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“A Lot of Years OQFTIMISM is natural to Vicé President Barkley, and if he's wearing unusually rosy spectacles just now, that’ certainly is understandable. But the “Veep” went pretty far out on the limb of . prophesy when he told the Jefferson-Jackson dinner at Miami that, in his “candid opinion,” the American people will support the Democratic Party “throughout the years of the future.” That may be a lot of years. The Democratic Party has ridden high since 1932, but if there's any lesson to be learned from the years of the past, it won't ride high forever. Late or soon, the American people will decide they want a change, and that probably will be only one of many changes still to come.
, " ” FOR 48 years, beginning in 1860, the Republicans won every presidential election except for the two non-consecu-tive victories of Grover Cleveland, who might not recognize his Democratic Party if he were living now. And in 1908,
plenty of people thought the Democrats were done for permanently. Yet only four years later, when Teddy Roosevelt led _the Bull Moose schism from the GOP and Woodrow Wilson carried all But eight states, plenty more believed there might never be another Republican President. ~~ Eight years afterward, Warren G. Harding won by an overwhelming margin. Calvin Coolidge's 1924 victory was almost as one-sided. Then, in 1928 when Herbert Hoover broke into the solid.south and beat Al Smith by over six million popular votes, many jubilant Republicans _ were sure their party had acquired a perpetual lease on the White House,
WELL, YOU know what's happened since. = _It all goes to prove that in politics, as in other things, change isthe rule. It may come slowly. It may. require ‘the rise.of new parties or the drastié alteration of old ones. & it will, and Mr. Barkley, in- 4 loss exuberant y “would agree that eventually it should For it would be a sad day for America. if any party” eit -s0-firm a grip on office and power t that nochal-— Banik, could break it. R
Re-enact the Draft ow Bseetary Fate draft law, rec- ~ ommended by Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, offers the nation a measure of insurance against armed attack at moderate cost. /Congress should grant it. Since enactment of this law in 1948, little use has been made of it because voluntary enlistments have filled our defense needs. But enlistments probably have been boosted by the mere existence of the law, for until it was passed there had been serious man power shortages in some of the . * . ~ - J x THIS law is referred to as a “peacetime” measure. But we are not, in fact, at peace. The world is divided into hos. tile camps—one headed by ourselves, the other by the Soviet, Union. Only the shooting phase is lacking to make this struggle an all-out war, In the event of a Soviet attack upon the free world, the continental United States itself would, in all likelihood, be ~ the initial target. That must be anticipated, because of the role our industrial might has played in the two great wars of our He, We must be prepared for such a contingency.
~IF THE draft ‘machinery is allowed to fall apart, at tesst four months would he-required to "put it together - again, according to Secretary Johnson. We cannot count upon that much time. Four months’ delay in mobilization might mean the difference between victory and defeat. However, if we are prepared to take up arms at the press of a button, hostile nations will take our readiness into consideration. And the better we are prepared to repel an attack the less likely we are to have to face one. Keeping the Selective Service system on a standby basis will be a wise investment as long as we are confronted by the threat of Soviet aggression.
Mr. Anderson Resigns DEWEY ANDERSON, director of the Public Affairs Institute, has resigned as a member of the Citizens Committee for the Hoover report.
illusioned and angry” over Herbert Hoover's speech at the committee's meeting in Washington last week. He thinks it was “right out of Mr. Hoover's campaign speeches for the Presidency” and “just what thé National Association of Manufacturers has been saying.” :
» » MR. ANDERSON describes himself as a “liberal,” meaning that he supports most of the policies of the Roosevelt New Deal and Truman Fair Deal. - Mr. Hoover disagrees with many of those policies. But, if Mr. Anderson listened attentively while Mr. Hoover spoke, he must have heard him say: “It is not in the field of our commission to discuss the merit or demerit of governmental policies. Whatever those functions may be, our purpose is to make them: work more economically, more efficiently and with better service in their Sontacts with, the people.”
