Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1948 — Page 2
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PHILADELPHIA, July 13 (UP) 5 «>The voters’ choice in this presi3 dential year, as Sen. Alben W, . Barkley of Kentucky sees it, lies *% between “unparalleled achieve: “ ment” by the Democrats and “sabotage” by the Republicans. In a trumpeting keynote address to the Democratic National, * convention last night, he read the * r#cord of the 16 New Deal years sand of the young, Republicancontrolled 80th Congress. . The Democrats, he said, have ~ behind them a “consistent, con- * structive and far-sighted record
1; fare” But the Republicans have + only a “record of attempted sabo-«-tage,” he declared. S No- ¢ vember, he added, would jeopard-
+ munism and preserve peace. He ONE: Being dominated by the
Pennsylvania political machine|
:- headed by Joseph R. Grundy of This was a
ton a record-breaking swarm of lobbyists. He said registered lobbyists increased from
360 | the Democratic-controlled . 70th to 1400 during the
80th. They spent “more thin $8,-
THREE: Imitating
FOUR: eri
.of Michigan kept the GOP Congreas from slashing pledged recovery funds by 26 per cent, Mr. Barkley said. . FIVE: BSeeking to substitute for government of, by and for all the people a government of, by and for only “the best people.” RECOVERY: The New Deal administration of the late President Roosevelt “breathed into the nostrils of every worthy American enterprise—a breath of new lite, new hope, and new determination.” AGRICULTURE: Sponsored programs which increased farm income by 800 per cent, reduced farm mortgage indebtedness more than 50 per cen, and through rural electrification brought cheap power to millions of farmers, RESOURCES: Through the Tennessee Valley Authority and other development programs made “natural resources the servants of the public rather than Ie c “ot: private exploitan” - ~
LABOR: Frodgeeq the Wagner Labor Relations ct and the Fair
Labor Standards (Wage-Hour) act. - FOREIGN TRADE: Established the reciprocal trade program for increasing the markets of U, 8. capital and labor “throughout the world.” BANKS: Set up the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. which reduced bank failures from 4004 in 1933 to six in 1947, HOMES: Built thousands of homes under a Federal Housing Administration, ‘and through the Home Owners Loan Corp. reduced
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real estate foreclosures from 252,- |
000 In 1933 to 10,000 in 1947. HEMISPHERIC RELATIONS: Substituted the good neighbor policy for Republican “dollar diplomacy.” ho EMPLOYMENT: Now more
than 61,000,000 employed as com- |
pared to 15,000,000 unemployed 16 years ago. PROFITS: U. 8. corporations in 1947 made a record-breaking $17 billion after taxes. NATIONAL INCOME: Rose from $38 billion 16 years ago to $210 billion. PROSPERITY: Mult i-billion- . dollar increases in security issues, sales, exports, and savings, and reduction of the national debt in little more than two years by more than $27 billion. Here is the way he summarized
the record of the Republican Con-
gress: ; ATOMIC ENERGY: Shortened terms of atomic energy commissloners in hope of getting ‘“political control of the commission and its functions.”
AGRICULTURE: Sought to destroy rural electrification and soil conservation by restricting funds. LABOR: Enacted the TaftHartley law with a “desire to destroy the right of American labor to organize.” HOMES: Failed to pass adequate housing legislation. Subordinated the needs of veterans and workers “to the will of the real estate lobby.” HEALTH: Refused to pass health measures despite repeated presidential requests. SOCIAL SECURITY: Refused to extend benefits and “eliminated nearly 750,000 people from possible benefits under it.” WAGES: Refused to increase the minimum wage from 40 cents an hour to 70 cents, “which will just buy a pound of hamburger.” INFLATION: Offered only “a
milk and water voluntary i reduction measure” La
inflation which sent the food price * index to an all-time high. FOREIGN TRADE: Passed .& reciprocal trade act extender so limited and restricted that no new agreements can be made under it. Sen. Barkley attributed election of Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr. of Pennsylvania as Republican National Chairman to Mr, Grundy's nflyence. quoted Mr. Scott as sayin # back in 1043 that “it is time ro ‘Republicans to take over, We “the best “stock. We are’ the re nt the real grit,
vention Keynote
in the House! pple the European Recovery program. Only the leadership of high-minded Republicans like Sen. Arthur H. Vandenburg|
bone of Amer- |
Hod-Carrier
N in their platform whtle pin Again to Aid
¢ ts reforms in Con-
needed someone to speak up for i has answered the call. it well, and effectively. He was a favorite son, for a while, in 1932. There was some talk of him for Vice President in 1940 and 1944.
