Detroit evening times., 1945-02-12
Wallace Threatens
Congress
By f. +. TOMPKINS

THEY had testimonial dinner in New York City the
other night in support of Henry A. Wallace the left
wing prophet Of "the century Of the common man.
1t sumptuousy served in the ornate grand ball
room of one of New York's lavish hotels.
On the sponsoring committee high-salaried
labor leaders, couple of u. S. senator's former gov
ernor OF the state the of the city and other elite
members of the New Deal arstocracy and every table
seat occupied
The only accommodation for "the common man" was,
according to an advertisement, "a few balcony seats
available 81 each" those who could not share the
fare but who wished ito hear the speakers"
THEY who ordered the dinner group called "The
Union for Democratic Action" and the radical weekly,
The New Republic, publication which receives ample
funds from a. foundation established abroad with
pariated American dollars bequeathed decades ago
by an economic royast associated with the House of
Morgan
This exclusive social-political event was no mere
local affair but is of nationwide Importance "a because
the same combination organized in 1914 the election
pagn to purge Congress of members who had voted
against New Dealers New Deal measures who had
supported the Dies committee and GU because
ment was made at the dinner that THE SAME KIND OF
CAMPAIGN WILL BE WAGED AGAINST ANTI
WALLACE" CONGRESSMEN IN 1916
The 1914 campaign notorously smear" cam
pagn the 1916 campaign will of course be another
Henry Wallace In person, made the announcement.
As THE principal speaker, he had for his touching
subject the action of committee of the u S. Senate
of commerce and in moving to re-estabish the pluto
cratic Reconstruction Finance Corporation in
dependent agency of the government amenable TO Con-
gress and safe from Henry A. Wallace
Declaring that President Roosevelts economic bill
of rights must 'be made to live" and that he wanted
individually to the unlimited billions of the Recon
structon Finance Corporation TO finance it, Henry said:
IN 1916" '"' ''sH' ''' ''''' '''' ''' ''D
The words were plainly nothing else than A THREAT
to Congress.
1t threat Of REPRISAL against ANY repre-
sentative senator who should AGAINST Wallaces
confirmation who should vote FOR the resolution
relating to the RFC which introduced by Senator
George, the distinguished Democrat of Georgia.
1T BETRAYED bold and shameless purpose to
COERCE the elected delegates of the people who are
in office
Going further than that it blueprnted the continu-
ing determination Of the left wing capture COMPLETE
CONTROL of Congress by retiring independent minded
members and packing BOTH HOUSES with its own
political mnions.
And this threat was intended to stand no matter
what the outcome of the Wallace controversy.
For every representative and every senator Repub-
lcan or Democrat who has EVER opposed the New
Deal on ANY ISSUE is the purge list of THE Union
for Democratic Action" RIGHT NOW-ready for the
1916 campaign.
And all of them will STAY THERE
Their only hope of political survival in 1916 after
lies in serving THEIR CONSTITUENTS and THEIR
COUNTRY faithfully and well, not in being intmidated
by Henry Wallace and his conniving radicals