The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-31
Republicans
PounceUponl
Sid Hillman
fI,AYED AS COMMUNIST
Democrats Promptly Say
COP. Making Capital
OF Postwar Bill

WASHINGTON, Aug. 80.
Lighthouse Republicans to-
day pounced on Sidney Hill.
man as a dictator and
Communist who, they said,
might get the job of admins
tering postwar reconversion,
and the Democrats promptly
charged the G. O. P. with
making the subject a "politi-
cal football"
Hillman's role as head of the CIO
Political Action Committee which
;s raising funds to further the
Roosevelt-Truman campaign was
iriected into the second and final
davis debate on measures to aid
in reconversion of the nations
economy to peacetime basis.
Before the subject was exhaust
cd both sides touched on the per-
sonalities of the campaign, the
Democratic national convention, the
Republican candidacy of Thomas
E, Dewey for president now and
for district attorney IN 1897.
Rep. Celler ON. W ignited the
fiery exchanges when he praised
Hillman's views as given to the
house campaign expenses cornmit-
tee. He said the detractors of Hill
man call him communist but it 81
hardly likely that the two union
banks he heads would permit him
to hold such high office if he were
one.
Celler said Dewey faccepted'
$4,000 from Hillman and the CIO|
for his district attorney campaign
seven years ago and sit is alto
gether different when one is on the
receiving end
Rep. Knutson (R-Minn.) replied
that Dewey's managers then may
have accepted the money bat
Dewey did not personally, adding
that as it stands now Hillman ''is
the greatest single asset the Re-
publican party has in this cam
paign."
Rep. Rankin D-Miss.) jumped
into the general melee with a dec
laration that the Administrations
Everybody in public office"
should repudiate the support of
Hillman and his communist, fas-
cist machine
Hilman's activities at the Demo-
cratic national convention were
brought into the discussion by Rep.
Simpson (R-Pa.) who said the CLIO
leader dictated that the convention
must not nominate James F.
Byrnes for the vice presidency.
AS war mobilizer, Simpson said,
Byrnes had the faith of the public
and the people were shocked when
this distinguished citizen was de-
MED the vice presidential nomina-
ton only because Sidney Hillman
50 ordered"
he said that what was done in
Chlcago ''can be done in Washing
ION and Justice Byrnes' position
therefore is not permanent"
Should Hillman demand it, Simp-
son s added, "Byrnes would follow
henry Wallace and Donald Nelson
on a one-way trip to China"
de said further that either Hill
man or Wallace. the retiring vice
president, might be appointed to
head the reconversion office es-
laolshed in the legislation now
pending and then we would see a
real cracking down on industry"
rep Lynch ON. " shot back:
~ is to be regretted that
SUBJECT 50 important as this is be-
my made political football"
Lynch attacked the bill itself,
however, as do nothing" meas
ale' 1alllng to protect the worker
l'olh The economic shock of war-to-
peace conversion.
NJ IN defense of the measure, Rep.
pe%ey 'R-1ll.) sided with Ways
:, anu Means Chairman Doughton Cd
~ " that reconve-sion should not
mean programs for which there is
no tax revenue. |