ON’ THAT basis, President Truman has loyally supported the work of the Hoover Commission. On that basis, all citizens, liberal, conservative or whatever, can support it—unless they happen to believe that economy and efficiency in government don't matter. Mr, Anderson's defection will not prove a serious blow to the Citizens Committee or to the good cause it is trying to promote. And it probably has not helped the cause of “liberalism” as represented by Mr. Anderson.
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Boaging Down
But Disputes on Contracts May Be Compromised
“WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-~The billion dollar American arms ald program to eight Atlantic
Pact nations i» bogging down before it gets started, : But there fs a good chance that disputes in -drafting detailed contracts will be compromised. Disputes which are delaying operations are
too serious to be shrugged off, as some Ameri-
can officials are trying to do, Nevertheless, there is legitimate hope In the fact that they concern practical application of a common purpose and that our Allies sincerely desire to co-operate, It was clear from the beginning that details would be harder to work out than the over-all agreement on mutual ald in joint defense. With the best of will in Yacing a common danger, there remain wide variations in the needs and capacities and traditional methods of different Allies,
Defense Budgets
AMONG inherent conflicts to be reconciled are: ONE: The relation between economic recovery and defense budgets. Our arms aid law gives priority to the Marshall program as a security factor, But a too-little interpretation of this would discourage Europeans receiving economic assistance from supplying the military self-help and mutual ald alse required by the law, TWO: The relation between Atlantic area defense .and commitments of Furopean powers in Africa, the Middle East and Far East. Under the — Washington draft agreement, use of American materials would be limited to the Atlantic area. European powers have major involvements elsewhere—the French In Indo-China and the British in Hong Kong and Malaya. Technically. it is hard, if not impossible, to arm and train one part of an army for the West exclusively.
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European Exports
THREE: The relation between American supplies = and European exports to third countries. re-export of American military materials or similar European materials, in order to prevent leakage to Russia or her satellites. How to apply that excellent principle? prevent shipment of Danish machine tools, for instance, to Latin America? ) FOUR: The, relation between American personnel for servicing and training our Allies In the use of American equipment and financial _.and political embarrassments in those countries. Britain says: she cannot finance an uniimited American personnel,
—into Red. propaganda. — ‘Better for British’ —
SOME responsible “and pro-American groups, -
such as the Manchester Guardian, think “it would be far better for the British government to renounce its small share of (military) aid ..than to accept it on terms that may breed bitterness and irritation.”
But that should not be necessary. A
- Teasonable degree of flexibility is not only just
but essential in the arms ald program, as well as the Marshall recovery plan.
CHRISTMAS
The joy of Christmas fills the air Again we see the manger there, Where on an early Christmas morn A Saviour of the world was born.
I love the story of his birth, So simple, and s0 near to earth, A thousand times I've heard it told, And still it's new and never old.
My mother oft’ to me has told, While sheep lay sleeping in the fold, A star shown bright and three wise men Were guided on to Bethlehem.
And when they found the new born babe Rare treasures at His feet they laid, And worshiped Him, then stole away Before the night had turned to day.
That hallowed spot, that sacred shrine Enfolds the world with love divine, And I today in humble prayer Kneel down beside the manger there.
—By Hansel T. Johnston, 325 N. Gladstone St.
DEFENSE STATE . . . By Peter Edson
Threat to Freedom?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The Committee for Economic DeIt's about the kind of country the United States is going to be for the next generation,
velopment has raised a new worry here.
assuming that the “cold war” lasts that long.
A new policy statement made by the CED says in one
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NATIONAL POLITICS Democrats Map
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—The way in which Democrats and Republicans will square off in the political ring in 1950 is becoming fairly clear, The Democrats seem to have determined the nature of the sparring in the first round. They have done this hy a move that,
- whatever its inherent virtue, is extremely
shrewd strategy. Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas had sald that one of the first meastres ‘to be pushed-will be the most touchy of all the
— civil rights proposals — a fair “employment--
practices Jaw. wis
At first glance this = would seem to be a ; foolish beginning.” “For it-will-certainly touch ~off-a Southéri Tebeftion; complete with filibuster; that is bound to get In the way of the = “administration. program,
But from the Democratic point of view it does some other things, It puts the Republicans in the Senate on the spot. Are they for civil rights or are they not? - What's more, this takes place against the background of honest John Bricker's appeal for a union between the Republicans and the So Democrats.
