Evening star., 1949-06-12
Democratic leoders Seen
As Subservient 10 ClO
Lucas, NeCormaek Pictured tasursak
When Murray Crack, ths Nhse
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yoa NJ Murray Fvxs 5Ssss1y thxs haa stvsa
Fyesy rvldraee at not e~!ng In tsax asAsa
accord witt Nj Murray tsa tas couisAsy.
thrY tad pgalss}y pgosaa.g Ates tSs we That
noSt O! M Truman Fantasies Fag I~As~
pyoxrAm ~As doomed 80 Fag A. thn s<sasgsn
IS concerned
Pae.lglS Nj IxsstnAa rejected yhG, rsNtaaa
though thetv = reason Eo e<tAetv hr psE~
satrly accepted rs ggs#th lie isspas5s sags~d
Al a press conference that nost ot aIs .ssc-
posals would ae enacted be!osr Adjournment
PAYING Alshg attention. 10 ihis aanlnlsEsA-
uoa leaders DECLARED tast onIy ltse Nusta
Auantac pact tias I~cjpsocai trade agree
alents and the Taft Hartley yvpcAi could se
acted upon al THIS seks4csa ENeyFth2nk else
would have to SO over until neat fall Aa-
iegrnment Hotsld er nos later than Jaty 81.
That Mas the way things stood Qp te Mas 81,
IN tina! dAy. s4seaktnk As enc with authority.
Nj Murray stsgnb rrbuKed I7s u~noetsisc
leadership lie abruptly ordered II 10 halt
It's drift toward eongTe&AloaR3 gnAstsan ns
called upon Il toT foTehgtgGt statement
Of !ts purpose 10 STAY ia seANlVn lha3 k4b-
staut!al sections of the fa!f INA. psptrafa
aIe enacted lie ancefwd Kt tnr "gvputa ttssn
Of the EIst Congress ard sharply criticised
It's leaders
The immediate result Mas stampede 10
reverse themselves Mf AuyrAyk MAY 81
statement vas IN letters 10 SENATE IsRdrr
Scott Lucas and House Leader John Me
CormAck On June / Nj Mccormack replied
10 Mi Murray substantially a. follows 1 arm
In receipt Of your letter and there IA nothing
In II with which arr not IN full agreement
With equal speed Senator Lucas replied that
much Of what Nj Murray demanded had
already passed The Senate (which Is not st
all accurate and that II waS the Houss that
lagaed II however he said II is Impossible
TO pass the major measures drma ndeo ey
july 81, We will extend the time IoT adjourn
ment"
Other leaders followed with similar stullsts-
lng declarations, Literally oy~tniRN} tHsH
attitude changed But the realities At geo
have not changed II IS JasE as true as prte
that the bulk Of Mr., TrumanS domestic is o.
gram will not go through 81 THIS ssssaiou
first. because sentiment in the country duss
not favor II. second. because a majority 81
Congress Ia opposed Nj Murray with hia
solemn mandate, has not changed = sinels
vote in Congress but he has accomplished tao
things. For one, he compelled the Democratic
leadership publicly 10 put on q SHOW of
shameful suhservience such rs has not been
seen In our politics before OF course since
1895 the Democrats. nationally. have been
allied with the CIO and asqulesced IN It's
claim Of being Indispensable 10 Democratic
success But. previously. there had been no
uncamonnseed admission that they took
orders from II.
That Ia exactly what the party ieaners
have done this time. considerable nuf,her
OF their followers are humtllated II il one
thing they say. 10 play politics with The
ClO, II Is quite another 10 submit openly
TO Clo dictation. The second thing Mf.
Murray has accomplished IL 10 postpons
Senate action on the terribly important
Atlantic pact. for which Secretary Of State
Acheson and Gen. Marshall have earnestly
appealed. Until he cracked the chip and
the leaders jumped through his hoop. The
pact had the right Of way in the Senate.
Due 10 the unseifish patriotism OF Mr. Muir
ray and the noble nature Of the Democrats
leaders. 1t has nov lost priority and the
Taft-Hartley repeal proposal has taken iA
place. This may mean weeks Of labor bill
debate before the pact can be taken I'D
at all, At very critical moment this has
weakened Our hand at the Paris Conference.
In his statement Mr.. Murray mentioned
practically everything else but significantly
said no word for tire pact, perhaps the most
vital OF all administration measures
The pathetic feature Of this fnortifyinE
Democratic performance Is that It Is 10 CON-
pletely unnecessary. Pear Of Mr. Murray
Is 20 completely unfounded Politically I've
Is blur. bully and . fraud. Aa proved
In the last campaign tin which the CIo
pledged itself 10 drive out Of public life
every candidate for Congrehs who had sup
ported the Taft Hartley bill. he 10 totally
unable 10 deliver his own votes. The eiAsfns
Of his organization are dsmonatrsbiy absurd
As shown by the ieSe Dunn surveys Ia soFns
States and many districts Cio support 10
more q liability than an asset n ell adds
up 10 make Democratic leaders In Congrsa8
seem a particularly pusiilAnlmons lot