The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-15

one notes in Washington. where
the two groups political manage
ments are concentrated, an under
tone of doubt as to the ideas salts
factory workability in practice.
Democrats and Republicans
might harmonic fairly well in
such an emergency as today's II
the issue between them were a
mere matter OF their respective
party labels. The difficulty sensed
by some competent observers OF
the situation is that. irrespective
OF partisan considerations, rival
basic PHILOSOPHERS are in conflict.
During the campaign it frequent
ly was pointed out that President .
Roosevelt and Candidate Willkie
were pretty much in agreement on
general principles. They certainly
seemed so. Without mentioning
one another's names they ex-
changed numerous exceedingly
mean utterances, but it's UNDER
standable that. the fight being over,
they may be able to unity quite
amiably. But will the hitherto
anti-New Deal Democrats in the
senate and the house OF representa-
tives join in the unification? That's
the question l hear being asked in
Washington.
Effective Control?
. II Democratic party label
signified conclusively, President
Roosevelt, so labeled, has had,
since 1882, an overwhelming ma
jority in congress. However. be-
tween the extremely small Repub-
lican minority and the anti-New
Deal Democrats. he's had anything
but effective control over the legis-
lative chambers
Now. will the still remaining Re-
PHblicans unity under his leader
shin?
And will the anti-New Deal DEM
ocrats fall in line?
Take Senator Carter Glass Of
Virginia, for instance. Thus far
he's fought F. D. RS major policies
like sixty-harder than most Re-
publicans. He opposed a presiden-
tial third nomination for all he was
worth. He voted for F. D.. though
(at any rate he said he was going
to do sol. deeming himself under
obligations to acquiesce in his party
conventions presidential selection.
Is Senator Glass going to be,
henceforward. any more a pro-
New Dealer than he was previ-
ously?
The same query Ats the cases Of
such others as Senators Byrd,
Clark. George, Tydings and Wheel
er. VIII they all say. We'll, F. DIS
got this popular mandate so we've
got to indorse whatever he speci-
fies"?
hear a good many skeptical
answers.
Another thing, unihcation talk
alarms a stable proportion Of pub
lie men, and perhaps a share of the i,
rank and file Of voters. 1t hints
at merger OF the two big parties
into one, which sounds a trifle to-
talitarian; Germany. Italy, Russia
and up-to-date Spain have one
party systems You've no place tc
go if you don't belong to that
party
OF course that isn't what oui
unifcationers are proposing. Their
thesis is that. the worlds In an
awful state and that solidarity here
is essential for our protection. Yet
there's a bit Of. sentiment to the
effect that we don't want too much
Of it
Reallgnment
The fact is, plenty Of good judges
say. that what we're working up
ITO isn't a single party but re-
alignment Of parties. The theory
is that Democrat and Republicans
alike are split two ways apiece
and ought to be sorted out afresh,
into so-called liberals and so-called
conservatives, or, TO put it In mod
ern language. into New Dealers
and anti-New Dealers.
And to be sure. it's ridiculous to
have a statesman like Carter Glass
voting for Franklin d. Roosevelt.
whom he's opposed to. as against
Wertetf- tHi'fitkfe, whose candidacy
he was In favor Of. iue' cause
their labels were transposed.