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Democrats Attack, Attack, Attack

HE oratory which greeted the delegates on the opening

day of their convention at Chicago made it clear that the Democratic strategists have adopted the doctrine that _the best defense is a strong offense. ; The three major speeches of the day laid the predicate for a fighting campaign, and evidently followed a well-

conceived plan.

In his welcoming speech Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson gave the convention a preview of what may be expected of him if he is the presidential nominee. The speech was well prepared, and well executed. There was nothing about it to suggest a bid for political favor, but it was apt and challenging and a reflection of poise and confidence. Gov. Paul A. Dever’s keynote speech followed the conventional pattern, praising the party in power for its accomplishments and heaping ridicule upon the opposition. It was a good speech, as such speeches go, from a partisan

standpoint.

But the real speech of the day was sandwiched in between the Illinois governor's address of welcome and the Massachusetts governor's keynote address. Sen. Paul Douglas of Illinois was the speaker, and the Korean War was his

topic.

It is evident that the Democrats are convinced that

the Korean fiasco is the biggest hurdle between them and victory, and apparently they are determined to neutralize that liability if they can.

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SEN. DOUGLAS was well selected as attorney for the defense, for he was a fighting Marine with a notable combat record in World War II, and has been a not infrequent

critic of the Truman policies.

Indeed, in listening to his

implied criticism of Gen. Eisenhower, it was difficult to believe that this was the same Paul Douglas who just a few months ago wanted to see Dwight Eisenhower nominated by both major political parties. - But politicians are free to change their minds and it must be said of the Illinois Senator that when he did his about-face he went all the way around. = It was the Douglas thesis that Gen. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles were key figures in the American withdrawal from Korea in 1948—-which the Republicans now _ criticize, It also was his contention that Gens. MacArthur © and Wedemeyer had a part in that decision. All of which is partly true but only a very small part of the truth.

THE WITHDRAWAL from Korea followed the aban‘donment of China, which Gens. MacArthur and Wedemeyer . opposed. Neither Gen. Eisenhower nor Mr. Dulles were consulted. Gen. George C. Marshall, the last word on such military: matters—as far as President Truman was concerned—admitted a year before our withdrawal from Korea that our military position there would become untenable if the Communists captured North China and Manchuria. Had Gen. Wedemeyer’s advice been followed, both of those areas might have been saved. The basic decision to abandon both China and Korea was a political ‘decision, made by Gen. Marshall, with the approval of the State Department, and later subscribed

to by Secretary of State Acheson.

Moreover, it was not

our military withdrawal from Korea in 1948, but our failure properly to arm the South Koreans for their own defense which paved the way for the Red invasion. : The issue before the American people today, however, is not what led to this Korean fiasco, but how to get out of it with honor and without the unnecessary loss of more American lives. When President Truman vetoed Gen. MacArthur's plan to end this war he accepted a dreadful responsibility which remains undischarged.

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. SEN. DOUGLAS offered no solution for this problem. All that he could venture was the hope that “we may gain a long peace” if we can deter Stalin from attacking until Stalin dies and Russia is weakened by an internal struggle. That won’t be reassuring to the GIs fighting in Korea, without the hope of substantial reinforcements. And what if Stalin decides he wants the big war now, for which we admittedly are not ready because the President has stretched out his preparedness program?

Barkley’s Withdrawal—

VICE PRESIDENT Barkley’s withdrawal from the race "for the Democratic presidential nomination was sudden

and surprising.

But it was much more. It was a dramatic capitulation by a stalwart, loyal and amiable party warrior who had spent a lifetime doing the party’s chores, some of them painful and

onerous.

