Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 6, DeMotte, Jasper County, 7 January 1949 — Bipartsian Congress Deal Strikes Rock [ARTICLE]

Bipartsian Congress Deal Strikes Rock

Approach To Foreign Policy Explodes In Faces Of Senate's New Deal Republicans Washington, Jan. 5. The socalled bipartism approach to foreign policy exploded in the faces of the senate’s New Deal Republicans today when Democrats announced their organization of committees for the 81st congress . Republican intemationlists led by Sen. Vandenberg (Mich.) hit the ceiling when they learned the make-up of the new foreign relations committee, which delegates Republican to minor role. Allowed Democrats Six When Republicans took control 2 years ago they succumbed to administration alures for a “bipartism” stand on foreign affairs and allowed the Democrats six members out of 13 on the foreign relations committee under Vandenberg’s chairmanship. Today they discovered they had been roped in. The new committee line-up worked out by the Democrats allowed only five Republicans on the 13 member foreign relations committee, the absolute minimum they could get on the ratio of 42 Republicans to 54 Democrats in the senate. Vandenberg angrily protested from the senate floor immediately after President Truman’s message * to the joint session and two other Republican intemationlists Morse (Ore.) and Smith (N.J.) joined in deriding Democrats for showing little thanks for their support on foreign policy during and since the war. Consoles Vandenberg Democratic Leader Barkley <Ky) who will become Vice President on Jan. 20, defended the Democrats action as no more than right considering their senate majority of 12 members. He said Vandenberg’s “place in the history of the country and in the senate is secure, so he need not worry on this account.” But Morse differed vehemently charging that the Democrats at the first opportunity had undermined Vandenberg’s position.