The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1952, Page 8

Page 8 TH 2 1-2 Million Texas Voters May Be Holding Key By DAVE CHEAVENS AUSTIN, Tex. (#—Two and a half million Texas voters may hold the key to the White House door for either Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hower or Gov. Adlai Stevenson. Texas’ 24 electoral votes—sixth biggest block in ‘the nation—are in doubt for the first time since 1928 and the second time this century. A Democratic repellion that splin- tered off segments of the once- EY WEST CITIZEN Monday, October 27, 1952 To White House trols offshore submerged lands claimed by Texas since it was a | republic. | Texas has not given its electoral | vote to a Repuvlican since Her- | bert Hoover squeezed out.a narrow | Very over Al Smith in 1928, Conservative Texas Democrats | began breaking away from New | Deal in 1940. The revolt—still with- lin the party—grew in 1944 and 1948. It led to development of two feuding factions: the conservatives headed by a succession of anti- New Deal governors; the liberals, By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP Foreign News Analyst The rise of Gergi Maxmiliano- vich Malenkov has struck terror into the hearts of Soviet Commu- nist party members, to judge from the Soviet press’ treatment of the recent All-Union Party Congress. Malenkov appears to be conduc- ting a widespread purge. A striking commentary on the division of this globe into two worlds is provided by the ‘process. Now, at a time when political Malenkov Appears To Be Conducting Widespread Purge; Commies Worried lar phrase in referring back to the rising crown prince, the words, “As Comrade Malenkov has point- ed out.” Malenkov’s speech was reprinted for distribution in three million copies, as against only a million for other top leaders. He lambasted the party for “mis- takes and shortcomings,” even voicing the idea that many of its members actually have been “‘anti- party.” | This and the other speeches and j comment left little doubt that the solid Texas party in 1948 split it | with leaders like Rayburn and parties in the United States do all | purge was on and well under way. wide open this year. | For the first time in history, a | Democratic governor of Texas has | joined the Republicans in backing their presidential candidate. Gov. Allan Shivers’ simmering dis- pleasure with New Deal and Fair Deal policies boiled over when Stevenson said he could not agree with Texas claims to submerged offshore lands and their potential— and disputed—oil wealth. The revolt brought an open al- liance between Shivers, his estab- lished state party machinery and a militant Republican organization making its first serious effort in a quarter of a century to.win the Texas electoral yote, Nothing like it had ever happened in historically Democratic Texas. Johnson. in their power to woo new mem-; The party was given to under- | Conservative Democratic gover-, bers, the Communist party of the | stand that from now on nobody nors have won every race over ; Soviet Union is erecting new bar- | will become a Communist party New Deal opponents years, but they stayed reluctantly | The 1,200 Communist party big- }in the national party. | shots who were delegates to the Shivers headed a conservative | party congress which ended in | Texas delegation to the Chicago | Moscow Oct. 14 listened in awe- ‘convention in July. It was seated | struck silence while Malenkov lec- | after a contest with a rival liberal | tured them severely, told them the slate when Shivers promised to do | party ranks had grown sloppily all he could to see to it the Demo- | and carelessly, There would be no cratic presidential nominee’s name | more of it. would be printed on the ballot in! Seeming more Stalin’s heir-ap- {the usual Democratic column. | parent than ever, Malenkov in his The State Convention in Septem- | keynote address to. the congress ‘ber fulfilled the pledge. Then it | was interrupted many times by overwhelmingly urged Shivers and , what the Soviet press, in bold-face all state party leaders to back Ei- | bracketed lines inserted in the text, | senhower. They did so by forming / referred to as “‘stormy, long not- ' an organization known as the Texas | falling-silent applause.” in recent | riers to membership. {member who has not come up | Democrats for Eisenhower, whose | But when Malenkov got to that The outcome is so uncertain that | leadership overlaps that of the Cen- | part of his speech dealing with both parties for the first time sent | tral State Democratic Committee. | party discipline, a section taking their presidential candidates criss- | That’s when the national party jup several thousands words of | crossing the state. Thg vice presi- dential candidates of both parties are scheduled to nail down the | campaigns here later this month. The Associated Press’ second 1952 survey of political thinking in Texas confirmed the professional politicians’ October the outcome here was un- certain. In August the survey by newspapermen showed they be- lieved Eisenhower held a narrow margin, with many voters uncer- tain. The uprising by Shivers and other state Democratic leaders such as Atty. Gen. Price Daniel, unopposed nominee for the U. 8, Senate, was met by a combat team from the national party. It headed by House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson. They en- listed an unexpected ally in former Vice President John N. Garner, who came out of political retire- ment to endorse Stevenson. The big question today is whose side the rank and file voters will join, especially the large number still apparently undecided. potential vote is 2% million and best estimates are the turn out will be another record-breaking 1% million to 1,800,000, The voters may stay hitched with Democratic tradition, backed by appeals to their distrust of Re- publicans generally, fear of depres- | sion, and prosperity arguments. Or