Evening star., 1945-04-18

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new President.
1t would be pretty tough on Mr.
Truman if he took all this seriously
which, of course, he is much too
practical to do. There is no way
for him to please everybody, and
his friends are quite certain he will
not try.
In particular. it is to be hoped
he will not try to please the pro-
fesSional liberals who even now,
while they plead with him to emu
late Mr.. Roosevelt in everything,
are beginning to deplore his in
ability to measure up" to his
predecessor That type of reason
ing ought in itself to be enough to
deter President Truman from the
attempt.
Noisy Propaganda.
But he should not let it diScour-
age him. There are two things upon
which he might comfortingly reflect
when the urgings of this element
become more shrill, as they will,
and the inevitable manifestations
of their discomfort with him be-
come palmer.
One of these is that as a group
the professional liberals" are very
much more noisy than they are
numerous: that their pretenSionS
of speaking for many millions Of
Americans are wholly unfounded;
that, in the recent administration
they obtained power solely because
they had unprecedented White
House favor and intimate White
House relations; that without White
House support they have slight
strength in the country: that their
actual weight is not in proportion
to their propaganda.
The other thing is that while 1t
is true the Nation, as whole, was
profoundly shocked at the RooSe-
velt death and mournS him as
whole, still the tremendous flood of
eulogies and tributes should not
entirely obscure the fact that more
than 22,0O0000 persons voted against
him last November. that a great
many of those were Democrats and
that among the 25,000000 who vot-
ed for him a considerable number
did so solely because, while disprOv-
ing his domestic policies and deteSt-
ing the fourth-term idea they could
not bring themselves to the point
Of changing the Commander in
Chief with the war still unWOn and
postwar cooperation plans still in
fluid form.
Even a deep national grief should
not completely dispel our sense of
proportion nor cause us wholly to
sweep aside the facts.
The simple truth is that though
unwilling. because Of the war, to
displace Mr.. Roosevelt as war Pres
ident or take our foreign policies
out of his hands. the bulk of our
people were thoroughly tired of the
highly articulate left wingers and
the hordes of Strident young radl-
calls mostly from New York; with
whom the Government has been
thickly cluttered up in the last few
years and who every year were get
ting more firmly convinced Of their
mission to remake our system along
their own extremely advanced lines.
Relief Over Country.
There is very good reason for be-
lieving there will be a country
wide wave of genuine relief when
the exodus of these young radicals
begins. President Truman will be
we'll advised to pay no attention to
their cries of pain at prospective
separation from the pay roll and
especially not to be bothered by
the hackneyed and inevitable
charge sure to be hurled at him
that he has betrayed the liberal
cause" That is the bunk
Naturally, Mr.. Truman starts off
with declarations of deepest devo-
ton to Mr.. Roosevelt personally
and a dedication to carry out his
war and peace policies. The country
expects that. Anything else at this
time would be bad taste as well
as bad judgment.
Naturally, too, Mr.. Truman wants
TO proceed slowly. But, soon or late,