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"Tom Dewey , . . “Jobs and opportunity for every American.”
BLOCK FUTURE GRABS'-STALIN
Urges Quick World-Wide . Action to Prevent
Aggression.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (U. P).—Pre‘mier Josef Stalin said today that to fnsure long-term peace the united nations should create an organization backed with sufficient armed a. delay to. “li-
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quidate any future aggression and puss | those responsible.” Stalin proposed that the freedommations start now fo block future aggression, in a speech broadcast from Moscow qn the eve
of the 27th anniversary of the Bol-|
. shevik revolution. a— SE “plete “the defeat of” Germany, to- : -gether with our ‘allies finish off th _ ‘Pascist beast in his own lair, hoist the flag of victory over Bera | Ay Stalin said.
Hints Quick, Decision -
“There are indications that the Red army will carry this out in] the near future.” Stalin said, 120 German divisions were put out of action this year, and only 3h in were left on the eastern t, of which about - 180 are German. ¢ The Germans, he said, proved *more powerful and cunning adversaries than in previous wars” be-
RURAL VOTE
Dewey, Working on Final Campaign Speech
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Entire World Awaiting Results Of 1
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey end their bitter presidential campaign today and the polls begin to open next sunrise for a United States election in which the entire £¥iiged world has cut itself a slice of apprehensive intéress Both candidates will be on the a air tonight. Mr. Dewey, the Republican entry, will do @ lastminute campaign whirl around Albany before coming here to vote. Mr. Roosevelt will motor among his Hudson valley
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1944
neighbors giving his famous campaign fedora another farewell appearance. His polling place is Hyde Park.
Democratic Vice President Candidate Harry S. Tru-
man and Republican Vice Presidential Candidate John W, Bricker are back home in Missouri and Ohio, respectively, to cast their ballots. « hustings.
A comparative silence calms the
On five continents and most of the world’s islands
urgently interested persons are awaiting our election returns. face of the globe who wouldn't know Kansas from Penn-
And there doubtless are many individuals on the
SEEN AS BIG .0.P. HOPE
Tonight, Wants Clear Weather So That
Farmers Can Reach Polls.
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
ALBANY, Nov. 6.—For the man high up on the hill in the old mansion at 138 Eagle st., the campaign was About over. Thomas E. Dewey was putting the finishing touches on an election-eve speech urging Americans to come out and|
vote tomorrow and which his aids thought was unlikely to 60P PROSPECTS
introduce any new, last minute notes into the fighting *l432 Seats at Stake in
campaign of the last six weeks. Tomorrow he will journey down past the Catskills to New York, cast his ballot, then spend the day wis friends awaiting hi returns of
nation’s voting which 4 Sars » a fifth governor to the “House. | Election Battle for
Four New York governors have preceded him in the past from Albany to Washington—Martin Van
Majority
NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (U. P)— Republican hopes of capturing a majority of house seats appeared brighter today than at any time since the G. O. ‘P. lost control of the house after the 1930 election} as then President : “was starting HERR Wo" years" my office.
BERLIN, N.:H, Nov. 6 (U. P.). .—A heavy snowstorm swept north-
{majority as of today. Republican - National ‘Chairman Herbert Brownell has predicted’ that tomorrow's voting will swell the G. O. P's present total of 210 to a majority of the 435 seats.
Buren, GQrover Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt and Pranklin Roosevelt. Two other governors, Charles Evans Hughes and the late Al Smith, were
State Predictions
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» Neither ° patty has an absolute :
Vote. . . « Without Foss
“(An Editorial)
"TOMORROW is ‘Election Day. It is. your right, and your duty, to vote the way you believe. : , Plenty of people will try to tell you which way. Many of them have axes of their own to grind. There is no harm in- that . . . as long as it is just persuasion. . There are ugly hints that some of it is more than that. We have. heard of some threats. They are silly. * Nobody knows how you vote . . . BUT YOU:
» » . . YOU CAN'T lose your job, or your union card, or anything else, because of the way you vote, no matter what anybody tells you. No matter how you are registered, or who hauls you to the voting place, you still can vote for either candidate or either party you want. Your ballot is absolutely secret.
