The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-11-04
Legislative Program 10 Be
Shaped Up by Truman; COP
Leaders Plan Big Attacks

SpOnSlDllllN Tor the peace ana wei
fare of the world"
Has Large Order
Il am going to do the very
best I can to carry out that Demo.
cratic platform as l promised tc
do in my speeches around thu
country" he said.
That is large order
Besides efforts toward winning
a lasting peace. the platform pledg-
ed such things at home as ID
curbs on Republican initiation,
co comprehensive housing legis-
alton and go tax reduction when
ever it is possible to do so with
out unbaiancing the nations econ
omy."
The platform also called for ID
repeal OF the Taft Hartley Act, %
a 75-cent an hour minimum wage
to replace the present accent fig
ure. 49, extension OF Social Sectlr-
ity coverage, "a, national health
program, 60 Federal aid to educa-
ton, 90 farm price support pro-
gram % repeal of the oleo taxes,
and 80 strengthening of civil rights.
Election -chastened Republicans
won't oppose all of those. In fact
Dewey was for some of them.
COP Bosses
But If the Republicans were
manned by the, one-man gang
activities of Mr.. Truman in Tues
days voting. they weren't dismem-
bered.
A lot of them won't be back in
Congress. But the Republican
leadership will remain the same,
with Rep. Joseph w. Martin. Jr.,
Mass bossing the House minor
ity and Senator Robert A. Taft
tOhio) continuing to run things
pretty much on the Republican side
n the Senate
Taft shrugged Off the election re-
suits with the observation that they
proved it is almost impossible ito
put an administration out OF office
at the very peak Of prosperity
boom"
Attacks Of Truman
Taft and Martin are likely to
figure that the battered COPS best
chance for comeback in 1850
rests with making Mr.. Truman
.ook bad on his campaign promises.
The Democrats hold an apparent
260 to TIA margin over the Re-
publicans in the House tthere is
one minor party member, and a
certain 50 to AZ edge in the Sem
ate.
Whether Mrs Truman can get
much more in the way OF legisla-
ton out OF such a Democratic
controlled congress remains to be
seen.
Southern Democrats who have
never been too enthusiastic about
some of his policies will be back
in the saddle as chairmen OF many
OF the important committees.
South Respecting Truman
They may have new respect
for M. Truman as political wind
mill who can chop down the OPP
position at the ballot boxes. But
lot of them think the President
carried southern states simply be-
cause he was the Democratic cam
didate and not because-for in
stance-he advocated repeal OF the
Taft Hartley Act.
Wallace Is Through
Two things seemed certain:
Henry Wallace is through as q
national political figure. He go,
little over 100000 out of tota,
vote that may fall considerably
short of the expected $4,000 DOC
mark.
Thomas E. Dewey won't get an
other chance Che has had two, tc
run as the Republican nominee
for President.
He finished fairly close second
to Mr.. Truman in the popular vote
OF Truman 22,288.519. Dewey 30
420,065 But Mr., Truman led in
% states with 304 electoral votes
Dewey was ahead in l6 with l39
electoral votes T-hurmond led in
four with 38 votes.
Dewey returned TO Albany last
night with his family. He goes
back to work soon on his job as
Governor of New York, which
still has two years to run.