavy spring rains, and apparently many of them stayed at home Tuesday, which was a fine day, to catch up with their work rather than go to town to vote, All in all, the vote here was substantially a middle class vote. But through a tough fight. Their mar-|ijf cannot be used too exactly as! gins were not too comfortably an idex elsewhere. | = large. They learned that there 18| president Roosevelt's personal i : a substantial percentage of their ,uuiarity in both states undoubted-| : constituencies dissatisfied with ijy hag an appreciable effect. Both! yy some New Deal domestic trends.| senators capitalized it to the limit,

impressive, For that reason their effect will spread over the country, reviving the hopes of Democrats and New Dealers for success in the tial election.

their finger in the situation through absentee-owned holdings in both

states, But those who work in the mines and mills still have the most votes. Both senators knew they had been

333 inspecing . inati That may tend to have = sobering that and the war. Yet their vote, . examination gffect on them. The size of theldiq not represent by any means the, LD a——

protest vote egainst the New Deal|fyl] Roosevelt strength. Many who Eve wh = : ) | ry musical instrument that is being played is helpin defeat the Axis, E can not be discounted. voted dgainst them, who expressed | silent instrument is working for ‘the a Jd ads © wi Not. Representative dissent with New Deal domestic! Hunt out these slackers—on the shelf, in the closet, in the attic—and put them inte * Neither tor- had icularly policies, nevertheless would stand by | uniform. Here are two days of deing it: E sena i | b an patticulacly lhe Present, rimsels setection 30 Est. (1) DONATE them to our boys overseas, or i opposition, and it was largely an|ihe racial issue in the campaigns! 1873 (2) SELL them to us for cash. . anti-vote. The size of this antl-|y, the two states are hopeful that

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i 3 e. ‘ CL; ev. K vote may even have its effect On |¢he defeat of those who raised it will] : 3 It .18 America's ; the course of domestic policy @tipave the effect of minimizing it in! Bring 'Em. in to Us— 4 when you drive § Washington. politics hereafter, not only here! , | 9 and Tire Saving ’ In atgessing He strength of his but elsewhere in the south. That ’ We'll Put Them ield . . . the : ’ vote, ever, it must be kept inimay prove a salutary lesson of the Into Service e and Phillips 66 us ordinary copper peany haslosta as much Electricity for the same money mind, in trying to apply it as ® |pitter and vicious campaigns here! Na 128 N. PENNSYLVANIA ° LI 5513 : J) : : ; x + : and in Florida. ! . wast, lot of its purchasing power thesedays it paid a comparatively few years ago. A F OF L - a fk AR PRD®DG 2 : dit CONDEMNS aS : St E111 1S and even some of its copper. But it still All this didn't just happen, of course. 111 PEARSON'S OPEN TONIGHT and FRIDAY NIGHT 'TIL 8 buys as much Electricity as ever. For ex- It's due largely to the hard work, effi- MONTGOMERY WARD ample, right now in your home a penny ciency and experience of your friends and PHILADELPHIA, May 4 (U. P). ; : : x —The Ameri ti - will toast about twenty slices of bread— neighbors who man and manage this com- ihe American Fegera: ion of 18 3 or brew ten cups of coff¢e—or clean five pany. That's why a penny, spent for pm Fos Poe 1 - . - . sa : ing Montgomery Ward & Cos for big rugs—or run your refrigerator for = Electricity, buys so much. lis anwillingness to recognize the "several hours | authority of the national war labor : | board.

bo The council resumed its annual RRR 2 BL ERR | spring meeting after upholding the| x {power of the WLB to render de-| S . Even though Electricity is cision in labor disputes which arise i - | between émployer and employee, cheap and not rationed | In statement opposed by Wilplease don’t waste it. Coal, liam Hutcheson, council vice president, the A. F. of L. council de-|

Rather startling what a penny will do

when you think of it that way, isn’t it? Actually, the price of Electricity came

down so steadily before the war—and it

oil, transportation and

hasstayed down sosuccessfully since—that . : oo cared: | manpower go into the making of Electricity “If one employer is permitted tol today the average family gets about twice end these are critical war resources. flout the authority of the WLB and| 070i 1H 7 Pw | disregard its ‘decisions with impu-| FU LL 4 SbiillN Hoar "R a » of the ity, pu the flimsy diet that it! AND WE MEAN 8 FI cidade “Report to the Nation, outstanding news progrom week every tis not directly concerned with the| Ro : ‘ war effort, it will be impossible in| : Wednesdey eveniog, 3:30, WEN ond the Colombia Sresdcasing System ne urs 10 opin ull compliance SPRING CONSTRUCTION cal

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