The New Ulm Enterprise (New Ulm, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1944 Page: 6 of 16
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THE NEW ULMENTERPR1SE. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1944
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It Takes a Heap o' Fussin' to Make a Hall Into a Home
For Major Political Parties' National Conventions
GOP and Democrats
Work Harmoniously
On Arrangements.
By AL JEDLICKA
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Amid buzz and bedlam, color
and decoration, and teeming
thousands with their tingling en-
thusiasm, America holds its
great political conventions
every four years.
As convention delegates fuss and
fume through the lengthy, historic
sessions, millions of Americans
throughout the nation follow the pro-
ceedings with attention and even
heat, since either the Republican or
the Democratic party embodies the
principles they hold most consistent
with their social ideals.
During the period of the conven-
tions, well might it be said that the
heart of the nation is centered in
the localities of the meetings, bound-
ing with the people's delegates, with
newspaper men, newsreel men and
radio broadcasters milling to flash
stories of the unfolding events to an
anxious citizenry, and with visitors
attracted by the great spectacles.
Normally, cities compete to have
the conventions held in their locali-
ties, since the delegates’ and visi-
tors’ expenditures for hotel accom-
modations, food and entertainment
and shopping in the business dis-
tricts amount to hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars. But with the coun-
try riding the crest of a profitable
war boom this year, with housing
facilities taxed and heavy demands
made for limited stocks of mer-
chandise, only Chicago actively bid
for the conventions, offering each
party $75,000 for expenses. Ordi-
narily, it costs between $100,000 and
$150,000 to run a national conven-
tion.
When both parties accepted Chi-
cago's bids, financial problems thus
were added to other special war-
time difficulties confronting Republi-
can Walter Hallanan of Charleston,
W. Va., and Democrat Ambrose
O’Connell of New York in making
arrangements for the conventions.
On these two men falls the responsi-
bility of setting up the smooth func-
tioning of the meetings- assuring or-
derly activity on the floor of the con-
ventions and establishing facilities
for quick transmission of news to
the waiting world outside.
Two Old-Timers.
Both O’Connell and Hallanan are
old hands at conventions, O’Connell
having attended his first as a mem-
ber of Al Smith’s entourage in 1928,
and Hallanan his as a newspaper
man in 1912. Although red hot parti-
sans inclined to admit nothing, both
men have worked together in mak-
ing the principal arrangements,
since the Republican convention of
June 26 will be followed by the
Democratic on July 19.
Because of the heavy wartime
strain on the railroads, transporta-
tion posed one of the big problems
of this year’s conventions. But the
problem promises to be solved by
use of day coaches by those within
6*4 hours of traveling time of Chi-
cago, and of provision of extra
sleeping and dining cars for ac-
credited representatives from far-
ther distances. To assist delegates
from Hawaii to attend, the navy will
furnish plane service to the main-
land.
Next to transportation, housing
has presented another major diffi-
culty. Although both parties were
assured of approximately 5,000
rooms, the Republicans, for one,
could use another 3,000. In quest
of extra housing, Hallanan has even
scoured Chicago’s outlying apart-
ment districts for accommodations,
and it was reported that some good
Republicans offered to come to the
aid by boarding convention attend-
ants.
As if O’Connell and Hallanan were
not having trouble enough, they
have been pestered for accommoda-
tions by that type of individual who
feels -that no business is so impor-
tant as thet of finding a particular
room for him, even though all hotel
arrangements are to be made by
the head of the state delegation.
Plenty of Problems.
Preparation of Chicago’s huge,
streamlined Stadium for this year's
conventions has not been without its
problems, either. Until the Citi-
zens committee which bid to bring
the conventions to Chicago arranged
to furnish the Stadium for $25,000
to each party, Hallanan estimated
that the cost of readying the amphi-
theater alone would amount to $48,-
000, not including rental.
The services of over 100 men
working about three weeks are de-
manded for preparing the Stadium.
Canopies outside the main en-
trances must be draped with bunt-
ing. One hundred and twenty flags
must be hung from the rafters to
sway impressively above the floor.
Three emergency “hospitals” must
be set up and equipped with medical
goods, light and water. A huge plat-
form holding 180 people must be
constructed, with a special confer-
ence room underneath it. And, of
course, seats enclosed within stanch-
ions for the different state delega-
tions must be put up.
Elaborate preparations must be
made to accommodate the press,
newsreel and radio, especially this
year when the two conventions will
attract international attention. Al-
ready, reservations have been asked
by newspaper representatives from
Britain, Russia, South America, Chi-
na, Sweden and French Africa, and,
in all, about 3,000 observers with
their technicians will be on the job
to describe the proceedings to the
U. S. and world.
Not only will the press be seated
in front of the main platform, but a
special newsroom will be provided
in the basement. At both places,
telephone and telegraph facilities
must be established to send out sto-
ries from the building. Darkrooms
will be constructed for photogra-
phers to develop pictures.