!{he call never came; That ‘seemed. never to really disturb “Dear Alben.” He just went back to his job as Senate Democratic leader-—ready to carry the hod for Presidents Roosevelt or Truman, or any Gther member of the Democrati¢ administration under attack, or for any-—well, almost any-—adminjstration bill Doesn’t Count Now Now, when it doesn't count, some party bosses seem ready to call on him to be Mr. Truman's running mate. - Friends say he's disappointed and sore. They admit he has every right to be. But, like many another Democrat, Dear Alben probably will agree in the end that this really IS the time for ail good men to come to the Aid of the party. He has had. humiliatigg experiences ak S6NAte leader with the longest term ever. There were times when FDR would shoot from the hip,’ tell Alben later, and then expect him to corral Démocrats to his side. Most times, just because Sen. Barkley is such a well-liked old party war
By MARSHALL McNEIL, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA, July 13—01d Alben carried the hod again last| running mate night—and got the biggest demonstration of the convention. In 1932, in 1936, in 1948 as keynoter——in the Senate and out, in{the mantle of leader and role of conventions and ‘campaigns, whenever the Democratic Party has| heir apparent.
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CHEERS FOR BARKLEY—James Roosevelt holds high the hand of Sen. Alben W. Barkley as state signs bob before rostrum in demonstration following Sen, Barkley's 7 Democratic convention yesterday. The ovation given Sen. Barkley virtually assured him of the vice presidential nomination.
eynote address to the
Alben Comes of His Party
t, Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky
|horse, he succeeded. | He was under deep obligation to FDR, for example.
Roosevelt's letter to “Dear Al-
It would have counted then. But ben,” that made him majority antiy victor in a fight for con-
leader over the late Pat Harrison, {by a one-vote majority. It was {the vote of the late Sen. Bilbo. Won by 1 Vote
leader in a terrific huff, and then
with a tax bill veto. Sore Only Once
been sore — publicly—with Mr. Truman, That was when the President vetoed the first OPA Revision bill, and Mr. Barkley told him he'd get nothing better. But, the veto having been sent, Sen. Barkley then went to work on another OPA extension bill— and he put it over. Alben Barkley won his first
over his district on a mule. | There'll be two men on the Democratic mule this year. And] chances are that if they demand it of him, Alben Barkley will be |
{on Wheels,” maybe. '
Democrats to
"52 Campaign
Young Liberals Out for Control
By CHARLES T. LUCEY Seripps-Howard Stall Writer
liberal to rally around the cause of Justice William O. Douglas, which down yesterday, was only the first skirmish in what will be
“1a long battle for party control
Few leaders at this Democratic convention give their party much chance of victory in No-
vember. So the question being
‘asked it:
It's the same question the Democrats had after Al Smith's defeat in 1928, when Franklin Roosevelt, James A. Farley and publicist Charles Michelson . set about taking over the White House in 1932. : Here at Philadelphia the story is that of old names, old faces, Sen. Alben W. Barkley, former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Frank Hague, Edward J. { Flynn, Big Ed Kelly from CHi|cago and the same hierarchy of | Southern Democratic’ leaders { which has ruled for years.