* Free Americans don’t take orders in a voting booth. That’s where they GIVE orders. This election is important . . . maybe the most important in our time. Vote. Vote the way you believe. out fear,"
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REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMAN JOHN LAUER
—"“Predictions on the outcome of the election are useless unless substantiated by facts. Here are some of the facts:
“In 1940, when Willkie carried Indiana, by official Republican organization poll, taken LTE & a state 30 days before .thé eléction, showell” a ° of 15,000. “The official 30-day poll for tomorrow's cletion,: taken within the last 30 days, records a Republican majority of moré than 90,000, a gain in Repuslican support of more than 100,000 sige 1840. » © THE POLL Shit a substantial doubtful vote. nn onmat times this vote is always counted as certain to be largely against the current incumbents of Public offive, . There is i every regs: toantcliovs this this election: If 30% tae vel Shana aE vous’ Will go
Dewey and. BR 3 pa and the i state ticket. :
everywhere intiicate that thousands - of constitutional Democrats will refuse.to vote for, a 16-year term. They are agains turning Joe party over to Hillman-Browder control. » » » ' » » ” “FURTHERMORE there Is every indication that thousands of mentbers of labor organizations will rebel against P. A. C. domination of the next administration. =
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FDR. TOURS
“There are excéllent reasons for accepting this belief. Our reports -
sylvania at this moment, but who could come up accurately with the electoral vote of both. ’ The foreign consensus is that this United States election will have terrific impact on foreign affairs. It has been an angry, bitter contest, ohe of the most unkind in our recent history. : It may easily be the closest election since 1916 when the votes of Eureka, Cal., had finally to be tallied before it was known whether Woodrow Wilson or Charles Evans Hughes had won that state and the election in which its (Continued on Page 3—Column 1)
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F. D. R. “All of us . . » War workers , . . must remain eu job.”
Tonight; Pleasantly Predicts He Will Be Re-Elected.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
HYDE PARK, Nov. 6.—President Roosevelt today prepared to wihd up his fourth- term campaign in the usual pre-election day manner by touring through the Hudson valley and villages near here and pleasantly predicting his re-election. He will conclude his campaign with a nation10 p. m. (Indianapolis time), in- which he is expected to 6A M, 10 8p M When he accepted the fourthterm nomination he announced mn ., § Wiha this campaign would not, be oondtusted. in the usual manner.’
> wide broadcast from 9 until POLLS ARE OPEN urge a big vote.
- “Voting places in Indiana will be open from 6 a. m. until 8 p. m. tomorrow as a result of a bill passed | by the special session of the sta |
for his principal appearances, but
TODAY'S RADIO SPEECHES ‘By UNITED PRESS
| WIRE, WIBC and WISH), ‘9-10 p.m. 4 Gov. Thomas E. “Dewey, Albany "(WFBM, WIRE and WIBC), 1010:15 p. m. Vice President Henry A. “Wallace and Claude Wickard, Washington (WISH), 11:30- 11:45 p. m.
. iy Schricker affixed his signature. The 8 p. m. closing time was agreed upon as a compromise by the Republican majority after: the Democratic governor had asked that the polls be kept open until 9 p. m. to accommodate war workers. Closing time under the old law was 6 p.m.
GOP RULES OUT
in cases where voters’ names are
the tour by the Squire |ma&jority bers of the Marion Legislative Act Extends or inde Park 3s the customary county elestion board. > thing, the two week-end trips oni Previously election boa hee Voting Time in the ts campaign train and the seven had agreed to furnish all precingt miajor speeches, for the most part, with affidavitd permits ‘State. were mot. . . Ce ‘Whose g = He drew the customary a nn on
nominated for the presidency but were defeated. +
Hope for Good ‘Weather 3
In a great paneled hall outside the governor's office in the old state house here there's a special niche set apart—a “President’s corner’— where hang the portraits of those
cause they were able to use the resources of most of Europe. But the Soviets exceeded even
Germany's greatest efforts, he said,
and the Reich now is “on the brink of catastrophe.”
GERMANS TRAPPED
ON HOLLAND FRONT
Allies Drive Forward on
45-Mile Line.
BULLETIN WITH U. S. FORCES IN THE
HUERTGEN FOREST, Germany, -
_ Nov. 8 (U. P.)~Counter-attack-
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‘ but were halted by 1st army tanks and infantry in the western end of the town, .
PARIS, Nov. 6 (U. P.).—Ameriean, British, Canadian and Polish
who made it. Paintings of those who tried but failed are with the rest of the paintings of New York's long line of governors. In another two days, unless the
cided until overseas votes of the armed forces are all in and counted Tom Dewey will have a pretty good
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1100 Heavies Rock
, LONDON, Nov. 8 (U. P).—The United States 8th air force carried on the record bombardment of Germany today with an attack by more than 1100 Fortresses and ‘| Liberators on "the Hamburg area, the Ruhr valley and other targets in the western Reich, “Very strong” forces of British
race is so close it cannot be de-|’
| but will add to their total.
