The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-08

Republicans Look
to Post War Era;
Look to Taft


Look to Taft
WHEN A REPUBLICAN senator
urges a nominally Democratic
Congress not 10 run wild in oppo.
sition TO what calls itself a Demo
cratic executive administration.
there certainly 10 an implication
OF decided conflict between Cap.
itol Hills tendency and White
House policies.
The senator is Robert A. Taft
Of Ohio. who advises his party to
exercise a lot OF judgment relative
70 presidential advocates, pro and
con. There are some he wants the
COP, TO oppose, but does not be.
lieye his party should take a posi-
ton on them without weighing
their merits and dement's, as it es--
Inmates them, on a nonpartisan
basis.
Occasionally, he reckons, the Ad-
ministration may chit It right"
He does not believe Republicanism
will profit by taking a recalcitrant
attitude in such instances.
Yet this does not mean a Repub-
lican movement Democratically ad-
ministrationward On the con-
trary, II signifies a switch from
Republicanism toward the camp
OF the anti-Administration Demo
Gratis.
There is a proposed Democratic
legislation, anti-Administration in
character, which the Republicans
fight.
For example, Senator Kenneth
Mcclellan Cd. OF Tennessee has
been plugging for restrictions upon
President Roosevelt's appointive
authority. which Senator Charles
L. McNary OF Oregon. G. o. p.
leader in the upper congressional
chamber. says would be very bad
thing, though Kenneth is an out
standing Republican, according to
Hoyle.
The tumble Is hard to classify.
However, the Republicans OBJ
viously are the balance of power
legislatively.
Counted in seats, they are in
trifling minority.
In votes it is a different thing,
in the long result, and cautious
Republicans are inclined to be
careful-partisanly as we'll as ma
tionally.
The COP. looks ahead to post
war days.
SO. indeed, do the Democrats.
They aim at new era also. The
situation is urgent for them now,
though. They want TO reform the
economic world while it Is in a
state Of transition. That is, the
New Dealers do. The other fellows
want to get back to earth" with
out any transition.
F. D. R. and Vice President
Henry Wallace made speeches
lately warning the opposition to
be a loyal opposition"
Warning"
The term warning seems 10
imply some sort OF threat, in re-
serve.
1t is as II the folk who utter
1t meant to say, You fellows had
better heed this advice-or else"
And in mentioning the "opposi-
ton" TO whom did the President
and Henry Wallace refer?-to the
Republicans or 70 the anti-New
Deal Democrats?-or did they in
clude Republicans and Democyatic
anti-New Dealers IN a single cate
CORY?
That problem hasn't been clari-
fled yet.
Whomsoever F. D. r. and Henry
may have had in mind when they
broadcast their warming. suppose
the opposition they we're address
ing fails to turn and remain as
loyal" as the presidential and
vice presidential pair demand
What will they do about It?
As previously remarked, a warn
ing is no good unless, IN case no
attention is paid TO IT, the implied
penalty is imposed.
But how can the Administration
inflict it,
oh, II could DO 20 on the theory
that the opposition's disloyalty
took the form OF disloyalty to the
flag, but that will not happen. II
will be "disloyalty" to the New
Deal. and the opposition never did
express loyal sentiments In that
direction.