~ "Barkley Points to ‘Achievements’ Youth Points ~ yOf Democrats and ‘Sabotage’ By GOP in Con
Cites 16-Year Record |
f | Who. picks up the pieces and . | rebuilds for 1952?
transportation agent, at W With Clare Boothe Luce—
Dismal Convention Lacks |
Truman's Confident Outlook
| . Too Unknown
In the Roosevelt era few really | forceful young leaders were developed. Mr. Douglas, many politicians agree, wouldn't have added a hatful of votes to what the Democrats will get in November. ju not well enough known.
he would become Mr. Truman's
| defeat, he would have inherited
And more often than not he has answered|sist there are new men coming & lip In many states about whom
He|
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Buoyancy, Say It Is
(Copyright, 1948, by The Indiandpolis
in Philadel-
It was Mr.|
there is a:chance to rebuild a/Democratic ranks
| national party. . { For Instance, Mayor Hubert |Humphrey of Minneapolis, re-
{trol of the party's state machin-
{ery and now contesting with Sen.
phia: Courage and confidence. I have spoken.to a’ number of
contrast provided by Mr. Truman's own buoyancy and the dismal; panicky, turncoat Bimios ut
Brooks.
{Joseph H. Ball for the Senate./phere among his followers. In Wisconsin, National Commit-|I was told that the President's He split with President Roose-teeman Robert Tehan is on the confident attitude was only a velt once, resigned as majority same side. : In Illinois, Paul Douglas, Uni-|la winning candidate because it submitted to re-election when the versity of Chicago Professor, who|was “unwarranted.” President sald he really didn’t|is the Democratic senatorial canmean what he said. It had to do|didate against Sen. C. Wayland |the President . was. constantly Also Adlal Stevenson, ‘‘coked up with false estimates
governorship candidate against of his chances by the men who Only once, up to now, has he Gov. Dwight Green.
further preof of his unfitness as
One Democrat assured me, that
surround him.”
There's a Debt, Too
In Pennsylvania, Richard Dilworth, who came s0 close to being elected mayor of Philadelphia. Sen. Francis Myers belongs to the same group. So also does Sen. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island, national chairman.
campaign in Kentucky by riding] Sen. Brien McMahon of Con- cruelly defeated ih November as
necticut is another. Wilson Wyatt in Kentucky is rated high. Ex-Gov.
| .Frank Lausche of | Ohio, a candidate seeking to re-| riding well back—singing “Wag-/turn to his old job this year, is didate in all American history regarded as still another. 'ever entered a campaign with his
“Harry,” they tell him, “the people love you.” This particular delegate looked at me and tapped his head significantly; as much as to say, imagine a man being so crazy as to believe that ==.
| GOP Feels Sorry
| , It must be very bitter for Harry {Truman to reflect, if he is as
{the Democrats here are predict- | ing, that that very defeat will have been prepared by his own cohorts.
Certainly no presidential can-
at Philadelphia.
eir Cook Municipal Airport.
Shown loading a bundle.of pap which will fiy them directly to the convention city, He-is being assisted by John J. Stipe, TW
papers
‘TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1048
> CONVENTION BOUND — Copies of The Times are being shipped daily to the Democratic. National Convention | on-a Trans World Airlines plane, is Russell Faux, circulation manager.