“It has always been my belief,” said the Vice President, “and my record supports this,” that the Democratic Party should serve without favor the best interests of all segments of our life. :

“I have never believed and do not now believe that any one of these (pressure) groups should be permitted to dominate or control either of our great political parties. “However, since arriving in Chicago I have learned that self-appointed political labor leaders have taken it on themselves to announce their opposition to me as Democratic nominee for President. “They have admitted to me that weeks ago they com- * mitted themselves to a program and to candidates other than myself, which would give them greater control of the machinery and politics of the Democratic Party.” Those words vividly describe what has happened to the Democratic Party, which once had a slogan of “special privi-

leges for nope.” a =»

~ NO MATTER what Congress says about it, President Truman will continue to think that the Taft-Hartley Law is

- no good in an e

lection year.

” . SEN. KEFAUVER'S handshaking campaign will be

siven a new

at the Chicago convention. There the ; will shake him, Ene - ; \ & ;

_ sonal profit,

~ CHICAGO, July ' 22—Though the" general foreign policy of the Democratic candidate and of Republican Candidate Eisenhower probably will be similar, there can be a big difference in emphasis and in experience. Among the Democratic possibilities, those with experience in foreign affairs are Mr. Harriman and Gov. Stevenson—and, of course, President Truman, Sen, Russell has foreign knowledge as the leading legislative expert on military affairs. No one of them, except Mr. Truman, has as much experience as Gen. Eisenhower in dealing with posi-war inteinational problems on all ' levels—political, economic and military. 8 The difference id’ émphasts would be greatest as between Mr. Harriman or Mr. Truman on one side and Gen. Eisenhower on the other. It would be much less between Gov. Stevenson

‘(or Sen. Russell) and Gen. Eisenhower.

Any major difference will show on three issues: See ONE—Continuation of the present lop-sided concentration on Europe and neglect of the Far East versus a ‘genuinely global policy.

DEAR BOSS ... . By Dan Kidney McKinney Raps GOP Policies

CHICAGO, July 22—Frank E. McKinney, Indianapolis, banker and sportsman, reached what may be the pinnacle of his political career when he addressed the Democratic Convention as National Chairman last night.

If the usual custom is followed, the new nominee will select his own chairman, just as Mr. McKinney was chosen by President Truman. :

That nominee may have addressed the convention earlier in the day, when Mr. McKinney was wielding the gavel. The reluctant Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois “wowed” the delegates with the most quotable and erudite phrases that have come from a Democratic platform since the days of Woodrow Wilson. Nor does that exclude the polished phrases of the late F.D.R.,, who had help from such experts in the phrase-making business as Pihywright Robert E. Sherwood.

Mr. McKinney's speech was straight Democratic rheforic. He gave the GOP its come-up-pance for being anything but the poor man’s friend. He cited ancient and modern U. 8. history to prove his points, to the delight and satisfaction of his all-Democratic audience.

‘Most Momentous Campaign’

LIKE THE Republicans were themselves saying from the same rostrum little more than a week ago, Mr. McKinney declared:

“The most momentdus political campaign in the history of our country has begun. Its cutcome will determine whether government of the people shall remain with and: for the people, or be leased to the privileged few, for their per- * The difference was that the Republicans used the Democrats for the villifns in this drama, while Mr. McKinney’ reversed the process.

“For more than a century and a half,” Mr.

McKinney said, “the Democratic Party has stood

for government of the people, and for the peo-

-ple, against thé traditional Republican doctrine

that the people cannot be trusted to govern themselves.” vr Citing the Bill of Rights, Mr. McKinney maintained that its author was Thomas Jefferson, a Democrat, whom Republicans had no right to be claiming at this late date. Let them stick to Alexander Hamilton, he advised.

The Hamiltonians “hated democracy” and

‘still do, Mr. McKinney declared.

“Their contempt for the average man was bitter and unconcealed,” Mr. McKinney maintained. “When the common people attempted to organize, to claim the rights that their blood had bought on the fields of battle, they were accused of sedition. Their political societies were outlawed and forcibly prevented from holdIng meetings. . “The cynical philosophy of those days was s0 obviously the rule and guide followed in the recent Republican convention held in this hall.

