The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-12-16

Senator George ID. Aiken,
Vermont Republican, an astute
political observer and an able
member OF the u. S. Senate,
puts his finger on fundamental
fallacies in the proposal of an
other Republican Senator, John
w. Bricker Of Ohio, to merge
the conservative elements of
the COP with the states right
ers to form a new political par
ty. Senator Bricker pointed out
that the Congressional voting
record of the states Fighters
and the conservative GOPers
prove that they belong political
! ly in the same boat and that
the alignment is therefore nat
ural. He added that it not only
was natural, but might also he
politically profitable if the new
party selected as It's candidates
Ike Eisenhower for president
and former New Dealer Jimmy
Byrnes for vice-president.
In the first place, Senator
Bricker is a little late with his
idea for the creation of a new
political party out Of elements
of the COP and the Democrats.
1t was set forth at length and
in detail some years ago by a
Maryland gentleman named
Collins in a book called width
er Solid South" The foreword
of the book, as we recall il,
said that Mr.. Collins was raised
in Alabama and educated in
the North. He is an attorney,
we believe, of some esteem in
Maryland and Washington.
In any event. the book uses
geneiics. anihropologY. political
science. history and varied 9TH
er subjects to reach the conclu-
sion ihst the Solid South is a
Political whipping boy. and that
there is virtually no difference
in the political philosophy of
the states rights Democrat and
the conservative Republican.
Therefore. their merger into a
new party would be a perfectly
normal political evolution. Mr..
Collins added. however. tsgsin
as we remember il, that in or
der TO successfully accomplish
the merger it must have a
cause" or Issue" to capture
fhe public imagination and
bring to a successful conclusion
the merger of the two groups
into a solid and forceful new
political party. The book was
o or less the founding stone
for the states rights movement.
In opposing the Bricker pro-
posal Senator Aiken points out
that the proposed merger would
cost the COP "the industrial
Northeast" now their strong
hold, as voters in that area
would simply not go along with
states Fighters. Northern Re-
publicans never will join oppo-
sition to civil rights measures"
he said. ION the other hand,
Southern Democrats have been
strongest supporters of public
power, an issue which most
Northern Republicans seem to
d~isfavor. And which party is to
submerge its identity and
name." he continued. IF | know
anything about Dixiecrats and
Southern Democrats they would
not do it,"
Senator Aiken sensibly adds
that If Bricker wants a test of
the coalition theory he could
get il in the Senate when Con-
gress meets next month. There
is no doubt at all but what Re-
lpublicans and Southern Dem
ocrats now have more than
enough votes to take majority
control of the Senate" he said.
"They could have done this and
taken over control of all COM
mittee chairmanships and 9TH
er offices early this year"
States rights sympathizers
and conservative Republicans
in our national Congress have.
for the most part. been the most
ardent champions of federal
subsidies for pet projects. while
at the same time decrYins a
spendthrifi and "socialisiic
government. II the boys in Con-
gress. who give only lip service
to economy and Capitalization