GOP Worried
THE latter «circumstance has a lqt of Republicans worried. Their fondest wish for the new year is that Sen. Bricker and his pronouncement could be consigned to the outer reaches of oblivion. Another complication is the fact, very much in the minds of Negroes and other minority groups, that in the first session of the S8ist Congress Republicans joined with Dixiecrats to put through a new rule making it more difficult to bring civil rights bilis to a vote. The rule makes it nearly impossible.to end debate. All this takes on poignant meaning for at least a few Republicans who. believe that in order ‘to win a national victory their party must get back the Negro vote. As one proef, they are pointing to the outcortie of New Jersey's November election, when Gov, Alfred E. Driscoll was re-elected ‘and the Hague machine overwhelmed. - In a revealing analysis, Arthur Sylvester in the Newark Evening News has shown how
: significant were Gov. Driscoll's heavy majorities
in districts largely populated by Negroes. This in Montclair, where there are 11,000 Negroes, Gov. Driscoll in some Negro districts ran ahead by three to one and in others by four to one. The third ward in Newark hasn't gone
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Republican since 1928. Gov. Driscoll carried every district in that ward. While Gov. Driscoll lost the county dominated by rigidly bossed Atlantic City, Negro leaders asserted their independence and he won in most districts in which the Negro population is in the majority.
Civil Rights Program
THE governor sponsored and worked for the
strong civil-rights provisions in New Jersey's
constitution. Fair employment practice provisions have been enforced more-earnestly than -ir-most. states having sucH laws. Those who have studied the returns believe —
~this-is the-explanation for the Negro vote. While President Truman in November of, 1048 failet vy
a fairly smail margin to. carry 10) state, he got majorities of two to one or more in Negro districts. The Republicans who met out in Chicago last week and decided that the GOP must turn to the right (where have they been all this time?) should look at another and related phase of New Jersey's election. Old guard Republicanism, of the variety that seems to have run the Chicago show; would have been happy to see Gov. Driscoll come in. There Is even a suspicion that the old guard in New Jersey didn’t do all it might have done in Gov. Driscoll’'s behalf. Thaf was because the New Jersey governor decided he would ‘hot be handicapped by old guardism. He personally intervened to prevent former Sen. Albert W. Hawkes from running for a second term in 1948, Sen. Hawkes is the beau ideal of the old guard; the apostle of enterprise so free that even Adam Smith, if he were alive, might think the theory of the free market was being pushed a little hard.
Successful Politician THOSE who want to know what to do about the Republican Party in its decrepitude could do worse than have a talk with Gov. Driscoll. At 48 he is a practical and.a successful politician who seems to know that, like it or not, this is the middle of thé 20th Century and not the end of the 19th. Scriptural-sounding injunctions to turn to the right may please the party's big money contributors, and the GOP till has an empty ring these days. But as a gufde for action it is a little risky. A bit more to the right and the party may find itself right off the map.
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“Strikes Against Public’ : By Frank Neil I think it is time for free American. eltizens " to spedk our feelings’ against the recurrent | strikes that occur in coal mines and other in. dustries. They are hurting the ‘peaceful pupsuits
of our citizens. As I see it, the strikers have no redsonable »
grounds on which to strike, ‘They are thwarting
, Production which our people aré-entitled to. i
Management. has given all concessions In ¥ the interest of workers. I am for the poor man . to. get proper pay for working dally thru toil % and sweat. But there is a limit when the publie { ¥ is involved, and suffers on account of this petty { grievance, » I think that John L, Lewis; should be elim- } inated. He is a menace to the American’ publie. 7 The people should be abla to enjoy the products = of our American resources without the interven. : tion of such public enemies as Lewis, whose every move is selfish and un-American, If the Taft-Hartley Law is the answer, let us invoke it. Stop strikes against public interest, The people come first.
