Evening star., 1949-04-03
Anti -Trumon Liberals
Seen Working for 1852
Campaign 60 Rsiisiis Prss,dsn, Bsl.s> ed
Move fn Ra,ld tr Justice Dcusla.
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Following aaS congressional rxveTsrs sAfss>zs
paesictsss ard >as!t1saaHs swcsntsy proclaimed
that Mr. Humans rs~sttEr Ant regs2lAFssy
have Saragsk q Ire p.aee ne Occupied Aheat
year &ge, avn tsssY sNrw TrgaFera a. aaS-
exIsirnl There may a~ saGne truth IN thu
but - sagulscsHi tnst The most SFnssrI
criticism ard Eses3 ysrutent attacks erTas
nettarE ;roa Republicans neg sscsn ce~.
scrsaI4se Democrats. shocked a. ESa Pc
rAiissac not 10 SAY Socialists. rscgTaIa h-f
from the same self stYlea ~lsoerals Shs tr.sgs
tn swrep hlm up IN . eosneg and ktgsas a
match at the coslvrrtscs4 lass .tuns
These weyr the nps tDo posGtsrAlls er.sr;
sentiensu. either affiliated witA eg 0a-~
pattwt4e toward. the So-called Amerteans 'as
Democrats Action and THE Go VITO sxs
out 10 draft Eisenhower a. Douglas 81 sgs.
body ether than Truman After has norasus,
ton. most Of these supported hlEn w5ja
obvious reluctance and only because thev
had no alternative Actually. thely only cot-
trieatton towAyd his success NAs ~ 80
sympathy aroused Tor Mr., Truman ~ ,lse
oveFdone pueise and private campaign 81.
personal d1spaTagenenl which Trey eagr.r3
on for many months That sympathy turned
out TO ne one Of ms most valuable ASSETS
QaleScent for months when M Tgamars
current troubles developed and hr Apprasra
10 be loSlnE his grip on Congress, thrSe hefv4e
fellows rushed forward not 10 help but %
hurt. They do not aSSail his pFogram !o5 }ae
reason that 1t is composed 81 the same kga
OF three -thumoed economic and soClR..stae
morrsitoSitles To which they we're committed
during the Roosevelt regime Bul tsey Aea.a
aSSall him as stupid, inadequate and inxFt.
And they seize upon TAO Of his appointments
to prove his unftnesS It. Of course IS tue
that Mon Naligren should never have been
named as head Of the important National
Resources and Security Board II Is also true
that Louis y. johnson. as Secretary oi M
Tense. is great step down from the able ard
nonpolitieal James ForrestAl. The nfSt waA
just a lame duck pal whom Mr Truman
wanted to have around. The second was an
aggressive West Virginia politician who coll
lected lot of campaign money when II wA
badly needed
However these self proclaimed liberals"
had extremely little say about Mr.. johnson
until after he Was appointed. though II Sas
very widely known he would be And they
had nothing whatever 70 say about Mi Wall
gren until after he had been rejected Nor
was there then so much as a word Of credit
given by the Wallgren critics TO Senator
Harry Byrd. whose firm and courageous Atti-
tude blocked his confirmation. II was typical
that these anti Truman liberals should ae-
cept as their own Senator Byrds arguments
against MIR. Wallgren while ignoring the fact
that he had done the job. All OF which
makes seem well taken the point that tie
primary purpose OF these liberal critics
of Mr.. Truman il not 70 help him be q
better President or prevent him from maklnG
mistakes.
On the contrary, their idea Is 10 exploit his
mistakes and keep making his Job tougher
all the time with the view OF rendeTing him
unavailable for denomination IN 1882 To
this end. every time his foot slips and he
leaves himself exposed they lambaSt him all
over the lot. The goal Of this group OF old
Roosevelt New Dealers they think. Is TO ditch
Mr.. Truman at the end OF his term. name
the Democratic candidate In the 1852 con.
vention and thus. with the clio. take com.
plete charge OF the Democratic Party.
Everybody knows that was their idea n year
ago. when they failed 10 put IL over. But
they by no means have given up the idea.
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Though some OF them are at work on IL all
the time, for various reasons they are NOT
likely TO succeed. One Is because they are
not smart enough; another because they are
not big enough. Last time they uninteIli.
gently tried 10 do two impossible things--ons
to scare Mr.. Truman out Of the field tho
other TO draft General Eisenhower They
will not try either again. So far A. Mr.. Tru-
man Is concerned, they expect him volun-
by doing what they can TO make him sick of
his job So far rs Eisenhower ia concerned.
they now realize two things they did not
grasp IN ls4s-nrst that the General is in
herently a Republican and II available in
1852 1t will be the Republican nomination he
will want. second. under no circumstances
would he be sufficientiy compliant and con-
ciliatory 10 the labor racial and other special
groups upon whose support the Democratic
Party now depends and with whom these
anti-Truman liberals" are dealing
Such being the case. It Ia asked where
then do they 20 for a candidate? The an
swer Is easy and obvious. They 30. Of course.
10 the always cooperative and receptive
Justice William o. Douglas who has had the
presidential itch In aggravated form for q
long time. There IL no doubt Douglas In
their man. They infinitely prefer him 10
any one else. Already the cIO has prae-
tiealiy tndorsed him In advance There are
dozen liberal" columnists and radio COM
mentators who shout halleluiah every time
his name Is mentioned. He Ia compliant
enough 10 suit all the special groups and
would delight all the old Roosevelt liberals
OF whom he Is one. But IL IL little dim
cult to See why any one else should vote for
him II is even diffacult 10 see how he
could BE- put over In q Democratic convsn-
ton without very strong White House sup
port. which he certainly will not get None
theless. nearly all the bright boys who tYied
10 ditch Mr. Truman year ago are plnrlinR
their hopes on the eager justice for the next
try. And they do not think now Is y Bit too
early to start work either
partment on several occasions has endeayored
10 have IL made . part OF the collection ~
headquarters. On the ground that IL IN n
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