Microphones Everywhere.
Important for transmitting the ac-
tual reality of the convention atmos-
phere to the world, all four of Amer-
ica’s great radio networks will make
elaborate arrangements for cover-
ing every detail of the conventions.
Contact will be made with dele-
gations through microphones on the
floor; portable equipment will be
used to interview dignitaries
throughout the entire building; spe-
cial booths will be erected to ac-
commodate the radio commentators.
and facilities will be installed to
pick up the rumbling, rolling peal
of the huge Stadium organ.
Approximately $6,000 will be spent
by the parties to furnish newsreel
men with enough lighting to take
moving pictures of the proceedings.
With 10,000-watt incandescent search-
light units set up, enough light to
illuminate a medium-size town will
be provided cameramen shooting
from the high rafters. This lighting
must lie arranged to permit shoot-
ing from any angle of the building
without causing blind spots from too
much light on any one point.
In making a success of a conven-
tion, the little things are as impor-
tant as the big ones, and sometime*
the little things cause as rttuch both-
er as the big ones.
For instance, O’Connell and Hal-
lanan have had their difficulties pro-
viding badges and tickets. Because
of wartime, metals have been un-
available for badges, and it has been
necessary to secure plastic material.
To convention - wise Ambrose
O’Connell, there is more to badges
than meets the eye. For instance,
they must be so designed as to avoid
catching onto clothing and ripping
it, and all kinds of different types
must be used to restrict the move-
ments of the various attendants
throughout the Stadium.
Tickets a Headache, Too.
Also because of wartime, there
has been a scarcity of certain paper
stocks, a condition of particular
pique to bustling Walter Hallanan,
since it is necessary to print tickets
on material that cannot easily be
counterfeited.
Incidentally, in the distribution of
tickets to the conventions, each dele-
gation is allotted a percentage, usu-
ally depending upon the approxi-
mate distance of its state from the
meeting site. The idea, of course,
being to provide more seats for those
who might be able to come in by
auto, etc., from neighboring re-
gions. Civic committees which put
up the finances to bring the conven-
tion to their cities also receive an
allotment of ducats.
Unique, in that this year’s con-
ventions will be the second in the
history of this country held during
wartime—the first being in 1864—
the impending Republican and Dem-
ocratic meetings are expected to
lack some of the flourish and hoopla
of bygone days. However, they are
not expected to be bereft of all pop-
ular enthusiasm so easily stirred
over a candidate, or over the ex-
pression of a party’s outstanding
principle stressing the hopes, the
aspirations and the achievements of
its partisans.
In their excitement over the swift
stream of dramatic events often ac-
companying conventions, even the
soberest politicians and statesmen
sometimes forget their immediate
environment and lapse into what aft-
erthought must characterize as the
comic.
For instance, during the 1932 Dem-
ocratic convention in Chicago, O’Con-
nell remembers the heated fight over
the election of a permanent chair-
man, which would have demonstrat-
ed the strength of the contending
factions.
As the fight developed, the Missis-
sippi delegation caucused, only to
find venerable old Senator Pat Har-
rison absent. Without further ado,
some members hurried off to his
hotel and after pressing the urgency
of the situation upon him, hustled
him back to the convention hall in
his pajamas, carpet slippers and
bathrobe, there to cast his vote.
As Hallanan said, this year’s con-
ventions will be marked by the so-
ber restraint of a nation at war.
Once events have stirred up the at-
tendants, the enthusiasm may carry
over into the typical hysteria of
these great national meetings.
Army Press and Radio Must Maintain Political Neutrality
The war department, in instruc-
tions sent to all commanders both
in the United States and overseas,
has prescribed a policy of strict im-
partiality in the dissemination of
political information. Title V of the
new federal voting law, which is
an amendment to the Hatch act,
prohibits use of federal funds or
sponsorship to Influence the armed
force* in voting in federal election*.
Instruction* to commander* in ob-
servance of this law state: “The
burden is on the army to see that
the information and entertainment
which it furnishes to the soldiers is
either (1) nonpolitical or (2) if
political, is justified by presentation
in strict accordance with the al-
lowed exception*.
“It is not the parpose of Title V
to shut off Information and enter-
tainment from the armed forces. It*
purpose is to see to It that no in-
formation or entertainment which la
federally financed or sponsored and
which might have the political
character, will be disseminated to
soldiers except in conformity with
the statutory provisions designed to
prevent unfairness or partiality in
any such dissemination,’*
The law permits rebroadca»ts of
political speeches over government
controlled station* provided equal
time is given each party.
NewsT
3EHINDI
THE<W
By Paul Mallon
Rilmwl by Wnlirn N«wspapar Union.
WILL FARMERS RUSH
TO SELL LIVESTOCK?
