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'Draft' of Eisenhower
All Adds Up to Effort
To Ditch Truman
Advantages Are Sought
Both by Northern and
Southern Democrats
By David Lawrence
(This column was written be
fore release of the latest state
ment by Gen. Eisenhower on his
inability to accept a presidential
nomination.)
The movement to draft Gen.
Eisenhower is based upon a number
of desires within the Democratic
Party which, however conflicting
they may be. all add up to the same
thing—an effort to ditch President
Truman. They are:
1. The dissatisfaction of the
Northern Democrats—the New Deal
ers—because President Truman, not
withstanding his veto of the tax re
duction and the Taft-Hartley bills,
failed to go sufficiently over to the
"left” to please the radical wing of
the party.
2. The dissatisfaction of the
Southern Democrats—the conserva
tives—with the so-called "civil
rights” program. But this issue was
only vaguely pursued by the Presi
dent, and hence could not have been
the true reason for the turn to Gen.
Eisenhower. It really was Mr. Tru
man’s tendency to go "left” which
alienated him from the Southern
conservatives.
These two opposite movements in
the Democratic Party cannot be
productive of harmony even if Gen.
Eisenhower were to accept the
nomination and win the election.
One Way to Solve Problem.
There is a way for the problem to
be solved. It is for the Southerners
to do as they have done before in
national elections—let the North
pass on the real issues. If the “left
wingers” want a test of whether the
American people approve New Deal
ism. this can be obtained by nomi
nating a New Dealer on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Justice Douglas, now on the Su
preme Court, is such a New Dealer.
He would make an intelligent and
aggressive campaign on that side of
the argument. Even if the country
elected Govs. Dewey and Warren,
the cose for New Dealism would be
made and would generate a cor
rective influence in shaping the
policies of the Nation in the next
four years.
Nomination and election of Gen.
Eisenhower would not settle the do
mestic issues in the ideological
sense, though the general would cer
tainly steer a course in international
affairs that would make it impos
sible for the “isolationists” to get
the upper hand, as they are still try
ing to do, inside the Republican
Party.
The main idea behind the Eisen
hower movement is to place a well
advertised name on the ticket with
the hope that it would mean victory
in the autumn election. The New
Dealers hope they, then, would have
a chance to prove their theories on
some national questions—certainly
they would be no worse off if turned
down, now and then, by Gen. Eisen
hower than they would be if left out
in the cold completely under a Re
publican administration.
So the Eisenhower draft is a
desperate move on the part of New
Dealers to gain some voice in the
next administration. Officeholders,
moreover, see it as a means of stay
ing in power. The momentum be
hind the desire to win is tremen
dous. Gen. Eisenhower represents
this desire to the officeholders, no
matter what kind of thinking he
may do on national questions.
Also, finally, and perhaps most
Important of all, Gen. Elsenhower
would pull to victory along with
him most of the Democratic nomi
nees for Congress. With a majority
in both houses, the New Dealers
figure that they could come up with
a considerable amount of social
reform legislation or at least could
prevent the repeal or modification
of some of the’ New Deal laws. That's
wThv labor leaders are for Gen. Eisen
hower—usually they oppose every
military man for the presidency.
The Southerners W'ould get back
their committee chairmanships in
Congress if Gen. Eisenhower car
ried a Democratic Congress with
him and as for “left-wing” philoso
phy. they would deal with it by a
coalition W’ith Republicans in Con
gress as they have done before.
Other Advantages.
The "draft Eisenhower” idea at
the moment has other advantages
to the Democrats pushing it,
whether they be from the North or
the South. As the move behind
Gen. Eisenhower gains strength, it I
hurts the prestige of President Tru
man and publicizes the idea of a i
withdrawal. Even though Gen.
Eisenhower has declined to accept j
a nomination, the move toward j
bringing on a wide-open contest in
the convention already has achieved
a measure of publicity and con-!
aiderable support.
Mr, Truman's weakness is that
he has abandoned principles and
Issues as such. He has spent more j
t ime denouncing the Republicans
than the selfish forces inside the j
party, who are worshiping vic
tory as if it should be obtained at
any cost and by any device. What a
grand opportunity for a fight in the
open, calling a spade a spade!
Mr. Truman could win the nomi- j
nation and enhance his reputation
with the country if he courageously
fought the selfish influences within!
his own party. But, as it is, hej
gives the impression that he, too,
is ambitious, or self-seeking and
just wants another term. Mr. Tru
man can no longer remain silent.
He should break all precedents and
go to Philadelphia, address the con-1
This Changing World
Exodus of Communist ‘Fellow-Travelers’
From Washington Is Seen After Election
By Constantine Brown
An exodus of Communist “fellow
travelers” from government service
is in prospect in Washington.
