U.S. soldiers will vote in 1944.
When an uneasy Senate windily debated the soldier vote last month, both parties were politicking furiously (TiME, Dec. 13). New Dealers stubbornly pushed the Lucas-Green measure, which would have set up a super-powerful Federal War Ballot Commission. On the side, they suspected that servicemen would vote for the Commander in Chief. Republicans stubbornly fought beside conservative Democrats for States' rights.* The anti-New Deal coalition killed the bill and substituted a pious, meaningless resolution which threw the whole problem back at the States. On their side, GOPsters...