Evening star., 1948-09-12

easily written. But the IactS sup.
port tine words in every detail"
The facts" the union then offers
summarize its views of SO congress
sional contests IN u States, where
third-party candidates have been
entered:
In II cases, incumbents with fair
to perfect liberal records are in dam
ger of defeat because the third party
will draw OF a part Of their support.
In 10 cases. bright prospects OF
replacing reactionary incumbents
with liberals have been dimmed by
the injection of third-paity candi-
dates.
In l3 cases. reviving liberal hopes
have been completely crushed by the
third-party division.
In only seven cases is the third.
party candidate the only alternative
to reaction; and all seven are in
California, where the desertion OF
voters to the third party primary
helped reactionaries capture both
ma jor party nominations under the
States cross-filing system.
I'm q cases, the political compile
ton of the districts is so pronounced
that the third party will have little
impact. In the remaining cases the
situation Is not clear
States to Watch
Since the pamphlet was prepared.
however, the Progressives have been
eliminated from the ballot in Illi-
nois, one of the important States
about which the union is objecting.
But the third party will play havoc,
the liberals fear, in these States:
California, Indiana. Maryland, Min
nesota, Missouri, New Hampshire.
New Jersey, New York, PennSyl-
vania, Washington and Wisconsin.
Both the Textile Union and the
CIO News list various specific dis
trlcts and candidates to prove their
points that the Wallaceites are out
to eliminate the liberals from Con-
gres. The only explanation OF
such a policy, If 1t truly is the Pro-
gressives' aim, is that they are fol-
lowing the Communist Party line
that the worst enemy OF a Com
munist Is a liberal who wants to
correct the social or economic con.
ditions which lead to the chaos
which communism thrives.
The CIO News, by being specific
Tin recent issue, drew q hot retort
from the Wallace campaign man
|ager, C. B. Baldwin, former Farm
security Administration head in
Washington. He accused the C1O
.of being false and reckless" In
charging the Progressives with be-
ing bent on defeating liberal Con-
gressmen.
Mr.. Baldwin said that of the So
Congressman whom the CIo called
80 per cent or more liberal there
will be few whom we will oppose
The CIO and the Textile Union
throw the book at Mr.. Baldwin In
reply. Here are some examples:
Opposition for Bill
Minnesota: Senator Ball. Re-
publican, who started out as labor
favorite and ended up as much In
disfavor as Senator Taft Of Ohio.
is facing tough opposition from
Mayor Humphrey of Minneapolis.
the leader In the liberal group which
wrote a strong civil rights plank
into the Democratic platform at the
Philadelphia convention. On every
issue except the Marshall Plan.
Henry Wallace would be likely to
agree with Mayor Humphrey. But
Mr.. Wallace considers the Marshall
Plan prelude to war. So there Is
/ a third party candidate: onetime
Gov. Elmer Benson. If the Re-
publican vote this November Is q
sweep, it could very well be enough
to put Senator Ball back in the
Senate even without a majority Of
the votes.
Maryland: Last year CIO Presi-
dent Phillip Murray Endorsed Ed
ward A. Garmatz to fill a vacancy
/ in a Baltimore House district. The
Endorsement served as test of the
Taft Hartley law ban on such ac-
tivities by the labor press since it
was carried by the CIO News. Mr..
Garmatz was elected, but in Mo-
vember he will face both a Re.
publican and a Progressive.
Pennsylvania: In Philadelphia
House district the Democrats ars
running former Congressman VIII
liam Green. jr, a man with what
the CIO calls "a perfect labor vot-
ing record" against Representative
Sarbacher, the youthful Marine
hero who won on the Republican
ticket last time and who, the CIO
says, voted as WRONG as the oldest
Republican member" The Pro-
gressives have entered Philip Stern.
Strongest in New York
:. New York: Here, where the Wall
lace strength is at its peak, the Pro-
gressives have indorsed several
Democrats-six says Mr.. Baldwin,
only four says the CIo. But it Ii
running its own members against
such "stalwarts," to use the Textile
Unions word, as Representatives
Bloom and Multer. Others being
opposed are Representatives Keough.
o'Toole. Lynch and Buck
ley, Democrats, and Jayits, the lone
considered q liberal"
by the labor groups. Former CIo
general counsel Lee Pressman.
whose name has turned up In
the Un-American Activities COM
mittee hearings, Is himself op-
posing Representative Multer 40
The third party candidate. The