Evening star., 1949-05-15
Blomes Phony Mandate
For Presidents Troubles
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acceptance nct oSiF e. tAr lAaos acas%s
Interpretation ~ ths Truman sa>e~ss q. .
mandate "a rwy~Al Lot Tar Harley AeE
su; the QnwarrArtst administration sxpAs-
S!on q the mandate t3v* te .ne4uee NUMEROUS
campaign prem nGs~s racFv o. lrSs eesss%fAss.w
MADE w1er tSerr seemed asssnAE rse chance -
Els e}eei2on That was mistake - IRIS
assumption slsArtae program was csvS.cF~a
which would have heen fant&St9r ssrn so
Truman victory rad heer Overwhelming ara
l.s country rye tnE socgs ..stse experiments.
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TaA' program s~sts re :e.auar ic realities
Ard y = not sI-F'ts.ts e tss NNssee eo~n
ne ~altest taa4re .e gge r-a,y 10 ~lE~ -
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ccre TrOGEH ga adCr.gn - nc e ~ weight
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weight q FrttrrRl patfoasss the yvreal psor
gos&ls ATr st4tk On 1..s lss-t NJ Truman
and he labor loaasrs Gespge then bv,. lErFrrt
proclamation and c.A.uaA AIr gn ErUsRI I'n
this Issue the mandate has b~en exposed g.
particularly slliy Although left SlnE co}uFr,
nlsts Who spe&k sof ihe Go insist that .
Truman victory IS sg,l possible ard are try.
ing to esjole The easily CO lo4Aels "IissrAl~
Republican Senators such 81 Iywa McrAs
and Aiken this = recognized as propaganda
and everybody knows the repeal nght has
been lost
Final result OF Iris stAsior wtll he passage
Of btll modifying the existing Az as pro
poSe6 or agreed "a bs senator Taft hut
retaining the ehstf features az the Tat
Hartley Act Whether the name Is change
or not is immaterla. The man point ~
that the attempt 10 XII the only piece ~
labor legislation IN Is yeArs aTcFd}nE Ne
public any protection at ali and SO hack 'a
the original WRgneS Act under which tne
labor bosses welded and abused In
restricted power, has failed For that The
average American can oe grAteful AN
other result would have been degrading and
devastating.
But other parts Of the Pair Deal" pro
gram seem Just as thoroughly mirsd neN
farm bill evolved by Secretary q. Agrtcui-
ture BrannAn. Designed 20 increase the sub
sidles TO the farmers and decrease the price
OF food to the consumers by direct payment
out Of the Treasury This would he pretty
tough on the taxpayer and further ua
stabilize our unstable Federal finances Frsn
Mr. Brannan can only guess Shst the cost
would be In any event the best guess Is
that the oul will not pass, Nor wtn The
Truman compulsory health insurance bill
nor the exuaordinRry Economic stAblliSA.
ton Act Of ls&s Nor the Truman Tar pro-
posais. nor the Truman proposals 10 expand
the Social Security Act so IS 20 take IN 40
900 900 more individuals Of an almost In
credible cost. nor his eiyil-TightS proposals
Altogether. only o negligible part Of ths
Presidents domestic program seems sched
uled 10 80 through this session The situA-
tion. OF course. may change but experienced
observers do not nov think 10, A they ere
Il. there vas never a more underbaked and
untimely program presented nor one mo'v
completely stalled And this IA especially
remarkable when It Ia considered that Mr.
Truman. . newly elected President with foar
years OF his term stretching ahead has 8
Democratic majority in both branches ot
Congress and . great many Offices to III.
The eEort 10 ascfIbs tfis fAuufe 70 o
sinister coalition" Of Republicans ard
Southern Democrats IL strained The word
coalition" Is regularly used 20 explain the
fact that a majority in CongreSs-and In the
neither the tubservisnce 10
the labor buies exhibited by the Adminls-
uation nor the huge cost and drastic char
acter OF the welfare legislation proposed
Above all what the state Of the Presidents
program shows 10 that there IL behind II
resembling q popular mandate
Talk from the Adminlktl alton politicians and
the labor puhlieists about taking our eas
10 the people In 1860 Il bunk. There isn't
any way 70 arouse the people In favor ni
this program. They wsre not for II Last
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