Few resignations have occurred
recently, bat it
is Known tnat
the vast major
ity of those Gov
ernment em
ployes who pa
rade under the
“liberal” labei—
but actually are
enamored of the
Soviet way of
life and Soviet
world policies—
are preparing to
leave govern
ment service if
the Republican*
win the Novem- c»»»u»ttn« *«»■•
ber elections.
They figure that there will be lit
tle opportunity for them to feed at
the public trough if Gov. Dewey,
who gained his national reputation
as a gangbusting prosecutor in New
York, is sent to the White House.
Gov. Dewey, these government em
ployes feel, wiK make full use of the
mass of information which is avail
able in the files of the FBI.
In the last 12 months a number
of Moscow sympathizer* have been
forced to resign or have been dis
missed from government positions.
But the persons so involved were
“hot cases,” whom even sympathetic
investigators could not possibly
ignore.
The process was *}ow and, in spite
of the much-advertised and severely
criticized measures, there are still
many men and women on the pay
roll who prefer Marxist-Lenlnist
ideologies—as “improved” by Stalin
—to traditional American political
philosophy.
The FBI has investigated over
1,000,000 Government employes, but
only an iriflnltesimal portion were
found to be bad security risks. J.
Edgar Hoover’s investigators do not
draw conclusions from their in
vestigations. They present facts
and leave it to the various commis
sions appointed by the President
to decide what to do.
Some members of the fttards
which make the final decision in
these cases lean over backwards—
especially in an election year—to
avoid being accused of un-Amer
ican discrimination.
Yet the activities of some officials,
while not actually subversive, help
the U. S. S. R. and her satellites to
prepare for a struggle against the
United States.
Plank for Women
Democrats Plan to Ask Law Counting
Them In on U. S. Boards, Commissions
By Doris Fleeson
Democrats this year will broaden !
their appeal to women with a plat
form plank calling on Congress to
make mandatory the appointment
of at least one
qualified woman •
to every board !|
and commission |
it creates. These I
groups are prac- I
tically all bi- '
partisan by sta- .
tute already.
N a t i o n a 1 i:
Chairman Mc
Grath proposed
this solution of
the difficulties
encountered by
women in ob
taming w n 11 e
House nomlna- Dori« Fi««*n.
tions and then confirmation by the
I virtually all-male Senate. The Sen
ate has never had at any one time
more than two women members out
of 96; it has had none since 1943.
The question arose when Mrs.
India Edwards, vigilant head of the i
women's division, asked Senator Mc
Grath and other Democratic Sen
ators to press for approval of Miss
Frieda Hennock. New York lawyer,
as a Federal Communications com
missioner.
Senator McGrath conceded that
women were at a disadvantage in
such situations and urged them to
start work at the grass roots. Man
datory appointments by statute, he
said, would have a nonpartisan ap
peal for such groups as the League
of Women Voters and generate back
home pressures always more effective
on Congress than political pleas.
Now Commissioner.
Events proved, incidentally, that
the smart and personable Miss Hen
nock could help herself. After hear
ing her testimony and realizing
that by law a Democrat had to have
that vacancy, the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee ap
proved her nomination.
Senator Wherry, acting majority
leader, then saw to it that the Sen
ate voted on her even during the
final shambles. He austerely states
that it is a matter of principle with
him to let the Senate vote on every
committee - approved nomination.
The Senator is up this year and
probably will not be reticent about
explaining to the League of Women
voters, Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs, etc., in Nebraska
the happy coincidence of his prin
ciples and his rescue of the first
woman named to the FCC. Any
way, it's now Commissioner Hen
nock to you.
With 43 States reporting, Demo
, crats already have 179 women dele
gates as compared to 113 at the
Republican convention; 267 alter
nates. against a Republican 240.
They expect to reach a total of 500.
Cue From Mrs. Luce.
They also expect their glamour
girl. Representative Helen-Gahagan
Douglas of California, to outlook
and outperform Republican Clare
Luce. The two once tangled In the
House on atomic energy: Mrs. Luce
made a wisecrack about the atomic
New Dealer; Mrs. Douglas arose and:
said firmly that she thought of
vention and show cause, so to speak,
why he should be given the nomi
nation. The whole country would
observe and listen with rapt at
tention.
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itomic energy in terms of new dis
:overies to relieve suffering, improve
he Nation’s homes, etc.
Democrats suggest the same dif
ference in approach will occur
it Philadelphia where Mrs. Luce
laid one of the larger and squarer
Bggs of her party’s recent conven
tion. In spite of the cruelties of
television, however, and whatever
one may think of her politics, bare
headed Mrs. Luce did look serene
md handsome in plain dresses and
flat-heeled shoes.
Democratic leaders have learned
from her showing. They will get a
makeup man for their platform
ladies and they are warning all
their women against flower gardens
on the bosom, fussy hats, riotous
print dresses and other feminine
weaknesses which television mag
nifies to the point of caricature.
