Crystal Ball

Incomplete. Wendell Willkie will be the Republicans' 1944 nominee, predicted Teamster Boss Dan Tobin. "Uncle Dan," who was chairman of the Democratic labor committee in Franklin Roosevelt's first three terms, was less certain about the Democratic nominee. In an 1,800-word article on 1944 in his house organ, The International Teamster, not once did he mention Franklin Roosevelt's name. Said he: "The Democrats do not have a great number of very strong men who would appeal to the people."

Qualified. Cordell Hull last week endorsed General Dwight D. Eisenhower's flat prediction of European victory in 1944. But by the time the Secretary...

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