St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-12-26
WoIloce ond q Third Party

It would poetic justice Henry Wallace the
the Pea and be third party candidate for President
by doing probably defeat of President Tru
him his cabinet for making speech which
ruman) had approved This undoubtedly
tempbe political has witnessed II
only Presidents political future involved could
gladly applaud the Of Henry Wallace third candidate
but more very entry the
completely scram the political picture for 194S
Republican Party would be assured Of victory only
Presidency elections
They might the latter even Secondly the Republican
Party thus victory paying
the reactionary really usually is 1t
bother with socad liberals like Stasen
Eisenhower and Warren They be
confident of victory.
There are those who might ask
have raeonar Republican Party power making no PeenSe at
ing attention its liberal ementsH This question accepts
premise that there real difference between the parties Is
this truef Let's look at the record.
question foreign policy Administration record
opposing the continued spread Of communism and the Mar
shall effective Of containing communism within its
boundaries The Republicans also opposed the spread Of
communism but they divided the method Of preventing it, One
group Republicans following the leadership Of Senator Vndenberg
support the Administrations Marshall Plan Another of Re-
pubcans following the leadership Senator Taft hostile the
Marshall Plan So here reality there difference between the
Republicans and the Democrats foreign policy except the in
which the policy is to be carried out.
Is there basic difference between the two parties domestic
pocy3 Of will be price and
TafHarsy Republican Party exceptions
aligned against controls prices The Democrats under the
leadership hearted fight
notable the Presidents reference price control
being the instrument Of police state.
question Of the Taft Hartley BILL find the diff
again is difference of principle The difference
IN the degree harshness DC
President said that labor law needed but that the TaHarty
law stringent
apparent differences between the Republican Party and
the Democratic Party in their tendencies The Democratic Party
responsive what might be called liberal" The
Republican from the financial
leaders the conservative forces of the Neither party
be described parties devoted salient political
principles They the by which rise For
liberal like Senator Pepper he is to be elected must
Democrat necessarily because his convictions those the
Democratic leadership but because the Democratic machine the
vehicle by which elected Office the State Of Florida
Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon Of whose liberal beliefs
opposed those of the Republican leadership seeks office Re-
publican being Oregon
Republican ticket Many political leaders take the label
Republican that particular label their locale
makes their road to public office easier.
The real liberal forces America today coherenc
liberal political party There many factors
contributing this situation The spectre the main
depe Communists weaker today the u
they America needs liberal party party
dedicated guarding extending the Bill of Rights under
the Bill Rights laid the
Whether the PEA under the leadership Henry
do is to be