they may line up with Shivers, who says the issue is “good gov- ernment or bad, Trumanism, cor- ruption, creeping socialism” and especially the question of who con- Puerto Rican : Campaign Is Now Underway SAN JUAN, Puerto Rica @ — Puerto Rico’s political campaign is going full blast with expenses in government and the situation in Korea two of the main issues as the island votes for the first time Nov. 4 under the new common- wealth Constitution. A more liberal representation in the Legislature is guaranteed con- stitutionally for the minority par- ties. cs Two of the opposition parties. have made reference to the Puerto Rican soldiers fighting in Korea and the large number of casualties reported. Gov. Munoz Marin, also president of the majority Popular party, has taken hot issue with their arguments, Main change in the elections this brought forth by the com- th, is the increased num- legislators who will be The Organic Act, the nd@'s equivalent to a constitu re July. 25 of this year, ed for a House of Represent: of 89 members and a Senate members, This year the i be voting for Si repre and 27 senators. , there are only two ives and one senator ne opposition. Under the new tution, po party will have nh a complete control of the lature. Whenever one party s more than two-thirds of the r bers im either house, the electoral system provides for elec- tion of additional candidates of the j called on Rayburn to hurry back | stinging remarks, he was not inter- to Texas and rally the liberal or rupted. The delegates likely list- | -pijfering of socialist property” “Joyalist” faction into a working organization to fight for Stevenson. ened in frightened silence. Even before the speech started, through the ranks of the Komso- mols (Young Communist League). In turn, nobody becomes a mem- ber of the Komsomols without first thaving been a member of the ; Young Pioneers, the organization | | for children. | This is as if, for example, in the United States, a party refused to } admit anyone to its ranks unless his father had entered him in the Young Republican (or Democratic} Club when he was 6, | | At the congress, one after an- other, party secretaries arose and criticized their own organizations, mostly for carelessness and pas- | sive attitudes toward party direc- ‘ tives. This, by party definition, is “a great sin.” There was much talk—all of it harsh — about such things as and “private property psychology” among the collective-farms, which Stevenson spoke six times here. Malenkov’s glorified position was stalin now has decreed will be He left saying it would be a ‘‘na- tional tragedy’ for freedom-loving party and vote for the “carpetbag- gers, the friends of reaction, the | men of little vision, indecision and isolationism.” | Rayburn said response to Steven- | son’s speeches was a sure sign | that he would carry Texas, that clear. Reported Pravda: “At the appearance of G. M. views that in mid-| Texans to desert the Democratic Malenkoy on the tribunal the dele- gates greet him with stormy, con- tinuing applause. All rise.” The delegates rise in advance of a speech for nobody else—except Joseph Stalin himself. Thereafter, through speech after | speech, the Communist leaders re- |. Texas’ | Republican claims to the contrary | ferred back not only to Stalin, but were propaganda. practically every one used a simi- Eisenhower and his friends were; —————————_— | equally confident. The Republican candidate fed the fires of Democratic revolt. Every- where he went he was surrounded | and acclaimed by erstwhile Demo- | crats. He begged Texas Democrats to allow principle to prevail over a party label and established voting habits. “Texans are not in any- body’s bag. No one can deliver a Texan’s vote but a Texan,” he! COME FO said. | The Republicans are claiming TROPICAL TRADER they will get from 54 to 58 per | cent of the vote Nov. 4. {j 7 eee They are looking to the big cities | such as Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth }and San Antonio for their chief support, The Democrats are counting on considerable big city strength, plus }generel support in smaller cities and towns and in the country. Thus any election return departures from ‘this pattern may tell the © | story of who takes Texas, I WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS uN FLY TO minority parties, split according to |; their total votes. | The highest number of voters ever registered was achieved for ‘this year's vote with a total of Here is a resume of party is- | sues: Statehood party — Wants Puerto | Rico to become a state of the ; union. As a state, the island could | manufacture all of its sugar crop. | | Spokesmen charge the administra- tion with paying exceedingly high | salaries to top men in government, thus forcing an increased tax bur- }den on the people. Independence party Wants Puerto Rico to get full independ- | ence. Gilberto Concepcion de Gra- cia, party president, in’ radio speeches has insisted the island would have a real democracy only when independent. Popular party — The govern- ment party since 1940 stands main- ly on its 12-year history of promis es which have been fulfilled, as the records show, Party spokesmen, including Gov. Munoz, call atten- tion to the higher standard of liv- ing reached in the last 12 years and the great advances made in getting medical aid, public school ing, social aid and other ad- vantages to the people. DEPARTING KEY WEST 10:45 A.M, 1:45 P.M, 4:00 P.M, PHONE KEY “STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE | end CUBAN --TRY A POUND TODAY—— Roberts Office Supplies & Equipment 128 Duval Street Phone 250 Ovr Christmas Card Sample Books will be on display OCTOBER ISTH Buy Your Cards Early | WE IMPRINT CITY LO 524 souTHARD “ar.=" CLOSED ALL DAY EVERY SATURDAY ONE WAY PLUS TAX 3 FLIGHTS DAILY | turned into centers of agricultural labor. Dr. J. A. 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