Hamburg and Rubr|
In that event, Republicans would ‘organize the house, heading up the committees and electing Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., Mass., now minority leader, as speaker to succeed Sam Rayburn (D. Tex.). During last week's swing through Massachusetts, publican nominee Thomas E.
“the ‘next, Speaker of tif house of representatives.” . Democrats Have Hope
Democrats, however, have insisted not only that they will not lose any of their 214 present members
“A bare majority requires 218 seats. Thé voters will elect 432 representatives tomorrow, Maine having
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BETTING ROW HERE
campaign |
repeatedly referred to Martin as|
P. A C. and Sidney Hillman do not represent them. Distinguished labor leaders have Joined in this
The governor yesterday also
bitter fight. “The Republican organization is ready, " fighting for victory— the best in many years. “On the basis of known facts I have no hesitancy in predicting a sweeping Republican majority in- Indiana ranging from 100,000 upward in the voting tomorrow.” ad
DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN FRED F. BAYS
“The voters being fully advised of the important issues in this campaign, it is my sincere belief that President Roosevelt will sweep the nation—that he will carry Indiana ahd will be re-elected by an overwhelming majority. “The .voters in Indiana are familiar with the outstanding official record of Governor Henry 'F, Schricker and will elect him to the United States senate. “Everyone in Indiana old enough to vote realizes the strength, integrity and ability of the Democratic state ticket, knows that it is free from all religious and racial prejudices and offers the greatest opportunity to the people of Indiana for good government, . =» (* = .
the entire state ticket will be elected. The great rank and file of the people in Indiana are determined to put-an end to isolationism and are unwilling to gamble on the peace to be written following the war.
Win in State.
The wise boys along Indianapolis’ |
GIVES G. 0. P. 00S
It's" 1 to 3 on Dewey to se”
Lancaster and Halifax heavy bombers joined in the daylight attack on Germany, bombing the Rhineland oil:ecenter of Gelsenkirchen. Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle sent
betting row today -were making | Dewey, Capehart and Gates odds-on | choices to carry Indiana. Here's. the way the quotations
“Consequently, we will gain several congressional districts. Our organization Is confident, militant and ready for the election day
COUNTY REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN HENRY E. OSTROM: “The entire Republican ticket will win in Marion county by 10,000 | to 20,000 votes, “We have the hottest organization team work the party has | had for many years and the tlosing speeches pointing out weaknesses in the New Deal government will swing thousands of voters
. “THEREFORE, ‘Senator Jackson (the gubernatorial nominee) and’
signed bills passed by the session appropriating $10,000 for expenses of the senate and authorizing Republican Lt. Gov. Charles Dawson {to appoint a five-member senate committee to investigate reported election frauds. Plan for Committee Membership this committee is to be com of three Republicans and two Democrats. The Republicans agreed to make the committee “‘three-two” after Democrats voiced vigorous objec tions to the original provision In the bill providing that the committee should be composed of four Republicans and one Democrat. The law extending voting time | appropriates $400,000 for payment | of election board officials for the
Minis extra time to be worked. For work-T" The /next week-end in Philadel
he did not seem to draw from them the response so customary in his three previous campaigns. In addition there was a constant change of pace. His. first campaign speech made at the famous teamsters’ dinner af the swank Statler hotel in Washington was facetious. He laughed and joked about his Republican opponent's criticism of his dog Fala. It went over with a bang with the teamsters, but the reaction from the radio audience was that it was too much like Bob Hope to be done in wartime by the President. 88 his foreign relations speech in New York City was solemn. He cried out against his opponents, saying “Thou shalt not bear false against thy neighbor.”