‘Rich Dominate GOP’

- “THE RICH, the powerful, the privileged dominate the Republican Party today, just as they dominated its ancestor, the Federalist Party.” X Reciting the history of the regimes of Jefferson and Jackson, whom He lisfed as great Democrats on the people’s side, Mr. McKinney reviewed all of the social legislation passed during the last two decades of Democratic rule. He paid high tribute to both Presidents Roosevelt and Truman. “Prosperity is at the highest level of history,” Mr. McKinney concluded. “The national income of our people, as well as business profits after taxes, are the highest in the history of our country. “We are gathered here now, the representatives of a truly national party, to write a new chapter in political history. “Never before have the forces of wealth and privilege been so strongly mobilized for assault on the things the Democratic Party stands for . +» +» and has fought for . . ., from the days of Thomas Jefferson onward.”

What Others Say—

A POLITICAL party whose members steal from one another can't be trusted to run the government of the United States.—Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D. Okla.).

SIDE GLANCES

“Seems like the only way we know for sure they're home from

college is we don't get letters!”

"FOREIGN POLICY . . . By Ludwell Denny

Stevenson And Eisenhower Ideas Similar

very much troubled by the financial effects of continued large-scale

By Galbraith

TWO-—Loose administration of Allied self-

help and decreasing = subsidies except for

extreme emergencies. THREE—Present unsatisfactory standards versus weeding-out the unfit from the State Department and foreign aid personnel and

« reduction of Pentagon waste,

Mr, Harriman, along with Secretary of State Acheson, has been President Truman's chief adviser in distorting foreign policy away from the global concept in which the Far East and Middle East have been under-rated. Although Gen. Eisenhower functioned in Europe during the war, and recently as supreme commander of the ..North Atlantic defense

organization, his approcah is definitely global.

ALL ‘TANKED UP’ . . . By, Frederick C. Othman

Pin the Donkey Onto the Tail

He derved In the a a De He recognizes that Stalin must as well as in Europe. He is Mid East-conscious, and was chiefly responsible for getting Turkey and Greece into NATO over Western European . objection. 2 : Gov. Stevenson is understood to be much closer to Gen, Eisenhower than'to Mr. Truman on global policy. On foreign aid issue of course Mutual Security Administrator Harriman and Mr, Truman are directly responsible for present loose standards. Gov. Stevenson, like Gen. Eisenhower, is understood to favor much tighter regulations - and administration. Also Gov. Stevenson, like Gen. Eisenhower, is

LETS SEE NOW-

EENY MEENY . MINEY %

Oxygen Available to Democrats In Event They Blow a Gasket

CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, July 22— In room 574 of the Congress Hotel, under auspices of an expert in treating hysterics, is an oxygen tank with a standard air lines mask of pulsing rubber. This is for the benefit of Democrats who blow a gasket under the strain of trying to be polite: to each other.

They're even supposed to be courteous to

- Republicans, and if you know Democrats like

I know Democrats, that oxygen deal—identical with the one used at 20,000 feet on swooning passengers—is in for a workout. Even as I write this in the small hours of the morning, ‘the little Lord Fauntleroys with the big cigars are engaged in one of those verbal matches for which they used to be famous. Only this time they're expected (ulp) to be calm about it. My own thought is that the oxygen man should order up a couple or six spare tanks. : The suggestion came down from on high that now was the time to show up those dear, Republican friends, who spent a solid week booing, making undignified gestures, and spraying insults broadside into the atmosphere. The Democrats, said their leaders, would prove to the voters how much more civilized they were than the noisy old, ear-splitting opposition.

Timely Tips to Delegates

UPON ARRIVAL at his seat for the first session here at the Cow Palace, each delegate found a card chastely printed in blue ink, advising him that at any moment and without warning 140 million American eyes might be watching him close-up via television. This document suggested by indirection that each Democrat refrain from scratching himself, from making raspberry-like noises and especially from poking his neighbor in the nose.

