The piece reminds that Prohibition had begun in 1917 in just such an inauspicious manner, with millions of young voters in the service. It had been ratified as part of the Constitution by January, 1919, two months after the Armistice. It had led to the Roaring Twenties, speakeasies, bootleggers, gangsters, and the lot of evil far worse than that which it had sought to outlaw.

It was unfair, suggests the piece, to inaugurate a campaign to end liquor sales in the 24 wet counties when again so many of the residents were absent and in the service of their country.

The University Board of Trustees had been urging Dr. Graham to resign either his post as president of the University or his post on the War Labor Board, as his one week per month attending to his University duties was deemed not enough, even though he was only accepting a quarter of his pay.

But, of all people, Dave Clark, his arch-nemesis who had labeled Dr. Graham Pink, if not Red outright, for his stands favoring racial integration of the University, had proposed that Dr. Graham be given a leave of absence and an acting president be appointed in the meantime.

The editorial finds it a reasonable solution to the controversy.

Of course, with The News, edited by known Communists, agreeing for once with Dave Clark, it probably would not be long until Dave decided that his position was far too Leftist in its leanings and would withdraw it in favor of putting Dr. Graham in prison for treason.

Said Dr. Mitchell, the CIO was fighting for full employment, world peace, and education of the American people to their responsibilities and benefits under democracy.

The piece suggests that the labor movement was beginning to attract many such well-qualified people to its cause. Several young people in the South whose credentials were impressive had joined as organizers. It was good for the unions and for the country that such was the case.

There was much duplication of effort between these committees and lack of cooperation between the two chambers and between the committees of each chamber. The seniority system was anachronistic, having been adopted before World War I. It resulted in incompetent men being made chairmen of committees by default. And there was lack of expertise on the part of committees when government agency experts were called to testify before them.

Mr. Davis had finally acquiesced and was going to remain in the post, fortunate for the country as it would have been difficult to find someone with his inherent knowledge to fill his shoes for the duration.

Both the closed shop and maintenance-of-membership contracts were recognized policy of the Federal Government. It was the first time states had sought to outlaw these policies.

The reason for the action was that, in the wartime emergency, war plants had hired unskilled personnel off the farms to work war jobs. The closed shop contracts forced these men to join the union to be employed, requiring them to pay union dues. Often, the men were quickly terminated for lack of adequate skills and other skilled laborers hired in their stead, again paying more union dues. The public, seeing the practice, disapproved of the idea that a man, in order to obtain employment, had first to join the union, and so passed these amendments in Florida and Arkansas.

But, in other areas of commerce, for instance, newspapers, closed shop unions had worked in harmony with employers for years, often worked alongside non-union workers in other endeavors without friction. The absolute ban of such contracts therefore worked to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

The piece urges readers to respond on the issue and indicate their opinions.

When he reached Vice-President Wallace, the President had complimented him on his efforts during the campaign on behalf of the President, thanking him especially for helping to deliver the State of New York to the President's column.

Mr. Pearson implies that it may have been forecasting of the position to which Mr. Wallace was going to be appointed at the outset of the fourth term, that of Secretary of Commerce to replace Mr. Jones. The speculation was correct.

He next relates of the story from Poughkeepsie on election morning, awaiting the President's arrival to vote. In attendance were some Vassar students studying journalism and covering the event. They began asking the names of some of the professional journalists in attendance. One young woman pointed to Tom Reynolds, asked for his identity, was told by Fred Pasley of the New York Daily News that he was Colonel McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, of course one of the President's most rabid enemies in the newspaper world. Mr. Reynolds was in fact of the Chicago Sun, whose publisher Marshall Field was one of the President's strongest newspaper supporters.

Mr. Pasley then informed the budding journalist being hazed that she had better maintain a keen eye on Mr. McCormick for he had a knife and intended to use it on the President. The young journalist was taken aback and asked whether the Secret Service would not intervene, to which Mr. Pasley responded that Colonel McCormick had lots of money and had taken care of the Secret Service.

When pressed further by the Vassar student as to whether Mr. Pasley was not going to intervene himself, he responded, "You want me to spoil a good story?"

The President then entered the room and was greeted warmly by Mr. Reynolds.

The knife, however, which the Vassar student then stuck in the back of Mr. Pasley is likely still there.

--Good morning, Dr. Mengele. I am ready.

--Yes, my dear, good morning. You are so lovely today. You understand the procedures, yes? Only the set fee may be paid. Is it safe?