Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-08-08
It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecord

Sometimes without intending to do so, politicians tell the
truth.
Just last week. Robert A. Taft speaking before
rally Republicans Columbus praised Congress for the work
it had done January this and added profound
truth about Ohio Republicans in Congress-
Mr.. Taft the Ohio delegation worked in the party
tradition with willingness to sacrifice individual interest to
party policy
Consider it for while and you
will eventually conclusion that Mr. Taft either
fully significance of his statement that ne
completely honest
An analysis the must of hand
in hand with his position taken last week in Columbus Mr.
he would not accept the nomination un-
there good chance of him going to win the elec
And that the tpo where Mr. Taft really stands
Right now would like to be President At the
smart enough to recognize that his candidacy would
be the signal for return to more liberal form OF govern
ment administration preference to connul
and extending the reaction which has been in the saddle for
the past eight months.
the party sacrificed individual interest to party
principle would be lot better from his standpoint there
could be election prior to his accepting rejecting the Re-
publican nomination.
EAR TO GROUND
Obviously Taft doesn't feel too about himself
Maybe he arriving the conclusion that the past eight
Republican maores in the Senate went
just bit further aed in anlabor and other represve con-
legislation than wise win the confidence of the
people and set the nation for overwhelming Republican
victory in l947
And So Mr. Taft is going to take swing to the West Coast
stopping place his the ground what
gives This proves that Mr. Taft is not let himself in
beating year he help it. he makes his deci
the he be depended upon make it
lively definitely reaconary his hackers want him to-
This however still does not exhaust all the implications
contained Mr. Ta expression of praise for Ohio Repub
sacrificed individual interest
policy that Mr. Taft has the
like Homer A. Ramey and the rest of the
Ohio Republican wreckng who persuaded by Mr.
party policy" to hit labor every
possible to aid business and industry in the process
TAKE A CHANCE
After ALL Mr. Taft isn't required election every two
the Mr. Ramey and the other Ohio Republicans
serving house Congress could
ford to take chance the legislation he trying to get
If he used the above self line lot of
simple to along with him and his point
that harm him since he still has years
before the voters get another crack at him?
OF course, if lot of Ohio people are beginning
the light and they register large
Overwhelmingly against the represented
the 60h Congress- Mr. Taft if he should be elected to
the presidency, would have hard way to go.
If these gentlemen of Congress placed party policy
self quaking over the
years election then they confirmed op-
tms stupid than congressman has right to be-
They made their decision cast their await
the decision of the people who elected them.
CAN BEAT TAFT
opinion Taft could not win an cleo
on for President because of the legislation
sored and pushed in Congress We believe that Taft
Hartley law tested and its vicious significance
the workers. his popularity will diminish still
this believe that he could carry his own state
Ohio because of the feelings which exist against
Ohio always pivotal becomes more so now in the
light of Tas possible candidacy At the time
that Taft is playing waiting
his hackers that he will the nomination for President
thing certain, Taft over-confident His hesi-
fancy to out and than he Columbus
Gates his doubt doubt that will reflect upon his
party II he should come out
the nomination in favor of somebody else.
Tafts refusal to accept the nomination would be tana-
mount to admitting that his party cannot win Even So we
would like to have Taft accept