All day the Democrats maintained their sweet tempers. There was not one single fist fight on the floor. The police did not have to give anybody the old heave-ho, Like perfect ladies and gentlemen, the delegates sat there and took the oratory. Some of it was hard to take, too.

CHICAGO, July 22— Once upon a time--which is the way all good fables begin—there was a candidate for the presidency who came right out and said: “My chances for winning this nomination are lousy. I really don’t know what I'm doing in this race at all. But in a weak moment, suffering from a sudden attack of swellheadedness and after looking over the shortcomings of my rivals. I decided to toss my hat into the ring. “I haven't got nearly as many delegates as I claim. I haven't the slightest idea where I can get any more, unless I

can buy 'em with buttons. If I win, it will be nothing short of a miracle or just plain dumb luck.” :

® » a x IF ANY candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency came out with such a statement of stark honesty today, it would probably sweep the convention right off its feet. For what Chicago has been witnessing is the exact opposite to the fable above. More imi-

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slugging

They recessed for dinner, returned to their strangely quiet party by the stockyards, bowed their heads in prayer and submitted to more forensics. Came then behind a phalanx of police, who politely shoved their elbows into the middles of the bystanders, Gov. Paul A. Dever of Massachusetts, The Governor was the keynoter. He turned out to be a large party with two well developed chins and a third on the way. His voice was loud; the back of his neck was glistening. No wonder. His job was to say he didn’t like Republicans; that, in fact, they were no-goods, bums, and also mental fossils as well as political dinosaurs. : : Ordinarily, this would have been no trick, but the Governor had to be pleasant about it. He "also had to keep mopping his neck with a large handkerchiet that soon became a small, wet . :

Gets Spatter of Applause “LET THEM (the beloved Republicans) ride to battle in their motor cars, forgetful.of the day when there was no chicken and no pot” bellowed Gov. Dever in a voice he intended to be jovial. The Democrats got the idea. They gavg him a spatter of applause.which sounded as though they were wearing kid gloves. In the course of his few words—5000 words, to be exact-—the Governor mentioned the name of his great and good friend, Thomas E. Dewey. The Democrats forgot themselves. “Boo,” they went. They liked the sound of it, Louder still they booed, until the noise reverberated from the cold-air ducts in the ceiling, The Governor looked pained. “You are acting like Republicans,” he chided. The silence was immediate. ’ After some more spieling came the first rumble of trouble over a scheme to make all hands sign a pledge to be loyal to the candidate and the platform, no matter what. The Southerners didn’t like the idea. And, as I say, the fight now rages. From what little I can hear through the wall, it doesn’t sound polite. My only sorrow is that my deadline prevents me from telling you how it came out: the telegraph department says if I delay this dispatch one minute more I'll be writing a diary for my own eyes only.

foreign spending on American solvency. Gen. Eisenhower favered a $1

billion cut in the Truman-Harrimah foreign ald proposal for the current year.

Both Sen, Russell and Sen. Kefauver op-

posed the $1 billion cut—Sen. Russell voted :

against and Sen. Kefauver announced against. On the issues of State Department personnel and Pentagon waste, Gov. Stevenson is secured on experience and probable performance to Gen. Eisenhower. Gov. Stevenson was special assistant to Navy Secretary Knox. He was the effective chief of a civilian mission to Italy on occupation problems. He was an assistant secretary of state under Secretaries Stettinius and Byrnes, and one of the attengyng experts at the birth of the United Nations, . - Better than any other of the possible Democratic candidates, Gov. Stevenson as a reform governor of Illinois and as a former official of

the State and Departments appears to.

offer most hope for the diplomatic and military services—if Eisen hower, who is best fitted, does not win in November, i

: § * = i Hoosier Forum | i “I do not agree with a word that you f i say, but | will defend fo the death your i right fo say Lo : The ‘Old Guard’ : MR. EDITOR:

Gen. MacArthur and Ex-President Hoover both outlined the principal defects of the Fair Deal administration and gave a comprehensive outline of what should be done to correct these evils. They assured American mothers the

Republican Party is opposed to the mairhing and slaughtering of American boys in non-American wars.