phia Ke urged his retention as com-
ing two hours longer on election
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Moscow Paper
May Make Fake Charge of
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Claims GOP
Attempt on Dewey's Life
By M. 8. HANDLER United Press Staff Correspondent ” MOSCOW, Nov. 6.~The Soviet ‘government organ Izvestia said yesterday that rumors allegedly were circulating in “United States “press circles” that the Republicans might be planning to announce a faked attempt on the life of Goverror Thomas E. Dewey and attribute it to the Communists in a last-minute effort to win the election. Izvestia sald the Reichstag fire, by means of which the Nazis set up a “Red scare” as an excuse for taking over the government in Germany, set a precedent for such a maneuver,
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were ted the tional and forces swept north to the Meuse at Re Sua Thuerbult ta: Tho on Gutes over, to the Republican colimn to record a bigger victory for Thomas Jive and Helland deep on a 45+mile tacking ‘oil refiner} nthe Jackaon , for governor; 1 to 3 on. E Dewey here than we gave the late Wendell Willkie in 1940.” today, ey over Roosevelt in Indi — — They ‘herded ‘the’ last Getman|BombuIg-Hathurg area and other Bee Oia: Savievel tn todiana; porey herded, the lat Germat| unidentified ob Bio 8 on Capshiart over Sepwicker:| COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN JAMES L. “which they were fran- or United States. strate a cdrry Indiana by more than 20000] BEATTEY: Healy to evacuate by barge under &| gop oro missing nn a votes. | “The swing back to President Rodsevelt in Marion county will rain of allied bombs and shells ted .teducing the: los to Nationally speaking, the toca | be heavy at the polls tomorfow. ; ‘Beigure of virtually all of the|gs ote 54 1 fighters. / | (Continued on Tg “President Roosevelt and the Democratic ticket here will carry mouth bank of the two water bar- Bec Page 3—Column 8) | the county. by 10,000 to 20,000 votes due to the heavy vote expected.” . “riers in Southwest Holland put the . (Comtmuss ow FI F=lbumn On the War Fronts DEADLINE TONIGHT | he . ‘ON PROPERTY TAX| Imformation (Nov. 6, 1944) On Veting—
broadcasts say Red army|for paying fall installment of - fin Iga broudousts say north of | Property taxes at the county treas- ® Do you know how to cast capital in flanking drive to east. - |Urer's office in the court house. T, your ballot. on a voting . of 5th |at thie cashier's window or by check Detailed instruc- ' German {showing a post mark before mid- tions as well as a complete te Bel-|night tonight will result in delin-| list of candidates and the nte, ef south], of Bo- quent. | 10 4he, location: of voting. booths
The newspaper said President
atists.' “Evidently Dewey's chances
Tonight at 6 p: m. Is the deadline the fall
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were weak, and that is why he decided to usé the old method of a threat of Communist danger,” | Izvestia said. “Having addressed itself to the most reactionary ele-
against communism and all those who are not going to vote for Dewey as Communists. ae . » . “SPECULATION regarding. danger as a matter of’
and denounced Mr. Dewy and his supporters as “reactionaries” and
Republican party andl: aginst
Roosevelt's re-election was “certain”
AFFIDAVIT VOTE
Persons Not on Poll ‘Books Must Get Courthouse Certificate,
By NOBLE REED : Voting by affidavit at the polls
not found on precinct poll books Republican
oath that they were properly regis tered, However, late Saturday Atty, Gen, James -A, Emmert handed down an official opinion ountending this psb-
—- precinct book must go, to the registration office in fhe courthouse and get, a certificate of error, giving him the right to vote.’ Counter-Instriiction Given
Yesterday Ernest Frick, Democratic minority member of the county electioni board, instructed poll workers to permit use of the affidavits at the voting places for voters whose names are missing. Albert Thompson, Republican member, of the board, protested use of the affidavits at the precincts, supporting Attorney General Emmert's ruling that voters. must go to the courthouse for a certifi cate,
May Affect Hundreds
County Clerk A. Jack Tilson, Re= publican member of the board, yes terday said he favored” the affidavit procedure at the polling places to avoid a crowd jam at the courte house, but today he said he would hold with Mr. ‘Thompson and the attorney general. “Since the attorney general has - ruled that it would be illegal to permit use of affidavits in the precinet, I must presume that is the . law and I am not going to violate any law in the conduct of this election,” Mr, Tilson said. This means that an estimated several - hundred voters whose -
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FORTUNE POLL GIVES FDR, 53.5 PER CENT
Magazine Issues Final List 0f Public Surveys.
Times Special NEW YORK, Nov. 6 —As political sentiment stood in the closing days of the. presidential campaign President Roosevelt still held 53.6 per cent of civilian preference in the nation while Govgrior Thomas: E.
re-election, Izvestia said, was based on statistical reports drawn up by well-known American experts. “The course of the campaign has shown that the groups behind Dewey are not supported by the broad masses of American people,” the article said.
YDEWEY tried to keep aloof from the defeatist and isolation-
Dewey had 46.4 per cent, the final Fortune survey of public opinion said today. The figures were arrived at after distiibuting “don’t know” votes if the same proportion as ise.) held definite opinions, ‘In the close “don't
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