‘Water Policy . Needed’
By George J. Usher The water crisis now facing New York City. and New Jersey once again demonstrates the need for a national land and water use policy, 7 It gives evidence to the city dweller of his vital ; stake in conservation principles ‘being properly & practiced in areas, mainly rural in nature, which § § may be many miles away from the city limits, ¢ The lowering of water tables and the pollution J of both surface and underground water, coupled with overconsumption of water, indicates waste X and misuse of valuable water supplies. When water is retained properly on the land, { it does not wash away the topsoil. It goes into ’ underground streams, providing adequate water ; supplies for both man and stream life. Urban members of our organization are con. tinually being asked why they are so concerned with a problem that seems to be a rural one..The ; citizens, of New York City and New Jersey are ' now finding out the truth of what we have been} expounding—without proper land or water con servatidn in the rural areas, no urban area dependent on it can thrive, ‘
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‘Failed on Oath’ { By R. Freck § What's in a name? Harry Truman took an oath on the Bible that he would uphold the people in the United + States. Under the New Deal he has destroyed ¢ $100.000 worth of food yearly and at the pres-. ent time he won't do anything to stop Lewis: because if he uses the Taft-Hartley plan, people will think Taft is a better man. ? We fought to make America a free country. i How long are the people going to let Truman § and Léwis run-it?- -
‘Freedom of the Press’ “By Robert Mitchel
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MONETARY and fiscal tricks have no power of magic, but are a slippery mead to misery.—Dr. Edward G. Nourse, recently resigned as Mr, Truman's chief economic adviser. * o¢ MUCH as we believe... . in the free exchange of knowledge, we cannot and will not be gen erous with that which might so“easily be turned against us to our own confusion.—U. 8. Ambassador to England Lewis Douglas. * & ¢
WHEN we speak to the world, we speak as a united America.—Sen. Tom Connally (D. Tex.), on bi-partisan foreign policy. *
WE must win the oh. S0 battle. We must make sure that the Kremlin plan for world conquest does not succeed.—ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman. ® oo & °° ’ START at the bottom and work everybody, —Actor Jackie Gleason's Hollywood success formula. * ¢ o
THE three fighting services must become a single, versatile team with a single purpose—the security of our country.—Adm. Forrest Sherman, chief of nav by operations. ® o : THERE is no ton but what panic buying has contributed to the current price rise (in coffee). —Sen. Guy M. Gillette (D. lowa), chairman, Senate Agricultural Subcommittee, _
ECONOMICS . . . By Earl Richert
Trend of Prices .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20—Economic thought in the government is by no means unanimous on the importance of the steel
Offsetting those in Congress and the administration who are alarmed and demand investigations, are those who look upon the
This, according to Mr. Anderson, because he is “dis-
place that the United States In this coming period may be a
“garrison state.” Not a ‘‘police state” nor a ‘welfare state’ but a ‘garrison state.” What is meant by this is that everything the government does will be done in the name of national defense and sécurity. And in this process
‘Individual freedoms and lib-
erties will be allowed to go by the board.
. ” ” THE Committee for Economic Development started
worrying about this problem some 18 months ago. CED, it should be remembered is not a government alphabet agency, Its board of trustees
is made up of about 150 of the, ..
