Evening star., 1944-12-08

again the strangely warped nature
of Mr.. Wallace's reasoning proc
esses and the degree to which he
is overbalanced by his highly emo
tional evangelism. This will be USE
full if 1t renders Mr.. Wallace less
available for any public office of
power and responsibility.
For another, it again calls atten-
ton to the two new political parties
IN New York. 1t was really to them
that the Wallace words were ad-
dressed and 1t is from them comes
the heartiest applause. 1t will be
useful if the speech promotes a
more general understanding of these
parties, what they stand for and
what they are doing.
Two Parties Much Alike.
They are, of course, the Ameri-
can Labor party and the so-called
Liberal party" which is composed
OF those who revolted from the
Communist control of the American
Labor party.
There isn't much difference be-
tween them. Both parties stand for
pretty much the same things. Mr..
Sidney Hlllman Is head of the ALP
and Mr.. David Dubinsky heads the
Liberals" The Communist satura-
tion Of the ALP is greater than that
of the Liberal party" but they are
almost equally radical in their tend
encies and both nominated Mr..
Roosevelt as their presidential can
didate in the last election. The Lib
erals cast $4,000 votes for Roose-
velt and the ALP, 100000 total
of $4,000. With these votes, the
President carried New York by
$4,000.
Thus. even with the war and the
Commander in Chief assets, but for
this extreme radical support he
would have lost the State by more
than $4,000 majority. Thus, these
new parties have gotten themselves
into position where they can exer-
else degree of influence upon our
presidential elections and our ma
tional parties altogether out of
proportion to their size.
Now, then, this makes it clear that
the Democratic party is wholly de-
pendent for its success in the great
est State Of the Union on these two
Independent parties in which are
grouped all the real radicals, and in
which the Communist influence, so
far as the stronger one is concerned.
is controlling
The inevitable effect of this de-
pendence forces the Democratic
party to the left. To keep this
indispensable support In what usu-
ally Is the indispensable State it is
compelled to take the radical road.
From the practical political view
there Is no alternative. And once
on the radical road there is no turn
Ing. Mr.. Roosevelt found that out
In previous administrations when
once or twice he tried veering to
the right only to be forced back
by the left wingers. No one thinks
he will SO much as make an attempt
In his next term.
Thoughtful Democrats-particu-
larly in the South-are rather
appalled, by this situation. They
think the Democratic party has been
sold out to the radicals for votes
in the big States of the North. So
far as New York is concerned, that
idea is certainly justified.
Gestures to the Right.
This so-called Democratic admin
istration makes occasional gestures
in the conservative direction, as in
some of its recent State Department
appointments; but, in the main, it's
acts conform to the wishes of the
leaders of these two radical parties
and its direction is much the same.
There is In these parties no trace
of Democratic principles and no
place for Democratic leaders of the
conservative type.
In these parties there is no con-
Germ about such things as the pub
lie debt, only superficial and in
sincere regard for private enterprise
plus hearty contempt for those
old fashioned enough to urge the
value of economy and efficiency in
government.
Their main ideas are to make the
rich pay all the taxes, put labor
unions into the management of
business, and have the Government
guarantee good jobs, high wages,
ample vacations, full security from
the cradle to grave" These, of
course, are popular, though i'm
practical, ideas and are ardently
advocated by the radical press. And
Mr. Wallace is their hero.
They are, 1t has been declared,
grooming him for .1948," and the
President repeatedly has said that