Democrats Hope To Control Senate
Foresee Majority In Upper House By EARL RICHERT Scripps-Howard Staff Weiter PHILADELPHIA, July 13 Gloomy Democrats here think they see one bright spot on the horizon. : They believe it entirely prop. able that a Democratic-controlleq Senate will be on hand next Jan. uary to greet Mr. Dewey's ex. pected ascension to power. They do not have the same hopes fop the House. "rE Democratic optimism in respect to the Senate is based on expec. tations that a Dewey victory wig not be of such landslide propor. tions in the key states involveq as to bury all- Democratic. candi. dates. .e | The Senate now is divided, 51 Republicans to 45 Democrats, The Democrats need only to holq what they have and pick up fous additional seats to.win control, Their chances for holding their own are fairly good because 11 of the 15 Democratic seats up ip the election are from the deep South. Only four are from doubt. ful states and the odds favor thy Democrats in three of these four, The Republicans have 18 seats
land fantastic fnsults that evenly oived in the election” and is
at this late date are being thrown|;...¢ lat Mr. Truman. In this anti-Truman attitude,
[which persists even though every . delegate here knows that beyond Radio Audience any doubt Mr, Truman will be
~ Democrats Scorn President's
‘Unwarranted’
By CLARE BOOTHE LUCE
Times and United Features Syndicate)
| PHILADELPHIA, July 13—This is probably the dullest, dreariest, most dispirited gathering ever assembled in the annals of Amer- } . The idea of those who hoped ican politics to pick a President. ye You begin to long for the arrival of Mr. Truman himself, as was that, in party you might yearn for a patch of blue sky in a prolonged rainy spell. And watching this convention you suddenly realize that all
charges to the contrary, Mr. Tru-|
| - does possess several virtues. | Some younger leaders here in Man So Sr I two qualities(the men of his own party than the delegates partly explains that are totally lacking today in/has the unfortunate Harry Tru-lwny Big Jim Farley has come as {near being a hero as this conven-
prestige more badly damaged by
man.
*| Truman.
nominated on the first ballot, there is something schizophrenic.
The delegates. have, so to speak, ‘acquired a split-party. personality. The average delegate here believes, in successive moments, two totally divergent things: That the party of Roosevelt, the party of the glorious, omnipotent, everlasting New Deal cannot possibly be defeated by any Republican; and that any Republican ‘can defeat Harry 8.
This curios split in the minds
six can be’ considered doubtful.
Gets an Earful
PHILADELPHIA, July 13 (UP)—The radio audienée got an unexpected earful of what goes on along the national convention sidelines last night when some. one accidently threw open an NBC microphone on the rostrum, where photographers were crowd. ing around celebrities. “Quit shoving or I'll knock yoy on your can,” one photographer said to another and several mil. lion listeners.
Fence Firm Executive
So disgraceful has been theltion has seen.
{language and conduct of Dem-|
{licans in Philadelphia are beginning to feel sorry for him. Indeed, so savage has been the Democratic abuse of Mr. Truman that one Republican was heard to observe that if they kicked him around only a little harder, it might begin to boomerang and create sympathy for the candi: date. “ Yesterday James A. Farley tried to recall these party wreckers to some sense of the loyalty that those who have ridden the
Mr. Farley is still remembered Democrats here about the strange jocrats about their own command. best, as the man he sagineared Ane the big victory a cago in ’ jer in-chief, that even the Repub |=tiie—one—that—-usherel ~ip—the New Deal. Mr. Farley is the man
winner. Maybe Mr. Farley knows again. So what is Jim telling them to do now?
He told the delegates to get on
tion bandwagon,. but it's also a campaign tumbril,
who knows how to pick a party,
Funeral Thursday
Frances A. Pattison, treasure er of the Cyclone Fence Co, U, S. Steel subsidiary here, died yes. terday in his home, 6107 N. Mich. an Rd. | Born in 1877, Mr. Pattison lived
{most of his life in Indianapolis, He was a member of the Shrine, | Scottish Rite and a past Master {of the Masonic Lodge in Denver, Colo. . Services will be at 2:30 p. m,
the bandwagon.for Mr. Truman. Thursday in Flanner & Buchan. And now. they're .gatting on. it,|an Mortuary. Burial will. be in Some say mayhe.it's a conven: Crown Hill. Eo) oF
Surviving are his wife, Ka
rolling.
| Monrovia, Cal.
Anyway, it's|erine B. and a brother, P. N,, of : %
gravy train for 16 years owe to their standard-bearer.
He was referring specifically to the anti-Truman round-robin circulated by James Roosevelt of California; Frank Hague of New Jersey; Jacob. Arvey, Chicagd’ boss, and Mayor O'Dwyer of New Yotk City, to namé but a few of the many Democrats who have tried to dispose of the man they fear will not keep them in power! The absurd Pepper candidacy, improvised overnight on the ruins of the Eisenhower boom, is one!
example of the many gratuitous
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