The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-23
By Dreze, Pearson

jobs and deserved benefits for veterans Our people don't like to play partisan politics with the rights of returning veterans Hence kickback when Edwin McFSim then chief administrative assistant to Pres ident Truman, sought to use the promise ot funds appropriated for wounded war veterans to influence the Special Congressional election in Montana.
 Also the kickback when Gov. tand Truman con- fdante) Wallgren of Washington said-in approval of the action of his State Highway. Department In turning down veteran of three years service because ly identified themselves with the Republican party wouldn't be hired by his state government.
 On the labor front. Republican leadership has offered plan for nationwide labor conference Of management. labor and government to bring about a charter for industrial peace at home-Just as the San Francisco charter seeks to bring international peace On the food front Republican program to re- place the present OPA set-up was rejected py the administration but the planned" food shortages will still be remembered in 46.
 Republicans favor an end to extravagant deficit financing About the first promise made by President Trllman-after his declaration that he would follow out the Roosevelt New Deal policies-waS that there would be economy in gov olernment. That was In miu- April On July 26 Sen Harry F. Byrd. Democrat of Virginia, chairman of the Joint Committee on Re- duction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, re- ported that there hao been 16O00 net increase in the number of civilian Federal employees in the United States in June compared with May. So it appears. New Deal economies" haven't changed
 moments consideration of the composition of the New Deal gives the answer why they can't change:
 There are three essential elements in the New Deal:
 l. The Solid South, where political control is based upon racial discrimination and intolerance. and what the late President F. D. Roosevelt used to call economic Bourbonism:"
 2. The big city machines. controlled by such eminent exemplifiers of liberalism as Mayor Kelly of Chicago Mayor Hague of Jersey City and Tammany in New York;
 g. The radical fringe. composed of groups led by ex-convict Earl Browder and William 2. Foster. (who has now deposed MT. Browder and endorced Mr. Truman on probationo together with their fel- low travellers in such groups as the American Labor Party in New York and the Wallgren administration in the State of Washington
 Obviously, these three discordant elements have political power Once the cohesive power of Federal funds spent for political purposes, is removed, this unhoy alliance will fall apart overnight Removal of this cohesive power will take place as soon as the Republicans win control of Congress next year.
 With Republicans in control of the nations purse strings, the Federal payroll will cease to be the happy hunting ground of bureaucratic theorists bent upon using the American people as vast col- lection of guinea pgs and upon pervertng the pro- cesses of government for political ends
 Another result which will follow the election or Republican Congress-ths also can be listed in the category of predictions of things to come"-win be a thorough going "audt" of the New Deal, including it's performances both in peace and in war; That audit must not be made by the same people that are to be audited It be independent of them Maybe if the evidence is still available the nation will even find out what was responsible for the disaster at Pearl Harbor.