WASHINGTON-Mr. Bowles told
a good story of the reasons behind
the abandonment of the cheaper
meats rationing, but it contains holes
which may not sustain his expecta-
tions.
His explanation was that feed la
short and, therefore, the points were
taken off to induce greater consump-
tion. But consumption depends these
days primarily on supply and also
on price, rather than the number of
ration coupons outstanding.
There is to be no change in price
and all the other economic factors
of supply still prevail today—only
the consumer coupon phase having
been removed. Will the farmers
rush any more or less cattle or hogs
to market as a result of that single
change? Or will people buy more?
So also with the feed angle, there <
is a large unobserved question
mark. Nothing has happened lately;
no new crisis has arisen in that long
dangerous condition to explain the
suddenness of Mr. Bowles’ step. The
only development has been an ad-
verse action taken by the govern-
ment itself.
The government went out to 100-
odd western farm counties and com-
mandeered all com supplies to get
enough to keep the processing plants
(cane syrup, etc.) going. No one in
those counties can sell any com ex-
cept to the Commodity Credit
corporation. Thus, the government
is getting enough corn for the proc-
essing plants, but has left less for
feed.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT FALL?
But say the scheme works as
Mr. Bowles outlined it, and the
farmers now rush more hogs and
cattle to market, and consumers
rush to buy this increased supply.
In that event, Mr. Bowles himself
said he may have to renew rationing
on these less demanded meats in
the fall. He could have made it cer-
tain that harder rationing than we
have known must follow the decline
of cattle and hogs available.
We have no reserves of com,
only a little of wheat. The farmers
being shorthanded cannot be ex-
pected to cure the feed situation un-
less providence enables fewer
hands to grow a greater crop.
The corn feed crop will be avail-
able in September or October, but
there is a presidential election com-
ing in November, and the betting
around here runs about 100 to 1 that
the much harder rationing which
seems to be in prospect for fall will
not be put into effect until after '
November 7.
Indeed, the election factor
makes a more sensible ex-
planation for the removal of the
rationing than the others.
None of this is said in criticism |
of Mr., Bowles’ administration, only
his excuse. His administration may i
be far from perfect, but it looks ,
like magnificent efficiency when
compared with the earlier Hender- ’
son regime. Mr. Bowles has been |
slowly correcting the Henderson |
mistakes both in orders and in per-
sonnel, apparently even the biggest
□ne of coupon rationing itself.
The government really rations the
supplies of food before it gets to
the consumer. It takes so much for
army, navy, lend-lease, etc., leav-
ing a certain amount to be dis-
tributed. If that amount is not suffi-
cient to meet consumer needs—as
has always been the case—it makes
no difference how many coupons
you have. The real rationing there-
fore, is done before selling to the
consumer.
YOU MUST BE EARLY
As everyone knows, unless you are
early in line at the grocery for
your butter, steak, or any rationed
product, you will not get it. Truth
is there has always been less ra- |
tioned food available than coupons, j
Hoarding could be prevented more
simply by limiting the amounts to
a customer.
A great deterioration in qual-
ity of meats available here has
been noticed in recent months.
This is due to the direct move-
ment of cattle from grazing to
market without going through
the feeder lots where they for-
merly were given corn.
The army and navy, however, are
getting good cuts of corn-fed meats
in this country.
The fact that we have so many
men abroad now has lessened
domestic demands, which is another
factor counteracting Mr. Bowles’ ef-
fort to increase consumption on a
coupon basis alone.
♦ ♦ ♦
‘ARCH SEDITIONIST’ IS DEAD
The “arch seditionist” is dead—
the 80-year-old man from * small
town in Kansas, who the mighty
justice department and its FBI
thought of sufficient importance to
indict for sedition with jailed Nazis
and some other men and women
agitators, and haul them all together
into court here in one big trial.
He died in a rooming house with
40 cents in his pocket in the midst
of his trial. He had told the judge
he was a pauper and could not af-
ford an attorney for hi* defense.
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SNAPPY FACTS
ABOUT
RUBBER
Milk, or latex, flow* from the rub-
ber tree bed In aorly morning.There-
fore, rubber topper* »tort their
doy'» work long before down.
An overload which might re-
duce the life of a crude rubber
tire only 25 per cent or even
be carried through until the
tread wo* worn imooth, may
reduce the life of a tynthetic
rubber tiro 50 per cent or
more and result In a blowout
while there Is ctill wear in
the freed.
Rubber belting, which now play*
wch an Important part Inmining and
Industrial operations, wo* first manu-
factured In this country In 1836.
AFTER RHEUMATIC PAIN
With • Medicine that wilt Rmo Hull
It you suffer from rheumatic pain
or muscular aches, buy C-2223 today
for real pain-relieving help. 60c. IL
Caution: Use only as directed. First
bottle purchase price is refunded
it you are not satisfied. Get C-2223.
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