St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-03-12
The PLIGHT of the Liberols

American liberals weak and divided
from the fact that liberals do popular basis
support brothers like these
when the number unemployed section of the
aOn enjoying relatively high degree prosperity
tendency the dv
Of liberals explained by the conditions of today
Under the Leadership of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt the
party within liberals contributed sub
stanAy that party national and local elections
for many vars The death Of Roosevelt was soon followed by
within the One section Of the liberal The Pro-
greSSve Citizens Of America became increasingly critical of the Tu
Administration Another section formed association
me within the Democratic force make it
nue the liberal tradition established by F. R. They call themselves
the Americans for Democratic Action"
PEA has formed the Third
party broken all with the Democratic denouncing
reaeOnary The Americans for Democratic Action have
yet broken with the Democratic although they expressing
mgvngs about the Truman administration Instead they hope
liberal force within the party organization The justification Of
the Third will be whether their party become rang point
those millions Of Americans who have become Disguised with the
parties The justification for the of the second
will be whether they the ADA WELD such force within the Demo
cratic party to make again the liberal party it was in the past
their could they
been successful Their future matter of conjecture Nevertheless
accept the charge mot necessarily ue that President
Truman his Civil Rights Congress because of political
sxpeency convictions expency
by the Pea rather than the ADA The fact is that PEA has forced
liberal defc
by exertng within the party.
ADA strategy to be that adopted at their Philadelphia
ing say-very they will failure This
strategy Of denounng Wallace and the Third party and with
candidate both
parties have chosen their candidates and platforms The Americans
for Democratic Action thus difficult position withholding their
endorsement Of Truman for their
policy leave them alternative but Truman They
support the Republican Party its platform its candidate They
nouned Wallace they can't him. They could form Fourth
party their lamentations Third party aid
closes this possibility They sit the national elections
but to do this would be political suicide.
Although the Americans for Democratic Action
enViable position the position of Waaces third while better
Both popular 1t
the liberal this country
enough support both When both potential
supporters umatum that they support their group
quite likely they both tOng their respective dooms
should division the merits of the Marshall
control adequate housing
revision TafHarey aet2 should not
Brooks although Republicans BOTH differ the tn
Mrsha Pan they do let such differences keep them
uniting price CONTROL housing from uniting tn
passage restrictive labor laws. The Marshall plan mporan
important that its casualties
should price adequate housing legislation and the repeal
the TafkHarley act
Franklin Dead and the unity achieved under hi
great leadership dead the forces of liberalism
greater authority the American scene in the coming years
greater unity Is their prime requisite
Republicans do their party and their
By insisting members and pitch for the
rights method the only which will bring bac
70 p fold any appreciabe number Of Negro voters
Schwartz Minneapolis attorney observed recently at
Minneapolis prize fight: "K all the Negroes Jews and Catholics sitting
in better priced in this building would contribute the cost of
ugls FEPC fund.- wouldn't have
banging money"