The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-27
SoIons Hit .C0stisotion .Of Tobey
 Senaiors Feel
 Truman Handed
 hIm Too Roughly

Washington, June N - CUP)- Senate friends of President Truman agreed today he made . mistake in sharply repri1nanding Sen. Charles W. Tobey. R.-N. H,), for a months old difference of opinion.
 None wanted to be quoted or Identified with the matter publicly, but senators generally felt MT. Tru- man shouldn't have handled the usually cooperative Republican 90 roughly.
 They recalled that Tobey has been e stalwart supporter of the Truman Administration on both domestic and foreign affairs. The glaring exception was on the nomi- nation of Edwin W. Pauley to be Under-secretary of Navy. Tobey opposed 1t with vigor and success.
 TObey May Stay On Course
 It was doubted that the presiden- tial reprimand, centered on the Pauley issue, would drive Tobey from his course as one of the few Republicans who consistently sup port Administration measures. It might, however, dalnpen the zeal he puts into 1t.
 Tobey gave no indication of his future attitude when he laid the whole affair before the Senate in a brief speech yesterday.
 He did tell the Senate, though, that he was amazed and troubled by the tone of MT. Truman's re- sponse to his plea for more grain for dairy and poultry feed in New England.
 Tobey read to the Senate his telegram of May g requesting presidential aid and MT. Truman's letter of May 29 in response.
 Had Biblical Note
 The telegram started with the statement: This is a Macedonian cry" Tobey explained 1t had a Biblical background and meant Come over and help us."
 MT. Truman's response observed that you have been making Mace donian cries or yells ever since ] have been in the White House-for what reason never could under stand"
 The presidential letter then casti- gated Tobey for his opposition which led to withdrawal of Pauley's nomination. Pauley asked MT. Tru- man to pull his name back after six weeks of public hearings in which Tobey unmercifully attacked the California oil man and former treasurer of the Democratic Na- tional Committee.
 Your unwarranted attacks on MT. Pauley almost ruined 6 good public servant" MT. Truman wrote. Between you and MT. Ickes you have made 1t exceedingly difficult for me to get good men to i'll the necessary places in the Govern ment. You are still continuing your Macedonian cries and I hope you will get e lot of pleasure out of them"
 Choice Explained
 MT. Truman went on to say that if he had to make 8 choice between feeding European humans or New England chickens, he would decide in favor of feeding humans. He closed with the suggestion that when Tobey has reached 6 cool ing-of period" he was welcome to come to the White House and talk over the whole situation.
 Tobey said he didn't think the Presidents comparison of feeding humans and chickens was fair. He defended his objection to Pauley with claim that the nominee re- pudiated his own testimony five times and never could have been confirmed by the Senate.
 Other Senators agreed with Tobey that Pauley never could have been confirmed.
 If 1t had come to vote in the Senate the President would have been humiliated far worse than by anything Tobey did to him." com- mented one Senate leader.
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