more progressive big businessmen of the country. People like Marion B. Folsom of Eastman Kodak, Beardsley Rum) of Macy's, Eric Johnston of the movies, Philip D. Reed of General Electric, Fowler McCormick of International Harvester, Paul Hoffman of Studebaker, now head of the Marshall Plan, and William Benton of Encyclopedia Britannica, recently appointed Senator from Connecticut, were prominent in founding CED. It steers away from the straight National Association of Manufacturers and U, 8. Chamber of Commerce line, and ‘tries to pioneer new ideas. » ” L IN tackling this problem of the garrison state, the CED did not worry about how much it was going to comt, where the money was coming from, whether. the government should indulge in deficit financing and an unbalanced budget, That is the conventional approach to this problem, The GED went after the ental issues of
how full employment and national security can be maintained without -loss of -individual freedom for a long period of time,
»” . FRED LAZARUS JR. of Cineinnati, president of Federated Department Stores, was chairman of the CED Hubcommittee that wrote the new report on “National Security and Individual Freedom.” He points out that living under crisis. conditions {is going to create an kind of America for the next gereration. The probiems of the war economy may have been more acute and more dangerous. Mr, Lazarus says he does not consider there is any danger of war tomorrow, But getting a balanced program to deal with these conditions without sacrificing individual liberties is what the CED group went after.
» ~ » THE particular dangers which Mr, Lazarus points to as likely to lead to loss of individual liberties during the national security program include: 1, Peacetime selective
"© service, 2. Loyalty investiga-
tions for government employees. 3. Government censorship over scientific and tech. nical information. 4. The drying up of information on U, 8. government conduct of relations with other countries, All these tend to create fear
And hysteria among the people,
says the CED report. Three particular dangers which a top-heavy national defense program imposes on individual liberties are listed by CED: 1. The burden of toohigh taxes, weakening the incentive of business to produce,
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2. The control of too much business activity through government contracts. 3. The imposition of economic controls over business, in thé name of security. » » » THE specific recommendations which the CED group advances to deal with this situa‘tion may seem to fall somewhat short of meeting the desired goal. They fall back on the old devices of setting up a new Joint Congressional Committee and of appointing a few more government officials of Peopiv's fresdoms rank to protect the or them,
THE impertance of the new CED policy statement is not, however, in whether any of its recommendations will be
adopted.
The importance of report No.’ 19 is that it focuses new attention on the fact that political and economic life in the United States of the next generation may be entirely different from what it has been In any past generation, The President and the Congress have a new responsibility’ in seeing that the constitutional lberties of the people are not destroyed in the
mad race for ty—nation. al as well as ividual-cin the second half of 20th century,
development with great calm. To this group, the increase Is just another item tending to sustain the inflationary situation. Other items are expansion in installment buying and, more important, the government's own inflationary deficit financing and support of easy housing credit. This group does not think the steel price increase will add
- much to the cost of living of
the average American. » » » “IN FACT,” said one high official, “I look for the over-all cost of living to go down a little. Food, clothing and housing make up the most important items in the cost of living, and a few dollars added to the cost of an automobile or a few cents to An electric toaster will make little, if any, difference.”
This group thinks price inflation, with few exceptions, is about all washed up and the thing to worry about is expanslon of credit—people going into debt now for things they'll have to Pay for in the future. ~ ” THIS gow is "1929 conscious” an recally that jt was credit inflation and not price inflation that preceded that crash, “Now,” said one official, “we're seeing installment buying growing at the rate of $200 million a month—and this at a time of high ipcome ‘and high employment when .people should be able to pay for most of what they buy. “And millions of people are mortgaging themselves for
years. to come on high priced
homes, “What happens when these people hdve to stop buying and use all their éurrent income fo pay for what they've ajready bought?”
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HE said installment buying is hot too great when considered in relation to present national income, but it is the rate of growth that worries him, ~; Also, he said, the present housing debt probably could be supported if the’ value of the national product is kept around $250 billion a year—but what happens if it falls off a little? “Now let me make it plain.” he sald. “I don’t think we'll have anything like 1929 again because we have government Prqps under everything, . But we can have another exploblon as a result of credit and we'll have the. government doing more and more to keep the thing going.” . » HE said he is not concerned over the current surge in the stock market because ‘not much credit is going In,” aven
- though margins have see.
lowered to 50 per cent, He said stock market aptivity was spurred by the wide spread between high dividends and the low interest rate on money, With“ cheap money, high wages, the federal deficit and the coming GI insurance dividends, most investors look_for a period of good business ahead. Fortunately, so far, they're paying for the stocks they buy.”
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