Evening star., 1946-11-07
US. Tired Of Radicals,
Big COP Victory Shows

Dig 0OT NICtOTy SnOWS
Abuse of Power by New Dealers
Swelled Republican Tide
By David LoUrsnes
It wasn't during the campaign Just
closed that the Republicans won ths
election. They won it many, many weeks
ago-in fact, long before any campaign
speeches were made.
There were, - . matter OF fact, very
few Nationwide speeches In the cam
paign. The battle was carried On By
States and by districts and Jet .
phenomenal sameness emerged. People
everywhere felt the same-they had had
enough Of New Dealism and radicalinn.
The American people made up their
minds In 1914 to get rid Of the New
Deal and radicalism, but with the war
on they hesitated to make . change In
any branch OF the Government.
But whatever doubts there may have
been during the war, those doubts have
been removed since VI day as Pred-
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bungled reconversion and the labor atu-
alton.
The vote from coast 10 coast showed
q uniform trend. The American people
revealed, as they sometimes do both
In presidential and congressional slsc-
tions. that they are . homogeneous
people and that the interests Of the
people Of Massachusetts, aren't any dh-
ferent from those of California.
Historic Right Of Veto.
1t cannot be said that the American
people have turned to the center or to
the right. They have turned away from
radicalism and left-wing extremes In
public policy. They exercised their
historic right Of veto-to turn out the
incumbent party without necessarily
getting blueprint Of what the new
comers in power would do. That is
American habit and 1t is one Of the
characteristics of a representative sys-
tenn of government.
Strictly speaking, the Truman Ad-
ministration was repudiated II America
had q parliamentary system like Canada
or other democracies, President Truman
would go out Of Office and Republican
would be naugurated. As 1t Is, the
country must wait for two years for the
chance to elect President Meanwhile,
warfare between the executive and
legislative branches of the Government
can retard progress on the reconversion
front.
II the Democratic Party leaders are
smart now, they will recognize the new
trend and conform to it rather than fight
it. If Mr.. Truman turns to the left and
listens to the Wallaces and the Peppers,
ne Will make certain an even bigger Re-
publican landslide in 1s4s.
The radicals will be saying, of course,
that reaction" won and that the forces
OF wealth and greed and 20 forth have
been given control over Congress. If
they examine the situation carefully,
they will find that American labor
skilled labor, intelligent labor, fair.
minded labor-helped to swell the Re-
publican tide this week and found in the
ballot box q way to get around the
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| Act bludgeoning. The American work
ingman knows how to use a secret ballot
and this time he used 1t to get rid of the
/ radicals who have been undermining
American prosperity and forcing an i'm
balance In the economic situation that
has brought us dangerously near to q re-
cession. The indirect effect Of sszikss
was devastating. Lack Of constructive
labor policy cost the Truman adrutnis-
tration the election. ts
No Sudden Change.
There need be no recession. II pro-
ductivity 10 increased and Q restraining
hand Is placed by legislation, State and
Federal, on those who haven't sufficient
faith In the merits of trade unionism and
use violence and picketing or fraudulent
tactics to get members into unions or TO
hold them there, then the American
economic system can 60 forward to un-
~exampled prosperity.
The election means no sudden changes,
but it does mean exposure and house.
cleaning Of the disloyal ele-
ments. among them the parlor pinks,
who are playing Russia's game In
America. The bipartisan coalition on
foreign policy will continue because it u
loyal to America. It will not b broken
down by the radicals, because the Amer1.
can people have sensed the trends Of
communism and have repudiated then
at the polls.
A pop,,hlicon Coorross iii -
city to the youth Of our country. Many
have grown adult without seeing chanss
in the political complexion of our Gov
eminent. 1t is refreshing to have such 3
change if only to impress millions of
young men that in this country no party
is the proprietor Of America and nd
party can dictate to free men, either
through C1O-PAC tactics or political
machines, how the individuals ballot
shall be cast
The radicals still have much, ,infiuencS
in the White House and the powers OF
the presidency are very extensive, q.
pecially the veto.
Also the radicals still control the fSu.
preme Court of the United States. It
is said that sometimes the judges read
the election returns. Certainly the
Democratic Party has abused its power
in the matter of appointing judges and
Republican Senate doubtless will insist
that judicial appointments be mads
hereafter on the same bipartisan basis
as they used to be by both Republican
and Democratic administrations before
the New Dealers began packing the tuti-