Evening star., 1948-10-06
Taft Opens Tour Here,
Charges Truman With
Vituperation in Talks

Ohio, last night assailed President
Truman for his "vituperation"
against the 80th Congress and Re-
publican leaders.
He also laid the blame for infia-
tion at the door Of the New Deal
and the President himself.
Senator Taft addressed a District
Dewey Warren Club rally in the
ballroom of the Mayfiower Hotel.
1t was the first of q series of speech
es he is to make on a tour of South
ern States.
Questions Imitation Stand.
! Mr.. Truman does not really want
! to stop imitation, Senator Taft said,
adding:
"As he so naively said at Phila-
delphia, he wants the farmers votes
because of high farm prices, and he
wants labor's votes because of high
wages: but he wants to blame the
Republicans or Wall Street for the
high prices which inevitably result"
Recalling the large number of
Democrats voting to override the
Presidents vetoes of the Taft Hart
ley Act and tax reduction, Senator
Taft said the Presidents position
represents only a small group of
original New Dealers and the phil
osophy of the Political Action Com
mittee of the CIO.
Mrs. Taft Speaks.
The people Of the District, he said,
know the ridiculous inaccuracy of
many of the Presidents demagogi-
cal statements made many thou
sands of miles away from the facts"
Mrs. Charles w. Weis, jr., of
Rochester, N. Y, associate cam
paign manager for the Dewey-War-
rem ticket, also addressed the meet
ing. Mrs. Taft spoke briefly, as did
James c. Wilkes. chairman of the
Republican State Committee for the
District, which sponsors the Dewey
Warren Club in Washington. and
Lewis T. Breuninger, president OF
the club.
James c. McGarraghy, chairman
Of the Dewey Warren Campaign
Committee here, presided.
Senator Taft accused Mr.. Truman
of trying to lead the Nation down
the road to 'totalitarian' govern
ment. He put it this way:
There is one great issue between
the Republican Party and the Pres
ident. and that is whether progress
in this country shall be based here
after. as in the past, on American
principles of freedom and justice,
or whether we shall adopt the road
to totalitrian government by a vast
Federal bureaucracy. with unlimt-
tied power and unlimited money"
Urges Members to Work.
Senator Taft said prospects for a
COP victory in November were
never more promising" but added
I the result is still uncertain" and
club members must not let up in
their campaign efforts.
The Senate Republican policy
leader said Mr.. Truman's program
is that of the CIO Political Action
Committee and represents only one
wing Of the Democratic Party"
The President, Senator Taft said,
would impose police State controls
over every transaction; he would
Ak wages. prices. ration all goods,
federalize all employment offices,
repeal the Taft Hartley Labor Act,
socialiZe and nationalize medicine.
And then, Senator Taft added:
In order to give everybody every
thing which they think that they
would like to have. he would greatly
increase the existing expenditures
and the taxes which are already 80
burdensome."
Opposes Sacrifice Of Liberty.
The Republican Party, Senator
Tafte continued. believes that prog
ress can be made within the princi-
piles of local self government and in
dividual liberty"
There must be government reg
ulation in many fields and "a con-
troll 10 prevent the destruction of
freedom by monopoly" he said, and
there must be wider measures of
social welfare. greater interest in
health. education, housing and So
cial security.
But Senator Taft contended. the
Federal Government can be "help-
full" in such fields without sacrific-
ing liberty"