Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-11

| sense political ac-
cident. His nomination to the vice
presidency at Chicago was made
with full knowledge of the posi-
bility of his succession to the presi-
dency, and he was chosen for the
job by President Roosevelt himself.
He will carry out the Roosevelt
policies and the Roosevelt program
faithfully on both the foreign and
domestic fronts. He will not attempt
to initiate President Roosevelt and
the chances are, he will not venture
into new fields nor stray far from
the road mapped out by his prede-
cessor. Rather he will consolidate
those policies and bring to fruition
the gains made in progressive gov
eminent and liberal Legislation
which has been placed on the stat
ute books during the last IL years
of the Roosevelt administration.
President Truman is a liberal
Democrat and supported almost
without exception the so-called New
Deal legislation in the senate, but
he has remained friendly with, and
has retained the respect and esteem
|
Republicans in that body. Toward
congress, he will ask cooperation
and help rather than dictate to
them. He has reputation for dele
eating responsibility and for select
ing the proper man upon whom to
delegate that authority.
In his first message to the
congress he said: "Only with
your help can hope to COM
plete one of the greatest tasks
ever assigned a public serv-
ant" In that message he also
served notice that "the forward
looking people of America may
be assured there will be no re-
OIL, Taxation in our efforts to improve
the lot of the common people"
Different Than Roosevelt.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was
born to wealth and position and he
| gained the ridicule and even con-
tempt of many of his blue-blooded
associates by becoming early in life
the champion of the common man,
the Inderdog. In contrast, President
Truman comes from the great mid
die class from the midwest. He is
a poor man . lives on his salary.
| While President Roosevelt, even
early in his political career often
bucked the party organization.
President Truman had climbed the
political ladder through the medium
of the party organization. He is re-
| garded as a party man. Roosevelt
never was.
Because of these two circun-
stances, his championship of the lit
tie man and his frequent disregard
of party, Roosevelt became a peo-
pies president and was elected and
reelected by the votes of the liberal
and independent votes of the people
| regardless of party lines. Only time
can tell whether President Trumen.
| coming from the ranks of the little
people. will become their champion,
or whether he will hew so close to
party lines that he might ALLEVIATE
votes from other groups.
A Humble Man.
Harry S. Truman is humble
man. He is God-fearing and no one
| knows better than himself his capa-
|
| the responsibilities of the office of
| president itself brings out unknown
| qualities of leadership and states
| manship in man elected to that Of
| fee. This has been true of other
presidents.
His first press conference made
profound impression on the
more than 800 newspaper CORE
spOndentS and radio cOlumnists
| gathered in his office. He stood
behind his desk, the same desk
| behind which President Roose-
| welt sat and received newSmen.
| and faced a veritable barrage of
| questions. He answered them all
| frankly. decisively, definitely
and without hesitation. He
showed appreciation, sense of
humor, and exhibited great
fund of knowledge of what is
going on in this government
and in the governments of the
world.
If definite appraisal could be
made on the basis of that first press
conference and upon his reassur-
ing message to the congress, one
could say very definitely that
President Truman will measure up
| to all the nation wishes of him
that we have man in the White
House in these perilous times be-
hind whom every man and woman
in our country can rally and close
ranks for the successful culmina-
ton of our fight for world freedom,
International peace and national Sc
curity. 1t IS no more than fair we
give him that support.