Evening star., 1945-10-01

ness of recon-
version, cripple Frank RRent.
great industries and enhance infia-
ton dangers by curtailing produc-
ton.
This is the truth about the refusal
of Congress to carry out the Tru-
man recommendations which the
labor bosses and their radical sup
porters are demanding. The idea
that there is a conspiracy on the
part of low minded Republicans and
evil Southern Democrats to thwart
the President in his effort to put
through great liberal" program
is not well based.
That charge is made every time
Congress refuses to follow blindly
the labor line. The changes on it
are rung regularly in the CIO pub
locations, the Daily Worker and by
the radical spokesmen, in and out
of Washington It's absurdity was
shown Friday in the votes by which
the Senate emasculated before pas
sage of the so-called full employ
ment" bill, the chief advocate of
which was the CIO.
Nevertheless, it remains the IA
vorite propaganda method of con-
veying the notion that those who
oppose CIO-indorsed legislation are
sinister and selfish lot, while those
who favor it are unselfish patriots
whose only concern is the welfare
of the common man"
This is completely false con-
ception. Yet, there is well-organ-
lied and financed publicity
campaign to make it stick. The ef-
fort at the moment is to apply it to
the opposition confronting the two
most highly cherished CIO projects
the full employment" bill, now
fundamentally changed; the other,
the plan to have the Government
give S25 week unemployment pay
for 26 weeks, temporarily shelved in
the House few days ago.
MIR. Truman had indorsed both
proposals in their original form and
Congress was not enthusiastic about
either. Nor did the opposition come
exclusively from Republicans and
Southern Democrats. In fact, some
of the most outstanding senatorial
CIO sycophants are administration
Democrats from the South.
Actually, it took courage to op-
pose these CIO bills. The pressure
is all on their side. Their opponents
are entitled to considerable credit
for standing firm for their convic-
tions against an ardent and effec-
tive lobby.
The first, In its original form,
would have made possible unre-
tricted governmental expenditures
and moved us toward Government
control Of private industry; the
other put premium on idleness,
offered an inducement to many to
remain unemployed instead of going
to work, opened the door to abuses
of various kinds.
When the House sidetracked the
latter proposal, the President sent
for the Democratic members of the
committee, told them the Senate
had "let him down." urged them to
reconsider and pass the bill. It was
made clear the White House in
tended to use its weight to satisfy
CIO criticisms that the President
was not backing his words up with
acts. He would have been wiser not
to have tried
Proof of Congress Stand.
The overwhelming adoption by
the Senate of the emaSculating
amendments (not offered by South
ern Democrats) and the general de-
nunciation of the dangers of the
original bill, gave proof that Con-
gress no longer proposes to be
prodded into accepting CIO pro-
posals which take us toward ma
tional bankruptcy because of the
White House wish and the raucous
drum beating of the professional
liberals"
We had good many years of
that before Mr.. Truman became
President. Afflicted with an unpre-
cedently violent epidemic of strikes,
the state of the Nation today is
eloquent testimony of the deplor-
able effects of the Roosevelt CIO
combination.
There will be disappointment to
find the CIO still able to swing
President behind its proposals and
some surprise that Mr.. Truman
could be driven into a militant sup
port not in accord with his previous
policy toward Congress.
From the political standpoint
there is sound ground for the argu-
ment that he will lose rather than
gain in prestige and strength. AS
the strikes spread and the willing
ness of the CIO bosses to cripple the
country in order to promote their
own interests is shown, the indig-
nation of the people as a whole is
mounting. Soon or late that will be
translated into votes which will
shatter the idea that it pays to
placate them.
This seems just the wrong time
Tor Mr.. Truman to succumb to