Cripps Asks Commons
To Accept U. S. Aid
By tht Aitociottd Prtftt
LONDON. July 6.—Sir Stafford
Cripps, Britain's chancellor of the
exchequer, urged the House of Com
mons yesterday to accept Marshall
Plan aid.
His report opened a two-day de
bate in Commons on the Marshall
aid agreement. British representa
tives are to sign the accord in
Washington tonight.
He declared the terms of the
European Recovery Program were
offered on reasonable and prudent
terms, and asked for unanimous ap
proval.
Such approval would assure Brit
ain of $800,000,000 as a grant, and
(100,000,000 as a loan in the next
three months, with more to follow.
. Without such help, Sir Stafford
said, “we could not hope to maintain
either our present standard of liv
ing or our present level of produc
tion.”
He said the net drain on British
gold reserves this year already has
reached £232.000,000 ($928,000,000),
leaving only £473,000,000 ($1,892,000,
000). Unless the drain is stopped
by taking part in the Marshall Plan
the British will be unable to sup
port the pound abroad, he said.
Five Conservative Party members
sprang a surprise by calling for
British rejection of the Marshall
Plan agreement.
10 Are Reported Killed
By Dynamite in Italy
By tht Associated Press
ROME, July 6.—The news agency
Ansa said early today that a dyna
mite blast killed 10 persons and
wounded three others yesterday on
the island of Capraia.
The dispatch said dynamite used
in sea fishing exploded and de
stroyed three buildings. The blast
occurred in a house in the center
of the island's only port.
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No Program for Cutting Cost of
Living in Republican Platform
By Lowell Mellett
On the word of the Associated
Press, we’ve got inflation. Or, at
any rate, "The public is fighting
a running battle against inflation
as 1948 enters_
its secona nan.
Just how the
public is con
ducting its run
ning battle is
not explained,
but details sup
plied by the AP
business expert
indicate it is do
ing it by run
ning into debt.
Quote: “More
retail sales are !
on the cuff.”
Quote: “The
Federal Reserve L*weU Meiiett.
Board says the consumers are using
more of their savings and estimates
that about one-fourth of consumers
will spend beyond their income this
year.” This is a sore point with
the Federal Reserve Board, which
sought vainly to get some aid from
the Republican Congress in its ef
forts to curb installment buying.
Quote: “Generally, union labor
has kept up with the dizzy chase of
wages and prices. . .. But the white
collar workers have fallen behind
and the fixed income group—those
living on pensions or investments—
are going into debt.”
Final quote: "Industry repeats
record profits, sales and dividends.”
Cost of Living Issue.
On the whole the cost of living
still seems likely to be the thing
uppermost in the minds of voters
during the campaign this summer
and fall. That being so, it is worth
while to examine what hope is held
out by the Republican platform.
It says:
“We pledge an attack upon the
basic causes of inflation, Including
the following measures: Progressive
reduction of the cost of Govern
ment through elimination of
waste; stimulation of production as
the surest way to lower prices; fis
cal policies to provide Increased in
centives for production and thrift;
a sound currency; reduction of the
public debt.
"We pledge further, that in tne
management of our national Gov
ernment, we shall achieve the abo
lition of overlapping, duplication
extravagance and excessive cen
tralization; the more efficient as
signment of functions within the
Government; and the rooting out ol
communism wherever found.
"These things are fundamental.’
Unadulterated Bunk.
All of which adds up to pure, un
adulterated bunk. The platform
might just as well have said: "We
do not propose to do anything about
inflation.”
Elimination of Government waste?
All the eliminating that can be done
won’t amount to the cost of a car
of beans, as it affects the average
citizen. Stimulation of production?
The AP expert says: "Increasec
production, has brought an almost
record employment level and some
industrialists fear a labor shortage
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will tighten the labor market still
further. .
Fiscal policies? A hint, no doubt,
of further tax reduction for the
same citizens now benefiting from
the recent cut. Sound currency?
Meaningless. Debt reduction? Con
tradicted by the tax reduction
promise.
Abolition of overlapping, etc.?
Congress already has shown what
this means by kicking some of the
departments apart and scattering
the pieces elsewhere at no saving.
It has cut deeply into some other
agencies, such as the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, which afe chiefly
concerned with making Government
efficient. It has disregarded much
of its own Congressional reorganiza
tion bill, but not tnose provisions
that increase the number of legis
lative employes. And it cheerfully
voted $20,000,000 for an annex to
the handsome Senate office building,
although there will be no increase
in the number of Senators.
All in all, there is no program
for cutting the cost of living in the
Republican platform.
President Truman, however, does
have a program. If he calls Con
gress back to face' its unfinished
business, he should, spell that pro
gram out once more.
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