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Oe es ag ad at Nec Ue I EAR ny ee ee ee ek eee! Pee agree ad ul or re ere ere Cy we eS Rd Cee PTS eo Let us conclude with the fine]. words of this same editorial: "...New and uncor:ventional forces ave working through the spirit of contemporary. politics, and the cabman tricks of the old rolitical bosses and the beer- - hall politicians no longer suffice in the two existing policed parties." eee st (Page 6) (Colwnns 1 & 2) THE ELECTICHS IN Ti BRONK The election of LEO ISACSOJ in the Bronx is of the greatest importance, The Derocratic Party mchine did everything to help its candidate to victory. Before the election an attempt was made to make ISACSQI ridiculous by attack- ing the candidacy of WALLACE and representing him at the best ag a dreamer ,; who had no plans, In order to be quite sure of victory, leading Democrats. _ were mobilized in the election campaign, O'Dwyer and Urse sevelt poke. _ But nothing helped. thy should victory have been doubted “vhen trade union Jeaders, both the C.I.0. and the 4.F.L. had unequivocally declared themselves against ‘WW © and his adherents. For them Truman is still the "lesser evil." And then things turned out quite differently. WALLACE'S candidate con~ quered with & tremendous majority. The voters have enough of the "lesser evil." Trey are not following their leaders whose defeat is just as great as thet of the Democretic Party. Later the large newspapers tried to depreciate the significance of tle election. They said that the participation in the voting was weak and what sort of people vote for a by-election, They said that a by=- election did not mean a great dea] and what nonsense this was. The election shows beyond a doubt that WALLACE has good prospects and that with energetic election work it is possible to give this Congress the blow of grace. The voters in the bronx have enough of Truman and Marshall. They have repudiated the policy in Greece, in Turkey, and in China, the policy which plays .. with war. They are sgainst imperialism clothed as aid to Europe, The American people, as‘every other nation, wants peace. It has enough of atom bombs. And it takes a similar stand on the internal policy of Truman. No military armament, no compulsory military training, but it is for building houses, and worthwhile politics. That is how the people in the Bronx spoke. ae eee Ye have been told often enough; every vote for WALLACE isa , lost vote. It has no practical significance, We are already reading in the newspaper that the Democrats are considering whether they should agree to an increase in the | _fares for the N.Y. pubmeyee That will show the readers how great the practical atop