Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-11-18
COP Drivel Failed
To Fool NY Voters
Dulles Defeat Shows
BY BRADFORD v. CARTER
LPA Columnist

A CANDIDATE for high political office can't
"A treat the rank-and-file voter with contempt
and expect to be elected. That's one fact which
John Foster Dulles late Republican Senator by
appointment of Gov. Thomas E Dewey, must
be nediaing over in his "island retreat" now
that the election returns have cooled off.
In place after place this was proven on
Nov. 8. In Boston and New Jersey, and again
in Philadelphia, deeply entranched political
machines, grown contemptuous after years of
fat living were bounced out on the streets
But John Foster Dulles, once man of
stature who represented this nation in world
affairs on important occasions, lost decisively
in campaign fought almost exclusively over
the issue Of the welfare state" Seldom has
man like Dulles stopped so low in an effort to
voice what he considered the popular will
And seldom has he been administered such
demonstration of the distaste of men and
women for such drivel.
Here are few samples of Dulles remarks
during the heated windup of the campaign
Prices: Recalling he days in 1912 when he
and Mrs. Dulles were married. when pork
chops were 15c for two, fish cost IL cents and
marcel wave cost so cents, Dulles said: That
was of course, in the days before the New
Freedom, the New Deal, the Fair Deal the
welfare state, the Farewell State. It was be-
fore the dollar was devaued, before govern
ment ordained that it could spend our earnings
better than we could ourselves. It is my hope
in the Senate to help lead the country to some
old-fashioned common sense in these matters
once again"
The 2,565, 300 voters in New York state
who voted to reject such economic nonsense
evidently remember that between 1912 and now
stand two world wars, the boom and bust OF
the l920s and completely altered pattern
of prices and wages.
Health insurance: This Dulles repeatedly
called "socialized medicine" though the COP
nominee used the same phrase to describe the
partnership between doctors and government"
thru voluntary health insurance programs pro-
posed by Senator-elect Herbert Lehman as an
alternative to national health insurance you
will have to appeal to the government when
you are sick, and take what it prescribes"
Dulles said more than once. The voters know
better
Federal aid to education The idea of ap-
propriating federal tax money to help states
improve their educational systems Dulles term
ed plan ito control the thinking of our
youth"
Brannan farm program: This Dulles called
a program TO regiment all farmers" The
voters evidently figured that the Brannan pro-
gram-intended to insure farmers fair pay for
their goods, and consumers lower prices thru
subsidies paid to farmers out of tax money
was good idea indeed,
Every reporter who toured around New
York state with Dulles can testify to the ve-
hemance and stark toryism OF Dulles appeals
for votes, But his successful opponent put the
issue squarely indeed when he said the day
before the polls opened, IF my opponent can
win In the most progressive state in the union
after campaign of smearing campaign dedi-
Gated to the determination of the welfare state
and backed up by mumblings of revolution,
then the forces OF reaction everywhere will get
their greatest thrill and encouragement in
years.
"A Dulles victory in short, would be a
windfall for American reaction. II would de-
stroy the forces of liberalism within the Re-
publican party. l would stimulate that party
to course of reactionary demagogy which
would eventually wreck the party but might
we'll come near to wrecking the nation first"
Senator-elect Lehman drew the issues clear
ly. Whether or no Dewey and the Republican
pooh-bahs decide that the farewell state" is
a vote-drawing issue in 1880, the rank and file
voters of the nation have proven that they're
sophisticated and not easily msled by catch
phrases that spell reaction
Union political workers encouraged by this
widely demonstrated fact, are even now out
lining drive that will end in a real victory
for the forces OF democratic progress IL
months from now. The strategy is clear Let
he facts be known, fight for votes for liberal
running on a clear-cut liberal pro-
gram and the people will do the voting