Evening star., 1945-01-31


way of the Wallace confirma ton.
Unworthy and sinister motives are
imputed to them and to every one
else who dissents.
AL questions of Mr.. Wallace's fit
ness for the job, or the openness
with which the President declared
his selection was a reward for
political services, are ignored. At
tack is f1ercely centered upon the
opposition as inhnical to the COM
mon man. and inspired by the
forces of evil"
AS at the dinner to him In New
York, Mr.. Wallace is somewhat
ridiculously depicted as an heroic
figure whom the aforesaid forces
are determined to destroy. The
most horrendous consequences were
predicted if he should be refused
the place which he demands.
Left Wing Strategy.
This is recognized and established
technique. 1t is the calculated STRAIT
egy OF the left-wing politicians,
whose strength was enhanced by
the election, and whose aim is to
domin ate the Congress and man
the Government with their own
people. And the thing that gives
weight to this strategy is the CIO
and its PAC. Without that, the fight
against the State Department aides
would have been, and the fight for
Mr.. Wallace would be, just so much
noise. With it, there is a lot more.
In reply to these statements there.
OF course, will be those to shout
that the charge of CIO-PAC re-
sponsibility is without foundation
and that it is conservative tech
nique to assert it in every situation.
But~the facts are too clear to per-
NIT denial of that kind to be effec-
tive save with the totally unin-
formed or bllndly prejudiced.
The plain truth is that the CIO-
PAC is in every situation of impor-
tance-and intends to be. It's field
is completely comprehensive. It's
lobby overlooks nothing. Its pub
licity is the most powerful and per
suaSive in Washington. If you don't
see the CIO-PAC in every situation
here then you are missing the
salient fact in the situation.
For example, take the situation in
both branches of Congress this week.
In the House the big thing is the
struggle over the May-Bailey work
or-f1ght" bill, which proposes a ma
tional service for men between Isl
and As in limited accord with the
recommendations of Gen. Marshall.
Admiral King, the Secretaries of
War and Navy and the President. |
G In the Senate attention is centered
on the George bill to divorce the
RFC and other loan agencies from
the Department of Commerce and
also on the question of confirming or
rejecting Mr. Wallace.
The CIO-PAC is in both these
fights up to the neck. On Monday
Mr.. Sidney Hillman issued a state
ment charging that the forces of
reaction" are lined up against Mr..
Wallace and calling upon all his
regional and field directors to let
their Senators know how they felt.
On the other side Mr.. Philip Murray
called for similar action against the
work fright" bill.
At the same time the CIO News
pleaded with its readers to wire their
Congressman or Senator on both
propositions and denounced all those
who dissent.
Smearing Operations
Meanwhile the radical New York
press has plunged into general
smearing operations against the op-
ponents of Mr.. Wallace and the sup
porters of the May-Bailey bill. In
both branches 1t is the CIO-PAC
which is directing and making the
fight. Without the CIO-PAC there
would be nothing to the opposition
against the May Bailey bill and Ger
tainly not chance of Mr.. Wallace
being confirmed.
To ignore or minimize the CIO In
these two vital matters is to ignore
OF minimize the obvious and out
standing fact. Yet when these
things are pointed out there is a
great outcry from the defenders of
that organization.
The charge is made that straw
man" is being set up, that those who
dwell on the CLOS part in these
affairs are "obsessed," that they are
labor batting" or red batting" All
of which is complete humbug and
wholly insincere. The purpose is to
vaccinate against the truth, to cover
up for the CIO while it is operating
and to nullify criticism.