We, who have known America during times of real peace and real prosperity, took heart and felt that here was a revival of the real Republican Party which could lead this nation and the world back into an era of sanity and Christian brotherhood. Then came the presentation of that mealy-mouthed platform and the “me-too” Dewey victory. Each and every recommendation by Gen. MacArthur and Mr. Hoover was flatly repudiated. The hopes and aspirations of a substantial, if not a majority, of the Republican voters were blasted and scorned.

In a summary of the “gains” in that awful convention, it was pointed out the present “leaders” of the Republican Party hope this convention will spell the death-knell of the Republican “Old Guard.” It was emphasized Mr. Dewey, et al, are not interested in the opinions of older members of the party but will concentrate on attracting the young voters. : .-o 0 : WELL, “ME-T00” DEWEY led us down the road to defeat twice and I don’t see any reason why he can’t do it again. If you think Tke can lose, just re-read the article by Stanley High 1 the July issue of the Reader's Digest and consider these facts: The vote of no person who is now below age 45 has” helped to elect a Republican President. Younger people are in the majority in the unions and in government service, two classes which are unlikely to be

preponderantly Republican.

In other words, we older people have been read out of the Republican Party by the “wild hares” who have taxen over our party like Hadacol took over the patent medicine field a year or two ago. My earHest service to the Republican Party was in behalf of McKinleyHobart and the Full Dinner Pail. The memory of the 1912 party split is still quite vivid but the chicanery of that convention was as nothing compared to the “strategy” of the Dewey-Lodge-Duff triumvirate. They had a bandwagon all right, but they loaded it with so many New Dealers, Fair Dealers and Internationalists, they Just crowded a lot of us old time Republicans off of it. Zr j 22 0 9 THEY DIDN'T give us anything to vote FOR but they surely gave us plenty to vote AGAINST. I loathe and detest Fair Dealism, but I have an even deeper loathing for MeTooism and, in discussing this matter with other Republicans, I find I have a lot of company. I wonder when somebody is going to bring together.the real Democrats of the South and the real Republicans of the North 'to form a party which will place the interests of America and Americans above all else?

—Norman H. Coulon, 5530 Byram Ave, City.

WHILE YOU MAY

If you long for a night spent in ecstasy . , . neath a starry sky above . . . then I bid you walk with someone dear . .. down a path that leads to love . . . or perhaps if you're yearning to be kissed . . ..and you're sort of coy and shy * « + Open up your heart and. let there be light + « « I'll tell you the reason why... life is just a breath . . . that is gone too soon .. . and your summertime soon will fade . , . leaving barren fields where once flowers grew . , . leaving granite where once was jade . . , that is why I say walk with someone dear . .. to a place where your dreams will come true . . . and you'll never vegret or you'll never forget . . . for I'm sure you'll find heaven for two.

—By Ben Burroughs.

NO CANDID CANDIDATES . . . By Peter Edson

Lot of Political Bunk Being Spilled in Chicago

pure political bunk has been spilled here in the past week than in any comparable period of American history. The number of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination on the eve of the convention was 18--and not 16 as reported a couple of days

ago. . =»

. THE OTHER starters oveérlooked in the shuffie of preconvention confusion are Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas and Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Washington. If the list doesn't pass 20 before the nominations are closed, it will be only because the entire

barn, with buttons and

- just daring the political light-

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“I am the man to beat Gen. Eisenhower,” says Sen. Rich-

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ver’s) chances for Democratic victory, but falls to show how this would work. Nn an exactly opposite tack Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois lets on he doesn't want the nomination at all. If he should now accept the draft, somebody whose initials are

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