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Washington, April 15.—The two
phases of greatest political interest
in Washington at this stage of the
Presidential campaign might be
called the “Draft Roosevelt” move
ment and the “Stop Dewey” move
ment.
The politicians of both parties
nxe dividdft, in each case. The
Draft Rdfeevelt movement is fo
cused enfurely in Washington and
Is being Conducted by Administra
tion officials, most of whom stand
to lose their jobs if any Democrat
except Mr. Roosevelt, or any Re
publican at all, becomes the ten
ant of the White House next Jan
uary.
It is led by the Secretary of the
Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes, toho
was a Republican until President
Roosevelt made him a member of
his Cabinet. This movement has
been going on for months, and
shrewed observers here think they
see signs that it is waning.
The best opinion among Wash
ington soothsayers today is that
Mr. Farley and Mr. Gamer have
succeeded in demonstrating to the
President’s satisfaction that it
would be ruinous to his Party for
him to run for a third term.
The same prophets are predict
ing that Mr. Roosevelt’s influence
win be thrown to Secretary of
State Hidl for the Presidency and
Attorney-General Robert H. Jack-
ron for second place on the ticket.
Such a ticket would go far to avert
a serious split in the party, since
both Mr. Hull and Mr. Jackson are
weU liked and respected by almost
nil factions of Democrats.
Eligibility Increased
Mr. HuU’s eligibility is regarded
as having been increased by his
victory in Congress in obtaining a
majority vote in both houses for
the extension for three years of
Executive authority to continue to
negotiate reciprocal trade agree
ments with' other nations without
having to submit them to the
Senate for confirmation. It had a
close squeeze in the Senate, # sev
eral Democratic Senators from the
agricultural states voting against
it.
The belief here is that the Re
publicans will make these trade
agreements a major campaign
issue in the agricultural regions of
the Mississippi Valley. The Farm
Vote may easily decide next Fall’s
election, and there is a strong ele
ment of farmers who believe that
Mr. Hull’s trade agreement opened
the door to foreign competition
with American farm products.
District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey of New York made himself
many friends in the agricultural
states of the Middle West by his
speeches on the farm situation, in
which he took exception to the
Hull poUcies. But Mr. Dewey did
more than that. He gave the
leaders of his Party the surprise
of their lives by his success in the
primary elections of delegates to
the Republican National Conven
tion.
Everybody in Washington almost
was certain that Senator Vanden-
berg would get at least two-thirds
of the Wisconsin voters. But Mr.
Dewey got the whole twenty-four
of them. This clean sweep was
the most convincing demonstra
tion Washington has had yet of
young Mr. Dewey’s popularity with
the voters of his own party. Add
ed to his other primary victories,
it has given his party leaders
something to think about serious
ly.
Regarded As Outsider
In Washington where Senators
Vandenberg and Taft are familiar
figures the tendency has been to
regard Mr. Dewey as an outsider
who might be good enough for
second place but whose youth—he
is 38—and alleged inexperience in.
the administration of public af
fairs ruled him out as the nomi
nee for the head of the ticket.
But political leaders in Presi
dential years are prone to take a
realistic view of circumstances as
they are. The realistic view in
this case is that the Republicans,
facing the handicap of being op
posed to a party which has been
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in power for eight years, must
nominate the best vote-getter they
have, regardless of other consid
erations. And so far as tests of
vote-getting power have gone,
Mr. Dewey has demonstrated that
he has more of it than either of
his two chief rivals.
So the Republican leaders are
beginning to study Mr. Dewey’s
Tther qualifications much more
seriously. In international affairs
he recently talked like an isola
tionist, but he still believes that
Congress was right in repealing
the Arms Embargo. In agricul-
ural matters he has satisfied the
Republican spokesman of tbe
■^rm Group, Senator McNar".
hat he is the friend of the farmer
and understands farm problems
Mr. Dewey’s friends are vig' •
rusly promoting the proposit' -v
that when it comes to adminis*
tive experience, neither Mr. Ta:t
ior Mr. Vandenberg has : r
ecord to compare with that
Mr. Dewey in administering
office of District Attorney in - o
nation’s largest and most corr .
city and winning his war agai
politically protected crime.
Democrats Active
It is significant that sc?:e
prominent Democrats, as well ls
Republican backers of other cci-
didates, are taking a more or -'ss
active part in the effort to “Stop
Dewey.” Whether he is regarded
as the most dangerous opponent,
from the Democratic point of
view, is not quite clear.
There are some who say that if
Mr. Roosevelt should decide, at
the last minute, to seek a third
term, Tom Dewey is the only Re
publican with a strong enough
personal appeal to have a chance
against him. But the conventions
are still more than two months
away, and Senator Taft is believed
to have a very large number of
delegates already safely pledged
to himself.
Eating “Timber” Cake
To Have Better Left
Clemson, April 13.—Would you
eat a $350 cake with assurance
that you would still have your
cake in better condition than be
fore?
That in effect, says Extension
Forester M. H. Bruner, is the ex
perience of C. B. Abell, Chester
county farmer, who by proper
woodland management used $350
worth of firewood and sawtimber
from 43 acres of woodland and im
proved the value of the woodland
in so doing.
Here’s how Abell did it, accord
ing to Bruner. He followed timber
management practices suggested
bv M. C. Crain. Chester county
agent, which consisted of (1) cut
ting the worthless hardwoods such
as gum and oak for firewood, and
(2) thinning out the sawtimber,
by cutting the trees of poor form,
for repairing farm buildings.
Thus he removed 25 cords of fire
wood valued at $4 a cord, and
10,000 board feet of sawtimber
valued at $25 a thousand. That
runs to $350. The labor came to
$75, leaving a net value of $275.
But this is hardly half of the
sto^v. Mr. Abell cut every tree on
a thinning basis and scattered his
cut over the 43 acres, taking out
a tree here and there where a
thinning was needed. Though he
actually removed $350 worth of
timber, one can hardly see where
the trees came from.
Another interesting thing about
this cutting is the fact that Mr.
Abell took out only trees of poor
form. He has thereby conserved
the growing power of the soil for
a smaller number of the better
trees, which will be stimulated in
growth as a result of the thinning.
“The whole story simp-Iy is that
Mr. Abell supplied himself with
$350 worth of timber for farm
needs, and improved the timber
in so doing”, says Bruner.
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Democratic Clubs
Meet April 27tli
The Democrats of South Caro
lina will reorganize in April ar '
take the initial step in setting " ■*
the machinery to conduct the
approaching primary elections.
County conventions are to h '
held throughout the state on 3 '
first Monday in May, which v T
be May 6th. Prior to the holding
of these conventions the Demo
crat clubs must meet.
The fourth Saturday in April,
which will be April 27th, is set as
the time for the meeting of
the Democratic clubs, when reor
ganization will be perfected and
delegates elected.
Each club is entitled to send one
delegate to the county convention
for each 25 members or majority
fraction thereof, to be estimated
bv the vote in the first primary in
1938. A president, a secretary, an
executive committee, an enroll
ment committee and other com
mittees as provided by the con
stitution and by-laws should be
chosen at this time, also an exec
utive committeeman to serve for
the next two years. •.
Be sure to attend the club meet
ing.
The State convention will be
held on the third Wednesday in
May.
It is hoped that all Democrats in
McCormick county will manifest
an active interest in the affairs of
the party.
J. ARCH TALBERT,
County Chairman,.
J. O. PATTERSON,
Secretary,
McCormick County Democratic
_ _ ^. Party. *